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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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Locked Doors, Barred Windows: The Stardust Nightclub Fire (1981)
Season 1 Episode 183
The Stardust Nightclub in Dublin, Ireland, caught fire in 1981. It was a devastating blaze that claimed nearly fifty lives... but it would take decad…
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