That Time Locusts Ate The Entire Midwest
08 May 2025

That Time Locusts Ate The Entire Midwest

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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In the 1870s the Midwest experienced a devastating natural disaster in the form of… an enormous cloud of extremely hungry locusts. Dylan and producer Amanda discuss what happens when a cloud of locusts twice the size of Colorado descends on your town.

If you can’t get enough of Rocky Mountain Locusts check out our episode on Grasshopper Glacier!