Ep. 152: Hospital Hell pt. 3: emergency in the ER

Corrigan brings us some true, historical boatcore before we dive back into our tales of hospital horror. This week, we look at what happens when there’s an emergency in the emergency room: fires, and shootings, and toxic fogs, oh my!

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the sordid mystery behind the sinking of the SS Morro Castle (and for the record, SS means steamship)
[32:30] CoRri sings Mark a song about the Great Chicago Fire and we discuss camp songs
[45:48] We examine our stubborn senses that we’re right
[61:35] What we watched! (Heavy Metal, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, Cobweb, Talk To Me, A Haunting in Venice, Final Destination 2, A Haunting In Venice)
[84:30] We bicker about whether you can shoot trash into space
[90:50] We discuss the alarming statistics about bad things that can happen in hospitals, and explore some stories of hospital emergencies

Stuff we referenced:

• The SS Morro Castle, A Cruise Ship Tragedy Along the Jersey Shore
• Bayonne ‘hero’-turned-murderer recalled on 75th anniversary of Morro Castle disaster – nj.com
• Rogers, George White | Peter’s Morro Castle Page
• New Findings on ’34 Ship Disaster – The New York Times
• SS Morro Castle Monument – Asbury Park, New Jersey – Atlas Obscura
• Alagna, George Ignatius | Peter’s Morro Castle Page
• Pictured here is George I. Alagna, the 1st Assistant wireless… News Photo – Getty Images
• Morro Castle disaster an unsolved mystery – Central Jersey Archives
• SS Morro Castle: An Inferno at Sea, a Burning Hulk on the Beach, and Many Unanswered Questions | Monmouth Timeline
• SHIP FIRE SURVIVOR ATTEMPTS SUICIDE; Alagna, Radio Man, Jobless Since Morro Castle Disaster, Recovering From Gas. – The New York Times
• 75-year-old film footage shows aftermath of fire aboard luxury liner in Asbury Park – nj.com
• scmay2019morrocastle.pdf
• Morro Castle – New Jersey Maritime Museum
• From the Inside: Mystery, negligence surround SS Morro Castle disaster in 1934 | | chronicleonline.com
• The horror of Morro Castle lives on
• The Mystery of the Morro Castle
• Fires In Hospitals: Different Causes And Control Measures
• Going “Code Dark”: An Emergency Response to Cyberattacks | AHA
• 10 Most Common Hospital Emergency Codes and Their Meanings – Campus Safety
• Hospital-based shootings in the United States: 2000 to 2011 – PubMed
• Man who allegedly shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees was in the building to watch his child’s birth, authorities say
• Patient trying to smoke while on oxygen likely caused fire at UPMC East, hospital says