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History's A Disaster

Hosted by Andrew · history · EN-US

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About this Podcast:

History's A Disaster is a darkly funny true-history podcast digging into shipwrecks, train wrecks, and other real-life catastrophes — no sugarcoating, no boring lectures.

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What is History's A Disaster about?

History's A Disaster is a darkly funny true-history podcast digging into shipwrecks, train wrecks, and other real-life catastrophes, no sugarcoating, no boring lectures.

Who hosts History's A Disaster?

History's A Disaster is hosted by Andrew. The show has published 106 episodes to date.

What has History's A Disaster covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Continental Airlines Flight 11" (25 October 2026, 32 minutes), "Moorgate Tube Crash" (18 October 2026, 28 minutes), and "Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster" (11 October 2026, 25 minutes).

How often does History's A Disaster publish?

History's A Disaster publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 106 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on History's A Disaster?

Booking probability for History's A Disaster is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. History's A Disaster requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. History's A Disaster's contact route on record: verified email.

About the host

Andrew hosts History's A Disaster, a history podcast with 106 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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    Continental Airlines Flight 11

    Oct 25, 202632 min

    Send us Fan Mail A Boeing 707 climbs above Midwest storms in 1962, the jet age at full shine: crisp uniforms, cocktails, and the kind of easygoing airport experience where nobody searches your bag and nobody asks what...

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    Moorgate Tube Crash

    Oct 18, 202628 min

    Send us Fan Mail Every morning, millions of us step onto trains and make a silent deal with a stranger: you drive, I trust. That bargain held for decades on the London Underground, until a Friday in February 1975 when a...

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    Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster

    Oct 11, 202625 min

    Send us Fan Mail Most catastrophes happen in a flash. This one happens one breath at a time. We’re diving into the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster, a West Virginia industrial tragedy that many historians call the deadliest...

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    Sinking of the Aurora del Titicaca

    Oct 4, 202622 min

    Send us Fan Mail A shipwreck nearly three miles above sea level sounds like a punchline until you realize it’s a real record held by a real lake. We’re heading to Lake Titicaca, the icy, oxygen thin giant of the Andes...

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    PSA Flight 182

    Sep 27, 202625 min

    Send us Fan Mail A cloudless sky can be its own kind of trap. We’re telling the story of PSA Flight 182, the 1978 Boeing 727 crash that tore through San Diego’s North Park neighborhood after a midair collision with a...

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    Thorpe Rail Diaster

    Sep 20, 202621 min

    Send us Fan Mail One rushed decision. One contradictory telegraph message. One single-track stretch of rail where only one train can be allowed to exist at a time. On a cold, rainy night in September 1874, that fragile...

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    French Pass Drift Dive Disaster

    Sep 13, 202620 min

    Send us Fan Mail The most dangerous water often looks the calmest from the surface. French Pass sits like a postcard at the top of New Zealand’s South Island, but it hides the fastest tidal current in the country, a...

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    Collision of the Andrea Doria and The Stockholm

    Sep 6, 202622 min

    Send us Fan Mail A luxury Italian ocean liner glides toward New York with art on the walls, pools on deck, and new radar that’s supposed to make fog irrelevant. Then, off Nantucket, the SS Andrea Doria and the MS...

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    SwissAir Flight 111 Fire

    Aug 30, 202628 min

    Send us Fan Mail A modern airliner. A premium cabin upgrade. A faint smell that doesn’t seem urgent until it’s far too late. We’re diving into Swissair Flight 111, the 1998 MD-11 crash off Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, and...

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    The Malbone Street Wreck

    Aug 23, 202623 min

    Send us Fan Mail A packed train, a brand-new tunnel, and a curve that demanded six miles per hour. Now add a labor strike, a rushed staffing decision, and an operator who never should have been put in that seat. That...

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    Union Oil 1984 Explosion Romeoville

    Aug 16, 202626 min

    Send us Fan Mail A hairline crack doesn’t sound like much until it’s hissing flammable vapor at the base of a pressurized refinery tower. We’re telling the story of the 1984 Union Oil Refinery explosion in Romeoville...

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    The White Ship Disaster

    Aug 9, 202622 min

    Send us Fan Mail A royal party boat packed with nobles, wine, and bad decisions sets off from Barfleur and hits rock within minutes, and England never really recovers the same way. We’re telling the story of the White...

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    Air Midwest Flight 5481

    Aug 2, 202618 min

    Send us Fan Mail A plane can be perfectly flyable and still be doomed by paperwork and a wrench turn. On Air Midwest Flight 5481, a Beechcraft 1900D lifts off from Charlotte Douglas and, within moments, pitches up so...

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    2017 Washington Amtrak Cascades Derailment

    Jul 26, 202621 min

    Send us Fan Mail A passenger train on a brand-new route should not end up scattered across a highway, but that’s exactly what happened when Amtrak Cascades Train 501 hit a tight curve at more than double the posted...

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    Split Rock Explosion

    Jul 19, 202624 min

    Send us Fan Mail A played-out limestone quarry in the hills of New York should have faded into silence, but World War I turned Split Rock into something far more dangerous: a round-the-clock TNT factory built to feed an...

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    The Sinking Of The Larchmont

    Jul 12, 202622 min

    Send us Fan Mail A warm saloon, a clear night sky, and a cheap ticket from Providence to New York sounds like an easy win until the ocean decides otherwise. We’re telling the story of the 1907 sinking of the Larchmont...

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    Pan Am Flight 214

    Jul 5, 202622 min

    Send us Fan Mail A thunderstorm can feel peaceful right up until you’re trapped inside the worst part of it. We start with that uneasy contrast, then head straight into the night Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707 called...

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    The Wreck Of The Old 97

    Jun 28, 202618 min

    Send us Fan Mail One minute you’re chasing a schedule. The next, you’re flying off the rails. We dig into the true story behind the Wreck of the Old 97, the notorious 1903 Southern Railway Fast Mail crash outside...

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    Castaway: Daniel Foss

    Jun 21, 202619 min

    Send us Fan Mail Five years alone on a rock island with no trees, no soil, and no certainty of rescue is the kind of survival scenario people argue about online, until you hear what Daniel Foss reportedly lived through...

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    The Gimli Glider

    Jun 7, 202622 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>A wide-body jet goes quiet at 41,000 feet, the cockpit starts losing systems, and the crew has to fly a Boeing 767 like a glider with no engines. That sounds impossible until you trace the...

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