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26: Women Were Poisoned by Their Job for Years: The Radium Girls

Dark History
Dark History
Episode • Jan 5, 2022 • 39m
When Radium popped on to the scene in the early 1900s, it was called “liquid sunshine” and a “mythological superbeing.” Why? Because it was incredibly powerful and literally glowed. But then a few companies had the bright idea to start making watches with it. Today, Bailey tells the tale of the Radium Girls who were exposed to the radioactive chemical, in horrible working conditions, and lost their lives because of it.



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