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The boots had no soles - the man looked like he'd simply fallen asleep
The boots had no soles - the man looked like he'd simply fallen asleep
A calm face, no wounds, boots stripped to the uppers with the soles torn clean away - a nameless man found at San Pedro Bay on April 27, 1863, after an explosion that killed at least twenty-six people. What caused a routine harbor shuttle, the Ada Hancock, to be destroyed to the waterline in seconds, scattering bodies and forty thousand dollars in cash without any charges ever filed?
In this episode, we tell the story of that afternoon in San Pedro Bay, the passengers who boarded a small tender for a short crossing, and…
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