Episode 40: The World Series earthquake
Disaster Area26 Kesä 2017

Episode 40: The World Series earthquake

The San Francisco-Oakland area had baseball fever. Both of their teams -- the Giants and the Athletics respectively -- would go up against one another in Game Three of the "Battle of the Bay" World Series. People across the country tuned in at 5:00 PM local time to watch the pre-game with announcers Al Michaels and Tim McCarver. But four minutes later, the video and audio would both abruptly cut out. Then Al Michaels' voice could be heard saying something which shocked the audience: "Tell you what, I think we're having an earth--"

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RERELEASE: Episode 254: The Cutter incident - Part One

RERELEASE: Episode 254: The Cutter incident - Part One

NOTE: This was released in May of 2025, but due to life being what it is, I didn't get to finish the final two parts of the episode. So I am rereleasing this episode this week, and the next two weeks ...

27 Helmi 1h 12min

Episode 263: Eastern Air Lines Flight 212

Episode 263: Eastern Air Lines Flight 212

2001 was not the only year in which something tragic occurred on September 11th. On that day in 1974, eighty-two people would board a plane from Charleston, South Carolina, to Charlotte, North Carolin...

21 Helmi 58min

Episode 262: The sinking of the White Ship

Episode 262: The sinking of the White Ship

King Henry I of England had grand plans for the future of his sole legitimate male heir, William Aetheling. None of those plans would come to pass. Articles and books: The Sinking Of The White Shi...

11 Helmi 1h 22min

Episode 261: The SS Sultana disaster - Part Two

Episode 261: The SS Sultana disaster - Part Two

On a cold April night in 1865, the calm across the waters of the Mississippi River was shattered by a sudden explosion - one which destroyed a steamboat and most of the Confederate POWs crowded on its...

8 Tammi 52min

Episode 260: The SS Sultana disaster - Part One

Episode 260: The SS Sultana disaster - Part One

On a cold April night in 1865, the calm across the waters of the Mississippi River was shattered by a sudden explosion - one which destroyed a steamboat and most of the Confederate POWs crowded on its...

1 Tammi 38min

Happy birthday!/Plans for the New Year

Happy birthday!/Plans for the New Year

It's the podcast's tenth birthday! Also, where we've been and where we're going.

1 Tammi 5min

Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

In the early morning hours of September 22nd, 1993, a cross-country train departed from Mobile, Alabama, on its way to Miami. As it headed up along the train tracks out of the city, the train didn't k...

31 Loka 202554min

Episode 258: The Sutherland Springs church shooting - Part Three

Episode 258: The Sutherland Springs church shooting - Part Three

On a sunny Sunday morning in 2017, a man in an SUV pulled up outside a small white church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The people inside would become the targets of the weapons he carried. But when he s...

13 Loka 20251h 1min

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