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Season 2025
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Six Minutes Early, Seven Dead: The Hamburg Dom Skylab Disaster
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This short documentary covers the catastrophic sinking of the Sewol passenger ferry off the coast of South Korea in 2014...
This short documentary covers the catastrophic sinking of the Sewol passenger ferry off the coast of South Korea in 2014...
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Deadly, Disgusting, Illegal, Cruel: The World's Most Horrifying Foods
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This episode explores three different foods that are, for different reasons, considered thoroughly horrifying...
This episode explores three different foods that are, for different reasons, considered thoroughly horrifying...
In 1994, a small city in Washington was inundated with mysterious, slippery, gooey blobs...
In 1994, a small city in Washington was inundated with mysterious, slippery, gooey blobs...
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Pilots Disable the Wrong Engine: The Kegworth Air Disaster
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This video covers the Kegworth Air Disaster - a devastating plane crash caused by one single, simple mistake...
This video covers the Kegworth Air Disaster - a devastating plane crash caused by one single, simple mistake...
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A Prank Turns Deadly: The Banzai Pipeline Waterslide Collapse
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This short documentary tells the story of a deadly accident that took place as a result of a prank gone wrong at a Californian waterpark in 1997...
This short documentary tells the story of a deadly accident that took place as a result of a prank gone wrong at a Californian waterpark in 1997...
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Appearance Over Safety: The Ponte Morandi Bridge Collapse
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This video tells the story of the 2018 collapse of the Ponte Morandi road bridge in Genoa, Italy...
This video tells the story of the 2018 collapse of the Ponte Morandi road bridge in Genoa, Italy...
There's a feature that you'll find on many small rivers - a feature which is so dangerous it's sometimes known as a "drowning machine"...
There's a feature that you'll find on many small rivers - a feature which is so dangerous it's sometimes known as a "drowning machine"...
This video explores the Crescent City tsunami of 1964 - an unprecedented tidal wave that resulted from the Great Alaskan Earthquake...
This video explores the Crescent City tsunami of 1964 - an unprecedented tidal wave that resulted from the Great Alaskan Earthquake...
This video tells the story of the fatal Midnight Rider accident - a 2014 tragedy that transformed attitudes to safety on film sets...
This video tells the story of the fatal Midnight Rider accident - a 2014 tragedy that transformed attitudes to safety on film sets...
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The Race That Killed 21 Runners: The Gansu Ultramarathon Disaster
Episode overview
This short documentary covers the 2021 Gansu Ultramarathon in China - a race which resulted in the death of 21 of its runners...
This short documentary covers the 2021 Gansu Ultramarathon in China - a race which resulted in the death of 21 of its runners...
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"The Finger of God": The 1996 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak
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This video tells the story of a tornado outbreak that struck the US state of Oklahoma in 1996, and one researcher's struggle to deploy a vital new technology during it...
This video tells the story of a tornado outbreak that struck the US state of Oklahoma in 1996, and one researcher's struggle to deploy a vital new technology during it...
This video covers a caving disaster that took place in a tiny cave in Utah, and which resulted in the loss of four young lives...
This video covers a caving disaster that took place in a tiny cave in Utah, and which resulted in the loss of four young lives...
Cachi the poodle was a beloved pet... who would go on to become world-famous for their surprisingly high kill-count...
Cachi the poodle was a beloved pet... who would go on to become world-famous for their surprisingly high kill-count...
This video tells the story of Ireland's worst rail disaster: the Buttevant rail crash of 1980...
This video tells the story of Ireland's worst rail disaster: the Buttevant rail crash of 1980...
This video tells the story of Christopher Thomas Knight - a man better known as the North Pond Hermit - who walked away from his life one day to spend 27 years hiding in the woods...
This video tells the story of Christopher Thomas Knight - a man better known as the North Pond Hermit - who walked away from his life one day to spend 27 years hiding in the woods...
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Nine Firefighters Lost: The Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire
Episode overview
This video tells the story of the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire - a fire which resulted in the loss of the largest number of firefighters from a single event since September 11th, 2001...
This video tells the story of the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire - a fire which resulted in the loss of the largest number of firefighters from a single event since September 11th, 2001...
Ivan McGuire was an experienced skydiver... who passed away after making a surprisingly elementary mistake...
Ivan McGuire was an experienced skydiver... who passed away after making a surprisingly elementary mistake...
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Magic Trick Gone Wrong Kills Eleven: The Great Lafayette
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This short documentary tells the story of the Great Lafayette - a magician whose final trick resulted in the deaths of eleven people...
This short documentary tells the story of the Great Lafayette - a magician whose final trick resulted in the deaths of eleven people...
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The Deadliest Hayride in History: The Cormier-Village Hayride Accident
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This short documentary covers the Cormier-Village hayride accident of 1989 - a deadly accident which claimed the lives of thirteen people...
This short documentary covers the Cormier-Village hayride accident of 1989 - a deadly accident which claimed the lives of thirteen people...
