Episode 440: Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle

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Show Notes Episode 440: Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle

This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes to a Tiki Bar in Teaneck and gets lost on the way to the bathroom. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. (We mean why people in the 1970’s suddenly got so into the idea of the Bermuda Triangle. The other stuff is easily explained.)

Along the way we learn that Dave is like he is because parents in the 70’s didn’t love their kids enough. (This is a baseless lie told for comedic effect, his parents HAD to love him a lot not to give him up for adoption) Then we dive right into the mysterious region called the Devil’s Triangle. (Not a euphemism for a well manicured bush) From its origins as some shit Christopher Columbus made up to make himself look cool, to some shit some dudes centuries later made up to sell books and magazines. (There is a common thread) We tell you about all the ways Hollywood made money off the triangle, and all the ways Milton Bradley made up to make money. (Yes, there was a board game!) Finally, we give you the rational explanation for what is happening you all need for closure. (Nothing, nothing is happening.)

Our Sponsor this week is Eternal Cruise Lines, isn’t it time to leave it all behind? We open with Leonard Nimoy searching, and close with Gary Gee plotting some dark shit for his lady.

Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:

Sea's Puzzles Still Baffle Men In Pushbutton Age

https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/evwjones.html

The Deadly Bermuda Triangle

https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/vincentgaddis.txt

Why The Bermuda Triangle Craze Of The '70s? The Hoax And Hysteria Explained

https://groovyhistory.com/bermuda-triangle-craze-hoax-hysteria?utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=pinterest_bermuda_triangle_craze&utm_medium=pinterest__bermuda_triangle_craze

The Bermuda Depths

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077223/

Bermuda Triangle (1975)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2296/bermuda-triangle

TV: ‘Nova’ Explores the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Case

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/29/archives/tv-nova-explores-the-bermuda-triangle-case-program-challenges.html

According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the Bermuda Triangle myth blows up in the 1970s and has been popular ever since. What happened in the 1970s to make it so popular?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1383hh6/according_to_the_google_ngram_viewer_the_bermuda/

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