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A podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again.

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Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire

The deadliest school fire in American history took place on - of all days - Ash Wednesday, March 8th, 1908, in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood just after first period ended. Within a half hour, 172 students and three adults would be dead, or close to it.

Videos:

Cleveland Public Library: Collinwood school fire

Articles and books:

The Collinwood Tragedy: The Story of the Worst School Fire in American History, by James Jessen Badal The neighborhood never forgets Collinwood school fire: 100 years later, an angel still kneels over the children REMEMBERING THE LAKEVIEW SCHOOL FIRE (ALSO KNOWN AS COLLINWOOD SCHOOL FIRE)

2024-01-31
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Review: Society of the Snow

Jennifer stops rewatching the movie long enough to review the movie. Spoilers ahead!

2024-01-11
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Episode 228: Dan Air Flight 0034

You'd think if your plane crashed fifty meters from the end of the runway, you'd be saved. You'd be wrong.

Videos:

Disaster Breakdown: Locked into Disaster

Articles and books:

The Lever of Death: The crash of Dan-Air flight 0034 Department of Trade report on the accident

2024-01-01
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Bonus: Society of the Snow

Jennifer talks about "Society of the Snow," the award-nominated adaptation of the Pablo Vierci book about the survival story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. "Society of the Snow" comes out in select theaters on December 22nd and on Netflix on January 4th. (No, Jennifer has not seen it yet. Although dear God, does she want to.)

2023-12-19
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Episode 216: The Club Q shooting

On the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2022, a person armed with a rifle walked into Club Q, an LGBTQIA+ club in Colorado Springs, CO. What followed was a bloodbath.   Videos: Video of Club Q shooting suspect previous threat WATCH: Club Q shooting survivor on how LGBTQ people are ?continually being dehumanized? Watch: Suspect accused of killing five people in the Club Q mass shooting appears in court Club Q Mass Shooting Survivor: It Was Home And To Not Have That Anymore Hurts Articles and books:   Timeline: Club Q emergency response What We Know About the Colorado Springs Shooting Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado?s red flag gun law Colorado Springs Survivor Recounts Terror of LGBTQ Club Shooting: 'All I Could Think of Was Pulse' Army Veteran Went Into ?Combat Mode? to Disarm the Club Q Gunman Colorado police prioritize proper pronouns, names of shooting victims Focus on the Family?s Colorado Springs headquarters sign vandalized days after Club Q mass shooting LGBTQ club shooting suspect?s troubled past was obscured by a name change, records show Anderson Lee Aldrich: A history of family travail, personal violence Police found rainbow-colored shooting target, map of Club Q in suspect?s apartment Preached at, spat on, threatened, Colorado Springs' transgender community grapples with the Club Q attack Trump?s Ex-Lawyer Says Colorado Victims Reaping Consequences of ?Eternal Damnation? El Paso Sheriff's Office Statement Regarding Previous Arrest and Charging of Alleged Club Q Shooter Anderson Aldrich
2023-07-01
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Bonus: The OceanGate submersible implosion

While we are still close to the actual disaster for a regular episode on the subject, Jennifer takes an hour and a half to discuss the implosion of the OceanGate submersible on its dive down to the wreck of the Titanic.

2023-06-27
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Episode 215: The Rhoads Opera House fire

In a small Pennsylvania town, the play set to be performed on a cold Monday night in January drew hundreds of people to the Rhoads Opera House. One hundred and seventy of them would never make it home alive.

Videos:

The Rhoads Opera House Fire: Legacy Of A Tragedy

Articles and books:

Midwinter Mourning and A Town in Tragedy, by Mary Jane Schneider Trapped in the Third Act: The Rhoads Opera House Fire, Boyertown 1908
2023-06-01
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Episode 214: The Indiana State Fair stage collapse

When the sky darkened and the winds picked up at the Indiana State Fair on August 13th, 2011, those fans waiting for country band Sugarland to perform were worried the concert might be delayed. But there was something far more deadly for those in the audience to worry about.

