What Happened to the Hindenburg? (Air Disaster)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Death of a Zeppelin
Margaret mather was on board a zeppelin bound for Chicago when it crashed into lakehurst. She describes being hurled 20ft against the wall and seeing men leap from windows as flames billowed out of the ship. The story became famous after newsman herbert morrison immortalized what happened in the famous o the humanity clip that we heard at the beginning of the episode.
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Transcript
The Hindenburg was one of the most impressive airships ever to fly, and when it crashed in 1937, it shocked the world. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Hindenburg crash, what happened to make it explode, and whether there was sabotage or even a coverup of the facts of the tragedy.