This short documentary tells the story of the film The Viking, in the making of which 28 lives were lost...
This short documentary tells the story of the film The Viking, in the making of which 28 lives were lost...
At the bottom of a lake in Switzerland there lurks a monstrous creature with a bizarre backstory...
At the bottom of a lake in Switzerland there lurks a monstrous creature with a bizarre backstory...
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An Entire Street Explodes Without Warning: The Clarkston Gas Explosion
Episode overview
This short documentary tells the story of a deadly gas explosion that took place without warning in Glasgow, Scotland in October 1971...
This short documentary tells the story of a deadly gas explosion that took place without warning in Glasgow, Scotland in October 1971...
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Unaware They Were Falling: The Penzance Helicopter Crash
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This short documentary covers one of the worst passenger helicopter crashes in UK history: the Penzance helicopter crash of 1983...
This short documentary covers one of the worst passenger helicopter crashes in UK history: the Penzance helicopter crash of 1983...
This short documentary covers the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash - a deadly disaster caused by the inexplicable actions of one individual...
This short documentary covers the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash - a deadly disaster caused by the inexplicable actions of one individual...
Did you think that bloodletting with live leeches was a thing of the past? Well... think again...
Did you think that bloodletting with live leeches was a thing of the past? Well... think again...
This short documentary covers two stories of fatal accidents that befell influencers carrying out dangerous stunts in pursuit of views...
This short documentary covers two stories of fatal accidents that befell influencers carrying out dangerous stunts in pursuit of views...
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Perfect Weather, Plenty of Warning, Still a Direct Collision: The George Prince
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This short documentary covers the story of the sinking of the George Prince - a passenger ferry which was hit by a tanker on a river in Louisiana in 1976...
This short documentary covers the story of the sinking of the George Prince - a passenger ferry which was hit by a tanker on a river in Louisiana in 1976...
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Ride Designed by "Trial and Error" - The Verruckt Accident
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This short documentary tells the story of Verrückt - an ambitious, record-breaking waterslide which opened in 2014 to rave reviews, and then closed in 2016 after one of its riders was killed in a gruesome accident...
This short documentary tells the story of Verrückt - an ambitious, record-breaking waterslide which opened in 2014 to rave reviews, and then closed in 2016 after one of its riders was killed in a gruesome accident...
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Tourism on an Active Volcano: The White Island Eruption
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Until 2019, a handful of tour companies based in New Zealand offered trips to the unique island of Whakaari - a beautiful, active cone volcano that's in a constant state of unrest. In
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Until 2019, a handful of tour companies based in New Zealand offered trips to the unique island of Whakaari - a beautiful, active cone volcano that's in a constant state of unrest. In 2019, after years of close calls, this volcano erupted while multiple tour groups were still on the island...
In 1997, an episode of the animated TV series Pokemon caused thousands of children in Japan to be hospitalised...
In 1997, an episode of the animated TV series Pokemon caused thousands of children in Japan to be hospitalised...
This short documentary covers the story of the Valhalla Grade Crossing Crash - a collision between a train and a car that took place in New York State in 2015, and which was caused by the inexplicable actions of one person...
This short documentary covers the story of the Valhalla Grade Crossing Crash - a collision between a train and a car that took place in New York State in 2015, and which was caused by the inexplicable actions of one person...
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Waterpark Goes Up In Flames: The Formosa Fun Coast Fireball
Episode overview
This short documentary tells the story of a 2015 accident at a popular waterpark in Taiwan. During an evening event there, a series of bad decisions lead to a swimming pool packed with revellers being consumed by a sudden fireball...
This short documentary tells the story of a 2015 accident at a popular waterpark in Taiwan. During an evening event there, a series of bad decisions lead to a swimming pool packed with revellers being consumed by a sudden fireball...
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'We Know What We're Doing' - The Mount Gambier Cave Diving Disaster
Episode overview
This short documentary tells the story of the Mount Gambier cave diving disaster which took place in 1973, and claimed the lives of four competent, experienced divers...
This short documentary tells the story of the Mount Gambier cave diving disaster which took place in 1973, and claimed the lives of four competent, experienced divers...
Bill Stephens was a lion tamer, whose favourite lioness escaped to stalk the streets of Dublin one day in 1951...
Bill Stephens was a lion tamer, whose favourite lioness escaped to stalk the streets of Dublin one day in 1951...
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Special Effect Kills Three: The Story of Katerina Didenko
Episode overview
On the 28th of February, 2020, influencer Katerina Didenko hosted a birthday party at a spa in Moscow. It was a day full of surprises... but one surprise in particular would result in the sudden death of her husband and two of her friends...
On the 28th of February, 2020, influencer Katerina Didenko hosted a birthday party at a spa in Moscow. It was a day full of surprises... but one surprise in particular would result in the sudden death of her husband and two of her friends...
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Stranded Just Minutes From Safety: The Pleasant Hill Bus Disaster
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In March of 1931 a summery day turned into a blizzard in a rural part of Colorado, stranding a school bus full of children. Though just minutes away from the nearest farm, they would
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In March of 1931 a summery day turned into a blizzard in a rural part of Colorado, stranding a school bus full of children. Though just minutes away from the nearest farm, they would remain stranded there for nearly two days, and at the cost of several lives...
This short documentary tells the story of James Kim and his family, who endured nine days lost in the wilderness after taking a wrong turn during a roadtrip...
This short documentary tells the story of James Kim and his family, who endured nine days lost in the wilderness after taking a wrong turn during a roadtrip...
A theme park in the Netherlands once boasted a slide which was completely underwater and required riders to hold their breath for twenty seconds...
A theme park in the Netherlands once boasted a slide which was completely underwater and required riders to hold their breath for twenty seconds...
This short documentary tells the story of Swissair Flight 111, which crashed into the ocean in 1998 just a few minutes after the pilots smelled a strange odour emanating from the air conditioning system...
This short documentary tells the story of Swissair Flight 111, which crashed into the ocean in 1998 just a few minutes after the pilots smelled a strange odour emanating from the air conditioning system...
This short documentary covers the collapse of the Alexander Kielland oil platform, which took place in March, 1980, and resulted in the death of 123 workers...
This short documentary covers the collapse of the Alexander Kielland oil platform, which took place in March, 1980, and resulted in the death of 123 workers...
This short documentary tells the story of the Boland Hall Fire, which took place on the campus of Seton Hall University in New Jersey in 2000, and which was started by an ill-advised prank...
This short documentary tells the story of the Boland Hall Fire, which took place on the campus of Seton Hall University in New Jersey in 2000, and which was started by an ill-advised prank...
Some old houses in England and Wales have a secret, hidden feature that was intended to save lives...
Some old houses in England and Wales have a secret, hidden feature that was intended to save lives...
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1,000,000 People Trapped in a Tunnel: The Loveparade Crush
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In July, 2010, over a million people descended on the German city of Duisburg to attend a free dance music festival. Due to mistakes made during planning and policing of the event, the
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In July, 2010, over a million people descended on the German city of Duisburg to attend a free dance music festival. Due to mistakes made during planning and policing of the event, the parade would ultimately end in disaster, costing 21 people their lives...
This short documentary tells the story of Michael Hughes, a daring amateur stuntman who planned to fly to space in a homemade steam-powered rocket ship, but ultimately died when an early launch went wrong...
This short documentary tells the story of Michael Hughes, a daring amateur stuntman who planned to fly to space in a homemade steam-powered rocket ship, but ultimately died when an early launch went wrong...
This short documentary is a brief history of the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan - a underground pass through the Hindu Kush mountains that, over the years, has claimed thousands of lives...
This short documentary is a brief history of the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan - a underground pass through the Hindu Kush mountains that, over the years, has claimed thousands of lives...
For many years now severed human feet have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea. For a while it was a mystery... but we now think we know why...
For many years now severed human feet have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea. For a while it was a mystery... but we now think we know why...
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Hikers Killed by "A Compelling Natural Force" - Dyatlov Pass
Episode overview
This short documentary tells the story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident of 1959, when nine hikers in the remote wilderness of the USSR died in circumstances which, for decades, nobody could explain...
This short documentary tells the story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident of 1959, when nine hikers in the remote wilderness of the USSR died in circumstances which, for decades, nobody could explain...
This short documentary covers the crash of Air Force Flight 286Q, which crashed during a demonstration flight in France in 1988, after being flown at an altitude of just thirty feet...
This short documentary covers the crash of Air Force Flight 286Q, which crashed during a demonstration flight in France in 1988, after being flown at an altitude of just thirty feet...
This short documentary tells the story of Geraldine Largay, a hiker who went missing while hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2013, and whose fate wasn't discovered for another two years...
This short documentary tells the story of Geraldine Largay, a hiker who went missing while hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2013, and whose fate wasn't discovered for another two years...
This short documentary covers the spillage of red mud from the Ajka Alumina Plant in Hungary in 2010 - an accident that consumed two towns and cost ten people their lives...
This short documentary covers the spillage of red mud from the Ajka Alumina Plant in Hungary in 2010 - an accident that consumed two towns and cost ten people their lives...
In this special Halloween episode, I explore the true story behind the terrifying minimalist horror film Open Water, in which two scuba divers are left behind after a dive...
In this special Halloween episode, I explore the true story behind the terrifying minimalist horror film Open Water, in which two scuba divers are left behind after a dive...
This anthology episode tells three stories of accidental deaths in the workplace, each of which could have been prevented by a simple, inexpensive safety measure...
This anthology episode tells three stories of accidental deaths in the workplace, each of which could have been prevented by a simple, inexpensive safety measure...
In 2013 German drinks brand Jagermeister inadvertently created a pool of death at a promotional event in Mexico. It did not result in good PR...
In 2013 German drinks brand Jagermeister inadvertently created a pool of death at a promotional event in Mexico. It did not result in good PR...
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