Videos:

State Fair Tragedy: 10 Years Later Indianapolis stage collapse compiled raw footage w/ State Fire radio audio Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse - Weather Moments Before Sugarland Opens Up About Tragedy A STAGE FELL ON ME | Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse How the 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse lead to major changes in safety at large events

Articles and books:

'Forever and yesterday': Remembering the Indiana State Fair stage collapse 10 years later LOOKING BACK ON SUGARLAND?S TRAGIC STAGE COLLAPSE 10 YEARS LATER Video: Flaming Lips? Stage Collapses in Oklahoma $50 million settlement reached in Indiana State Fair stage collapse About us: Indiana State Fairgrounds and Event Center $39M settlement reached in Indiana State Fair stage collapse case Indiana State Fair Commission Investigative Report by Thornton Thomasetti Indiana stage collapse: was it preventable? Retro Indy: The deadly 1963 Coliseum explosion on Halloween night Indianapolis Monthly: The Collapse Indiana State Fair 2011 Setlists 2011: ISP releases timeline of Indiana State Fair stage collapse Fatality inquiry into 2009 Big Valley Jamboree death says standards needed for stages Storm at Belgium's Pukkelpop music festival kills five after stage collapses

 

2023-05-19
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Bonus: The 9/11 Museum

Jennifer recounts her visit to the 9/11 Museum in New York City.

2023-05-16
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Episode 213: The Amagasaki train derailment

 

Every day we head off to work or school or wherever else we might be headed with the hope we will arrive there safely. But while we might feel like we can depend on ourselves to keep safe, sometimes our lives are in the hands of pilots, drivers, or engineers who are under extraordinary pressures we have no clue about until it's too late.

Videos:

Seconds From Disaster: Runaway Train (S 6, Ep 5) Trapped Underground for Hours After Horrific Train Crash (S 1 Ep 3) Fukuchiyama Derailment Mystery (Toshiden podcast, Tara A. Devlin)

Articles and books:

Families, Survivors Mark 14th Anniversary of Fatal JR West Derailment  54 Killed in Japan Train Crash Japan Train Derailment Two Survivors Pulled From Train Crash in Japan; Death Toll at 76 Second Train Derailment in Japan At Least 73 Dead, 456 Hurt in Japan Train Derailment Toll Rises in Japan Train Wreck Japan Train Crash Toll Climbs Japan?s Train Derailment Reaches 95, May Rise Further Rail Company in Japan Investigated Japan Crash Inquiry Focuses on Driver Death Crash Train Driver ?Lived in Fear of Being Late? Final Survivor Pulled From Train Wreck in Japan In Japan Crash, Time Obsession May Be Culprit Japanese Rethink Faith in Rail System After Crash Rail Offices Raided in Crash Probe Union Chief Blames ?Bullying? Rail Firm for Japanese Train Crash Victims? Phones Ring Out Across Crash Site Hope Sinks for Japan Crash Survivors Toll in Japan Train Crash Tops 100 Rescuers Find Body of Japan Train Crash Driver Workers Clear Railway Crash Scene as Toll Rises to 107 Japanese Train Crash Linked to Employee Stress Japanese Train Smash Aftermath a Circus Japan Train Driver Gets Reprimand JR West Defends Retraining Regimen Railway Accident Investigation Report Our Goal- A Corporate Culture that Places Top Priority on Safety JR West May Face Crash Negligence Trial If Human Errors are Assumed as Crimes in a Safety Culture: A Lifeworld Analysis of a Rail Crash JR West Punished Staff With Toilet Duty, Cutting Weeds Invisible Mutuality between Structural Inertia and Learning Disability - A Case Study of the West Japan Railway Accident 4.25 Street view of crash site memorial (Inori no Mori) Dawn of Japanese Railways (Mar. 1994) Japan Ex-Rail Chiefs Cleared of Fatal 2005 Crash Japan Marks 10th Anniversary of Fatal Train Crash Top Court Upholds Acquittal of Ex-JR West Heads Over 2005 Derailment Japan?s Train Woes Due to Structural Issues in Ageing Equipment, Lack of Young Engineers 2005 Train Crash Site Turned Into Place to Remember Victim Informational pamphlet on Inori no Mori (June 2019) Train Crash Survivor Aims for Bull?s Eye at Tokyo Paralympics JR West Plans to Preserve Train Cars in Deadly Derailment in ?05 The Derailment Accident on the Fukuchiyama Line Japan?s 2005 Deadly Derailment Bereaved Families Struggle to Pass Down Memory: Survey Victims of 2005 Derailment in Amagasaki Remembered Asymmetry of Authority or Information Underlying Insufficient Communication Associated with a Risk of Crashes or Incidents in Passenger Railway Transportation PARALYMPICS: Archery Athlete Never Lost Her Focus After 2005 Train Tragedy Train Driver Sues JR West for ¥56 Deducted Pay Over One Minute Delay Memorial Held for 107 Victims of 2005 Derailment for First Time in Three Years Rescue Operations at the Time of Train Derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo (Powerpoint, Amagasaki City Fire Dept.) 147 Year History of Japanese Railways (2020) Construction of Local Railways (July 1995) Trains in Japan (2012) About us page of JR West Difference between different types of trains in Japanese train system Crush Injuries and the Crush Syndrome Crush Syndrome Victim Participation in the Criminal Process in Japan (Matsui Shigenori, 2020) Jan. 17, 1995 CE: Kobe Earthquake (6 Apr. 2020)                
2023-04-28
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Episode 212: The Grenfell Tower fire - part three

It was just a little house fire. It should have gone out in no time. In a safer building, it would have. But within an hour and a half of the first call to 999 that night, Grenfell Tower was fully ablaze.

Videos:

Grenfell: The Fire of London Grenfell: The Worst Tower Block Fire in London History Grenfell Tower tragedy in 3D 12 Firefighters have Terminal Cancer Since 2017 Rescue First Reports of Grenfell Tower fire New video timeline shows how the Grenfell Tower fire unfolded What Happened With The Cladding At Grenfell Tower?

Articles and books:

Show Me The Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen, by Peter Apps Grenfell Tower inferno a 'disaster waiting to happen' as concerns are raised for safety of other buildings Concerns raised about Grenfell Tower 'for years' Fire alarm at Grenfell Tower was never meant for residents Grenfell: Cladding firm suggested use of cheaper panels Grenfell Tower refurbishment used cheaper cladding and tenants accused builders of shoddy workmanship Residents warned of 'catastrophic' Grenfell Tower block fire three years ago - but pleas 'fell on deaf ears' Faulty tumble dryer 'caused Shepherd's Bush tower block fire' Twenty-seven minutes and Grenfell Tower fire had taken hold: so why weren't residents told to get out? Grenfell Tower graphic: what we know about how the fire spread Questions Mount After Fire at Grenfell Tower in London Kills at Least 12 IFSEC Global: Grenfell Tower Fire: latest Inquiry updates and full timeline Behailu Kedebe's statement to the inquiry Kingspan: Fire performance of phenolic insulation Dozen Grenfell firefighters diagnosed with terminal cancer Fire crews extinguish blaze at Shepherd's Bush tower block                
2023-03-15
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Episode 211: The Grenfell Tower fire - part two

It was just a little house fire. It should have gone out in no time. In a safer building, it would have. But within an hour and a half of the first call to 999 that night, Grenfell Tower was fully ablaze.

Videos:

Grenfell: The Fire of London Grenfell: The Worst Tower Block Fire in London History Grenfell Tower tragedy in 3D 12 Firefighters have Terminal Cancer Since 2017 Rescue First Reports of Grenfell Tower fire New video timeline shows how the Grenfell Tower fire unfolded What Happened With The Cladding At Grenfell Tower?

Articles and books:

Show Me The Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen, by Peter Apps Grenfell Tower inferno a 'disaster waiting to happen' as concerns are raised for safety of other buildings Concerns raised about Grenfell Tower 'for years' Fire alarm at Grenfell Tower was never meant for residents Grenfell: Cladding firm suggested use of cheaper panels Grenfell Tower refurbishment used cheaper cladding and tenants accused builders of shoddy workmanship Residents warned of 'catastrophic' Grenfell Tower block fire three years ago - but pleas 'fell on deaf ears' Faulty tumble dryer 'caused Shepherd's Bush tower block fire' Twenty-seven minutes and Grenfell Tower fire had taken hold: so why weren't residents told to get out? Grenfell Tower graphic: what we know about how the fire spread Questions Mount After Fire at Grenfell Tower in London Kills at Least 12 IFSEC Global: Grenfell Tower Fire: latest Inquiry updates and full timeline Behailu Kedebe's statement to the inquiry Kingspan: Fire performance of phenolic insulation Dozen Grenfell firefighters diagnosed with terminal cancer Fire crews extinguish blaze at Shepherd's Bush tower block                
2023-03-08
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Episode 210: The Grenfell Tower fire - part one

It was just a little house fire. It should have gone out in no time. In a safer building, it would have. But within an hour and a half of the first call to 999 that night, Grenfell Tower was fully ablaze.

Videos:

Grenfell: The Fire of London Grenfell: The Worst Tower Block Fire in London History Grenfell Tower tragedy in 3D 12 Firefighters have Terminal Cancer Since 2017 Rescue First Reports of Grenfell Tower fire New video timeline shows how the Grenfell Tower fire unfolded What Happened With The Cladding At Grenfell Tower?

Articles and books:

Show Me The Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen, by Peter Apps Grenfell Tower inferno a 'disaster waiting to happen' as concerns are raised for safety of other buildings Concerns raised about Grenfell Tower 'for years' Fire alarm at Grenfell Tower was never meant for residents Grenfell: Cladding firm suggested use of cheaper panels Grenfell Tower refurbishment used cheaper cladding and tenants accused builders of shoddy workmanship Residents warned of 'catastrophic' Grenfell Tower block fire three years ago - but pleas 'fell on deaf ears' Faulty tumble dryer 'caused Shepherd's Bush tower block fire' Twenty-seven minutes and Grenfell Tower fire had taken hold: so why weren't residents told to get out? Grenfell Tower graphic: what we know about how the fire spread Questions Mount After Fire at Grenfell Tower in London Kills at Least 12 IFSEC Global: Grenfell Tower Fire: latest Inquiry updates and full timeline Behailu Kedebe's statement to the inquiry Kingspan: Fire performance of phenolic insulation Dozen Grenfell firefighters diagnosed with terminal cancer Fire crews extinguish blaze at Shepherd's Bush tower block                
2023-03-01
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Episode 209: The sinking of the SS Princess Sophia

Have you ever been stranded in your car in the middle of a snowstorm? Now imagine there are 350 other people in the car with you, and you're all stuck in that storm in the middle of an Alaskan canal for nearly two days. People come to rescue you but can't get any closer. And with every passing hour, your car groans and threatens to sink. That was what happened to the SS Princess Sophia in 1918.

Videos:

Disasters of the Century: The Princess Sophia Sinking The Sea Hunters: The Princess Sophia tragedy

Articles and books:

Stranded: Alaska?s Worst Maritime Disaster Nearly Happened Twice, by Aaron Saunders Report on the wreck of the Princess Sophia Forgotten Voyage Remembering the Princess Sophia: The Titanic of the Pacific West Coast National Park Service: The Princess Sophia The Wreck of HMCS Galiano October 1918

2023-02-01
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Episode 208: The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision

Ah, flying in the 1950s. Fancy clothes, good food, smoking in the airplane, and the chance to see sights you?d never get to see otherwise. Two planes flying over the Grand Canyon on a summer day in 1956 should have passed by perfectly fine, and probably would have on any other day. But tragedy would strike over one of the most beautiful places on Earth, changing the aviation industry in one horrifying moment.

Videos:

Fatal Collision Over the Grand Canyon | America's Worst Disaster | United 718 and TWA 2

Air Collision Over The Grand Canyon | Mayday | On The Move

Historic Archaeology: The 1956 Grand Canyon Aviation Accident by Ben Carver (playlist)

Articles and books:

Historic Plane Wreck Site Protected The Site of a 1950s Plane Crash Just Became a National Landmark But the Park Service won't tell you how to get there. CAB accident report

2023-01-17
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Episode 206: The Bazar de la Charité fire

The start of the summer season in Paris in the 1890s could arguably be the Bazar de la Charité, sort of a rummage sale for the wealthy to benefit the poor. The height of Parisian?s female society passed through its doors each year, and May 4th, 1897, was no different. But the presence of the bazaar?s biggest novelty - a cinematograph showing films by the Lumière brothers - also led to a gruesome tragedy.

Videos:

Visit to the site of the charity fire on Rue Jean Goujon Documentaire sur l'histoire de l'incendie du bazar de la charité

Article and books:

A D V E N T U R E S in C Y B E R S O U N D: Charles Pathe The Tragic 1897 Charity Bazaar Fire of Paris Remembering a Belle Époque inferno in Paris COWARDICE OF PARIS MEN Exhibited in Brutal Form During the Burning of the Charity Bazaar The Bazar de la Charité Disaster: part one, part two, part three, and part four. The Bazar de la Charite website A History of Women Who Burned to Death in Flammable Dresses Heroes and Legends of Fin-de-Siécle France, by Venita Datta

2022-12-01
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Episode 205: The Boston Marathon bombing - Part Two

Episode 204: The Boston Marathon bombing - Part One

Episode 203: The Nepalese royal massacre

The family dinner party was in full swing, despite the host needing to be carried out in a drunken stupor only twenty minutes earlier. But this is no ordinary family. This is the royal palace of Nepal, and the host - Crown Prince Dipendra - is about to return, angry and armed.

Videos:

Zero Hour : The Nepalese Royal Massacre Why Nepal's Prince Organised A Royal Massacre | Asia's Monarchies | Real Royalty

Articles and books:

Love and Death in Kathmandu: A Strange Tale of Royal Murder, by Amy Willisee and Mark Whittaker Death, Love and Conspiracy: The Nepalese Royal Massacre of 2001 A Witness To Massacre In Nepal Tells Gory Details Prince blamed for Nepal massacre
2022-09-09
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Episode 201: The 1995 Chicago heat wave

For five days in July of 1995, the city of Chicago baked underneath record temperatures, and behind closed doors people suffered for days - the poor, the elderly, the disabled. By the time the heat wave was over, over 750 people were dead.

