Apr 6 2022

Short Stuff: The Church Choir That Didn't Explode

Short Stuff 15 min 2 movies discussed
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Perhaps the most amazing coincidence ever documented took place when a church in a tiny town in Nebraska exploded in 1950.

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This episode dives into one of the most extraordinary coincidences in recorded history: the 1950 explosion of a church in Beatrice, Nebraska that destroyed the building but harmed nobody because every single member of the 15-person choir happened to be late that evening. Josh and Chuck walk through the incredible chain of independent events that kept each choir member away—from a girl finishing a geometry problem to someone napping through their alarm—and reveal the stunning odds that made this miracle possible, all while crediting the discovery to a Time Life Books ad.


Movies Discussed

Kojak
Kojak
1973 TV-PG
★ 7.2
"probably Mannix or Kojak — Josh mentions Kojak as an example of a radio program that Lucille Jones might have been listening to at 7 PM." — Josh
Mannix
Mannix
1967 TV-PG
★ 6.8
"probably Mannix or Kojak — Josh mentions Mannix as an example of a radio program that Lucille Jones might have been listening to at 7 PM." — Josh

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