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Focusing on telling engaging stories throughout the history of freight and transportation that shaped the industry we know today
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After World War I, veterans took up farming and provided food supplies and wheat to Western Australia. But when emus began to threaten that supply chain, another war broke out. The emus won.
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1Find out how more than 100 patriots pulled off dumping so much tea into Boston Harbor in this week’s episode of Tracks Through Time.
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Did you know there's one company that always handles delivering the tree for Christmas at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York? Find out about the history of its logistics and the process of picking the tree in this week's episode.
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has gotten bigger and bigger every year since 1924, but how can such a big logistics program be pulled off year after year? Brielle Jaekel and Mary O'Connell dive into how it works throughout the years.
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Mail delivery by airplane started in 1918, if you can believe it. The method was dangerous but cut down delivery time by a day.
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Deputy editor Brielle Jaekel and 3PL expert Mary O’Connell tell stories of haunted highways to celebrate Halloween.
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In this chilling episode, we delve into the baffling 1995 disappearance of truck driver Devin Williams, who vanished without a trace in the heart of Arizona's Tonto National Forest, leaving behind a perplexing mystery that still haunts investigators to this day.
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In 1947, tragedy struck the port in Texas City, Texas, when a French ship carrying highly flammable fertilizer caught fire and caused devastation to the port town. But the lessons learned from the incident likely saved lives in the years following.
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In December 1945, five US Navy Avenger bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a routine training mission known as Flight 19. Their mission was simple: navigate to various points in the Atlantic Ocean and then return to base. However, this seemingly routine training exercise turned into one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history.
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Prohibition might have made the production and sale of alcohol in the United States illegal, but that doesn't mean Americans stopped. The supply chain for the alcohol beverage flourished during the ban, but in a completely different way.
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A crisis over the Suez Canal put Egypt at odds against France, Britain and Israel. The story has surprising twists and unexpected secret motives. Find out how this shaped the future of shipping routes and globalization.
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Kate Shelley became a hero at 17 years old when she went through extreme measures to save a passenger train from certain disaster in 1881.
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The Mary Celeste was a ghost ship found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872. Since then there has been speculation around the mystery. Author Valerie Martin joins us to discuss her book on the subject and give some insight to the creepy event.
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In 1933, a total of 75 US Navy members lost their lives when airship USS Akron crashed and sank into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey. Brielle Jaekel is joined by Naval History and Heritage Command’s Dr. Caroline Johnson who tells us the story of the fateful incident.
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An ambitious train robbery is pulled off with very few setbacks. But one little mistake leads to the downfall of this daring gang.
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Black women in the U.S. Army during WWII made up the 6888 battalion, whose sole job was to handle the mail for American soldiers. Their story has been largely ignored for decades – until now. Hear their story and learn about their impossible feats from a historian close to the project.
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While the Panama Canal has played a crucial role in maritime shipping, its construction was fraught with problems.
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The Silver Bridge collapse is popular in relation to a unique folklore but it also completely changed how we look at safety regulations for bridges. Hear the story of the collapse and the folklore surrounding it. Then get an inside look at the story with West Virginia DOT’s Tracy W. Brown, a state bridge engineer.
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The U.K.’s largest sunken merchant ship met a dramatic end. But no one knew what actually happened until 20 years after the disaster, thanks to the families of the crew who fought hard for answers.
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The Lufthansa Heist was indeed the biggest heist in history at the time, but Goodfellas didn’t tell the whole story… if you can believe that. In 1990, Martin Scorsce directed acclaimed gangster flick Goodfellas, captivating audiences with the mobster story of a famous heist. The movie was loosely based on the 1978 heist of a Lufthansa airplane’s cargo and the true story is even more unbelievable than the script.
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