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These Women Were Poisoned by their Job for Years: The Radium Girls

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Hi friends, happy Thursday!
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we are going to talk about some badass women who, even though they were dying from radiation poisoning, took their bosses to court over horrible working conditions. This is the story of the Radium Girls.
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Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
02:47 KATHERINE SCHAUB
04:44 THE UNKNOWN GOD
07:00 THE GLAMOROUS GLOW OF RADIUM
08:25 BEST FRIENDS 5EVA
10:53 DR. SABIN & THE UNDARK DREAM FACTORY
12:18 FIRSTHAND RADIUM POISONING
13:45 LIP-POINTING
15:05 HORMONES OR SOMETHING WORSE?
16:59 A STATE OF PANIC
21:50 THE END OF THE WORLD WAR
23:33 QUITTIN’ TIME
24:21 MOLLIE MAGGIA & THE PAIN IN HER MOUTH
26:12 CLEARLY, IT’S JUST SYPHILIS
27:53 RADIUM JAW & AN UNFORTUNATE DEATH
29:53 RADIUM & CALCIUM
32:38 THE BIRTH OF THE RADIUM GIRLS
35:11 THE RETURN OF DR. KNEF
35:58 THE GANG GETS BACK TOGETHER
39:35 THE RADIUM GIRLS VS. THE US RADIUM CORPORATION
41:15 THEY KNEW IT WAS KILLING THEM AND DID NOTHING
42:09 ALL THE OTHER RADIUM GIRLS
43:17 CONCLUSION
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Dark History is an Audioboom Original.
This podcast is Executive Produced by:
Bailey Sarian, Kim Jacobs, Dunia McNeily 3Arts, Ed Simpson, and Claire Turner from Wheelhouse DNA
Producer: Lexxi Kiven, Derrial Christon and Spencer Strasmore
Researched and written by: Jed Bookout, Michael Oberst, Joey Scavuzzo, Kim Yaged
Additional Research by: Tisha Dunstan
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Historical Consultant: Timothy Jorgensen
Video Director: Trent Barboza and Eric Abell
Shot By: Tafadzwa Nemarundwe
Edited by: Jim Luci
Production Management: Marissa Barrrientos

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17 авг 2024

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@JananyaKali 2 года назад

"You know what else is poisonous? Abuse in the workplace!" YASSSS QUEEN TELL EM

@snowbunnydiva 2 года назад

Exactly! And then the female gets fired. 🥺

@ashleylipa2244 2 года назад

Had this on at work. My boss walked in RIGHT as she said this... and slowly backed out. when I say I died laughing...

@JananyaKali 2 года назад

@@ashleylipa2244 LOL awesome

@thesweetestbear 2 года назад

so yall gonna pretend like this chick didnt just laugh at people dying and put 5 ads in one video

@JananyaKali 2 года назад

@@thesweetestbear you must be new around here...

@elizabethgrogan8553 2 года назад

This is so sad. My mom's aunt was an X-ray tech. She married but couldn't fall pregnant. Tests showed that she was infertile. This was because she always stood beside people who were being x-rayed, with no protective shield. She went on to adopt 3 boys and protective clothing was introduced shortly afterwards. She successfully sued the organisation she worked for, which had knowledge that many women became infertile whilst working for them.

@cecemoon1208 2 года назад

That’s sooo sad. I’m glad she sued!

@rhonapeterson514 2 года назад

So sad, I'm happy she became a mom.Glad she sued them,hope it was alot to help her care for her children

@auntnaynay5543 2 года назад

Those people should go to jail.

@elizabethgrogan8553 2 года назад

@@rhonapeterson514 Thankyou Rhona. My mom's aunt was so happy when she and her husband become adopters. They received a fair settlement but, more than everything, they adored their adopted children

@erinerin561 2 года назад

Wow! Although it is horrendous what happened legal justice is so rare for these types of things. There's a movie, I think it came out a few years ago, about the Radium girls.

@nancycollins9783 2 года назад

"You shouldn't have to die for a living wage." Best quote ever! Thanks Bailey!

@jennylynn6804 2 года назад

came here to say this.

@TheClairemyst 2 года назад

Ain't that Gospel right there!

@brookels66 6 месяцев назад

1 of the main reasons I'm N O T proud to be American

@noricoco4695 2 года назад

The part that freaked me out about their story was how they wet the brushes, over and over, with their lips to maintain the fine point for painting with radium. Meanwhile, the guys working in the lab were wearing full lead aprons to protect themselves - they absolutely knew there was a risk! "Totally safe." Such a horrifying story.

@StrokedGT Год назад

They always bring up the male workers, but I picture them wearing those aprons mainly because they were probably dealing with higher quantities of the stuff, probably buckets full of the stuff.

@Niki_A_21 2 года назад

Random person: “Who is your favorite teacher?” Me: “My history teacher, Ms Bailey Sarian”

@zandria8 2 года назад

Funny you say that bc I teach my little sister and I sent her this video for science class and history😂

@saber7036 2 года назад

@@zandria8 you're a freaking awesome teacher then, she's so lucky to have you

@zandria8 2 года назад

@@saber7036 Aw thank you so much!

@edenskinner8861 2 года назад

@@saber7036 j

@ninjamasta8422 2 года назад

I learn something new every time i watch her video's

@notreallyreal7812 2 года назад

Not only was my great grandmother a radium girl, but I’m also learning about them in my chem class rn, this is weird timing lol.

@Himaryous 2 года назад

Did your grandmother do okay?

@werecover3733 2 года назад

That is wild. Did your great grandmother pass from the Radium exposure?

@SherriLyle80s 2 года назад

Oh wow. You should do a presentation about her personal experience. Document her story either by written or video. It can be archived in the US Archives.

@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper 2 года назад

@@SherriLyle80s That is a great idea

@iAmLocGoddessK 2 года назад

😒🙄

@renenewell50 2 года назад

My Grandmother and Aunt was two of the Radium Girls. We live in Ottawa ,Illinois. My Grandmother and Aunt are in two of the photos showed in this video. Thank you Bailey for doing this story. Theses women were pioneers for work place safety.

