Ep 292: American Bloodfalls with Tom Maxwell Part 2
“Usually these things of the accursed have been hushed up or disregarded—suppressed like the seven black rains of Slains—but, upon March 3, 1876, something occurred, in Bath County, Kentucky, that brought many newspaper correspondents to the scene.”
Description:
In our conclusion to our two-part series on American Bloodfalls, we dive deeper into the mysterious phenomenon that baffled witnesses across 19th-century America. Our special guest, Tom Maxwell, guides us through more perplexing incidents of blood and meat raining from the sky, from the famous Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 to the final recorded event in 1902. We examine the scientific analyses of the time, which often identified the fallen material as animal tissue yet failed to propose any reasonable theories about its origins. Tom helps us navigate the theories proposed over the years and why they fall short when confronted with eyewitness accounts and the scale of events. We’ll discuss connections to biblical accounts and consider how these events might reflect their time's cultural and spiritual climate. Then, of course, we’ll get to the theories, even though the mundane ones have been tough to identify with this legend. But yes, portals and UFOs will probably make the scene.. Tom helps us grapple with how these occurrences challenge humanity’s modern, materialist worldview and why meat showers and bloodfalls seem to have ceased by the early 20th century. Even after all of this time, they continue to defy explanation. However, that won’t stop us from trying to figure it out.
Reference Links:
“KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER: A Documented Sample Found Is From An Animal’s Lung!”
Joseph B. Stone House from the Chatham County Historical Association
“The Great Kentucky Meat Shower mystery unwound by projectile vulture vomit” on Scientific American
“Ep 230: Charles Hoy Fort – Our Supernatural Father Part 1” on AstonishingLegends.com
“Ep 231: Charles Hoy Fort – Our Supernatural Father Part 2” on AstonishingLegends.com
“Oakville Blobs: In 1994, Mysterious Gelatinous Goo Rained Down On Washington” on IFLScience.com
Tom Maxwell’s book, “A Really Strange and Wonderful Time – The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999”
Location:
Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC - Approximate location of where New Hope Township would have been, which was the bloodfall that Frank Venable, Chemistry Professor and future President of the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), investigated.
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Episode 292: American Bloodfalls Part 2. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2024 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.