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Hosted by Andrew · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 96 episodes
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Bloody history and bloodier crimes. Andrew takes a weekly look at all things bloody. From natural disasters to man made atrocities
Andrew hosts History's A Disaster, a history show with 96 episodes published.
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, Il
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 Sh
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 ste
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 limit
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
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, t
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 th
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 Danvill
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 a
Send us Fan Mail 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 real-world cha
Send us Fan Mail A bridge is supposed to be the safest part of your commute, not the reason a city hears alarms for miles. The West Gate Bridge collapse in Melbourne is a brutal reminder that “close enough” and “we’ve go
Send us Fan Mail One wrong move in a pressurized diving system can turn routine maintenance into an instant mass casualty event. We’re telling the story of the 1983 Byford Dolphin saturation diving accident, a North Sea
Send us Fan Mail A normal commute should not end with a bridge collapsing onto a passenger train, but that is exactly what happened in Sydney’s suburb of Granville on January 18, 1977. We retrace the Granville Rail Disas
Send us Fan Mail A charter bus full of seniors heads out on Mother’s Day for a quick casino run and never makes it. I’m Andrew, and I’m taking you step-by-step through the 1999 Mother’s Day Bus Crash on I-610 in New Orle
Send us Fan Mail A DC-9 lifting off for a 35-minute hop shouldn’t end in a cornfield, but Eastern Airlines Flight 212 becomes a brutal lesson in how fast “normal” can collapse. We walk through the morning of September 11
Send us Fan Mail A submarine is already a coffin-shaped idea, but HMS Thetis proves how fast “routine” can become irreversible. We’re telling the story of the 1939 HMS Thetis disaster in Liverpool Bay, where a brand-new
Send us Fan Mail A river valley can feel like the safest place in the world until the water comes with a roar. We’re telling the story of the Buffalo Creek disaster, the 1972 West Virginia flood that started with a coal
Send us Fan Mail Sugar is supposed to be comfort. At an industrial scale, it can be an accelerant powerful enough to tear a building apart. We walk through the 2008 Imperial Sugar refinery explosion in Port Wentworth, Ge
Send us Fan Mail A freight train running late, a quick stop for water, and a split-second assumption turn into an explosion that people feel eight miles away. We’re telling the story of the Vestal train wreck of 1901, a
Send us Fan Mail You trust a stranger with your life every time you board a plane, but you almost never see the person in the left seat. That uneasy truth sits at the center of our deep dive into US-Bangla Flight 211, a
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History's A Disaster is hosted by Andrew. The show is categorised under history (society) and has published 96 episodes.
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