@AlexOrJustAl 2 года назад

I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmother and aunt. They certainly were pioneers at a horrible cost. I can't imagine losing loved ones that way.

@stephaniehowe0973 2 года назад

💙

@curlgirl4265 2 года назад

I am not far from Ottawa and I am currently reading the book. I have never read something that just left me shocked to my core. I cannot believe how these women were treated. I am so sorry to hear that your grandmother and aunt were two of the Radium Girls. My heart goes out to your family. They definitely were brave pioneers for work place safety and fought back even when their lives were hanging by a thread. I have such respect and awe for these young women.

@joycethevoice-joycefarrell9043 2 года назад

😭❤🙏💪

@DeborahDyer 2 года назад

Rene, obviously your grandmother lived long enough to have a child. Did your auntie also? Do you mind if I ask if they died young from the radiation to which they were exposed? This doesn’t just happen to women, unfortunately. Generations of coal and iron ore miners have died of black lung disease among other deadly occupations. It is exceptional cruelty to tell the young ladies that they had syphilis, however, at a time when women were shamed for such. We’re still told that we’re “hormonal” though, and that’s bullsh*t.

@callamarismom7952 2 года назад

I ran into someone wearing one of your suspish sweatshirts the other day. I said "Bailey Sarian". She said "I love her!". I said "Me too!". Then we did your theme song. lol You have fans everywhere!!

@jenniferreyes1874 2 года назад

That’s awesome, if I would have been around and heard I would have joined in with y’all ❤️ love her song!

@harlan6126 2 года назад

Sha na sha Sha na sha Sha na sha Sha sha na..... SHAAAAAA

@Monicalia 2 года назад

My ''favorite'' part of that story is that 50 women died and they thought there was no need to investigate. They started investigating radium factories after ONE male employee died in 1925. Disappointing, but definitely not surprising.

@elscheib 2 года назад

OOOF this makes my blood pressure go up...

@SmartStart24 2 года назад

Disgraceful

@autumnguthrie3177 2 года назад

Not surprising at all 😖

@ninaappelt9001 2 года назад

The company fought tooth and nail to keep it under wraps.

@quintecence 2 года назад

They wouldn't have investigated it at all if no men died - they would have dragged their feet if more than 300 women died because it's the 1900s and women aren't anywhere nearly as important as men.. obviously 🙃

@trishelzira8008 2 года назад

Something very important to note also is that they didn't just win the case for themselves. This all lead to labor safety standards and workers' rights advances. 🙌

@crazy89jp 2 года назад

Sooo very very true!! They stopped it from happening further to other women 👏🏼🙌🏼

@arareanddifferenttune3130 2 года назад

I didn’t know this! Thank you

@norainnoflowers1551 2 года назад

OSHAA as we know it is thanks to the Radium Girls and their battle in the courts

@tanyakauffman311 2 года назад

@@norainnoflowers1551 Also due to that fire that started in the garment factory. Bailey did a video on that one.

@thesweetestbear 2 года назад

so yall gonna pretend like this chick didnt just laugh at people dying and put 5 ads in one video

@alexgustavson4262 2 года назад

One of the things I find sad about the story of the radium girls is that Marie Currie and her husband were somewhat aware of how dangerous radium was, they kept on telling people to stop putting radium in stuff, but no one listened, Perrie, her husband, died in a carriage accident and never had to suffer the full effects of radiation poison, but Marie died of cancer, most likely related to radiation poisoning. Marie had apparently even heard about what was happening to these girls and believed them and tried to help them, but no one listened to her either, because why should they listen to her, she is just a person who had won two Nobel prizes for her contributions to science and was one of the people who discovered radium.

@moonwalkerangel7008 Год назад

Her eldest daughter Irene Joliot- Curie worked with her mother but also worked as a nurse radiographer (working with X-rays and died from Leukemia (due to radiation from Polonium 210). Irene’s husband from liver disease (which was a result of overexposure to radiation). Irene’s daughter Hélène Langevin-Joliot (who is still alive) is a French Nuclear Physicist. Irene’s sister (Marie’s second daughter) Eve became a writer, journalist and pianist and she died at age 102 in 2007, she did not follow her mother’s scientific passion.

@asmrtpop2676 Год назад

I would love a source on this!

@crystallee9394 Год назад

@@moonwalkerangel70083:25 ❤

@alyssak6588 2 года назад

I work in a nuclear field that deals with radium and let me tell you that stuffs strikes fear into my heart when I handle it with protective equipment I can't even imagine these poor ladies licking their paintbrushes 😭

@AngelleAnnie-cs1te 6 месяцев назад

I hope you be careful and safe! ❤

@MrsBrit1 2 года назад

The worst part about this is the fact the employers knew 100% that radium was toxic and the cause of the illnesses these women dealt with.....but they put it down to being an STD!! Infuriating!

@jayc344 2 года назад

Yes exactly, but let's trust the science!! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@Moon-hb9ix 2 года назад

@@jayc344 they actually decided to ignore the science cuz they had studies that showed the toxicity of radium, so yea, let's trust the science and not ignore it in favor of money

@tasiawallace9180 2 года назад

@@jayc344 umm....they did the opposite of trusting the science. I see what you tried to do though 😏

@jayc344 2 года назад

@@Moon-hb9ix my point exactly, they knew it was dangerous but didn't care because well $$$.

@melisentiapheiffer3034 2 года назад

Because they were being experimented on without them being aware of it.

@anhminhnguyenquach7667 2 года назад

hi! just a clarification: modern glow-in-the-dark objects don’t contain radium but instead are made of more stable, non-radioactive chemicals (such as zinc sulfide with a copper activator) that don’t pose a risk of radiation exposure.

@naomilelacheur8210 2 года назад

Thanks for clarifying! I was wondering about that

@AngelicDesigns292 2 года назад

So if I had a recent pin from Disney that glows in the dark it’s safe right? Learning about this kinda made me scared of my pin, as silly as it sounds lol

@heidih3048 2 года назад

yes, i was wondering why she said that modern glow in the dark objects contain radium when that is not true. That is such a basic and easy to check fact, I am wondering how many other details are wrong in these episodes.

