Podcast Episodes

The Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster of 1975 | Episode 96

Episode 96

The average lake around the world is about the size of a large parking lot – the kind of thing you might try to skip a stone across. The current Worl…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

The Great Wanggongchang Armory Disaster of 1626 | Episode 95

Episode 95

To begin today’s tale, allow me to share a translation of an ancient Chinese joke: Three men were looking at the clouds. One points to a cloud and sa…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Air Africa Congo Halloween Crashtacular of 1996 | Episode 94

Episode 94

Take the most frightening death you can imagine, now double it. Then double it again. And then add fire. This is our Halloween episode, and by the ti…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Cave Creek Platform Disaster of 1995 | Episode 93

Episode 93

The most unusual thing about today’s story is that almost everyone is going to bruise their lungs. For your sake, I hope it’s from laughing. Not ever…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Uruguayan Rugby Aircrash Disaster of 1972 | Episode 92

Episode 92

We’ve done episodes where people lose their teeth. We’ve done episodes where have them melted out of their heads, or frisbeed out by debris, or punch…

7 months ago

The Beer & Whiskey Flood Drinking Disastersode of 1814-1875 | Episode 91

Episode 91

It’s rare for us to have an episode with so many feces mentioned right off the top, but do not worry, refreshments will be served.

On this episode: we…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

BONUS | The Smallville Alien Rocket Crash of 2025

As a lifelong, dyed in the wool, comic book enthusiast, it behooves me with the recent release of the new James Gunn Superman movie to share this sho…

8 months ago

The USS Enterprise Explosion of 1969 | Episode 90

Episode 90

Today, we will be spending the day on board a whole bunch of ships sharing a long and storied heritage. Sadly, we’re going to spend most of our time …

8 months, 1 week ago

Peril, Apocalypses and Moviesodes | Doomsday Mailbag 9

Hello, and welcome to the inglorious return of Doomsday: History’s Most Dangerous Mailbag Minisode!

We’ve seen an awful lot of $@!# across time and s…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Greensburg Tornado Disaster of 2007 | Episode 89

Episode 89

A wind could remove your hat. A stronger wind might steal your lawn furniture. The kind of wind we’re talking about today renovated Pre-War and Mid-C…

9 months ago