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	Podcast:		WARTIME: A History Series
	Episode:		S05E14: The Real Jaws: The Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:43:44
	Publish Date:		2016-07-05 09:40:10
	Description:		One hundred years ago this week America was gripped in fear and panic. In a span of two weeks, five people were attacked and four were killed as a result of the first shark attacks in modern US history. Known as the destination for the debonair, the Jersey Shore became the scene of a bloody collision of man vs. beast that would ultimately inspire the literary and cinema classic “Jaws”. Most shockingly of all were the deaths of two people in a shallow tidal creek over thirty miles from the open ocean. The search for the Jersey Man-Eater would eclipse World War I in newspaper coverage that summer, and a century later the culprit remains unknown. On this episode we discuss the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916.
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