A podcast covering disasters of all kinds throughout history. From tornadoes and earthquakes to mining disasters and arson. From the perspective of a professional fire investigator, I provide the history of the area, a breakdown of how and why the disaster occurs, a timeline of the event, and the resulting aftermath. Sometimes delving into the specific failure mechanisms that occurred if the disaster (or disasters) did not come from nature. Listen along as we go through them together.
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Join us on a sorrowful journey back in time to the deadliest hotel fire in American history, the Winecoff Hotel fire. In this episode, we delve into the tragic events that unfolded on that fateful night, exploring the stories of survival and loss that forever changed the course of fire safety regulations. The Winecoff Hotel Fire on December 7, 1946…
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This episode covers the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens.由Anthony
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This episode covers the June 3, 1980 tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942.由Anthony Finchum
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Hello friends, this is an old Patreon episode that I'm uploading to the main feed while I figure out how to actually do this again. I'm sorry for being bad at this and all of the chaos of the last year and change. And please enjoy the episode.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the 1955 Le Mans Disaster that changed the sport of auto racing forever.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the One Meridian Plaza Fire in Philadelphia in February of 1991.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the 2011 Joplin Tornado.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers that famous shipwreck, the wreck of the Edmund FItzgerald.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode is our third and final episode on Hurricane Katrina and covers the levee failures in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.由Anthony Finchum
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This is episode 2 of our Hurricane Katrina mini series. This episode covers Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the formation of Hurricane Katrina and its impact in New Orleans.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the 99 Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the 1966 Aberfan Disaster.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the New London School Explosion of 1937.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the Great Fires of New York in 1776, 1835, and 1845.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the West Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion in April of 2013.由Anthony Finchum
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This week covers the Deepwater Horizon Disaster.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the White Hurricane of 1913.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the 1948 Donora Death Fog.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the 2017 Grenfell Tower Fire.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the Johnstown Flood of 1889.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005.由Anthony Finchum
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This week covers the summer of 1816, or 1800 and Froze to Death.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the Lac-Megantic Rail Disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the 2008 Georgia Sugar Refinery Explosion.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode goes into the history of disasters, mismanagement, and general lack of safety surrounding the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the 2020 Beirut Explosion.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the Big Bayou Canot Rail Disaster of 1993.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California.由Anthony Finchum
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This week's episode covers the Buffalo Creek Disaster in Buffalo Creek, West Virginia in 1972. Before listening to this episode, there is some in depth talking of survivor guilt and PTSD. I don't want any listeners to have any issues listening to this episode and if you feel you need to talk to someone, please reach out or call the National Suicide…
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This episode covers the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, landslides, tsunamis, flood, and volcanic eruption. Busy episode this week yikes.由Anthony Finchum
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This episode covers the Minoan Eruption of 1650-1500 BCE.由Anthony
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This episode is all about the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD.由Anthony
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This episode covers three disasters! The Great Whiskey Fire, The Erfurt Latrine Disaster, and The Lake Peigneur Disaster.由Anthony
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This episode covers the Upper Big Branch Mining Disaster.由Anthony
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This week covers the 2011 Super Outbreak of Tornadoes.由Anthony
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This week we cover the 2019 Fire in Notre Dame de Paris.由Anthony
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This week we cover the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.由Anthony
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This week we discuss the New York City Blackout of 1977.由Anthony
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This week we cover a whole host of tornadoes throughout the ages in Europe.由Anthony
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This week we cover the apparently cursed town of Moore, Oklahoma由Anthony
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This week covers the Tornado Outbreak of 1965由Anthony
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This week's episode will cover the Lake Monoun Disaster and the Lake Nyos Disaster由Anthony
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This week we cover the Great Quake of 1906 in San Francisco and the subsequent fires.由Anthony
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This week's episode covers the sequel to the Great Fire of London, creatively entitled, the Second Great Fire of London由Anthony
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In this week's episode we cover the First Great Fire of London.由Anthony
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This week we discuss the events leading up to, surrounding, and aftermath of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.由Anthony
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A discussion on the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts.由Anthony
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