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Jul 17, 2022 20 min

S1 E13 - The Kentucky Meat Shower

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In episode 13 we explore an Appalachian oddity that occurred in the late 1800s in Bath County, Kentucky in which pieces of meat rained down on a farm for almost 10 minutes. Works Cited Austin, Emma. Kentucky Meat Shower? Yes, Meat Fell from the Sky More than 145 Years Ago. Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2019, https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/history/2019/10/25/kentucky-meat-shower-meat-fell-sky-bath-county-olympian-springs/4082953002/. Felton, James. “The Time It Rained Meat on a Clear Day in Kentucky, and People Immediately Ate It.” IFLScience, IFLScience, 24 May 2022, https://www.iflscience.com/the-time-it-rained-meat-on-a-clear-day-in-kentucky-and-people-immediately-ate-it-63800. “The Louisville Medical News: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery. V. 1-20. V.1-2 1876.” HathiTrust, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074156194&view=1up&seq=260. Wang, Marina. “The Artist Trying to Explain Kentucky's 'Meat Shower' of 1876.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 9 Feb. 2020, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kentucky-meat-shower.

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