Episode 139: The Elaine massacre
The gathering was just a union meeting, the Black sharecroppers of Phillips County, Arkansas, banding together and trying to get a fair pay for their work in the cotton fields. But when the night ende...
19 Jun 20201h 15min
Episode 138: The sinking of the Estonia
It should have just have been a rough-and-tumble overnight ride across the sea, enjoying a good beer or a meal as the waves crashed outside. But then, early in the morning of September 28th, 1994, a l...
16 Mai 20201h 23min
Episode 137: The story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi
All of us are in the middle of trying to survive a disaster. Tsutomu Yamaguchi managed to do so twice in one week.
24 Apr 202054min
Episode 136: The story of Mauro Prosperi
It all started when the sandstorm kicked up. Hours later when the winds died down, Marathon des Sables entrant Mauro Prosperi found himself alone in the Moroccan desert, unable to locate the rest of t...
14 Apr 20201h 14min
Episode 135: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Founded in 1824, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution provided the British Isles with a standing organization of trained volunteers ready and willing to save those in peril in the surrounding water...
6 Mar 202050min
Episode 134: Valujet Flight 592
The images were striking - the faint outline in the marshland of the Everglades where a DC-9 struck the ground, killing all 110 people on board. But what killed all those people within only minutes of...
29 Feb 202050min
Episode 133: The 1909 Cherry mine disaster
You're working down in the mine several hundred feet below the surface when you start to smell smoke. It's growing thicker with every passing minute, and it's coming from between you and the only way ...
25 Feb 20201h 35min
Episode 132: DashCon
In our first commercial disaster, it was supposed to be the first Tumblr convention, a safe place for fans to share their joy in things like Sherlock, Welcome to Night Vale, anime, and other interests...
12 Feb 20201h 6min
