When It Goes Wrong

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two airplane crashes - Air France 447 where pilots failed to manage with mechanical failures, and the Lake Constance mid-air collision where two planes crashed due to a conflict between air traffic control and plane systems. I discuss how the hand off between technology and humans is becoming increasingly important with the rise of AI. 

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Sources:

• Cognition, technology and organizational limits: lessons from the Air France 447 Disaster - Nick Oliver, Thomas Calvard, Kristina Potocnik > Andrew Maclaren
• https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a3115/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877/
• https://hbr.org/2017/09/the-tragic-crash-of-flight-af447-shows-the-unlikely-but-catastrophic-consequences-of-automation
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57084090
• 99% invisible - children of the magenta
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/jul/07/theairlineindustry.observerfocus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyev
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253226187_Identifying_the_Factors_that_Contributed_to_the_Ueberlingen_Midair_Collision
• https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/world/europe/killer-of-air-traffic-controller-barred-from-crash-memorial.html
• http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~johnson/Eurocontrol/Ueberlingen/Ueberlingen_Final_Report.PDF

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the US opioid epidemic, going into the background of opioids then focusing in on the creation and push of Oxycontin by the firm Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler Family.

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If you need support for the themes discussed in this episode, please refer to:
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-getting-help/
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/addiction-and-dependency/addiction-and-dependency-resources/

Sources:
The Crime of the Century  - NOWTV

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain

https://www.livescience.com/60694-why-do-we-get-addicted.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid

https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M._Sackler

https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00921-9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States

https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140023/

https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss Bernie Madoff and the Ponzi scheme which he got away with running for decades. He scammed thousands of people out of up to $60 billion dollars whilst being well regarded on Wall Street before it all came crashing down.

Plus bonus Q&A to celebrate one year of the pod!

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Sources:

• Con Artists - Bernie Madoff
• American Scandal - Bernie Madoff
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/04/bernard-madoff-friends-family-profile
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoff_investment_scandal
• https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bernard-madoff.asp
• https://www.businessinsider.com/how-bernie-madoffs-ponzi-scheme-worked-2014-7?r=US&IR=T
• https://apnews.com/article/crime-c6dc668a16d05183104db4d560906959

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the disaster of the Costa Concordia, when in 2012, the huge cruise ship hit rocks off the coast of Italy, capsized and killed 32 passengers onboard.

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Sources:
Well theres your problem podcast episode costa concordia

Costa Concordia on my5 and one on Amazon

http://cf.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Costa_Concordia_-_Full_Investigation_Report.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster

https://www.britannica.com/event/Costa-Concordia-disaster

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16563562

https://www.foxnews.com/world/court-hears-how-32-died-in-costa-concordia-shipwreck

https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a11921/one-year-after-costa-concordia-has-anything-changed-15037754/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the mental asylums which ran in the early 1900s and the creation of the psychosurgery procedure of the lobotomy, including the story of Walter Freeman and the rise of the lobotomy in the US.

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Sources:
https://www.mind.org.uk/need-urgent-help/using-this-tool
American Scandal - Ice pick surgeon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Freeman_II

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/an-ice-pick-to-the-brain-the-horror-of-the-frontal-lobotomy/C2X63F5EDPOOGYJKKSRYMKGZEE/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/lobotomy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15629160

https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/43/3/article-pE6.xml

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Care_in_the_Community

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/ely-inquiry-changed-healthcare-forever-2041200

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59388886

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1972 Andes Plane Crash. Where a plane came down following navigational errors, but most of the passengers survived. What would follow would be a true test of human survival, living out of the plane fuselage for weeks, and eventually eating their deceased friends. What would you do to stay alive?

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Sources:
Alive by Piers Paul Read

Parrado, Canessa and Strauch books

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6MsEC0lQTs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/160403-andes-uruguay-rugby-cannibal-plane-crash-canessa-ngbooktalk

https://www.history.com/news/miracle-andes-disaster-survival

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two mining disasters. The first the catastrophic explosion of Pike River mine in New Zealand which killed 29 men. Then following up with something a bit more cheerful, the rescue of 33 Chilean miners who were stuck underground for months following a mine cave-in.

