S05E14: The Real Jaws: The Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916 - a podcast by Brady J. Crytzer

One hundred years ago this week America was gripped in fear
and panic. In a span of two weeks, five people were attacked and four were
killed as a result of the first shark attacks in modern US history. Known as
the destination for the debonair, the Jersey Shore became the scene of a bloody
collision of man vs. beast that would ultimately inspire the literary and cinema
classic “Jaws”. Most shockingly of all were the deaths of two people in a
shallow tidal creek over thirty miles from the open ocean. The search for the
Jersey Man-Eater would eclipse World War I in newspaper coverage that summer,
and a century later the culprit remains unknown. On this episode we discuss the
Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916.

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