About this episode

Brett Grimes recounts his experience of digging a mysterious hole on a volcano at the age of 19.

It's one of the weirdest mysteries we've encountered. On this week's episode, we speak to Brett Grimes, who was 19 when he a got a job digging a huge hole in the forested side of a volcano, with no explanation of what they were digging for. In this episode, Brett recounts the most dangerous job of his life and what they found at the bottom. We found this story via the independent documentary The Hole Story. Stay across screenings via their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheHoleStoryMovie/ Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcast Find us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcast Follow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcast This is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Superreal

Guest: Brett Grimes

Topics covered

• mystery
• volcano
• dangerous jobs
• documentary
• digging
• forest

Keywords

• mystery
• volcano
• digging
• dangerous job
• The Hole Story
• Brett Grimes

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Books & works: The Hole Story

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