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Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

S6 Ep15: Engineering Fate: The Life and Death of Rudolf Diesel

Oct 8, 2026 · 57m

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Rudolf Diesel built the world's first internal combustion engine and had hopes it would help lift people out of poverty and prevent the devastation caused by mining for fossil fuels. He had friends and enemies in high places. And so, when he vanished off a boat in the middle of the night in 1913, there were all kinds of theories as to what befell him. The mystery of Rudolf Diesel has never been solved. Strange and Unexplained " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and sleeping with the lights on. You can get early and ad-free episodes and much more over at…