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Nazi Skies, Forbidden Helium, and Three Theories That Don't Quite Close
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The 1937 Hindenburg crash killed 36 people in 34 seconds — but was it an accident, a political failure, or deliberate sabotage? This episode untangles the hydrogen decision, the Nazi-era geopolitics, and three competing ignition theories that still divide historians.
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Thirty-six people died in thirty-four seconds. And the world heard every one of those seconds as they happened.
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