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Episode 134: Valujet Flight 592 Feb 29, 2020

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The images were striking - the faint outline in the marshland of the Everglades where a DC-9 struck the ground, killing all 110 people on board. But what killed all those people within only minutes of takeoff from Miami?

Episode 133: The 1909 Cherry mine disaster Feb 25, 2020

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You're working down in the mine several hundred feet below the surface when you start to smell smoke. It's growing thicker with every passing minute, and it's coming from between you and the only way out of the mine.

Episode 132: DashCon Feb 12, 2020

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In our first commercial disaster, it was supposed to be the first Tumblr convention, a safe place for fans to share their joy in things like Sherlock, Welcome to Night Vale, anime, and other interests. But what was supposed to be a good time ended up being a prolonged dumpster fire, complete with a bouncy house and a ball pit.

Episode 131: The 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting Jan 31, 2020

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It was the last night of the Route 91 Harvest Festival and people were eager to see country star Jason Aldean take the stage. Twenty-five minutes into his performance, he stepped up to the mike ... only to make a run for it off the stage. Soon, everyone else in the audience would be running for cover as well.

Episode 130: The shipwreck of the Empress of Ireland Jan 22, 2020

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It was one of the most respected ships on the sea, a luxurious way to travel from Canada to Europe. But one foggy night was all it would take to send the Empress of Ireland to the bottom of the St. Lawrence River in a mere fourteen minutes.

Episode 129: The story of Samantha Smith Jan 01, 2020

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Would the United States and the Soviet Union nuke each other out of existence? In the 1980s, no one could be sure. So in 1982, a little girl named Samantha Smith just went ahead and asked -- the leader of the Soviet Union, that is.

Episode 128: Chernobyl - Part Six Dec 25, 2019

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In this final episode of our Chernobyl series, we look at how Pripyat has fared in the years since it was evacuated, among other things.

Episode 127: Chernobyl - Part Five Dec 20, 2019

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In the penultimate episode of our Chernobyl series, we look at the investigation into the causes of the accident and the failures behind the scenes which led to the disaster.

Episode 126: Chernobyl - Part Four Dec 13, 2019

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The break is over and it's back to Chernobyl, where everything is covered with radioactive dust and the remains of reactor #4 are a continuing danger to everyone - both in the immediate vicinity, and quite possibly to all of those in western Europe.

Episode 125: Chernobyl - Part Three Nov 12, 2019

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In this part of our Chernobyl series, we reach the moment of truth - the day when all of Chernobyl's underlying problems rose to the surface and led to the worst nuclear power disaster in history.

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