R101
It was the age of airships - gigantic silver balloons which floated almost silently across the sky - but Britain's dreams of an Imperial airship fleet were about to be tragically dashed. Drawing from...
27 Nov 20201h 3min
Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse
It should have been a fun evening of music and dancing - but it abruptly turned into a gruesome scene of tragedy.Drawing from contemporary reporting, eyewitness accounts, and official reports, I'll te...
17 Juli 202045min
The Tulsa Race Massacre
An incident in an elevator led to an outpouring of hatred, gunfire and flame. It was America's worst single incident of racial violence, yet for decades many had never even heard of it. Drawing from ...
28 Juni 20201h 7min
Herald of Free Enterprise
A crowded ferry set sail from Zeebrugge on a cold March evening - but just outside the harbour walls, tragedy struck, and a straightforward crossing turned into a fight to survive. Drawing from conte...
5 Juni 202049min
Carrollton Bus Crash
After a church outing to an amusement park, an old yellow school bus full of sleepy kids made its way home along the interstate. At the same time, a pickup truck was driving the other way - in the sam...
22 Maj 202051min
The Boston Molasses Flood
A wave of black, sticky molasses engulfs a Boston neighbourhood, wreaking a sweet-tasting but deadly kind of havoc. It's one of history's more unusual disasters, but that doesn't mean it should be tre...
8 Maj 202053min
Harrow & Wealdstone Rail Crash
It should have been an ordinary Wednesday morning commute, with the biggest worry being whether there would be any seats free on the train. Instead, it was described as being akin to the battlefields ...
7 Feb 202041min
The General Slocum
A bright, sunny New York morning turned to disaster in a matter of moments - and it would be the city's most deadly disaster for almost a hundred years. This heartbreaking disaster literally decimated...
24 Jan 202042min
