Peter Benchley has said that his classic novel "Jaws" – which went on to inspire the summer blockbuster starring Richard Dreyfuss – was not inspired by the very real story of the 1916 shark attacks on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jaws’ Mayor Vaughn seems a little too reckless with people's lives—almost like his business is death, not tourism.

Fifty years after first terrifying cinema audiences, Jaws is coming to Netflix along with its three sequels. Released in 1975 ...