The Tales We Tell
A podcast about spooky stories, unsolved mysteries, and local lore. Join Hannah, Katy, and Jarek as they mask anxiety with humor, and explore the dark, macabre, and downright creepy side of life, with a different story each week.
The Tales We Tell
Ep. 177: The Lost Franklin Expedition
Before there was American Airlines, or Spirit Air, white people were obsessed with finding shortcuts between continents, even if it meant traversing the icy unknowns of the Arctic. This week, Hannah tells Katy about the mystery of Franklin's Lost Expedition, and the men who died trying to chart the Northwest Passage (and were doomed from the start). The girls discuss the best provisions to take to the Arctic, Presidential desks, very good dogs, the dangers of home-canned goods, scurvy, and more! It's a bit outside the realm of our normal content, but it technically still counts as an Unsolved Mystery.
So pour the drinks (preferably something with lemon juice), bundle up, and join us for this icy tale!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1279489/
https://www.cdc.gov/botulism/general.html#:~:text=Botulism%20(%E2%80%9CBOT%2Dchoo%2D,butyricum%20and%20Clostridium%20baratii%20bacteria.
https://canadaehx.com/2021/06/05/the-inuit-and-the-franklin-expedition/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/heres-how-amc-producers-worked-inuit-fictionalized-franklin-expedition-show-180968643/
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