92. The Phantom (Imperial Food Products)
Added 2023-04-01 06:09:50 +0000 UTCWorkers at a chicken processing plant in North Carolina become trapped inside a burning building.
Prelude: Tragedy at the Triangle Waist Company in Manhattan leads to worker safety reforms.
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Comments
Complacency at its finest
Haley Ashton
2024-01-18 13:14:22 +0000 UTCI know this man didn’t just say “shooting dice” 😭😭
Nae
2023-07-22 20:59:56 +0000 UTCI fucking wept when I listened to this episode. It was powerful.
Allie
2023-05-07 18:56:52 +0000 UTCHe died in 2018. Was there a line waiting to piss on his grave?
VH
2023-05-02 20:59:44 +0000 UTCI know you don’t read this comments?!?
Yolanda
2023-05-01 22:39:38 +0000 UTCExcellent reporting…great story! 💜🍉
Yolanda
2023-05-01 22:38:44 +0000 UTCI have to listen to this again before commenting!
Yolanda
2023-05-01 22:18:27 +0000 UTCOne of the best yet told. Thank you
Jennifer L
2023-04-16 14:05:17 +0000 UTC100% agree
Jennifer L
2023-04-16 14:03:38 +0000 UTCI was hoping I'd hear something about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire at some point during these episodes. I know it's an old one, but it made a great lead-in for this story.
Barb French
2023-04-09 16:36:01 +0000 UTCSo I was listening to this episode on apple podcast and I just wanted to let you know a random add popped into the middle of the playlist that was for gambling for draftkings. I don’t know if you have control the adds that pop on to Apple Podcasts but I wanted to let you know. It was really jarring for me to hear that advertisement.
Mouse H.
2023-04-08 05:18:21 +0000 UTCReally appreciated how you put us into the headspace of someone who worked there. Amazing job. Balloon Boy was really fun, so I felt we had a rough one coming up.
Gray L
2023-04-05 17:03:33 +0000 UTCSame!
Gray L
2023-04-05 17:01:47 +0000 UTCI can't be bothered to check how to activate my subscription in the podcast app I use - and I highly recommend that, the adds are way too cool to miss them
Marika Langot
2023-04-04 08:11:04 +0000 UTCThis is what happens when the party of "We don't need no stinking regulations and let rich people be as greedy as they wanna be" is allowed free reign.
Michelle Hebert
2023-04-02 21:53:38 +0000 UTCI sooo love ACC's account of this tragedy! He recounts with such detail and depth the torture people experienced that you feel you were there! ACC is one of the very few communicators who understands empathy he and knows how to communicate it.
Michelle Hebert
2023-04-02 15:58:55 +0000 UTCIncredible episode. I had egg-spectations about where this was headed and it was absolutely worse. I was musing to myself "are they thinking that people are going to steal, what, rancid chicken?" and sure enough, there was the age-old corporate bullshit of "yep". Continual traumatization on top of it as well. This episode had everything (yes, even the chicken puns).
Alan
2023-04-02 03:14:02 +0000 UTCThank you, ACC. That was deeply upsetting.
Minda Haas Kuhlmann
2023-04-02 00:29:32 +0000 UTCTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. That's an oldie but goodie. Thanks for delvling into it, ACC.
Michelle Hebert
2023-04-01 23:08:15 +0000 UTCSo often when corporate types talk about "cutting red tape" what they mean is getting rid of safety measures that prevent people from burning to death or getting crushed in the panic, whether in poultry plants or nightclubs. Union forever.
Alannah Small
2023-04-01 21:06:55 +0000 UTCI was worried this was a food contamination episode, wasn’t ready for that.
Stephanie Johnson
2023-04-01 19:03:05 +0000 UTCNative North Carolinian here. I’d never heard of this tragedy. Thank you so much for educating me on this!
Mallory Derringer
2023-04-01 18:57:20 +0000 UTCaka boning & packing sent me
Alexandra Green
2023-04-01 18:08:54 +0000 UTCLook at you !!!!!! Taking good care of your Patreons with a nice 56.07min treat. You're a good man ACC :)
Kardonay
2023-04-01 14:33:41 +0000 UTCExcited to listen to this-thank you!
Anastasia Martin
2023-04-01 10:44:37 +0000 UTC
