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This week it's shark week, we dip our toes in the waters of the Jersey Shore, summer of 1916. Twelve days changed how we felt about sharks permanently. Five people were attacked, four of them fatalities, Two of those deaths were miles inland in brackish water.

Nobody had seen anything like it. Nobody knew what to do about it.

These are the real life stories of shark attacks that inspired Jaws and made many Americans afraid to go back in the water. we cover the attacks, the stats, and even talk a little smack in this file of The Darkives.

Serious hist ...