Sources can be found at http://disasterareapodcast.wordpress.com/.

 

2022-08-12
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Episode 200: Trans American Flight 209

Surely this can't be the 200th episode!   It is the 200th episode, and don't call me Shirley.   Videos: "Airplane!" "Airplane II: The Sequel" Articles and books: Internet Movie Plane Database - Airplane! Bulls vs. Lakers Box Score: March 7th, 1980 Airplane! script Airplane II script
2022-07-19
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Episode 199: Apollo 1

There is always bound to be a first - the first person to climb Mount Everest, the first person to run a four-minute mile, the first woman to become president. But there are terrible firsts, and in this episode we discuss the first major tragedy of the American space race.

Videos:

Apollo 1 Audio - January 27th, 1967

Articles and books:

The Astronaut Wives Club, by Lily Koppel Apollo 13, by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger Deke, by Deke Slayton and Michael Cassutt Chasing the Moon, by Robert Stone and Alan Andres A Man on the Moon, by Andrew Chaikin Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us On the Moon, by Ryan S. Walters Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, by Charles D. Benson and William Faherty Chariots for Apollo: The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969, by Courtney Brooks, James Grimwood, and Loyd Swenson Apollo 1 report Apollo 1: The Fire Space Safety Magazine: The Apollo 1 Fire ?We have a fire in the cockpit!? The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later American Institute of Physics: Trial by Fire: The Legacy of Apollo 1

2022-06-22
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Episode 198: The Christchurch mosque shootings

A man armed with semi-automatic weapons and a livestreaming camera walks into a place full of people he hates and commits a mass murder. It shouldn't be something we see more than once. But now we have.

2022-05-26
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Bonus: Disaster Area road trip Part 2: The New Yorkening

In which Jennifer describes her visits to disaster sites in New York City last week, including the 9/11 Memorial, the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, and the 1920 Wall Street bombing.

2022-05-10
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Episode 197: Operation Yellow Ribbon

We all hope that in a moment of great need, we would do the right thing. When the airspace over the United States closed on September 11th, the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, did just that.

2022-05-01
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Episode 196: The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak

In fifteen minutes one Friday in April of 1967, one tornado slashed through the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, leaving dozens dead in its wake. But it wasn't the only tornado to strike the area that afternoon.

2022-04-21
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Episode 195: The San Bernardino massacre

It was just supposed to be a typical office training session masked as a Christmas party - the speeches, the boring videos, the slideshows that probably could have been an email. But at 11 AM, everything changed when a person dressed all on black entered the conference room and began shooting. Then it got worse - they weren't alone.

2022-04-13
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Episode 194: The 1989 San Bernardino train wreck

First, the train ran off the rails. Then, fire rained from the sky. Hell, it seemed, had come to San Bernardino.
2022-04-06
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Episode 193: TWA Flight 3

When Hollywood legend Carole Lombard boarded TWA Flight 3 on January 16th, 1942, in Las Vegas, she hoped to be home in only a few short hours. She and the twenty-one other people on board only made it thirty-three miles closer to home.

2022-03-02
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Episode 192: The Erfurt latrine disaster

What do you get when you have sixty noblemen in a cess pit? One of the most disgusting disasters of all time.

2022-02-18
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A quick announcement!

I just wanted to share some news regarding the podcast for those of you who don't follow the social media accounts or Patreon. Nothing terrible, I promise. 

2022-02-15
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Episode 191: The 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash

When we all first heard basketball legend Kobe Bryant had died, the world was in disbelief. But the how of it all made everything so much more tragic.

2022-02-11
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Episode 190: The GMAC massacre

Dragging yourself into work on a Monday can always feel grim. But on June 18th, 1990, the employees at the GMAC office in Jacksonville, Florida, had something far more terrifying than boring meetings to look forward to that day.

2022-02-04
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Episode 189: Hurricane Agnes

And now for Jennifer's hometown disaster - when one small hurricane turned southern New York and Pensylvania into one big muddy lake.

2022-01-28
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Episode 188: The New London school explosion

On March 18th, 1937, the students in the junior-senior high school of New London, TX, sat waiting in eager antipation of the end of the school day, looking forward to a three-day weekend. But the school, and many of the students and teachers inside the building, wouldn't make it to 3:30.

2022-01-07
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Episode 187: The Trolley Square shooting

The Trolley Squre Mall in Salt Lake City was a popular and historical landmark with a quaint and quirky design. On February 12th, 2007, a young man would arrive at the mall to do something no one, not even his family, saw coming.

2021-12-31
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