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"...
2025x14 Warnings Ignored: The Crescent City Tsunami Episode overview
Air date
Mar 11, 2025
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...
2025x15 "It's Complicated": The Midnight Rider Accident Episode overview
Air date
Mar 18, 2025
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...
2025x16 The Race That Killed 21 Runners: The Gansu Ultramarathon Disaster Episode overview
Air date
Mar 25, 2025
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...
2025x17 "The Finger of God": The 1996 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak Episode overview
Air date
Apr 01, 2025
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...
2025x18 Exploring the "Cave of Death" Kills Four Episode overview
Air date
Apr 08, 2025
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...
2025x20 A Fatal Miscommunication: The Buttevant Rail Disaster Episode overview
Air date
Apr 15, 2025
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...
2025x21 In Hiding for 27 Years: The North Pond Hermit Episode overview
Air date
Apr 22, 2025
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...
2025x22 Nine Firefighters Lost: The Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire Episode overview
Air date
Apr 29, 2025
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...
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...
2025x32 Dying for Views: Two Influencer Accidents Episode overview
Air date
Jun 17, 2025
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...
2025x33 Perfect Weather, Plenty of Warning, Still a Direct Collision: The George Prince Episode overview
Air date
Jun 24, 2025
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...
2025x34 Ride Designed by "Trial and Error" - The Verruckt Accident Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2025
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...
2025x35 Tourism on an Active Volcano: The White Island Eruption Episode overview
Air date
Jul 08, 2025
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 .. show full overview
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...
2025x37 Inexplicable Actions: The Valhalla Crossing Crash Episode overview
Air date
Jul 15, 2025
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...
2025x38 Waterpark Goes Up In Flames: The Formosa Fun Coast Fireball Episode overview
Air date
Jul 22, 2025
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...
2025x39 'We Know What We're Doing' - The Mount Gambier Cave Diving Disaster Episode overview
Air date
Jul 29, 2025
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...
2025x41 Special Effect Kills Three: The Story of Katerina Didenko Episode overview
Air date
Aug 05, 2025
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...
2025x42 Stranded Just Minutes From Safety: The Pleasant Hill Bus Disaster Episode overview
Air date
Aug 12, 2025
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 .. show full overview
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...
2025x43 One Wrong Turn, Lost Forever: James Kim Episode overview
Air date
Aug 19, 2025
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...
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...
2025x46 One Faulty Weld, 123 Dead: The Alexander Kielland Episode overview
Air date
Sep 02, 2025
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...
2025x47 Killed By A Prank: The Boland Hall Fire Episode overview
Air date
Sep 09, 2025
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...
2025x49 1,000,000 People Trapped in a Tunnel: The Loveparade Crush Episode overview
Air date
Sep 16, 2025
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 .. show full overview
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...
2025x50 The Death of an Amateur Astronaut: "Mad" Mike Hughes Episode overview
Air date
Sep 23, 2025
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...
2025x51 This Tunnel Has Killed Thousands: The Salang Pass Episode overview
Air date
Sep 30, 2025
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...
2025x52 Why do Human Feet Wash up on This Beach? Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 2025
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...
2025x53 Hikers Killed by "A Compelling Natural Force" - Dyatlov Pass Episode overview
Air date
Oct 07, 2025
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...
2025x54 Pilot Crashes While Demonstrating Brand New Plane Episode overview
Air date
Oct 14, 2025
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...
2025x55 Lost After Stepping Off The Appalachian Trail Episode overview
Air date
Oct 21, 2025
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...
2025x56 Flood of Toxic Sludge Consumes Two Towns Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 2025
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...
2025x57 Halloween Special: The True Story Behind Open Water Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 2025
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...
2025x58 Buried Alive, Scalded, Crushed: Workplace Horrors II Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 2025
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...
2025x60 "Nobody is in Charge" - The Sinking of the Costa Concordia Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 2025
This short documentary covers the sinking of the cruise ship the Costa Concordia in 2012, a disaster notable for being both caused by and exacerbated by the actions of the ship's captain...
This short documentary covers the sinking of the cruise ship the Costa Concordia in 2012, a disaster notable for being both caused by and exacerbated by the actions of the ship's captain...
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