Re:sound #185 The Chance Encounters Show

This hour: when two people meet, sometimes extraordinary things happen. And sometimes extraordinary things happen in order for two people to meet. Message in a Bottle by Peter Mulryan and Liam O'brian (Documentary on One, RTE, 2012)On Christmas day of 1945, an American serviceman named Frank Heyostek tossed a message in a bottle into the Atlantic Ocean. Eight months later it was found by a young woman on a beach in Ireland. Irish producer Peter Mulryan tells the story of what happened next. Big Jim and Smokey Joeby Lea Thau (Strangers, KCRW, 2012) When Jennefer Ludwigsen was a waitress in Hollywood, a grumpy, foul-mouthed customer turned out to be the strangest fairy god-father ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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