The Incredible Mysterious Monster Weapon of WWI

At 7:20 in the morning on March 23, 1918, the Quai de la Seine neighbourhood of Paris was rocked by a massive explosion. Windows shattered, buildings were pockmarked with shrapnel, and a smoking crater three metres across was blown in the cobblestones. Mercifully, however, no-one was hurt. But others would not be so lucky. Just 20 minutes later, another explosion ripped through the busy Boulevard de Strasbourg, killing 9 and wounding 13. By the end of the day, 19 more explosions would be counted throughout the city. The mysterious attack baffled the Parisian authorities; the closest German forces were hundreds of kilometres away, while no aircraft could be seen or heard in the skies overhead. At first, many assumed the bombs were being dropped by extremely high-altitude zeppelins. But what the people of Paris didn’t know was that they were actually under attack by a brand new kind of weapon....

Author: Gilles Messier
Host: Daven Hiskey
Producers: Daven Hiskey and Alexis DeStout

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