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Sources:
Tragedy at Pike River Mine: How and Why 29 Men Died - Rebecca Macfie

https://pikeriver.royalcommission.govt.nz/Volume-Two---Contents

https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-uncompromising-chemistry-of-tragedy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_River_Mine_disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_River_Mine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/30/pike-river-families-accept-end-of-mission-to-find-mine-disaster-victims

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54956219

https://unece.org/DAM/energy/se/pdfs/cmm/CS/CS_BPG/CS.14_Creedy.pdf

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108584873/pike-river-the-29-miners-who-died

Buried Alive documentary - Chilean Miners

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/15/chilean-miners-los-33-return

https://www.npr.org/2014/10/29/359839104/the-incredible-story-of-chilean-miners-rescued-from-the-deep-down-dark?t=1635968815636

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiap%C3%B3_mining_accident

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the downfall of the company Theranos which was ran by Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos had a vision to transform how blood testing worked and was worth over a billion dollars. However, soon it would be in ruin and Elizabeth would be on trial for fraud. This is part two of two.

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/25/11776018/theranos-walgreens-blood-testing-partnership-validation

The Inventor movie

Bad Blood book

Bad Blood podcast

The Dropout podcast

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-history-of-silicon-valley-unicorn-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-2018-5?r=US&IR=T

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020116/theranos-fallen-unicorn.asp

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://theconversation.com/how-theranos-faulty-blood-tests-got-to-market-and-what-that-shows-about-gaps-in-fda-regulation-168050

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/29/elizabeth-holmes-wrote-personal-notes-to-herself-about-becoming-steve-jobs.html

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a27179364/elizabeth-holmes-fiance-billy-evans-theranos/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/05/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-lawsuits-patients-harm-arizona/742008002/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/inside-elizabeth-holmess-final-months-at-theranos

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the downfall of the company Theranos which was ran by Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos had a vision to transform how blood testing worked and was worth over a billion dollars. However, soon it would be in ruin and Elizabeth would be on trial for fraud. This is part one of two.

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/25/11776018/theranos-walgreens-blood-testing-partnership-validation

The Inventor movie

Bad Blood book

Bad Blood podcast

The Dropout podcast

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-history-of-silicon-valley-unicorn-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-2018-5?r=US&IR=T

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020116/theranos-fallen-unicorn.asp

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://theconversation.com/how-theranos-faulty-blood-tests-got-to-market-and-what-that-shows-about-gaps-in-fda-regulation-168050

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/29/elizabeth-holmes-wrote-personal-notes-to-herself-about-becoming-steve-jobs.html

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a27179364/elizabeth-holmes-fiance-billy-evans-theranos/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/05/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-lawsuits-patients-harm-arizona/742008002/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/inside-elizabeth-holmess-final-months-at-theranos

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1985 Sierra Grande Mountaineering Disaster, where Joe Simpson and Simon Yates will face unthinkable challenges to get back to base camp after Joe breaking his leg on the descent.

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Sources:

• Book - Touching the Void, Joe Simpson - highly worth a read!
• Movie - Touching the Void
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void_(film)
• https://theartsdesk.com/theatre/end-i%E2%80%99d-lost-me-joe-simpson-mountaineer-and-writer-interview
• https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/theredbulletin/joe-simpson-touching-the-void-interview
• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/touching-the-void-simon-yates-climber-who-cut-joe-simpsons-rope-gets-his-fair-hearing-ztbvhvl68
• Youtube - ice climbing, red bull

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the Golden Globe sailing race where 9 men set out to circumnavigate the globe single handedly and without any stops. Over the months at sea, the men would manage loneliness, injury, madness, shipwrecks and death. 

