EARLY EPISODE: The Wilkes Expedition
Once upon a time the US Navy went on a scientific expedition based upon the theory of a hollow earth. They murdered swaths of innocent people and the commander went insane, beating and kidnapping most of his own crew.
Sources:
https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/
https://archive.org/details/seaofgloryameric00phil
https://www.chimuadventures.com/blog/2016/08/charles-wilkes/
Comments (19)
I'll add this to the long list of things I didn't know about b4 this podcast
Bizarrely, I listened to this episode while in Fiji, looking directly out at Malolo Island. Can confirm I wasn't eaten.
Ok, but the real question is who wins in a fight, Spicy or Wilkes? With A. Their fleets and B. Mano a Mano?
As a kid (k-4) I went to Captain Charles Wilkes Elementary School on Bainbridge Island. Never knew the school’s namesake was such a wild tyrant. Thanks for the story guys!
I swear to god if the Goo Doll doesn’t become attainable through Patreon I’m outta here
All butts are off... literally in this case
Can we make white girl tumblr post but with quotes from the podcast? Like have some scenic picture that has cursive over it saying “don’t fuck seals”
oh god yes
It is cape disappointment in WA, Joe! It's across the river from Astoria, OR.
There is another Cape Disappointment, WA (Western Australia). Anglo explorers aren't that original.
Ah the only podcast where the hosts talk over each other arguing about the relative morality of child cannibalism. (Possibly an improvement from being the “Genocide Podcast”).
Joe is a confirmed cannibal. #cancelled
Gotta get on that coursework only masters degree
i've also had to teach and do field research
Only 60 pages for a masters thesis? You lucked out. 692 pages including appendices; 230-something written.
That sounds like a PhD.
Oh lawd
There’s a statue devoted to symmes and his theory in Hamilton Ohio
I'm here for naming geographic features after your current emotions