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Disaster Area

Disaster Area

164 episodes

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

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Episode 228: Dan Air Flight 0034

Published: Jan. 1, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 30 seconds

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Bonus: Society of the Snow

Published: Dec. 19, 2023, 5:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 227: The North Hollywood shootout - Part Two

Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 226: The North Hollywood shootout - Part One

Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 5:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 225: The Who concert crush

Published: Nov. 23, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 224: The 2019 Whakaari eruption

Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 23 seconds

We all heard the news four years ago about a group of foolish tourists who made the mistake of visiting an active volcano and died as a result. Or at least, that\'s how the stories made them sound.

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Episode 223: Pan Am Flight 103 - Part Two

Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 222: Pan Am Flight 103 - Part One

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 221: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquke and tsunami - Part 3

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 7 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 220: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Part 2

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 219: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Part 1

Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 218: The Chilwell munitions factory explosion

Published: Aug. 1, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 217: The I35W bridge collapse

Published: July 21, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 216: The Club Q shooting

Published: July 1, 2023, 2 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 24 seconds
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Bonus: The OceanGate submersible implosion

Published: June 26, 2023, 11:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 215: The Rhoads Opera House fire

Published: June 1, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 214: The Indiana State Fair stage collapse

Published: May 19, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 4 seconds

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Bonus: The 9/11 Museum

Published: May 16, 2023, 4:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 213: The Amagasaki train derailment

Published: April 28, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 212: The Grenfell Tower fire - part three

Published: March 15, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 211: The Grenfell Tower fire - part two

Published: March 8, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 1 second

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Episode 210: The Grenfell Tower fire - part one

Published: March 1, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 209: The sinking of the SS Princess Sophia

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 208: The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision

Published: Jan. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 207: The Humboldt Broncos bus crash

Published: Dec. 21, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 206: The Bazar de la Charite fire

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 205: The Boston Marathon bombing - Part Two

Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 35 seconds

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Episode 204: The Boston Marathon bombing - Part One

Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 seconds

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Episode 203: The Nepalese royal massacre

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 202: The San Juanico disaster

Published: Aug. 24, 2022, 4:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 201: The 1995 Chicago heat wave

Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 200: Trans American Flight 209

Published: July 19, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 199: Apollo 1

Published: June 22, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 198: The Christchurch mosque shootings

Published: May 26, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 11 seconds

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Bonus: Disaster Area road trip Part 2: The New Yorkening

Published: May 10, 2022, 3:58 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes

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Episode 197: Operation Yellow Ribbon

Published: May 1, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 196: The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak

Published: April 21, 2022, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 195: The San Bernardino massacre

Published: April 13, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 194: The 1989 San Bernardino train wreck

Published: April 6, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 193: TWA Flight 3

Published: March 2, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 192: The Erfurt latrine disaster

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 22 seconds

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Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 5:51 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 191: The 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 190: The GMAC massacre

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 189: Hurricane Agnes

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 188: The New London school explosion

Published: Jan. 7, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 187: The Trolley Square shooting

Published: Dec. 31, 2021, 9 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 186: The Ramstein air show disaster

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 185: The 2017 Portland train attack

Published: Dec. 4, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 184: The Taconic State Parkway tragedy

Published: Nov. 27, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 183: The Oppau explosion

Published: Nov. 21, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 182: The Ghost Ship warehouse fire

Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 8:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 5 seconds

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Bonus: Disaster Area road trip!

Published: Oct. 9, 2021, 4:53 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 181: The Sandy Hook school shooting

Published: Oct. 2, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 180: American Airlines Flight 587

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 179: The 1993 World Trade Center bombing

Published: Sept. 26, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 1 second

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Episode 178: The 1990 Plainfield tornado

Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 177: American Eagle Flight 4184

Published: Sept. 4, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 176: The Italian hall disaster

Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 175: The Hotel Roosevelt fire

Published: Aug. 11, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 174: Bhopal

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 173: The Oklahoma City bombing

Published: July 28, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 172: Comair Flight 5191

Published: July 1, 2021, 2:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 171: The battle of Blair Mountain

Published: June 24, 2021, 9:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 170: United Airlines Flight 93

Published: June 17, 2021, 9:06 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 169: The Wilmer bus fire

