Episode 1

Episode One: The Explosion

Published on: 9th December, 2018

The Tjernagel family prepares for dinner on a cold, quiet Monday evening in early December, totally unaware of what is coming. Their lives are completely changed in an instant by a violent explosion.

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Follinglo - Tragedy in Story City, Iowa
A mysterious explosion wipes out a family’s farm in 1968
On December 9, 1968, a mysterious explosion at a family farm near Story City, Iowa takes everything from the Tjernagel family, and rallies a small town to pressure the US government to make things right.

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