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In this episode of The Wild Wild Death, we uncover the story of how an ordinary day at the Wells Fargo office took a sudden turn when a curious team of employees decided to investigate a leaky crate. What they discovered inside set off a chain of events that literally shook San Francisco. Join us as we explore how one small crate proves that sometimes, curiosity really can be explosive.

If you'd like to read more about the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, try these links:

• https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tcrr-nitroglycerin/
• https://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/black-powder.html
• https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna53197053
• https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1866/05/13/79805983.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-who-invented-nitroglycerin-was-horrified-dynamite-180965192/
• https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/n/nitroglycerin.html
• http://cprr.org/Museum/Newspapers/Nitroglycerine.html

KELYWORDS:

Explosive event

San Francisco disaster

Leaky crate mystery

Office investigation

Curiosity gone wrong

Wells Fargo incident

Mysterious crate

Uncovering secrets

Historical mystery

Unexpected discovery

Chain reaction

True story unraveling

Office thriller

Shock in San Francisco

Unusual office day