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The Challenger Disaster (1986)
Season 1 Episode 111
This episode covers the early years of the Space Race, with a focus on the catastrophic loss of seven astronauts as a result of the Challenger Disast…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Gothenburg Discothèque Disaster (1998)
Season 1 Episode 110
In this episode I cover the Gothenburg Discothèque fire which took place at a community hall in the Swedish city of Gothenburg in 1998...
Fascinating …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Legacy of Christopher McCandless (1992)
Season 1 Episode 109
In this episode, I tell the story of Christopher McCandless - a controversial figure whose untimely death inspired the film Into The Wild...
Fascinati…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Crash That Killed Concorde (2000)
Season 1 Episode 108
In this episode, I cover the rise and fall of the famous supersonic jet project Concorde, which ultimately ended in disaster in the year 2000...
Fasci…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Destruction of Pompeii (79AD)
Season 1 Episode 107
This episode tells the story of the destruction of the Roman settlement of Pompeii following a catastophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in or around 79…
1 year, 4 months ago
The 2011 "Ride of Steel" Accident (2011)
Season 1 Episode 106
This episode covers an accident which took place at a Six Flags theme park in Darien Lake in 2011, when a rider without legs was allowed to ride the …
1 year, 4 months ago
The 1979 Woolworths Fire (1979)
Season 1 Episode 105
In 1979 a fire ripped through a branch of the UK department story Woolworths, resulting in a high death toll, and multiple changes in law and regulat…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Lac-Mégantic Disaster (2013)
Season 1 Episode 104
This episode covers the Lac-Mégantic Disaster of 2013, when a runaway train carrying hazardous materials devastated a Canadian town...
Fascinating Hor…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Story of the USS Indianapolis (1945)
Season 1 Episode 103
This episode tells the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945 - a disaster wherein many sailors survived the initial sinking, but peris…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster (1943)
Season 1 Episode 102
This episode tells the story of a crowd crush that took place in Bethnal Green, London, at the height of the Second World War...
Fascinating Horror co…
1 year, 5 months ago