Published: June 2, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 168: The Prestonsburg bus crash

Published: May 26, 2021, 8:13 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 167: The attack on Black Wall Street

Published: May 21, 2021, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 166: The Lac-Megantic train disaster

Published: May 13, 2021, 8:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 165: The Kaprun funicular disaster

Published: May 5, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes

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Episode 164: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

Published: April 28, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 163: The Colectiv nightclub fire

Published: April 25, 2021, 3:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 162: The Santiago prison fire

Published: April 22, 2021, 5:03 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 161: The Holodomor

Published: April 14, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 160: The Great London beer flood

Published: April 7, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 159: The Swampscott train wreck

Published: March 31, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes

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Episode 158: Germanwings Flight 9525

Published: March 1, 2021, 5:31 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 157: The Joplin tornado

Published: Feb. 28, 2021, 6:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 156: The SS Yarmouth Castle

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 8:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 155: Saudia Flight 163

Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 154: The El Paso Walmart shooting

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 6:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 153: The Schoharie limo crash

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 5:06 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 152: The Tham Luang cave rescue

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 9:08 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 151: The Luxor hot air balloon disaster

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 4:45 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 150: US Airways Flight 1549

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 6:03 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 149: The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 8:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 148: The fire on the Scandinavian Star

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 7:15 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 147: The Wellington avalanche

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 5:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 146: The 1992 Los Angeles riots

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 3:35 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 145: The Brescia explosion

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 4:14 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 144: The fire on the General Slocum

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 6:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 143: TWA Flight 800

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 11:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 142: The sinking of the Marchioness

Published: July 31, 2020, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 141: The eruption of Mount Pelee

Published: July 19, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 140: The 1918 influenza epidemic

Published: July 1, 2020, 5:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 139: The Elaine massacre

Published: June 19, 2020, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 138: The sinking of the Estonia

Published: May 16, 2020, 5:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 137: The story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Published: April 24, 2020, 6:27 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 136: The story of Mauro Prosperi

Published: April 14, 2020, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 135: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Published: March 6, 2020, 8:04 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 134: Valujet Flight 592

Published: Feb. 29, 2020, 10:51 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 133: The 1909 Cherry mine disaster

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 8:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 132: DashCon

Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 5:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 131: The 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 130: The shipwreck of the Empress of Ireland

Published: Jan. 22, 2020, 10:39 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 129: The story of Samantha Smith

Published: Jan. 1, 2020, 3:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 128: Chernobyl - Part Six

Published: Dec. 25, 2019, 2:31 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 39 seconds

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Episode 127: Chernobyl - Part Five

Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 8:33 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 126: Chernobyl - Part Four

Published: Dec. 13, 2019, 6:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 125: Chernobyl - Part Three

Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 124: Chernobyl - Part Two

Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 123: Chernobyl - Part One

Published: Oct. 31, 2019, 6:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 122: The Stardust fire

Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 6:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 121: British European Airways Flight 609

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 4:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 120: The 1900 Hoboken Docks fire

Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 7:48 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 119: The Balvano train disaster

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 3:06 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 118: The Carolean death march

Published: July 31, 2019, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 117: Iran Air Flight 655

Published: July 19, 2019, 7:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 116: The 1986 Mount Hood incident

Published: June 27, 2019, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 115: The Cocoanut Grove fire

Published: June 18, 2019, 7:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 114: The Pulse nightclub shooting

Published: May 29, 2019, 9:48 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 113: The Hermosillo nursery fire

Published: May 24, 2019, 4:12 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 112: The Our Lady of the Angels fire

Published: May 1, 2019, 6:33 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 111: The Black Saturday bushfires

Published: April 23, 2019, 6:56 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 110: American Airlines Flight 191

Published: April 12, 2019, 2:25 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 109: The journey of the MS St Louis

Published: April 1, 2019, 1:53 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 108: The Mont Blanc tunnel fire

Published: March 29, 2019, 6:17 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 107: The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire

Published: March 21, 2019, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 106: The Dyatlov Pass incident

Published: March 9, 2019, 8:53 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 105: The 1996 Air Africa disaster

Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 7:54 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 104: The Top Storey Club fire

Published: Feb. 16, 2019, 9:34 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 103: The Halifax explosion