TW: Suicide

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Sources:

Film - The Mercy

Voyage for Madmen - Peter Nichols 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times_Golden_Globe_Race

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst

https://goldengloberace.com/history/

https://oceangloberace.com/history/

https://goldengloberace.com/ggr/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the explosion of the volcano - White Island / Whakaari in New Zealand in 2019. This resulted in the deaths of 22 people, and the aftermath of this incident is still being processed by New Zealand and the adventure tourism industry. I dive into what happened on the day and what is still happening now. 

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Sources:

• 60 minute documentary - terror on the volcano on amazing prime 
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption
• https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/news-analysis/whakaari-white-island-new-zealand-volcano-eruption-2019/
• https://www.cabi.org/leisuretourism/mobile/news/15342
• https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/all-agencies-charged-in-whakaari-white-island-explosion-plead-not-guilty.html
• https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/whakaari-white-island-volcano-emits-persistent-ash/ZWUXV5SR2PLCMYCWVENSRZHOEA/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss deep water scuba diving. I talk about how it's different to normal scuba and all the dangers associated with it. I then dive into the story about the German U-Boat - the U-Who which took years for divers to find and identify - resulting in the tragic deaths of three divers.  It would eventually be identified as the U-869. 

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Sources:
Shadow Divers - Rob Kurson

The Last Dive - Bernie Chowdhury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-869

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_diving

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_(diving)

https://www.johnchatterton.com/final-report-on-u869-page-2/

https://www.tdisdi.com/diving-pioneers-and-innovators/john-chatterton/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Divers 

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the Robert Falcon Scott and his doomed trip to the Antarctic. He was beaten to the pole by Roald Amundsen and then tragically his whole team died on the journey home. 

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep/24/scott-antarctic-lies-race-pole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nova_Expedition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition#South_Pole_journey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/race-south-pole-scott-amundsen

Amundsen and Scott - Roland Huntford

Ranulph Fiennes Captain Scott

I may be some time - francis spufford 

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the mysterious deaths of 9 hikers. They set off for a hike in the rural Ural Mountains in Russia. 2 months later, their tent was found slashed and 9 bodies in various states 2km away. I discuss the facts of the case and some of the potential theories for what happened in Dyatlov Pass. 

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Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00081-8

https://dyatlovpass.com/theories?flp=1#avalanche

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/645349/disneys-frozen-dyatlov-pass-mystery-breakthrough

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the disappearance of flight MH370 which went missing whilst flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014.  I discuss the facts of the flight, how it works with air traffic control and then a few of the theories as to what may have gone wrong. 

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Sources:
The mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 - Sylvia Wrigley
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/what-happened-to-flight-mh370/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370_satellite_communications

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-26544554

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1996 Mount Everest Climbing Disaster. In one season 12 climbers would perish on Mount Everest. We cover 5 of these in the story covered by 'Into Thin Air' and the film 'Everest'. The drive to make it to the summit would lead to disastrous consequences when a storm hit the climbers. This is part 2 of 2.

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
Into thin air - Jon Krakauer

The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev

Movie - Everest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster

https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/

http://web.archive.org/web/20101128092909/http://outsideonline.com/outside/destinations/199609/199609_into_thin_air_1

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodies

https://thehustle.co/how-mount-everest-became-a-multimillion-dollar-business/

https://www.thoughtco.com/1996-mount-everest-disaster-4043349

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1996 Mount Everest Climbing Disaster. In one season 12 climbers would perish on Mount Everest. We cover 6 of these in the story covered by 'Into Thin Air' and the film 'Everest'. The drive to make it to the summit would lead to disastrous consequences when a storm hit the climbers. This is part 1 of 2. 

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
Into thin air - Jon Krakauer

The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev

Movie - Everest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster

https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/

http://web.archive.org/web/20101128092909/http://outsideonline.com/outside/destinations/199609/199609_into_thin_air_1

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodies

https://thehustle.co/how-mount-everest-became-a-multimillion-dollar-business/

https://www.thoughtco.com/1996-mount-everest-disaster-4043349

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the sinking of the RMS Titanic which struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Time to dig deeper than the film and learn about all the mistakes which took place before and during the fateful night. 