@veronicabrown1194 2 года назад

@@heidih3048 perhaps many girl, many. I've spotted mistakes while viewing her story telling in the past

@snikrdoodls14 2 года назад

I found out from nile red that if you mix zinc sulfide with copper you get the well-known green colour. If you mix the zinc sulfide with silver you get blue and manganese produces an orange-red glow. Zinc sulfide on it's own does not glow no matter how much you blast it with uv until you add the metal.

@teresalongo7068 2 года назад

I was in a play called “Radium Girls”… it was an amazing play that told the story of these women. Side note, on the opening night of the play we had a woman who actually worked in this factory.

@Nikkilou36 2 года назад

This is amazing! Did you get to talk to her?

@teresalongo7068 2 года назад

@@Nikkilou36 Hi Just briefly, we (the cast) we’re mostly listening 🥰 to her.

@Nikkilou36 2 года назад

@@teresalongo7068 yea I would too. It's so horrible and fascinating at the same time. So heart breaking!

@videohorror9139 2 года назад

I did that play too just recently!

@teresalongo7068 2 года назад

@@videohorror9139 That is awesome! I'm sure you had a wonderful experience being in this play.

@trigunchica14 2 года назад

I'm from Ottawa. I looked up our local tap water health, and the radium is definitely higher in this area than in others. You're the first channel I've ever heard mention Ottawa along with the other plants. There's a small statue dedicated to the Radium girls in town, I want to say it was unveiled in the early 2000s but cannot fully remember.

@kathyaguirre5587 2 года назад

Post a photo

@SteakBear 9 месяцев назад

@@kathyaguirre5587You can’t post photos in RU-vid comments, genius

@MoodCandy79 2 года назад

I have a very dark obsession with the radium girls because it shows how people will willingly ignore problems for their bottom line no matter the time.

@BVBGirl-3313 2 года назад

The thing that got me when learning about it in college was that they would lick the brushes to get that point....it wasnt just in the air...they were ingesting it 😱

@BecTarot 2 года назад

Do you know that the same thing is happening in todays society? Other than mass production of animal products; putting animals through tremendous stress and torture just to satisfy our consumption, child slavery and underpaid workers from rural parts of the world are made to work under potentially dangerous environments while getting paid with peanuts; search up for how mica (the ingredient that makes most cosmetic products glittery), crystals and fast fashion (such as SHEIN, H&M etc) are being harvested/produced.

@oliviag.1058 2 года назад

not people…. its men specifically that are vile and greedy

@BVBGirl-3313 2 года назад

@@oliviag.1058 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thats the most hilarious thing ive ever heard...even historically there are selfish, vile, greedy women Its a human thing, not strickly male nor strictly female, greed is a human issue, its some peoples fatal flaw Ever hear of a black widow, not the superhero but the old term that meant a woman with several dead husbands, usually those women are super greedy and they cause the deaths of their husbands to keep their wealth Yeah sorry to burst your bubble but all genders have the capacity to be evil Just see each person as their own individual not what you assume society is like based on your small group

@nghariad1 2 года назад

@@BecTarot 👏👏👏

@jademoon7938 2 года назад

This story makes me so sad because I can imagine all the young girls painting their nails and lips with radium to go out at night because they thought it was safe, only to lose their jaws and lives such a short time later, because of that really neat paint that made them glow in the dark. It's just really sad that such an innocent fun idea had such horrifying consequences. Especially when the higher ups knew it was dangerous. They didn't know exactly HOW it was dangerous, but the male bosses didn't walk around in lead aprons for no reason!

@shanaleonard2751 2 года назад

Right girl, and after watching this I’m sitting here wondering what goes on in todays world just like this as we speak that we don’t know about 😩

@asmrlacce 2 года назад

@@shanaleonard2751 I'm so suspicious now, of most things.

@halieparker9214 2 года назад

@@shanaleonard2751 I was thinking the same! I can’t imagine how many things will be dangerous in 10 years or even less

@benadrylcumberbatch2980 2 года назад

Or when they were told that they were doomed to die and there’s nothing they could do about it 😩😔😔

@Kulkazulka1 2 года назад

Hi Bailey and everyone! I know this may seem irrelevant, but Marie Curie is actually Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She was a Polish woman who married a French man and the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize! Poles are very proud of this part of our history and I did not want this information to get lost here especially since it's an episode about woman. I just feel like it is common misconception that she was French when in reality she was very much Polish. You can take it as a fun fact or my addiction to the story. Maria was big part of history since there was really no women in science back then! True inspiration. Anyways, thank you for what you're doing, you are a big inspiration for a lot of people as well Bailey ❤️

@moonwalkerangel7008 Год назад

It is not an irrelevant fact at all, I think the reason Bailey did not mention Marie Sklodowska Curie’s full name is that Polish last names are challenging to pronounce. My last name (which I will not disclose) is a Polish last name that people find hard to pronounce and spell. Bailey has always mispronounced last names in all of her videos. Now is it an excuse to ignore Maria Curie’s true heritage? Not at all. Yet people still refer to Marie Sklodowska Curie as Marie Curie and that she was a Polish and naturalised French physicist and chemist. I think people often believe she was French as she was a French citizen though again (agreeing with you) that she was born Polish.

@zuzannaczerwinska2635 Год назад

Also Maria Skłodowska-Curie invented a new radioactive particle that she named Polon, so that people can distinguish it across other ones because it's named after her country 💜

@purplepurina Год назад

I was looking for this comment

@meanymills 2 года назад

In 2019 my son starred in the high school play “Radium Girls” he was the factory owner. At first I thought this was an odd choice for a high school play but these kids worked so hard and put on an amazing show!! It was nice to see them learning about history and enjoying being on the stage.

@bunk95 6 месяцев назад

Owner or one marketed as such?

@chixgotskillz 2 года назад

My son had cancer and had radiation therapy which is a little different but it did have alot if side effects one being his teeth. Luckily they were his baby teeth and we could get them removed without hopefully 🤞damaging his permanent teeth. Although he has alot of side effects ( many different treatments) Im so greatful to say he is now cancer free!

