Episode 146: The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 feat. James Allen McCune

**SKIP TO TO GET TO 17:23 THE STORY** One sunny day during 1876, the heavens opened above an unsuspecting town in Kentucky and rained flesh. Strange hunks of meat fell out of the sky, baffling witnesses and sparking one of the strangest unsolved mysteries ever known. This week, Nat speaks with a legendary man who not only FOUND A SAMPLE OF THE MEAT SHOWER FROM 1876, but also is planning to make it rain meat again! Join Nat and special guest James Allen McCune as we “take a bite” out of the Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - 00:17:23 INTRO + PERSONAL HAUNTINGS 00:17:23 - 00:34:40 LIFE IN 1876 00:34:40 - 01:05:00 THE KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER OF 1876 01:05:00 -01:28:00 INTERVIEW WITH KURT GOHDE DISCOVERER OF 1876 MEAT SAMPLE 01:28:00 - 01:41:55 CLOSING THOUGHTS Join the Patreon today! patreon.com/letsgethaunted Other Important Stuff: LGH Link Tree: linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: www.letsgethaunted.com Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: [email protected] —— SOURCES: Interview with Kurt Gohde: Professor of Art; Program Director, Art and Art History at Transylvania University, Lexington Kentucky. Links- https://www.popsci.com/story/science/weirdest-thing-meat-shower-kodak-cow-sword-swallower/ https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/What-Was-the-Kentucky-Meat-Shower https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/the-kentucky-meat-shower-of-1876/ https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/15/22382530/abraham-lincolns-body-stolen-plot#:~:text=On%20Nov.,Daily%20News%20published%20an%20update. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/1876-election-most-divisive-united-states-history-how-congress-responded https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/presidential-election-1876 https://supremecourthistory.org/schs-supreme-court-1876-election/ https://www.lcpimages.org/centennial/ https://foxcitiesmagazine.com/2019/05/victorian-bath-splendor/#:~:text=In%20the%201870s%2D1880s%2C%20sinks,shapes%20of%20dolphins%20and%20shells. https://www.aceee.org/files/proceedings/2004/data/papers/SS04_Panel1_Paper17.pdf https://www.victorianpassage.com/2009/02/old_soap_recipes/#:~:text=%E2%80%93Cut%20thin%20two%20pounds%20of,let%20all%20boil%20together%20another https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kentucky-meat-shower https://www.popsci.com/story/science/weirdest-thing-meat-shower-kodak-cow-sword-swallower/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzEgroTosck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices