Welcome to the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. Many of us love
the work of Eric Larson, so many great books, including one called Thunderstruck
in the mid two thousands, which, like many Larson books, involves an
interwoven plot line stories of two individuals, one a meek and mild and beloved
doctor who turns out to be a murderer, and the second Guglielmo Marconi,
who created what you're listening to right now radio in an era and very few
had faith that his invention would work. The story of mighty empires building the
biggest, fastest ocean liners they could, about scientific advances amidst the super popularity
of the spiritualist movement. While Marconi's developing his wireless other scientists are holding seances.
What does Marconi ultimately have to do with the killer? While without the
invention and application of the wireless telegraph, the killer doctor Crimmins might have gotten
away with it. It's another first rate historical narrative by Eric Larson, Thunderstruck.
And that's the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio