This Is A Disaster Podcast
1) Episode 17.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Centralia Mine Fire
What's a decision that you've made that had the worst consequences? Maybe when Pennsylvania enacted laws against burning garbage in landfills, they knew what they were doing? Molly Maguires, abandon...Show More
2) Episode 57: The SS Viking Explosion
Craig from Canadian History Ehx is back to tell us a harrowing tale of how not to handle explosives. Sometimes you club the seal, sometimes the seal clubs you...  Craig's song pick:: Isle of Newfoun...Show More
3) Episode 56: The Yodogo Hijacking
Plan A: Have the hijackers sit in a chair trap. Plan B: Land in a fake Cuba. Plan C: Anyone got any other ideas?  Nuclear Norm's song pick:: All Generations by Hi-Standard https://open.spotify.com/...Show More
4) Episode 55: The Almonte Train Disaster
Maybe if you're going to take a break, don't leave the "everything's ok" alarm on. Â Peter's song pick:: In The Mood by Glenn Miller https://open.spotify.com/track/6dZKWYSx5YBIme4SfpIHJ0?si=8469902e32...Show More
5) Episode 54: Def Leppard
Sometimes you just need a hand to get by. No need to get up in arms. Some people are just armed and dangerous.  Peter's song pick:: Go To Hell by Motorhead https://open.spotify.com/track/6fe9zK5wfW...Show More
6) Episode 53: (Sex, Lies, and Nuclear Meltdowns) The SL-1 Disaster
When picking the staff to run your brand new nuclear reactor, would you say you'd want "stable" people that "get along", orrr... Â Nuclear Norm's song pick:: Kryptonite Smokes the Red Line by Isotope ...Show More
7) Episode 52: The Bull Island Music Festival
Will they ever learn? Let me guess, not enough food? Minimal accommodations? Cowmicide? Wait, what was that last thing...  Peter's song pick:: Riders On The Storm (Fredwreck Remix) by Snoop Dogg...Show More
8) [Update] This continues to be a disaster!
Peter and Leigh reconvene in the studio IN PERSON FINALLY, discuss the upcoming season, and even get into a mini-disaster! Â If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your f...Show More
9) Episode 51: The 1979 Fastnet Race
In the final episode of this "season", we revisit disaster on the open ocean. Inclement weather, over three hundred yachts, the history of boats, and just so many reasons to never set foot in the oce...Show More
10) Episode 50.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Byford Dolphin Incident
Just because something happens quickly, doesn't mean it can't be horrific. The most dangerous job in the world meets fatigue, to catastrophic ends. Deep sea diving, rapid decompression, human error,...Show More