@ijwd424 2 года назад

Reading this made my morning. I'm so happy he's cancer free 💪🏽

@2-d_in_a_bag 2 года назад

i'm so glad your kid's okay. he's a fighter! ( ◜‿◝ )♡

@BethanySchmidtEsthetics 2 года назад

My mom had 6 Mos of radiation up to her chin for breast cancer. All her teeth began to crumble. She lost them all but is now cancer free too! So happy for you and your little earlier too!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@TimoteoDeBaum 2 года назад

Yay!! So happy for your son and you! Wishing you limitless years of love, happiness and fun memories together ❤️🤗

@yvettebowles9011 2 года назад

It's crazy how they use radiation which causes cancer to fight cancer. My cousins wife has been battling leukemia for over a decade. She now has breast cancer and random tumors on her spine from the radiation. My mom has been battling cancer since the pandemic started. She is losing her hair because of the chemo. They successfully removed the cancer at Stanford university. But it only took a few months for it to come back, in her bones. She's on her 2nd round of chemo/radiation. I'm starting to wonder if any of it is doing anything other than making her super sick. :'(

@70scatgirl 2 года назад

My mother once told me long ago when I asked how her older sister Francis had died she told me that she died very young and they didn’t know what she died of but that she had worked in a watch factory working on watches that glowed. She believed that’s what killed her. So sad 😞

@tararainone5060 2 года назад

Wow this story must have been hard for you.

@70scatgirl 2 года назад

@@tararainone5060 Yes did bring back sadness 😞

@robinnicole4466 Месяц назад

That how literally everyone who worked there died, some were just faster than others

@luanaribeiro5522 2 года назад

There is a story about a town in Brazil that found an abandoned radioterapy device. People broke into it and found a glowing powder later found out being caesium- 137. Many people were poisoned by this radioctive thing. Idk if you already did this, but if not it would be so cool if you covered this story. (Sorry about my english im still learning)

@amberdavis5083 2 года назад

Your English is great!!! Don’t apologize!

@XLindsLuvsPinkX 2 года назад

Seriously, you just wrote better than many people that are native English speakers.

@bunk95 6 месяцев назад

No ones doing slaves labor without being forced to. Equipment for the death camp system? The portion marketed with healthcare? You dont have the other required systems.

@issanomaly 2 года назад

The deaths sound so painful even to hear! And they were so young to die! It's so crazy how hormones were blamed every time women complained. Are we surprised though?

@princessbuttercupp4233 2 года назад

I knew this story pretty well but still love watching Bailey's story telling. Also "If Thomas Edison is involved you know its some messed up ish". LOL!

@shiningnightmare5616 2 года назад

"Jaws? Who needs it?"

@brittnim1585 2 года назад

I’m from Ottawa, Ill. The radium girls there were originally buried and then exhumed and reburied in lead and concrete coffins once it was understood how long radium is radioactive for.

@tammarauding7531 2 года назад

That is crazy!!

@gd2234_ 2 года назад

Didn’t know the radium girls were from my fave place in illinois

@savannahnickel1041 2 года назад

Oh wow that is wild!!!! Lead coffins makes sense 🧐 I can't imagine how heavy those lead coffins we're

@savannahnickel1041 2 года назад

Were*

@lt7378 2 года назад

Wow. The consequences of radium lives on beyond the grave.

@elizabethjones2084 2 года назад

I've accidentally cut off a fingertip and that hurt SO BAD. To have that as the better option means radium must have hurt.

@jasminevanessa14 2 года назад

I feel like if you compiled all of your “dark history” stories at the end of each year into a book similar to the one in your end scene, it would sell really well.

@zaralee5721 2 года назад

Yeah I would buy the book!!!

@wintanamichael9730 2 года назад

Yessssssssssss 🙌🏽

@courtneywakefield1452 2 года назад

Yassss! I would TOTALLY buy the book!

@judycianci3944 2 года назад

Yes, do it. Can I reserve one now?

@r.t.garcia4780 2 года назад

Absolutely, ive been thinking of this

@genaelgie4642 2 года назад

It hurts my heart when I read stories like these. These young women were cheated out of life for a buck. Thank you for telling this story.

@stephaniehowe0973 2 года назад

By a Dr no less.

@RavenWing1972 2 года назад

The radium girls story is heartbreaking. I remember back in 1980 when I was small, I saw the burns that radiation therapy had left on my ma's body. It was frikkin horrendous. It still makes me cry as it hurt her so much. I miss you Ma.x

@katielancaster6376 2 года назад

Marie Curie is just an awesome awesome lady (in terms of pioneering science and women) She could be a dark history episode. She lost her husband to a freak accident, but what gave her fame also slowly killed her. Her early life wasn't abusive but not easy either.

@haileybudach9405 2 года назад

One of my aunts was a radium girl, and is actually in one of the pictures you used which is so crazy to me. My family and I are from and still living in Ottawa, it’s so cool to hear you even mention my hometown on your channel. Ottawa has some wild history, im glad youre talking about it, I’ve always thought it was super interesting :)

@keezyk6574 2 года назад

Growing up, Vladimir the impaler was the craziest history I’ve ever heard about! You should look into doing a video about this one!

@immaperson321 2 года назад

Ooo, learned about Vlad [to an extent] from Sam and Colby and their friend going to explore his supposed castle. They do lots of abandoned/haunted exploration vids! That was a funny and interesting one with a small dose of history in it. [Edit]

@sweetbunnybun 2 года назад

he's not vladimir, he's vladislav

@ramona8063 2 года назад

@@sweetbunnybun he is not vladislav either actually his name is just vlad

@Minyadagniriel 2 года назад

i love vlad!!! read Vlad: The Last Confession!! its great!

@immaperson321 2 года назад

Yeah, to both the OP and first commenter about names, Vlad the impaler's full name is "Vlad III Dracula" it was just Vlad lol.

@nessacintron602 2 года назад

My 15 year old daughter sent me a picture of what her history teacher had playing for her class...and what or who was it??? Well, Queen Bailey!! She was so excited! Shout out to the best Dark History teacher....Bailey fu@#! Sarian!!!

