Episode 124: Chernobyl - Part Two
In this episode, we see Chernobyl's beginnings, and just where cracks begin to form underneath the surface.
6 Nov 201945min
Episode 123: Chernobyl - Part One
Before we get into the story of Chernobyl, we explore a few previous nuclear disasters, learn how radiation and nuclear accidents are measured, and find out just how sick ionizing radiation will make ...
31 Okt 20191h 2min
Episode 122: The Stardust fire
It's St. Valentine's Day weekend, and love is in the air. Young people throughout northern Dublin flocked to the Stardust in 1981, drawn by the promise of a disco dancing competition to start at one i...
27 Sep 20191h 10min
Episode 121: British European Airways Flight 609
They were some of the best and the brightest in British football. In the mid-to-late 1950s, the Busby Babes were young talented players signed on to Manchester United F.C. by manager Matt Busby to mol...
19 Sep 20191h 12min
Episode 120: The 1900 Hoboken Docks fire
It was a normal working Saturday at the docks in Hoboken, New Jersey - until it wasn't. After the cotton bales on pier three caught fire so very close to barrels of oil and turpentine, every ship dock...
30 Aug 201950min
Episode 119: The Balvano train disaster
With World War II raging on throughout Europe, those civilians who were merely trying to survive in their day-to-day lives in southern Italy were on the brink of starvation. They needed food, and to f...
1 Aug 201941min
Episode 118: The Carolean death march
Feeling hot this summer? It could be worse. In January of 1719 during the Great Northern War, six thousand troops from the Swedish army began what should have been a two-day walk back over the Norwegi...
31 Juli 201946min
Episode 117: Iran Air Flight 655
One country said it was a tragic mistake during wartime. One country claimed it was a deliberate and heartless act. But one thing was true - whether it was one or the other, the shootdown of Iran Air ...
19 Juli 20191h 13min
