Disaster Area
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Episode 235: The Eschede train disaster
A year ago this week, I covered the Amagasaki train derailment in 2005 in Japan. Why not cover a second one seven years earlier near a small town in Germany? Videos: Articles and books:
Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three
It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h
Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two
It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h
Episode 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One
It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h
Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire
The deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871. Videos: Articles and books: ,
Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher
On April 9th, 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for depth tests in the Atlantic. It would never return. Videos: Articles and books: by
Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire
The deadliest school fire in American history took place on - of all days - Ash Wednesday, March 8th, 1908, in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood just after first period ended. Within a half hour, 172
Review: Society of the Snow
Jennifer stops rewatching the movie long enough to review the movie. Spoilers ahead!
Episode 228: Dan Air Flight 0034
You'd think if your plane crashed fifty meters from the end of the runway, you'd be saved. You'd be wrong. Videos: Articles and books:
Bonus: Society of the Snow
Jennifer talks about "Society of the Snow," the award-nominated adaptation of the Pablo Vierci book about the survival story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. "Society of the Snow" comes out in selec