Disaster Area

Disaster Area

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

Episoder(281)

Episode 99: United Airlines Flight 629

Episode 99: United Airlines Flight 629

If you're afraid of flying, it's usually a more understandable fear - bad weather may bring your plane down, your pilot might screw something up, something on the plane might break. But a much more un...

21 Des 20181h 19min

Episode 98: The Hajj pilgrimage of 2015

Episode 98: The Hajj pilgrimage of 2015

Every year, three million Muslims arrive in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to complete the hajj, an important series of rituals which must be undertaken by all physically and financially capable Muslims at leas...

12 Des 20181h 25min

Episode 97: The MGM Grand hotel fire

Episode 97: The MGM Grand hotel fire

The MGM Grand hotel and casino sat in a plum spot right along South Las Vegas Boulevard in the glittering city of - surprise - Las Vegas, Nevada. Hosting Dean Martin roasts and a long-running performa...

1 Nov 201852min

Episode 96: The Janauba massacre

Episode 96: The Janauba massacre

The Gente Inocente nursery in Janauba, Brasil, was small and poor but filled daily with happy children. Then, on October 5, 2017, a familiar face came to the front gate. It was the night watchman, and...

31 Okt 201834min

Episode 95: The Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse

Episode 95: The Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse

The Sunshine Skyway bridge was a well-known piece of Florida architecture, carrying vehicles back and forth across Tampa Bay and allowing ships to pass underneath in the bay's busy shipping channel. B...

30 Okt 20181h 18min

Episode 94: The sinking of the Wahine

Episode 94: The sinking of the Wahine

On April 10, 1968, Cyclone Giselle hit New Zealand at the worst possible - when the ferry TEV Wahine was returning to Wellington with over seven hundred passengers. The Wahine entered Wellington Harbo...

19 Okt 20181h 3min

Episode 93: The Women's War

Episode 93: The Women's War

The women were - to say the very least - incredibly pissed. In recent years, their rights had been whittled away, leaving their status a husk of what it had once been. Their complaints were either ign...

10 Okt 201857min

Episode 92: The Pan Am Building helicopter crash

Episode 92: The Pan Am Building helicopter crash

All they wanted was a ride to JFK International Airport. But on May 16, 1977, the passengers waiting on the rooftop of the Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan to get onto a helicopter shuttle to the ...

29 Sep 201831min

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