Filming 'Titanic' and Someone Drugged Our Soup (Classic)

About this episode

Camera operator Jamie Barber shares a wild story from the wrap party of Titanic, where a hallucinogenic drug was unknowingly consumed by the cast and crew.

On August 9, 1996, the cast and crew of Titanic wrapped a long shoot with a seafood dinner. Within an hour, around 40 people (including director James Cameron) were ill. The cause: someone had spiked their chowder with a hallucinogenic drug called PCP. In this ep, camera operator Jamie Barber recounts how the night spiralled into a hospital trip… and a conga line. 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: Jamie Barber

Topics covered

• film production
• drug incidents
• behind the scenes
• Titanic
• hospital experiences
• cultural anecdotes

Keywords

• Titanic
• James Cameron
• PCP
• filming
• hospital
• seafood dinner
• conga line
• Jamie Barber

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Products: PCP

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