David Hahn, the Radioactive Boy Scout - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
4Outside Detroit in August 1994, teenage Boy Scout David Hahn was discovered to have gathered a dangerous cache of radioactive materials. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore why David was stockpiling these materials, how he got his hands on them, and how the adults in his family and in authority reacted when they found out.
https://sqpn.com/2020/04/david-hahn-the-radioactive-boy-scout/
Further Resources:
• Ken Silverstein’s book The Radioactive Boy Scout: https://amzn.to/2yoV1Ul
• Sam Kean’s book The Disappearing Spoon: https://amzn.to/2UDQ7vB
• James Mahaffey’s book Atomic Accidents: https://amzn.to/2X3Eob3
• The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments (CD): https://amzn.to/3aDD3vL
• Prof. James Duane’s book You Have the Right to Remain Innocent: https://amzn.to/343Gnxy
• David Hahn (Wikipedia): https://tinyurl.com/kachsbz
• Ken Silverstein’s Harper’s Magazine article: https://tinyurl.com/ycxgcj7t
• Prof. James Duane’s “Don’t Talk to the Police” Debate: https://tinyurl.com/syzgfqm
• “History’s Greatest Monster” Simpsons clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czfKPaypNsU
• Recycling Nuclear Fuel: https://tinyurl.com/rbya445
• Breeder Reactors: https://tinyurl.com/ztpoo65
Mysterious Headlines:
• Hungarian Scientists Find Evidence of 5th Force of Nature (X17): https://tinyurl.com/vmqgpeo
• New, Already-Discovered Dark Matter Candidate? (d*2380 hexaquark) https://tinyurl.com/wcgdxf6