@StunningShay 2 года назад

That’s cool !!! Not pretty f**ked up! Lol

@marknieuwejaar1075 2 года назад

🔥

@lilyl8927 2 года назад

Such gross neglect and abuse. I hate how people can just take advantage of ppl like they have no value :(

@allisonsmith7779 2 года назад

These womens coffins were also encased in cement to keep the radiation from seeping into the surrounding soil/possible ground water. There’s also a movie out about it and it’s pretty interesting.

@CosmicSirenMandi Год назад

They did the same thing with some victims mainly the firefighters in the Chernobyl Incident as well sadly. It's crazy how some companies are so negligent with dangerous elements 😡

@Dragonflyathena 2 года назад

I remember my dad telling me about radium girls licking the brushes and how dangerous it was when I was little. (He’s been gone 20 years.💔) Even more heartbreaking to learn about the individual stories of these young girls and how shady, greedy, and evil some of the people involved were. 💔 Another fascinating, entertaining, but infuriating episode.

@DyslexicMitochondria 2 года назад

it's really heartbreaking

@elieklein5518 2 года назад

My grandmother had a watch that its numbers glowed in the dark. It was very old and didn't even worked. But she kept it because it belonged to her older brother who died at war... I used to love it, specially at night time 😵 🥴 😱

@jewlspatterson3730 2 года назад

@@tomhappening ty for pointing that out

@matthewbenge7112 2 года назад

Bailey is becoming the Elvira of History Lessons.

@drewnuara4737 2 года назад

yesssss

@LMason-qd7sq 2 года назад

...but looks like Betty Page. Elvira Page Sarian

@kimberlyschouppe86 2 года назад

Yassss! And I am living for it!

@samanthagruwell8994 2 года назад

Spot On!!!!

@tracybeahl4555 2 года назад

I've been saying that same thing lol

@drewsudaj 2 года назад

My family was pretty heavily effected by the Westclox radium watches! My grandma's yard is still contaminated by both the Carus Chemical & Westclox hazardous waste. I had family who worked for both & ended up dying from cancer. I'm so glad this was discussed!

@AlexOrJustAl 2 года назад

I'm so sorry to hear this horrible outcome of your family members and that this is still effecting your grandmother's actual home to this day. Warmest regards to you and your family. 🙏🏽

@katherinequinonez8689 2 года назад

I can't believe this coincidence. I'm actually a Safety trainer and are currently talking about this case to my students. This and other cases contributed to the creation of OSHA.

@robinnicole4466 Месяц назад

Yup! Learned that in OSHA training in college!

@patriciahandel9702 2 года назад

I learned a little about this because my husband is an antique watch collector. I myself have a 1920 lady's cocktail Rolex. It does not have any radium, but quite if few of his antique watches do. It makes me sad to know that so many women died just for those watches.

@thewoman2blame706 2 года назад

The book about this was gut wrenching. As a healthcare professional reading about everything from The Radium girls to Henrietta lacks is eye opening. 😳

@zaideesdoll9992 2 года назад

Henriettas story is underrated. More ears need to hear it. 😫

@toyah231 2 года назад

What's the name of the book?

@QuaffleNox 2 года назад

The Radium Girls. Wild, beautiful, painful book. Those poor girls.

@jenniferatkinson9085 2 года назад

I have the Lacks book. What's the name about the radium girls?

@nicholealderfer191 2 года назад

I've read the book, would recommend. It goes into more detail. Came out three or four years ago if I recall, I read a lot. The book goes into way more detail. Well written and researched.

@lilmissmama317 2 года назад

My great grandma was a radium girl in Ottawa at Radium Dial. She was one of the oldest ones to work there and they never understood why she didn’t have health issues like the younger girls. They came out with a documentary in the 80s talking to the last of the women. My dad told us kids about the football field that never had snow on it in the winter because the rubble from Radium Dial was beneath the field. 😳

@caitlindriscoll1327 Год назад

Wow that's really interesting. I read the radium girls book and I remember in the beginning chapters they talk about how radium waste was used to fill school playgrounds.

@Anxioustater 2 года назад

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore tells their story in a heartbreakingly beautiful way. So glad you did this topic

@XiaLingLing 2 года назад

Bailey: “Dark History is fun!” All the ghosts that died horrifically: 😒

@TimoteoDeBaum 2 года назад

😭😭💀💀

@kiaraphillip869 2 года назад

😂😭

@sahawk0709 2 года назад

😅🤣😂🤣

@andromedaspitz9302 2 года назад

The ghosts would probably prefer this to forgetting about them and letting the mistakes repeat

@eveningstar8581 2 года назад

@@andromedaspitz9302 exactly!

@IllyDragonfly 2 года назад

You know it's bad news when the doctor looks annoyed that it's NOT syphilys T.T Also this sounds very similar to the asbestos and the PVC factories... maybe you could make episodes about them!

@cheanarchist2381 2 года назад

What I was just saying to my son 🙌🙌🙌💯

@lalelulallo 2 года назад

Stories like this are a reminder that even today, things like this could be happening but because of money, the media, stakeholders and owners choose to ignore it.

@citigirlcountrified1927 6 месяцев назад

Cell phones and towers are the new watch factory

@robinnicole4466 Месяц назад

Ever heard of talcum powder? It's still wildly used.. . And causes cancer

@alexnewell2246 2 года назад

I love that you did a Dark History video about this. You actually showed a photo of my great grandma in the Ottawa location. Super interesting thank you so much for taking an interest. Love watching your videos!

@jae.88 2 года назад

literally every episode you manage to look the best ever, all while telling these creepy stories. that's talent! keep going girl!

@IselinLR 2 года назад

Couldn’t agree more! ❤️

@hardyquinn9442 2 года назад

Yep!

@skeletoncricket920 2 года назад

I feel like Magdalene laundries would be an interesting dark history topic.

@celtzen 2 года назад

Holy cats (no pun intended) that is a whole long term ball of f*cked up

@AlchemicalApothecary 2 года назад

I don't know what this is so I'm thumbsing up so Bailey can tell me what this is

@kirstiegog 2 года назад

Yes! I’m Irish and they are still finding body’s to this day from these poor women and their baby’s 😢

@joanneking85 2 года назад

@@kirstiegog I suggested she do a video on the Tuam babies a while back. I'm Irish too and this story breaks my heart.

