{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/697689427396c6aa98652cc1/6a092f618bd09f5c48c5bc70?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"23- The Spanish Flu? A Horrible Pandemic, or a Hidden Data Point ","description":"<p>Join us this week as we travel back in time to one of the worst and most well known devastatingly fatal diseases in human history: The Spanish flu. But that's not all we cover in this historic cultural episode; we take you through the beginnings of Fort Riley eventually evolving into the big red 1. So entertain your curiosity with us and take a ride down the perilous Santa Fe trail</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 Introduction: Fort Riley and It’s History </p><p>04:19 Violent massacres: the war between pro and anti slavery</p><p>07:41 The lives of confederate prisoners held behind the fort walls</p><p>12:07 9th &amp; 10th Calvary training academy</p><p>14:26 The birth of the terrorizing disease claiming the lives of ⅓ of the US population</p><p>20:04 The ever growing outbreak of rapid deaths and burials</p><p>24:37 Facts and speculation collide: not just a training facility?</p><p>34:04 Final summarization involving a theatrical outro. Email us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com with any theories you may have</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Recourses:</p><p>Fort Riley Official Website</p><p>https://home.army.mil/riley/about/history</p><p>U.S. Army Center of Military History</p><p>https://history.army.mil</p><p>Kansas Historical Society</p><p>https://www.kshs.org</p><p><br></p><p>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — 1918 Pandemic Overview</p><p>https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html</p><p>National Institutes of Health — Scientific analysis of 1918 influenza</p><p>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291398/</p><p>Smithsonian Magazine — Kansas origin discussion</p><p>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/</p><p><br></p><p>National Park Service — Bleeding Kansas overview</p><p>https://www.nps.gov/articles/bleeding-kansas.htm</p><p>Kansas Historical Society — Bleeding Kansas archives</p><p>https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bleeding-kansas/14578</p><p><br></p><p>U.S. Army Center of Military History</p><p>https://history.army.mil</p><p>Library of Congress — WWI &amp; WWII collections</p><p>https://www.loc.gov</p><p><br></p><p>1st Infantry Division Official Page</p><p>https://home.army.mil/riley/index.php/units-tenants/1st-infantry-division</p><p><br></p><p>Camp Concordia — POW Camp History</p><p>https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/prisoners-of-war-in-kansas/16582</p><p>Smithsonian Institution — POW program overview</p><p>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/german-pows-america-180961088/</p><p>National WWII Museum — POWs in America</p><p>https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/prisoners-of-war-us</p><p><br></p><p>Fort Detrick</p><p>https://home.army.mil/detrick</p><p>Dugway Proving Ground</p><p>https://home.army.mil/dugway</p><p><br></p><p>World Health Organization</p><p>https://www.who.int</p><p>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</p><p>https://www.cdc.gov</p><p><br></p><p>U.S. Army Center of Military History — Biographical info</p><p>https://history.army.mil</p><p>California State Library — California governance history</p><p>https://www.library.ca.gov</p><p><br></p><p>https://lplks.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2018/04/Hike-Through-History-Page-3.pdf</p>","author_name":"Grimm Hatter"}