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 102: The Great Yarmouth bridge disaster

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 7:52 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 101: The Great Stink of London

Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 4:44 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 100: The attack on Nakatomi Plaza

Published: Dec. 28, 2018, 6:23 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 99: United Airlines Flight 629

Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 98: The Hajj pilgrimage of 2015

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 97: The MGM Grand hotel fire

Published: Nov. 1, 2018, 4:08 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 96: The Janauba massacre

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 95: The Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse

Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 5:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 94: The sinking of the Wahine

Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 4:08 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 93: The Women's War

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 3:49 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 92: The Pan Am Building helicopter crash

Published: Sept. 29, 2018, 8:31 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 91: The Thredbo disaster

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 7:11 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 90: The sinking of the Vasa

Published: Sept. 18, 2018, 6:09 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 89: The story of Ada Blackjack

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 8:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 88: The 2013 Moore tornado

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 3:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 87: The Leopard of Rudraprayag

Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 5:56 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 86: The Iroquois Theater fire

Published: July 31, 2018, 10:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 85: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Published: July 20, 2018, 2:47 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 84: The Guadalajara explosions

Published: July 12, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 41 seconds

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Episode 83: Pan Am Flight 73

Published: June 30, 2018, 3:21 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 82: The Joelma Building fire

Published: June 23, 2018, 4:55 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes

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Episode 81: The People Hiding in the Truck

Published: June 19, 2018, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 80: The Graniteville train crash

Published: June 10, 2018, 3:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 79: The Austin tower shooting

Published: June 1, 2018, 2:27 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes

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Episode 78: The Moorgate tube crash

Published: May 28, 2018, 3:31 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 77: The Pioneer Hotel Fire

Published: May 18, 2018, 6:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 1 second

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Episode 76: The Baby In The Well

Published: May 6, 2018, 5:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 75: Care Teams

Published: May 1, 2018, 1:07 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 74: Aloha Airlines Flight 243

Published: April 24, 2018, 5:12 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 73: The Lake Peigneur disaster

Published: April 17, 2018, 5:36 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 72: The Twilight Zone disaster

Published: April 8, 2018, 5:52 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 71: The Rwandan genocide

Published: April 1, 2018, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 70: The 2010 Bandundu crash

Published: March 15, 2018, 5 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 69: The Port Chicago explosion

Published: March 1, 2018, 6:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 68: The Welding Shop Shooting

Published: Feb. 23, 2018, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 67: United Airlines Flight 232

Published: Feb. 19, 2018, 1:51 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 66: The Battle of May Island

Published: Jan. 23, 2018, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 65: The Piper Alpha disaster

Published: Dec. 31, 2017, 9:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 64: The Oso mudslide

Published: Dec. 12, 2017, 1:04 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 63: The Edmond post office shooting

Published: Nov. 30, 2017, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 62: The Tenerife disaster

Published: Nov. 26, 2017, 8:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 61: The CTV Building collapse

Published: Nov. 23, 2017, 6:10 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 60: Aeroflot Flight 593

Published: Nov. 17, 2017, 8:14 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 59: The 1993 Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak

Published: Nov. 15, 2017, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 58: The West Plains dance hall explosion

Published: Nov. 8, 2017, 4:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 seconds

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Episode 57: The sinking of the MV Sewol

Published: Nov. 4, 2017, 6:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 56: The Haunted Castle Fire

Published: Nov. 1, 2017, 11:06 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 55: The Rana Plaza disaster

Published: Oct. 31, 2017, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 54: The Lake Nyos disaster

Published: Oct. 29, 2017, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 53: The Formosa Fun Coast explosion

Published: Oct. 25, 2017, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 52: The Beslan school hostage crisis

Published: Oct. 21, 2017, 7:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 51: The Shiloh Baptist Church stampede

Published: Oct. 6, 2017, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 50: LANSA Flight 508

Published: Sept. 30, 2017, 4:14 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 49: The sinking of the MV Le Joola

Published: Sept. 28, 2017, 5:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 48: The Happy Land Social Club fire

Published: Sept. 21, 2017, 7:43 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 47: The 1947 Texas City Disaster

Published: Sept. 16, 2017, 6:13 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 46: The AIDS Epidemic, Part Two - Misinformation