@stephaniegrabner2236 2 года назад

Was not familiar, but did a quick Google. Horrible and the last one closed in 1996! Crazy Horrible! Please do an episode on this.

@elinbjork3263 2 года назад

They made a medicine out of it too called radithor. A golf pro took it habitually and his entire jaw fell off and he died.

@robinnicole4466 Месяц назад

No it was a doctor who kept prescribing himself the medicine thinking it was helping him and it wasn't

@esbeidy_olguin 2 года назад

Just did a presentation for my chemistry class on Radium Girls and Bailey you were such a help when making my presentation. Thank you!!!!

@justinmcleod4130 2 года назад

IDEA. BUT ITS VERY TIME CONSUMING. WHAT IF BAILEY PUTS THESE STORIES INTO AN ACTUAL BOOK AND CALL IT DARK HISTORY. I WOULD BUY IT IN A HEARTBEAT

@perrasucia5838 2 года назад

I have a feeling she is! Watch it drop during some cool date, maybe Halloween?

@tropicalladyj8033 2 года назад

It’s crazy how many of these stories have similar catalysts, money and greedy men hmmmmm 🧐 Keep bringing the truth girl!!!!

@ashleythaxton9667 2 года назад

Seriously, every single one of them has….HuMaNsSsS!!!!! 👹

@lisadilo9615 2 года назад

Capitalism at it’s finest 😡

@CandySophie18 2 года назад

Literally nothing changed

@tropicalladyj8033 2 года назад

@@lisadilo9615 No doubt. It’s just crazy that some people just can’t seem to behave like a decent human.

@lisadilo9615 2 года назад

@@tropicalladyj8033 isn’t it? I really don’t get it myself. Being a decent human is so hard for some people!!

@andersonnikkic 2 года назад

I love your dark history room!!! The colors, the lighting, it looks so cozy and comfy 😍 I feel like we're at a slumber party - complete with giant story book and story telling. It's a pretty fun time! Don't worry Bailey, I got the popcorn ;)

@luciramirez320 2 года назад

My sophomore year we did “These Shining Lives” which was based on the Ottowa girls. I learned so much and it and about the girls not too far from my hometown. It’s just so crazy to me that this went on for so long.

@dougrose90 2 года назад

“You know what else is poisonous? Abuse in a workplace.” OSHA Approved

@gingerale1861 2 года назад

Ya really makes ya think 🤔

@erinturner9618 2 года назад

YES THANK YOU! I live in the Illinois town and I work in a nursing home. So many of my residents lost their mothers and aunts and sisters to Westclox. Snow doesn’t even stick on the graves of the victims. They’re still so radioactive.

@dayaautum6983 2 года назад

The snow melts over their graves ?!?!?!! Okay that's messed up.

@thalukanyovanessa2959 2 года назад

This is shocking.

@vanessajohnson9115 2 года назад

as much as i love the sped up version she just told you guys how they just died but they suffered, they produced tumors on there knees and hips, had to start walking with canes, one girls legs had those “pimples” and when they were popped they turned into tumors and then turned black and eventually her leg turned black there is a book called “The Radium Girls” it’s more in-depth

@christiec4446 2 года назад

Let's all take a moment to appreciate the sassiness and sarcasm of Bailey's story telling of such a horrible tradegy.

@janepruitt2211 Год назад

I actually don’t appreciate it when it’s true crime it’s quite macabre & weird

@Peaches22Baby 2 года назад

Wow this is so sad that the women never even got the money and died of this horrible poisoning. I absolutely adore you and Joan and listening to your stories thank you for your time you take for us!!

@bogwitch2 2 года назад

They did GET the money but were already too devastated by the poisoning to even use it

@Pikapichuu 2 года назад

I'd like to think part of why they fought so hard for the money was to take care of their families since they knew they weren't going to last. So the fight in court and the financial win wouldn't have been for nothing

@skyem5574 2 года назад

But they didn’t just win the case for themselves it lead to labour safety standards and workers’ rights advances. They won it for everyone who benefits from that too.

@Rara31393 2 года назад

I remember learning about this in school they said the victims would break their ankles or legs just from walking across the floor. Can’t imagine how painful life must have been for them.

@samanthagruwell8994 2 года назад

Horrible

@handalf 2 года назад

I'd recommended this month's back and super happy to see it done. It's such an interesting case and important. I'd read that their jaws fell off, their backs would collapse, all kinds of painful bone and joint problems. So sad. At least we are talking about them, they deserve that much.

@NoSoup4U. 2 года назад

I read the book called RADIUM GIRLS. This story is so much more horrible and goes into so much detail that just can't be done in 45 minutes. But Bailey you did a great job trying to condense all this info in a short amount of time! Great job!

@sarahadkisson1653 2 года назад

Pretty sure all the body's have been dug up and lead shielding has been put in place and then reburied them but you will still get some sort of reading on a survey meter. I live in NJ and I also work for the state in radiation protection. I love that you covered this topic! It is so interesting and sad at the same time but the Radium girls started a whole new field and I personally wouldn't have the job I do without all their efforts in getting justice for themselves and all the workers!

@bronminett4042 2 года назад

Stay safe while your keeping others safe and speak up if you see something wrong. Your doing great work ❤️

@lucylulusuperguru3487 2 года назад

And I'm sitting here left wondering how you even got interested in that field?

@samanthasawyer8960 2 года назад

I was asking myself if any protection was put in place to prevent the bodies from poisoning the environment. Thank you for answering my question 👍

@KathyTrithardt 2 года назад

_The Radium Girls_ by Kate Moore is an excellent book on this subject.

@QuaffleNox 2 года назад

I clicked on this video so fast because I read that book the week it came out.

@KathyTrithardt 2 года назад

@@QuaffleNox Such a fascinating book.

@alexandrasupernova7961 2 года назад

Agreed!🤗💯 Great book~

@delilahdelaney 2 года назад

While reading this I couldn't get over their boss. He watched beautiful young girls quickly become sick and suffering horribly. How could he watch them deteriorate??? Hope he is suffering, wherever he is!

@KathyTrithardt 2 года назад

@@delilahdelaney I imagine he has passed away by now, given a lot of this case was in the 1910-1920's, but yes, I was furious at how heartless his actions were.

