Episode 38: The 1918 Hammond circus train crash
You're the engineer on an empty troop train in the middle of the night in 1918, headed west to pick up more soldiers meant to head off to the war in Europe. You've had little sleep but you've eaten we...
28 Mai 20171h 16min
Episode 37: Air Florida Flight 90 and the Washington Metro Train Collision
They say God never gives you more than you can handle. On January 13, 1982, He sure as hell attempted to do so to the city of Washington, DC. Snow cascaded from the sky, making driving home from work ...
16 Mai 201757min
Episode 36: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
The harrowing video aired on a loop around the world -- a passenger airliner gliding down toward the sea near a tourist-filled beach, then tumbling over and over as it struck the water. What happened ...
8 Mai 20171h
Episode 35: The Up Stairs Lounge fire
On the last day of Pride in 1973, the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans felt like it always did. The Sunday beer bust was in full swing, patrons were discussing an upcoming charity event, and the gay ba...
1 Mai 20171h 4min
Episode 34: Centralia
The name conjures up images of the bare skeleton of a ghost town, swallowed in smoke and haunted by the spirits of its past. But Centralia was once a normal small Pennsylvania town full of hard-workin...
13 Apr 20171h 22min
Episode 33: The Boston Molasses Flood
It towered over Commercial Street in the North End of Boston, its massive form looming over the elevated train tracks and Engine #31 firehouse. It groaned loudly every time it was filled, its contents...
23 Mar 201751min
Episode 32: The 2011 Norway attacks
Heavy rains soaked the Norwegian Labour Party's youth camp on Utøya that Friday in July of 2011. What might have otherwise been a miserable day was lightened by a visit from former prime minister Gro ...
6 Mar 20171h 6min
Episode 31: The Westwego grain elevator explosion
Dust seems so harmless most of the time ... annoying, sure, but not deadly. However, on December 22, 1977, dust would lead to the sudden and tragic destruction of a Louisiana grain elevator, taking th...
20 Feb 201745min
