


The live performance was recorded by videographer Michael Trebing. The shadow puppeteers are Dana Samborski, Dan Fields, Jayme LaRosa and Jen Samborski. As recently as the end of January, a 5,300 square ft. Watch below to learn the fascinating origins of the state’s fallout shelter, as well as its more recent history in the possession of a local businessman.Ĭredits: Tony Gonzalez produced this story and video. A third, in Somerset, was turned into a five bedroom eco-house on the market for £700,000 in 2015. Now we’re dipping into the archives to share this favorite. It debuted at Podcast Party 2019, which celebrated and reimagined Nashville Public Radio’s suite of podcasts. The secretive 1950s facility had rarely made the news for decades, but an observant Nashvillian prompted WPLN News to go digging for the story.īut what only a few hundred people got to see at the time was the live-on-stage version of this tale. Our nuclear bomb fallout shelters are made from tough US steel. If this story rings a bell for you, that’s probably because Curious Nashville first brought you the history of Tennessee’s Cold War-era fallout shelter in summer 2019.
