Podcast: Why was a potentially deadly gas released at an IRL meeting of ‘a particularly nice and earnest’ online community?
On December 7th, 2014, a chemical attack took place on American soil that many of us have never heard about. In part that’s because, although there were many victims – almost 20 people were hospitalised – there were no fatalities. But the intention, and the potential of a weapon that can be fatal, were clear, and the target even clearer: furries.
The result is this six-part investigation into what happened that night, when toxic levels of chlorine were released in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. Nineteen people were hospitalised and hundreds were evacuated from the hotel, many still dressed in their costumes. Various media reported the attack, though few with a straight face, and local police bungled the investigation. To date there have been no arrests.
How often do you find the first World War poet Wilfred Owen, a Nazi group called the Raiders and a giant furry wolf with star-shaped pink glasses sharing airspace in a complex and detailed story about an internet subculture and the dangers that emerged from it?
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
AfD in freefall over European lead candidateEuropean Parliament expels MEPs following Maximilian Krah’s remarks about Nazi SS members
Read more »
Amid rising animosity, Macron honours Nazi-hunting couple in GermanyAwards for Beate and Serge Klarsfeld come at a time of rising animosity in Germany towards German Jews and migrants
Read more »
Election Daily podcast: Tempers flare among candidates as polling day approachesInside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »
Election Daily podcast: Small parties on the attack against independent candidatesInside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »
Olympian Rob Heffernan loving new podcast venture after leaving Red FMThe five-time Olympian says his departure from Red FM was a blessing in disguise
Read more »
Kelly Osbourne sparks controversy as she discusses cancer on family podcastKelly Osbourne is under fire after the latest The Osbournes podcast in which the mum-of-one joked she was 'pickled from all the drugs and alcohol', so she 'doesn't get cancer'
Read more »