There are two major myths centering on the famed Hindenburg disaster broadcast of 1937. The first is especially popular in South Jersey. It states that a person heard Herb Morrison live on the radio describing the explosion of the great airship, then jumped into a car, drove to nearby Lakehurst andwitnessed the still-burning wreckage and survivors being helped into ambulances. Paul Litwinovich, author of the Vintage Radio series, explains the problem with this version.
“The Hindenburg disaster is attributed as being the first time that something of this nature and magnitude occurred…
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