@Porter7317 2 года назад

What a horrifying story! 😮😵 RIP to all of the ladies! 🙏🏾

@tonyteodoro3376 2 года назад

I was in a professional production in Texas of “These Shining Lives”, a show about Radium Girls. I got to play the shady company manager. It’s a beautiful show. Highly recommend seeing it if it’s ever produced at a theater near you.

@alexiss3585 2 года назад

It was The Big Comfy Couch when I was younger... Now it's the Dark History Couch when I'm older 😍 I absolutely love all of your videos, you always look so amazing and it's crazy how much work you put into these videos

@elynnm3016 2 года назад

The big comfy couch was exactly where my mind went. Lol

@DaniYuki 2 года назад

I went to the comments specifically for the Big Comfy Couch reference hahaha

@JoanieTristine 2 года назад

I watched a documentary on radium jaw a while ago, these ladies would develop necrosis from licking their brushes to wet the tip. Companies and factories were warned about the toxicity of radium but they just didn’t care.

@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac 2 года назад

Not only were they warned, BUT THE MEN ON THE LAB SIDE WERE ALL USING TONGS AND PPE WHILE HANDLING. Contemporaneously, the women (and literal GIRLS) were being told it would make their cheeks rosy.

@Topdoggie7 11 месяцев назад

Ugh the teeth wiggling out and necrosis is the worst thing to have happen.

@captaincrimsonx 2 года назад

"Just hormones." Gaslighting at it's finest.

@syerra1 2 года назад

Why have I not heard of this channel before? The content, scripting, humour, inviting setting, and pretty lady delivering the whole kit and kaboodle are so very edutational. Wowsie :)

@thehydratedhottie 2 года назад

The Radium Girls movie is on Netflix as well. History can be fun but it’s also alarming how f’d up the world is 😔

@Raven.Nevermore 2 года назад

Ooooh, maybe the movie can answer all my follow up questions!!! Thanks for posting this comment!

@Raven.Nevermore 2 года назад

Ok I just finished watching it. And can I just say OMFG!!! WTAF!!! Crazy thing, radium was still being used till 1970! I’ve just opened up a rabbit hole and about to go diving down. Apparently it was used in more than just watch faces. So now I want to know what else it’s in. I have a lot of antiques. Could I possibly have anything made with it? Guess I’ll find out

@tiaramack8285 2 года назад

Watching NOWWWW

@kymberlywood6522 2 года назад

Thank you for telling us. Thank you

@forciermiranda 2 года назад

Added to my list! Thanks!

@drunkentruecrime 2 года назад

Mondays and Thursdays are literally my favorite days of the weeks now because of you! Keep thriving queen 👑 🔥

@emiliawoodward4663 2 года назад

I listen to her especially when I’m doing homework. I’ll replay some of the ones I’ve already watched just bc there’s so much comfort in playing her videos 😂

@TheMightyBlackPearl 2 года назад

She's THEE QUEEN 👑❤👸

@drunkentruecrime 2 года назад

@@emiliawoodward4663 100% do the same 😂😂

@kaylamcbroom5646 2 года назад

This story was terrifying! I’ve had dreams about my teeth falling out but the descriptions of these womens’ poisoning symptoms was much more gruesome! Very Dark History!

@lbar9720 Год назад

I learned about this in my first year of Pre-Med, and these ladies also used to sprinkle the Radium Dust in their hair before they went dancing because it made their curls glow. Radium was in everything. When they licked their brushes, they purposely swallowed the dust because they were told that it was healthy. These poor women. What a disgrace. Unfortunately today there are Companies that STILL put their workers lives at risk for Money!

@katarinabush5390 2 года назад

I would love to hear you take on Agent Orange next! I currently have a family member who is a child of Agent Orange and it’s reaped terrible havoc on her body.

@stacisimpson4312 2 года назад

Ok now I’m curious, what is agent orange??

@user-gl8fb8nc9c 2 года назад

@@stacisimpson4312It's a pesticide the U.S used in Vietnam. They dumped this stuff off planes into the jungle to destroy foliage and cover the vietcong were using to hide. This poisoned the wildlife to this day, which has caused tons of birth defects for unsuspecting people years after the war

@carrieremlinger1792 2 года назад

I lost my dad because of Agent Orange. 😭💔

@MouthyMa 2 года назад

Ironically, my Lyme disease diagnosis (that took 5 years to figure out) it what led me down the Agent Orange rabbit hole. I would LOVE if Bailey would cover that topic! 🖤 Really sorry to hear about your family member!! ❤️

@TyannaL 2 года назад

It’s so sad they had to go through that when the men were protected in suits and aprons next door. The book The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women is a MUST read. Thanks Bailey 💕Happy New Year everyone

@MGE-pk5dg Год назад

You should 100% sell a dark history book. Particularly since many schools are no longer teaching real history.

@NinaDuffy Год назад

I have a china cabinet with a black light, I use it to display all my uranium glass. I also had cancer, radiation did literally aid in my saving my life. What a tragic history it has, years of painful deaths, and horrible tests :/ Great video Bailey!

@layscrzt 2 года назад

I’m a huge fan from Brazil and this story reminded me of the Goiânia accident in 1987, a big radioactive accident that happened where some people found a glowing rock and carried it around, like on the bus, showed their neighbors, and unfortunately a lot of people died. Theres a great video from Felipe Castanhari (canal nostalgia) you would LOVE IT

@MissM.789 2 года назад

I'll check it out!

@layscrzt 2 года назад

@@MissM.789 it’s amazing, animated and has subtitles! ❤️

@cherryblossom520 2 года назад

That's so wild! At the same time sad and scary. A must see.

@bondickle 2 года назад

I think Plainly Difficult may have also covered it. He covers a lot of radioactive etc incidents. (Either PD or Fascinating History. I get the two mixed up sometimes as to who covered what!) x

@MissM.789 2 года назад

@@layscrzt just watched it! It's so sad. That poor little girl getting buried by a crane.

@charliemander6701 2 года назад

This story is so wild, there was a play written about The Radium Girls of the same name!! My highschool put on the show and no one could believe it was based on a real story!!

