Calamity! Podcast
By Calamity! Podcast
Calamity! PodcastFeb 24, 2019
S2 E19: RMS Lusitania
S2 E18: Seawise (Happy) Giant: The Largest Ship to Ever Sink
S2 E17: The 1910 Stevens Pass Avalanche
An express passenger train leaving Spokane and bound for Seattle ended up stranded on Stevens Pass when freak weather conditions caused a series of avalanches in late February, 1910. Then, after spending nearly a week parked by the small town of Wellington, a large slab avalanche swept the train 150 feet off the track, killing 96 people - the most deadly avalanche in American history.
S2 E16: Oklahoma City Bombing
S2 E15: Benton Fireworks Disaster
S2 E14: British Airways Flight 5390
S2 E13: The Disappearance of Lady Be Good
S2 E12: The 1972 Iran Blizzard
S2 E11: Mt Tambora & The Year Without Summer
S2 E10: The Leopard of Rudraprayag
Over an eight-year period, a single leopard killed more than 125 people in the region of Rudraprayag, India. After many hunters failed, the leopard was eventually killed by hunter and author Jim Corbett.
S2 E9: The Empire State Building B-25 Crash
A routine assignment took a disastrous turn due to poor visibility over Manhattan in 1945. On July 28, The Old John Feather Merchant, a B-25 bomber, collided with the Empire State Building resulting in 14 deaths.
S2 E8: The 1925 Serum Run to Nome
An epic dog relay in Alaska saved thousands of lives in the city of Nome, which experienced a Diphtheria outbreak in the dead of winter.
S2 E7: The Guadalajara Sewer Explosions
S2 E6: The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
S2 E5: The Cuyahoga River Fires
S2 E4: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
S2 E3: The Graniteville Train Crash & Chlorine Spill
S2 E2: The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire
S2 E1: Nyos - The Exploding Lake
S1 E21: The 2008 K2 Disaster
S1 E20: SS El Faro
S1 E19: The Hillsborough Disaster
In 1989, 96 football fans lost their lives due to crushing at a match. It took nearly 20 years, however, for the full story to come to light.
S1 E18: The Love Canal Disaster
S1 E17: The Challenger Shuttle Disaster
S1 E16: The Chilean Mining Accident
S1 E15: The Great Molasses Flood
S1 E14: The Vajont Dam Mega-Tsunami
Local Italians were expecting a landslide in 1963 near the Vajont River, but no one anticipated how large it ultimately became, nor the mega-tsunami it created.
S1 E13: The Piper Alpha Explosion
S1 E12: The Hindenburg Disaster
S1 E11: The Hartford Circus Fire
In 1944, one of the most deadly structure fires in U.S. history took circus spectators by surprise in Hartford, Connecticut. War efforts and a packed performance scheduled were contributing factors to the destruction, but thankfully the city's quick response and preparedness helped the relief efforts considerably.
S1 E10: The Volcanic Eruption of Kilauea
S1 E9: The Donner Party
S1 E8: Chernobyl
S1 E7: Flight 232
S1 E6: The Great Hinckley Fire
S1 E5: The Bermuda Triangle
S1 E4: The Lisbon Disasters of 1755
S1 E3: The Indianapolis
S1 E2: The Johnstown Flood
S1 E1: The Colorado Bus Tragedy
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