Published: Sept. 4, 2017, 12:41 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 45: The Galveston Hurricane

Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 7:03 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 44: Air New Zealand Flight 901

Published: Aug. 17, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 43: The AIDS Epidemic, Part One - Origin

Published: Aug. 4, 2017, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 42: The Bradford City stadium fire

Published: July 27, 2017, 4:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 41: The Tri-State Tornado

Published: July 17, 2017, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 40: The World Series earthquake

Published: June 26, 2017, 7:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 39: The San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre

Published: May 31, 2017, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 38: The 1918 Hammond circus train crash

Published: May 28, 2017, 9:52 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 37: Air Florida Flight 90 and the Washington Metro Train Collision

Published: May 16, 2017, 6:45 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 36: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961

Published: May 8, 2017, 2:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 seconds

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Episode 35: The Up Stairs Lounge fire

Published: May 1, 2017, 12:29 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 34: Centralia

Published: April 13, 2017, 5:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 33: The Boston Molasses Flood

Published: March 23, 2017, 5:39 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 32: The 2011 Norway attacks

Published: March 6, 2017, 3:49 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 31: The Westwego grain elevator explosion

Published: Feb. 20, 2017, 8:35 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 30: The Great Smog of London

Published: Feb. 8, 2017, 12:13 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 29: A Massacre in Wilkes-Barre

Published: Feb. 2, 2017, 12:28 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 28: The Gothenburg discotheque fire

Published: Jan. 24, 2017, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 27: The Carrollton bus collision

Published: Jan. 16, 2017, 4:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 26: Aeromexico Flight 498

Published: Jan. 7, 2017, 4:52 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 25: The story of Marten Hartwell

Published: Dec. 31, 2016, 8:33 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 24: The Schoolhouse Blizzard

Published: Dec. 26, 2016, 9:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 57 seconds

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Movie Break: Dante's Peak

Published: Dec. 24, 2016, 7:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 23: The eruption of Mount St. Helens

Published: Dec. 17, 2016, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 22: Avianca Flight 52

Published: Dec. 9, 2016, 12:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 21: The Ecole Polytechnique massacre

Published: Dec. 4, 2016, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 20: The 2010 Love Parade disaster

Published: Nov. 28, 2016, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 19: The Aberfan disaster

Published: Nov. 24, 2016, 6:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 27 seconds

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Movie Break: Airplane vs. Volcano

Published: Nov. 13, 2016, 5:32 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 18: The Aggie Bonfire collapse

Published: Nov. 2, 2016, 6:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 17: Japan Airlines Flight 123

Published: Oct. 25, 2016, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 16: The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

Published: Oct. 9, 2016, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 15: The Bath School massacre

Published: Sept. 20, 2016, 4:17 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 14: The Versailles wedding hall disaster

Published: Sept. 7, 2016, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 13: TACA Flight 110

Published: Aug. 21, 2016, 5:06 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 43 seconds

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Movie Break: The Day After

Published: Aug. 9, 2016, 3:21 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 12: The Sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Published: Aug. 7, 2016, 6:11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 11: The Goiania Accident

Published: July 14, 2016, 5:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 10: The Rhythm Club Fire

Published: June 19, 2016, 4:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 9: Pacific Southwest Flight 1771

Published: June 1, 2016, 4:49 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 42 seconds

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Movie Break: Twister

Published: May 25, 2016, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 8: The Port Arthur Massacre

Published: May 18, 2016, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 7: The Jonestown Massacre

Published: April 28, 2016, 3:33 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 6: The Station Nightclub fire

Published: April 3, 2016, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 5: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

Published: March 16, 2016, 6:11 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 37 seconds

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Movie Break: The Poseidon Adventure

Published: Feb. 22, 2016, 6:06 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 4: The Kansas City Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse

Published: Feb. 17, 2016, 5:28 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 3: The SS Eastland disaster

Published: Jan. 31, 2016, 5:42 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 2: The Hillsborough Disaster

Published: Jan. 20, 2016, 5:58 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 1: Hartford Circus Fire

Published: Jan. 8, 2016, 6:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 15 seconds

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Disaster Area: An Introduction

Published: Dec. 31, 2015, 1:58 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds

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