Grisly History

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With Ends of The Earth concluded, Grisly History creators Graham Parker & Michael Ruiz offer a final retrospective on the series, the years of production, and discuss the future of Grisly History. 

Two expeditions vying for one prize - the claim for the South Pole. Robert Falcon Scott and his team have their sights set on infamy - but even making it to the Pole first doesn't get you back home alive. All remaining questions will be answered here, in the grand finale of our eight-part series to the furthest flung corners of our world. Ends of the Earth explores the increasingly vain efforts taken by those hoping to conquer the earth's poles. This multi-part series follows those who faced unbearable weather conditions, violent seas, and the least hospitable lands imaginable.This episode of Grisly History is hosted by Graham Parker and produced by Michael Ruiz.Theme music composed by Michael Ruiz. Foley and sound effects are sourced from Freesound and Zapsplat.Learn more about the show by visiting GrislyHistory.com

Following the Discovery Expedition, the first in our two-part series finale finds Robert Scott in a battle to be the first to lay claim to the South Pole. In the punishing, brutal conditions in the most inhospitable environments on planet earth, the question remains: who will get there first? And, who will live to tell the tale? Ends of the Earth explores the increasingly vain efforts taken by those hoping to conquer the earth's poles. This multi-part series follows those who faced unbearable weather conditions, violent seas, and the least hospitable lands imaginable. This episode of Grisly History is hosted by Graham Parker and produced by Michael Ruiz.Theme music composed by Michael Ruiz. Foley and sound effects are sourced from Freesound and Zapsplat.Learn more about the show by visiting GrislyHistory.com

Ends of The Earth shifts its focus to the southern pole in its penultimate episode. For Robert Falcon Scott, the Discovery Expedition would prove to be career-making. And yet, its shortcomings would set the stage for a final, calamitous journey and the conclusion of man’s reach for the Earth’s poles. Ends of the Earth explores the increasingly vain efforts taken by those hoping to conquer the earth's poles. This multi-part series follows those who faced unbearable weather conditions, violent seas, and the least hospitable lands imaginable. This episode of Grisly History is hosted by Graham Parker and produced by Michael Ruiz.Theme music composed by Michael Ruiz. Excerpt from Lakmé - Duo des fleurs rendition on piano performed by Michael Ruiz.  Foley and sound effects are sourced from Freesound and Zapsplat.Learn more about the show by visiting GrislyHistory.comTo support the show, please visit the Grisly History Patreon.

Taking a small detour from our Ends of the Earth main series, our summer break concludes with a closer look at one of our favorite stories explored on the Grisly History TikTok account–that of the Boston Molasses Disaster. This little-known event spelled ruin for much of Boston's North End, and our discussion sheds light on how and why this event took place.This episode also includes an important update regarding the present and future of Grisly History. This episode of Grisly History is hosted by Graham Parker & Michael Ruiz, and produced by Michael Ruiz. The title and closing song is "Kosu" by Shock of Daylight, and was sourced from Unminus.com

In this special episode of Grisly History for the first of April, we take a break from our Ends of The Earth series and take a look at a little-known disaster that would forever change the dairy markets of Venezuela.Happy April Fools Day!Special thanks to our friends of the podcast for lending their voices to this passionate and cheesy product:Nathan RaglandNia ParkerTristen WebbNathan is the producer of the Post Modern Art Podcast, which focuses on giving artists who are wowing the world over the platform they deserve. You can listen to the Post Modern Art Podcast by clicking here.This episode of Grisly History is hosted by Graham Parker and produced by Michael Ruiz.Learn more about the show by visiting GrislyHistory.comTo support the show, please visit the Grisly History Patreon.Theme music composed by Michael Ruiz. Foley and sound effects are sourced from Freesound and Zapsplat.Mozart Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 - II. Andante by Markus Staabhttps://musopen.org/music/2635-piano-concerto-no-21-in-c-major-k-467/Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ 

In the aftermath of Franklin's Lost Expedition, further glory in arctic and antarctic exploration lay at the poles. One man's audacious attempt to seek this glory would involve a mode of transportation rarely used–and never in such a manner as he had planned. This is the story of S.A. Andrée's Balloon Expedition.  Ends of the Earth explores the increasingly vain efforts taken by those hoping to conquer the earth's poles. This multi-part series follows those who faced unbearable weather conditions, violent seas, and the least hospitable lands imaginable. This episode of Grisly History is hosted by Graham Parker and produced by Michael Ruiz.Theme music composed by Michael Ruiz. Excerpt from Lakmé - Duo des fleurs rendition on piano performed by Michael Ruiz.  Foley and sound effects are sourced from Freesound and Zapsplat.Learn more about the show by visiting GrislyHistory.comTo support the show, please visit the Grisly History Patreon.

John Franklin and his expedition were lost the barren lands of the Canadian Archipelago–but what happened next? In this episode of Grisly History, we explore the theories, mysteries, and final pieces to the puzzle that is the Lost Expedition. Ends of the Earth explores the increasingly vain efforts taken by those hoping to conquer the earth's poles. This multi-part series follows those who faced unbearable weather conditions, violent seas, and the least hospitable lands imaginable. This episode of Grisly History is hosted by Graham Parker and produced by Michael Ruiz.The title and closing song "Kosu" by Shock of Daylight was sourced from Unminus.comLearn more about the show by visiting GrislyHistory.comTo support the show, please visit the Grisly History Patreon.