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
Titanic Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo 

Titanic: the final word - James Cameron - youtube

Titanic: the new evidence - youtube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Titanic

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Titanic

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/titanic

https://titanicfacts.net/titanic-maiden-voyage/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_in_popular_culture

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the crash of plane flight NZ901 into Mount Erebus. The Air New Zealand flight was on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica when it seemingly inexplicably crashed directly into Mount Erebus. I discuss what happened, the causes and the controversy which still continues. 

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Sources:
White Silence - podcast series from Stuff / RNZ

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117352236/white-silence-film-captures-last-images-of-passengers-before-erebus-crash

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50555046

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster/inquiry

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/mount-erebus-plane-crash-ardern-apologises-40-years-after-air-new-zealand-crash-that-killed-257

https://www.erebus.co.nz/The-Accident/The-Accident/Operation-Overdue

https://www.greatdisasters.co.uk/air-new-zealand-flight-901/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss theme park disasters, including the Smiler incident in Alton Towers, the Mindbender deaths in Galaxyland and the fire which ripped through Luna Park in Sydney. 

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at https://instagram.com/whenitgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:

The Smiler:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/smiler-crash-alton-towers-2015-13249828

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiler

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34911943

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/alton-towers-rollercoaster-crash-payout-17235354

Mindbender:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindbender_(Galaxyland)

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-16-mn-10861-story.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJ2V8XXJZw

Luna Park:

https://www.mamamia.com.au/luna-park-ghost-train/

https://www.9news.com.au/national/luna-park-ghost-train-fire-coroner-investigate-evidence-after-seven-people-killed/b18d0a99-9874-4fb8-90f0-9afa2e0eca6c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Sydney_Ghost_Train_fire

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss drug trials which have gone wrong and resulted in catastrophic side effects for the participants. I discuss the Theraluzimab trial along with the current covid vaccine trials.

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Sources:

Drug development:

https://mstrust.org.uk/a-z/drug-development-process

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_development

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/clinical-trials/

TGN:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35766627

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theralizumab

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-drug-comeback-exclusive/exclusive-drug-that-caused-elephant-man-side-effect-makes-comeback-after-2006-disaster-idUSKBN0MK1SQ20150324

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-drug-trial-bbc-examines-what-went-wrong-in-the-infamous-elephant-men-case_uk_58ac3bd1e4b07028b703c926

The drug trial documentary on BBC / youtube

BIA:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIA_10-2474

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/23/health/fatal-french-drug-trial-investigation/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/07/french-drug-trial-man-dead-expert-report-unprecidented-reaction

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-france-test-idUSKCN0WI007

Covid:

https://theconversation.com/explainer-how-clinical-trials-test-covid-19-vaccines-146061

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-vaccine-understanding-trial-results-roll-out-and-what-happens-next-an-expert-guide-151971

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/

https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/item/vaccine-safety-and-myths-busting

https://britishima.org/operation-vaccination/hub/covidmyths/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03441-8

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the death of Chris McCandless, who perished when trekking and living in the Alaskan Wilderness. I discuss his background, other similar tragedies and whether what he did was right or not.

TW: Suicide

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MH resources:
https://www.mind.org.uk/
https://www.samaritans.org/
https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/mental-health-and-stigma/help-and-support
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/getting-help

Key sources:
Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer 

Return to the wild - documentary on Youtube

https://www.christophermccandless.info/bio.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/chris-mccandless-died-update

https://www.adn.com/voices/article/beatification-chris-mccandless-thieving-poacher-saint/2013/09/21/

Carl McCunn:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_McCunn

https://www.completefood.it/en/the-dramatic-death-of-carl-mccunn/

https://medium.com/@willrussell_46069/the-remarkable-diary-of-terrifying-abandonment-in-the-alaska-wilds-7df55bcc1455

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we discuss the devasting Spoil Tip collapse in Aberfan, South Wales. This resulted in the deaths of many children and would shape Wales for the coal industry for many years to come. Lets jump in.

