Disaster Area

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Sinopsis

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

Episodios

  • Episode 164: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

    28/04/2021 Duración: 01h41min

    The deadliest shipwreck of all time took place on a cold January night in 1945, when a recommissioned German cruise ship carrying thousands of East Prussian refugees to safety in the west didn't notice the long slim Soviet sub following them in the icy Baltic waters until it was far too late.

  • Episode 163: The Colectiv nightclub fire

    25/04/2021 Duración: 01h19min

    On the night of October 30, 2015, the Romanian heavy metal band Goodbye to Gravity held a free concert at Club Colectiv in Bucharest. The events of that night would upend Romanian society and government in ways no one could have seen coming.

  • Episode 162: The Santiago prison fire

    22/04/2021 Duración: 57min

    Chilean prisons were overcrowded, rife with violence, and dilapidated beyond human habitation. It was only a matter of time before the system imploded, and on December 8th, 2010, it finally did - all thanks to a propane gas stove.

  • Episode 161: The Holodomor

    14/04/2021 Duración: 01h18min

    By 1932, Ukrainians would see their lands taken to be turned into collective farms, their cupboards emptied, their valuables stolen, and anyone who complained shipped off to work camps. But from 1932 to 1933, Ukraine would experience the final results of having all of that taken away - a long torturous genocide by starvation.

  • Episode 160: The Great London beer flood

    07/04/2021 Duración: 47min

    Drinks are on the house! And in the street, and in the basements, and ... well, they're everywhere. On October 17th, 1814, in St. Giles Rookery, London, that was kind of the problem.

  • Episode 159: The Swampscott train wreck

    31/03/2021 Duración: 50min

    On a snowy Tuesday in 1956, it's more than likely most of the people on the 8:00 AM train from Danvers, Massachusetts, to Boston would much rather have been home warm and toasty in their bed. Instead, those in the front car would soon find themselves facing a horrifying death.

  • Episode 158: Germanwings Flight 9525

    01/03/2021 Duración: 01h08min

    On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 went down over the French Alps. But it wasn't mechanical failure or bad weather which brought down the doomed flight. It was an entirely different kind of tragic.

  • Episode 157: The Joplin tornado

    28/02/2021 Duración: 01h08min

    At 5:34 PM on May 22, 2011, the town of Joplin, Missouri, faced a threat that every town in the Midwest expects to face at some time or another - a tornado. But the monster which grew to life just to the southwest of Joplin became a nightmare which tore apart everything in its path.

  • Episode 156: The SS Yarmouth Castle

    26/02/2021 Duración: 01h11min

    Maybe now is not the best time to take a cruise, but back in 1965 a short Caribbean cruise to the Bahamas could be a lovely break for those in Miami looking for a little fun. The SS Yarmouth Castle was just one of several ships people could take on a relaxing weekend trip. But on November 13th, 1965, the fun on the Yarmouth Castle ended with the steady stream of smoke coming from storage  room 610.

  • Episode 155: Saudia Flight 163

    31/01/2021 Duración: 01h18min

    When you board an aircraft, you would hope your captain, first officer, and flight engineer are experienced, well-trained, and able to work well together in an emergency. The passengers who boarded Saudia Flight 163 in August of 1980 were not so fortunate.

  • Episode 154: The El Paso Walmart shooting

    29/01/2021 Duración: 01h21min

    Five miles from the border with Mexico sits a common American sight - a Walmart, situated between a mall and a cluster of car dealerships. In a busy city just across the border from another busy city, the Walmart at Cielo Vista Mall was always packed full of people, something a young man with hate in his heart used to his advantage.

  • Episode 153: The Schoharie limo crash

    01/01/2021 Duración: 01h11min

    On October 6th, 2018, seventeen friends and family of birthday girl Amy Steenburg climbed aboard a stretch SUV limousine for a celebratory trip to a local brewery. Within the hour, everyone on board would be dead.

  • Episode 152: The Tham Luang cave rescue

    22/12/2020 Duración: 01h52min

    Twelve boys and their football coach. One flooded cave. Thousands of volunteers, medical personnel, media members, friends, family, and - perhaps most importantly of all - cave diving experts. Every single one would be needed to make sure the thirteen members of the Wild Boars football club would survive their escape from Tham Luang.

  • Episode 151: The Luxor hot air balloon disaster

    01/12/2020 Duración: 56min

    Climb aboard and view the amazing sights to be seen around the ancient city of Luxor in Egypt - the Valley of the Kings, the ruins of Thebes, and dozens of other temples and statues throughout the region! Oh, afraid of hot air balloons? Then perhaps this story is not for you.

  • Episode 150: US Airways Flight 1549

    17/11/2020 Duración: 58min

    For our 150th episode, we look at a disaster in which everyone survived, thanks to a flight crew with the skill and fortitude to pull off a Miracle on the Hudson.

  • Episode 149: The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

    31/10/2020 Duración: 01h07min

    You should be safe in your place of worship. But this week two years ago, a man walked into the Tree of Life-Or L'Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh and broke that rule.

  • Episode 148: The fire on the Scandinavian Star

    30/10/2020 Duración: 59min

    In the early morning hours of April 7th, 1990, most of the people onboard the MS Scandinavian Star were fast asleep in their cabins, resting as they traveled from Oslo to Frederikshavn. But at least one person on the ship was not only awake, but plotting something which would leave hundreds of people fighting for their lives.

  • Episode 147: The Wellington avalanche

    16/10/2020 Duración: 01h27min

    You're stuck inside, unable to leave where you are and growing more frustrated by the day. But it's not quarantine, it's 1910 in the Cascade mountains, and you're stuck in a train that's been snowed in beside a small Washington town that's little more than a speck on the map. And as the snow falls for the sixth day in a row, the steep hillside above you, packed with heavy snow, silently threatens to fall. All it needs is one tiny push for disaster to strike.

  • Episode 146: The 1992 Los Angeles riots

    01/10/2020 Duración: 01h35min

    The city didn't have to burn. Looters didn't have to break windows and rob businesses of everything that wasn't tied down. People didn't have to die. But in certain circumstances, when there is no justice, there will be no peace.

  • Episode 145: The Brescia explosion

    01/09/2020 Duración: 52min

    Please don't store all of your explosives in one place. Particularly if there are thunderstorms in the weather forecast.

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