In 1916, a great white shark attacked five people near the Jersey Shore. Library of Congress In the summer of 1916, panic struck the Jersey Shore. A shark sunk its teeth into Charles Vansant, the ...

In the summer of 1975, an American classic ambushed moviegoers. But before the fictional story of a killer shark terrorizing a sleepy beach town, there was the very real summer of 1916 at the Jersey ...

The year 1916 was a fantastic summer on the Jersey Shore, if you liked the threats of war, polio, and a deadly attacker stalking the waterways. That was the summer that a series of strange, violent ...

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 ...