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In this week’s full episode, Haley goes into the gruesome details of the Byford Dolphin Incident, a horrific diving accident from 1983. Then, Harmony shares the outlandish story of Lord Timothy Dexter and his bizarre rise to wealth in the early 1800s. And we have a surprise guest joining us to finish out the episode! 

Resources:

• https://learnmore.charlestonsouthern.edu/community-views/tragic-lessons-and-impact-the-byford-dolphin-incident.html#immediate-aftermath

• https://www.iflscience.com/the-1983-byford-dolphin-decompression-incident-is-the-worst-diving-accident-in-history-76507#

• https://dn720006.ca.archive.org/0/items/byford-dolphin/Byford%20Dolphin_text.pdf

• https://www.commercialdiversinternational.edu/post/deep-dive-what-is-saturation-diving-and-why-is-it-critical#:~:text=The%20deepest%20saturation%20dive%20ever,pipeline%20in%20the%20Mediterranean%20Sea.

• https://www.health.harvard.edu/a_to_z/decompression-sickness-a-to-z

• https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/byford-dolphin-accident.htm

• https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/43111/20230406/byford-dolphin-accident-what-exactly-happened-tragedy-led.htm

• https://www.scubadiving.com/training/decompression-diving#:~:text=Decompression%20diving%20is%20when%20a,their%20tissues%20during%20the%20dive.

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-saturation-diver

• https://dan.org/alert-diver/article/saturation-diving/

• https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-scuba-diving/

• https://shahmm.medium.com/the-ridiculous-rise-of-lord-timothy-dexter-a-tale-of-lucky-blunders-and-accidental-brilliance-4b9037a62bdd 

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Timothy-Dexter 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter 

• https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/timothy-dexter/29288/