The Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy
Added 2023-09-22 10:15:00 +0000 UTCThe Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy is credited with inspiring a contemporary horror film. Robert Eggers – producer and director of The Lighthouse (2019) lists the tale as one of the influences that helped him bring the film to life. If you’ve watched the film you’ll know that the plot contains a lot more murder and madness than there is to be found in the history of the Smalls Lighthouse… but it’s still easy to see how this strange tragedy would have been an influence!
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That's rough - one for the list of people killed by their own invention!
Fascinating Horror
2023-09-25 16:24:04 +0000 UTCThat's pretty wild. I remember covering one large explosion on a bait farm a while back... but that was due to an illegal fireworks operation. It'd be interesting to cover a farm explosion that was down to legitimate farm equipment malfunctioning...
Fascinating Horror
2023-09-25 16:23:09 +0000 UTCHere's another recent thing you could do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3jGO6Tjy1g
Michael Rutherford
2023-09-23 02:50:10 +0000 UTCHow about a video on the 2023 Texas dairy farm explosion? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Texas_dairy_farm_explosion Although their was just one non-fatal injury among the people involved, approximately 18,000 cattle were killed in the explosion and subsequent fire. The cause is believed to be a honey vac, which could be described as a "vacuum that sucks the manure and water out". It is believed to have overheated, causing built-up methane to ignite.
Michael Rutherford
2023-09-23 02:48:29 +0000 UTC