TW: Suicide, PTSD, death of children

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MH resources:
https://www.mind.org.uk/
https://www.samaritans.org/
https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/mental-health-and-stigma/help-and-support
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/getting-help

Key sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster

https://www.history.com/news/elizabeth-ii-aberfan-mine-disaster-wales

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-150d11df-c541-44a9-9332-560a19828c47

https://www.businessinsider.com/haunting-photos-tragic-aberfan-disaster-1966-2019-11?r=US&IR=T

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-aberfan-disaster-featured-crown-180973565/

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29309363/queen-elizabeth-aberfan-mining-disaster-reaction-the-crown/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining_in_the_United_Kingdom

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we discuss the Moorgate London Tube Disaster which happened in 1975. We explore the facts of the crash which took over 40 lives and the theories as to how this could have happened.

TW: Suicide

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MH resources:
https://www.mind.org.uk/
https://www.samaritans.org/
https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/mental-health-and-stigma/help-and-support
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/getting-help

Key sources:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8006387/JONATHAN-MAYO-reveals-Moorgate-crash-unfolded-chilling-minute-minute-account.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash

https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/heritage/moorgatethe-unresolved-tragedy

https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoE_Moorgate1975.pdf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/february/28/newsid_4298000/4298307.stm

https://cafethinking.com/2020/02/28/the-mystery-of-the-moorgate-tube-disaster/

https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/heritage/moorgatethe-unresolved-tragedy

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we discuss the deaths of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon who disappeared when hiking in the Panamanian jungle in 2014. We dive into the possible reasons for their deaths and the mysterious phone calls and photographs found.

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Key sources:

Lost in the wild - episode 3, Amazon Prime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_of_Kris_Kremers_and_Lisanne_Froon

https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/the-deaths-of-two-dutch-women-in-panama-is-still-a-mystery-f341f1fdf593

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/etk61z/my_theory_on_lisanne_froon_and_kris_kremers/

https://imperfectplan.com/2016/11/11/true-story-kris-kremers-and-lisanne-froon-missing-in-panama/

https://forensictales.com/unexplained-deaths-of-lisanne-froon-and-kris-kremers/

https://koudekaas.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-disappearance-of-kris-kremers-and.html

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we discuss the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster where the Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, killing all of the crew onboard.

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Key sources:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150130-what-caused-the-columbia-disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/science/space/31NASA.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/space-shuttle-disaster.html

https://www.space.com/37110-becoming-a-nasa-astronaut-surprising-facts.html

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_Astronauts_in_Training.html

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we discuss the tragedy which befell the mountaineers on K2 in 2008. Where over the course of a day, 11 climbers would perish. We go through the key concepts for scaling the mountain and cover the fateful events.

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Key sources:

The Summit - Documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/k2-accident-himalayas-climbers-families

https://basecampmagazine.com/2018/02/12/the-2008-k2-tragedy/

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-summit-2008-k2-tragedy-2013-10?r=US&IR=T

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/death-or-glory-truth-about-k2-909516.html

https://besthikinggears.com/k2-bottleneck/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this initial episode, we discuss the sinking of the freighter ship the El Faro in 2015. How could a ship sail directly into a hurricane and sink in the world of non stop data and tracking? We dig into the details, the crew involved and the lessons we've hopefully learnt to make sure we don't have more shipwrecks in future. 

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Key sources:
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the sinking of the El Faro - Rachel Slade

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/inside-el-faro-the-worst-us-maritime-disaster-in-decades

https://safety4sea.com/cm-el-faro-sinking-poor-seamanship-on-the-spotlight/

https://gcaptain.com/ntsb-determines-probable-cause-of-el-faro-sinking/