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The 2003 Northeast Blackout (2003)
Season 1 Episode 193
In 2003, an unprecedented blackout plunged New York City and the east coast of America and Canada into darkness. Scenes of thousands of stranded comm…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Deadly Coincidence: The Elizabeth Plane Crashes (1951 - 1952)
Season 1 Episode 192
In the early 1950s the city of Elizabeth in New Jersey saw not one but three deadly plane crashes, leading residents to question just what it was tha…
10 months ago
The Doodlebug Disaster (1940)
Season 1 Episode 191
The Doodlebug is a long-forgotten mode of transport - a type of gasonline-powered train that was commonplace in the 1930s. In this episode we explore…
10 months ago
Drowned in Ale: The London Beer Flood (1814)
Season 1 Episode 190
In 1814, one of the most usual disasters in the history of the UK took place, when a gigantic wooden vat of beer inside a London brewery unexpectedly…
10 months ago
The Gotthard Tunnel Fire (2001)
Season 1 Episode 189
On the 24th of October, 2001, two trucks entered the Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland – one from the northern end and one from the southern end. B…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Donora Death Smog (1948)
Season 1 Episode 188
On the 27th of October, 1948, a thick smog descended on the town of Donora in Pennsylvania, plunging the community into a state of semi-darkness. It …
10 months, 1 week ago
The Story of Bushman's Hole (2005)
Season 1 Episode 187
Bushman's Hole is a beautiful submerged cave in South Africa - a favourite site for divers who wish to explore beneath the Earth. Of the hundreds of …
10 months, 1 week ago
The 1996 Crash of TWA Flight 800 (1996)
Season 1 Episode 186
In 1996 TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, igniting a decades-long conflict over what had caused the crash, and what could …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The General Slocum (1904)
Season 1 Episode 185
The sinking of the General Slocum - an American sidewheel passenger steamboat - was the worst maritime disaster of the 20th Century until the sinking…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Life of Tilikum the Whale (2010)
Season 1 Episode 184
Tilikum the whale was an orca, or "killer whale", that lived up to her name, when she seized and drowned one of her trainers seemingly without provoc…
10 months, 2 weeks ago