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Episode 154: The El Paso Walmart shooting Jan 29, 2021

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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 Jan 01, 2021

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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 Dec 22, 2020

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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 Dec 01, 2020

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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 Nov 17, 2020

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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 Oct 31, 2020

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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 Oct 30, 2020

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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 Oct 16, 2020

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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 Oct 01, 2020

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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 Sep 01, 2020

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

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