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 ...

Released in 1975, Jaws is an American thrillerbased on the novel by Peter Benchley, which was released one year prior. The movie, which grossed $477.9 million worldwide on a budget of just $9 million, ...

Richard Fernicola, a New Jersey shark attack expert, will discuss the 1916 attacks and the movie "Jaws" at the Long Branch Senior Center. The 1916 attacks, which killed four and injured one, likely ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paul de Gelder opened up about Jaws ahead of his Shark Week special about surviving attacks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I ...