THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Two fleets stare at each other across choppy waters. And a crab visits a pleasant fishing village in Iceland

RFK lets the Navy off the leash.

The Russians are getting tired of Kennedy’s BS.

Kennedy prepares to go public with his bullshit, to the disbelief of Colorado’s most colorful senator. But first: let’s talk about repelling sea monsters

Detachment 69 heads into the sea monster exclusion zone to plant some evidence. Also: a digression on ship names

It turns out that it takes a lot of work to get an international maritime cover-up rolling!

Robert Kennedy asks himself (and his advisors): what if I didn’t have to tell the public that there was a sea monster outbreak?

They saw a WHAT?!?

Delgado and the Fearless Freaks arrive in the waters off Iceland and ponder psychedelic literature, among other things

Unsure of what’s actually going on in the North Atlantic, Robert Kennedy has only one resource he can turn to for clarity: the shadowy detachment known (currently) as Detachment 69.

In May of 1987, a government minister in a minor country (sorry, Iceland, still love you) schedules a press conference and ruffles feathers in Washington.

January of 2023 we’re journeying back (or forward, I guess) to 1987!

Every word I’ve said to you was 1000% true. But for the sake of argument…

Dewey defeats monsters

Victory is within reach, despite a setback in Long Beach. Also: enter Richard Nixon.

The war in the Pacific reaches a major turning point.

The Trumble Group and Kay Hendry’s office hatch a simple plan for blowing up monsters. But will it blow up enough of them? And will it blow them up hard enough?

As the nation reels from the combined disasters surrounding San Francisco, a new president takes office and sees both gloom and points of light within it. Also, Woody Guthrie writes a song.

Once the sea creatures are in possession of San Francisco Bay, what do they want with it? CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODE INCLUDES AN ACT OF EXTREME SELF-HARM.

Harry Truman hoped for a decisive encounter with the sea creatures before the election. Then he got one.

Is losing a war to sea monsters a good reelection campaign strategy? Also: enter Ernest Hemingway.

Dominoes continue to fall throughout the Pacific after it becomes the sea monsters’ private lake. Also, the Navy reorganizes some deck chairs and tries out some new accessories.

After the confluence of disasters in February 1947, the American presence throughout the Pacific withers away, with catastrophic results. Can wealthy aviator Howard Hughes help?

After laying waste to the handful of ships and boats on hand to defend Pearl Harbor, the Kelp Man and a mass of sea creatures move deeper into the base.