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**Disaster Area**

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 192: The Erfurt latrine disaster Feb 18, 2022

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What do you get when you have sixty noblemen in a cess pit? One of the most disgusting disasters of all time.

A quick announcement! Feb 15, 2022

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I just wanted to share some news regarding the podcast for those of you who don't follow the social media accounts or Patreon. Nothing terrible, I promise.

Episode 191: The 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash Feb 11, 2022

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When we all first heard basketball legend Kobe Bryant had died, the world was in disbelief. But the how of it all made everything so much more tragic.

Episode 190: The GMAC massacre Feb 04, 2022

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Dragging yourself into work on a Monday can always feel grim. But on June 18th, 1990, the employees at the GMAC office in Jacksonville, Florida, had something far more terrifying than boring meetings to look forward to that day.

Episode 189: Hurricane Agnes Jan 28, 2022

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And now for Jennifer's hometown disaster - when one small hurricane turned southern New York and Pensylvania into one big muddy lake.

Episode 188: The New London school explosion Jan 07, 2022

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On March 18th, 1937, the students in the junior-senior high school of New London, TX, sat waiting in eager antipation of the end of the school day, looking forward to a three-day weekend. But the school, and many of the students and teachers inside the building, wouldn't make it to 3:30.

Episode 187: The Trolley Square shooting Dec 31, 2021

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The Trolley Squre Mall in Salt Lake City was a popular and historical landmark with a quaint and quirky design. On February 12th, 2007, a young man would arrive at the mall to do something no one, not even his family, saw coming.

Episode 186: The Ramstein air show disaster Dec 16, 2021

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The first maneuver the Frecce Tricolori display team would perform at the Ramstein air show on August 28th, 1988, was called the pierced-heart maneuver. But when three of the planes collided, what followed woud instead pierce through the heart of the crowd, killing dozens.

Episode 185: The 2017 Portland train attack Dec 04, 2021

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The man on the train would not be quiet, and what he was saying was horrifying. Three men would stand up to him. Only one of those men would survive.

Episode 184: The Taconic State Parkway tragedy Nov 27, 2021

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We will never know the entirety of what happened on the Taconic State Parkway on July 26th, 2009, but we know enough - that a drunk and high mom driving a van loaded with five children drove the wrong way and struck another vehicle, leaving eight people dead. It's in the details where the mystery grows.

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