@elizabethbaban9048 2 года назад

Same !!!!

@annafountain4033 2 года назад

Mine as well! I’m actually an actress, so I was in it, and the research we did on it was just insane. The fact that these women were working with radium that many of them suspected was dangerous and then were completely dismissed and ignored

@herbiecd1 2 года назад

When I am at the antique stores near me and I find old radium glass not being behind a case or bagged...it gives me anxiety. I tell the store owner that shouldn't be out for everyone to touch. 🤦‍♀️

@AJ_AJ. 2 года назад

Did not even know this was a thing. How scary!

@evelinabystrom2446 2 года назад

Love that you used the phrase “glowing skin” during the ad break 😂 fits perfectly with the storyline 😂👍❤️

@melaniewantsabeer243 2 года назад

My grandmother actually told me about this years ago. And I just recently watched the movie about this. Those poor women. Tragic doesn't even begin to cover it.

@insanelittlesilk 2 года назад

The movie is amazing

@aphiwejili3810 2 года назад

@@insanelittlesilk What's the name of the movie??

@DaisyRM 2 года назад

1000 ways to die taught me about the radium girls but I never saw it mentioned in school history or elsewhere. I'm really glad you're going into depth about these unfortunate women, they deserved better.

@ThankYouPain09 2 года назад

Same!

@spike16965 2 года назад

There is a movie called radium girls. You should watch if you havent yet.

@kyletally6623 2 года назад

This is the first time I've looked you up on YT - I found you on FB and have been OBSESSED. But my FB crapped out so I came here --- sooooo happy to find the stories are longer and more detailed! I'm going to binge til 3a.m. ❤💙💜💖 you are AMAZING!

@kyletally6623 2 года назад

...also I'm on my husband's YT account... just felt that I needed to make that known 🤪

@buhlemahlangu2136 Год назад

Funny because that’s also how I found her 😂😂 I needed more so I came to RU-vid

@vesselforpasta 2 года назад

Bailey really has the gift of story telling.

@haleemorgan8076 2 года назад

If anyone is wondering why only women worked at these factories, it’s because laws allowed their employers to pay them much less then men.

@scray00 2 года назад

True but also all the men were fighting in the war.

@snowbunnydiva 2 года назад

There’s still a significant wage gap, we’re still getting the short end in a lot of disciplines.

@ciara1243 2 года назад

@@snowbunnydiva thats not true

@scray00 2 года назад

@@snowbunnydiva yeah the best thing I ever did was get in the union. Now every one doing a job get paid the same. I wouldn’t even have been able to get the job I have now if it wasn’t for the union

@private2809 2 года назад

@@ciara1243 🙄

@lauramorin899 2 года назад

"You know what else is poisonous? Abuse in the workplace!" Great Story Bailey!! Thanks again for teaching us! 🤗🥰🤗

@bentlyluv1211 2 года назад

They didn't just tell them that radium wasn't harmful, they told these women that ingesting small amounts of radium was beneficial to their health. It also should be noted that one of the supervisors would warn the women not to put the brushes in their mouth, but he never told them why it wasn't ok. And when you are getting paid per piece, only for the dials that are acceptably painted, desperate people do things they shouldnt.

@jynevere 2 года назад

Love bailey and this series. when she first announced this show I was ooooh, she HAS to do one about the radium girls! This definitely could have been longer though. Their case is what eventually led to OSHA and worker safety precautions

@xxo8888 2 года назад

Sad thing is nothing's changed. "Money over everything." We don't rly know the extent of damage our cell phones are doing to us that companies are paying to hide.

@lucylulusuperguru3487 2 года назад

and EVEN now...any time a woman speaks up about something she's blatantly pushed into a corner and "man-splained" away as being hysterical or manipulative. Nothing scares this world more EVEN NOW than an educated, unapologetic woman.

@marknieuwejaar1075 2 года назад

And what makes Condoms so lubed ? imagine losing the feelings in said part's..

@angiecats5298 2 года назад

We know more than those radium girls lol. The truth is, that even if it was proven to cause us serious harm we would still use them because we rely on them too much now days. Most people don’t even have a landline anymore.

@lt7378 2 года назад

XXo. You are SO right. It’s an “inconvenient truth” since we love our phones. Imagine the toxicity when 5 G kicks in !!!

@jupi9629 2 года назад

@@angiecats5298 it’s like walking into walmart Knowing that there’s warnings about it cancer

@abqannie5052 2 года назад

This reminds me of of the dark history of leaded gasoline. Not only were workers poisoned, but lead was being spread in the air from cars. They finally banned it in 1986. The person who discovered this was trying to determine the age of the earth, and had to invent the clean room to do his experiments because of the widespread lead contamination everywhere.

@chelelee6321 2 года назад

You're right. We are lucky (in at least this respect) that products are tested for safety before being marketed. The lead though is quite scary too. We're still dealing with the after effects of that today.

@InuShiek 2 года назад

I am SO glad you're talking about the radium women. Their story is so heartbreaking, and they fought for better working conditions for everyone 💔

@tamarpelkinson3518 2 года назад

This is so terrible, I'm in tears... Also angry. But at least their got some justice. Thank you for telling their story, Baily ♥

@sherrilyndaleofficial 2 года назад

BAILZZZ!! These BANGS! I’m living for!! 🔥 I mean you are beautiful in any colour and style but this is just 🤌🏼

@2teddybearz 2 года назад

Oooo....Hey Sherrilyn, my best Canadian mystery girl

@sewgeekdesigns9113 2 года назад

@@2teddybearz yes!!!!!!

@toyadee8792 2 года назад

Love the support between all of u ladies on here thats In this “field” ❤️❤️❤️

@ebonymarieblack1530 2 года назад

Would love if you and Bailey would do a team up video! You both are amazing and your videos are like having a conversation with a friend.

@gracespence218 2 года назад

@sherrilyn Dale and Bailey sarian should do a clip or 2 Together ! That would be awesome 😎🙂 ... 🔥

@jacqrichardson5448 2 года назад

When I learned about this in school, my teacher also brought up Canary Girls, the women who worked in the munitions factories and were exposed to TNT and cordite which gave them jaundice or just turned them yellow