For what purpose would you willingly use raw water? Drinking? Cooking? Bathing? Join Horrific History co-hosts, Eric Slyter and Jordan Watney, as they look at more instances of raw water usage, both in the past and modern history (including some history humanity is making right now). Learn how John Snow, one of the founders in the field of epidemiology during a period when Miasma theory was prevalent, found Patient Zero in 1854 after cesspools contaminated raw water supplies with cholera. How did raw water help bring an industry to the point of economic collapse around 1925? In what ways have history and modern natural disasters impacted the current safety of raw water in Puerto Rico?

 

As this journey through the history of raw water comes to the present, and with a better understanding of the progression of water safety, a brief examination is made of some current events relate to raw water contamination. Discover how wells dug by the United Nations to prevent exposure to surface water bacteria created debilitating new problems for […]

Hello Squeamers!

We are so excited to announce we have our first contest for you to win something really awesome. If you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while, you know we’ve always had the same music, courtesy of Dead but Dreaming, playing in the background for our commercial breaks, intro and outro. The band has kindly offered us copies of their Mockingbird 5 song EP to use for prizes for our listeners! So, if you’ve loved what you’ve heard, this is a great time to enter to get a FREE copy (while supplies last)! And, the first 5 people who fulfill all the steps to entering are automatic winners. Once the first five prizes have been issued, your odds of winning are 1/10 with winning entries being chosen by a random number generator. Not bad right?!?! You get a chance to win and help our podcast reach new people all at the same time!

 

To Enter:

  1. Give Horrific History Podcast an honest rating with text on iTunes. (Sure, we’d love to receive only 5 star reviews but we’re not going to disqualify your entry if your review has fewer than 5 stars!)
  2. Take a screenshot of your review and email it to us.
  3. Watch your email! If you are a winner we will respond back to ask for your name and mailing address so we can send you your free copy of Dead but Dreaming‘s 5 song EP, Mockingbird! (Your email will not be kept, stored, added to a mailing list, sold or used for any other purpose than fulfilling the terms of this contest.)

 

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