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
Episode 131: The 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting
It was the last night of the Route 91 Harvest Festival and people were eager to see country star Jason Aldean take the stage. Twenty-five minutes into his performance, he stepped up to the mike ... on...
31 Jan 20201h 22min
Episode 130: The shipwreck of the Empress of Ireland
It was one of the most respected ships on the sea, a luxurious way to travel from Canada to Europe. But one foggy night was all it would take to send the Empress of Ireland to the bottom of the St. La...
22 Jan 20201h 10min
Episode 129: The story of Samantha Smith
Would the United States and the Soviet Union nuke each other out of existence? In the 1980s, no one could be sure. So in 1982, a little girl named Samantha Smith just went ahead and asked -- the leade...
1 Jan 20201h 14min
Episode 128: Chernobyl - Part Six
In this final episode of our Chernobyl series, we look at how Pripyat has fared in the years since it was evacuated, among other things.
25 Dec 20191h 1min
Episode 127: Chernobyl - Part Five
In the penultimate episode of our Chernobyl series, we look at the investigation into the causes of the accident and the failures behind the scenes which led to the disaster.
20 Dec 201955min
