Inside world’s deadliest shark attack that inspired Jaws where 150 sailors were eaten alive after US warship sank

THE heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the Pacific with components of the first atomic bomb. But two torpedoes ...
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50 Years Ago, a Real-Life Great White Shark Unexpectedly Rewrote the Ending of ‘Jaws’

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. "You got any better suggestions?" Turns out, the shark did ...
KTVU

‘Jaws’ was fiction; this was the terrifying true story

In 1916, five shark attacks along the New Jersey coast left four people dead and one injured. The rare inland attacks sparked panic, beach closures, and widespread media coverage. The events helped ...
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"Jaws" documentary exploring film's real-life inspiration to screen at The Capitol Theater

As iconic of a movie as the 1975 blockbuster “Jaws” was and as memorable of a performance that actor Robert Shaw gave as ...
KPBS

Steven Spielberg reflects on 'Jaws' at 50: The shark, the nightmares and a new exhibit

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the now-classic film that made us afraid to go into the ocean: Jaws, the story of a monster shark that terrorizes a New England beach town. Directed by a very ...
Newsday

'Jaws' shark hunter Frank Mundus went on to champion keeping the creatures safe, his daughter says

Fifty years after Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws" instilled fear in the hearts of many and the desire in others to wield a harpoon, the real-life Montauk charter fisherman forever tied to the fictional work ...