Twice weekly, we bring you stories of history's most notorious disasters and epic failures. Join us as we analyze the red flags and ask the important questions. How did things go so wrong? Could these disasters have been avoided? Join us as we laugh, learn, and explore the most epic failures of all time.
324 episodes transcribedHere we go! Happy Olympics 2026! Let's re-visit our episode where we went over how it started in Ancient Greece, & how it got to be a modern event! Gr...
Today we have a guest!! Juan Carlos Pineiro - the creator of the Re:Mind Mental Model set (and also Taylor's husband) is here to walk us through three...
Let's talk the invention of 911 (that's 999 or 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 if you're British). Did you know it wasn't full adopted in the US until the...
Today (amongst Heated rivalry chatter), we're talking the FBI's most wanted! The list, which is more publicity than anything, was started by who else...
Let's talk about space!! We do have small panic attacks thinking about how Jupiter is huge and always raining. But, we're focusing on the little guy -...
Hello and welcome to 2026! Let's start it out with the story of Mary Mallon, who spread Typhoid Fever around NYC in the early 1900s. For a while, Mary...
Let's end the year with a re-release of our girl Amelia! Be brave. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.c...
What was the funnest day in American history?? For your consideration - here's the story of the Axeman of New Orelnes - maybe more than one person, ma...
We love stuff, but the idea of going to a store for that stuff sounds insane. Today, Farz will talk through the history of Black Friday - why do we do...
Hey Pachuco! It's 1943, and we're in Downtown Los Angeles! LA's population has just grown exponentially - partly with people from Mexico brought into...
Let's do some highlights of MKUltra because it is a can of worms! We'll talk Sidney Gottlieb America's 'poisoner in chief' who used LSD (and other dru...
Man we love a good mutiny! This, however, is a bad one. The deadliest one in history! It's 1628, and the Dutch East India Company is up to no good......
What would you do if you had millions and millions of dollars? Terrance Watanabe managed to gamble away the most money in history - he came from the f...
Today, we have two stories of disasters at sporting events. First, we'll talk about the 1989 Crowd Crush at the Liverpool / Nottingham Forest FA Cup g...
Imagine you've been unstoppable - created the most popular websites and movies in the history of well, websites and movies... what would be next? You...
Read Fab's Book! "You Know It's True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli"https://www.amazon.com/You-Know-Its-True-Vanilli/dp/B0FP4P554H We're back with t...
Did this case enthrall you when you were a child?? I remember the song, and being sure she did it from the TV movie... but after researching I'm just...
Voltaire kind of said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." And that's pretty much Freedom of Speech...
It's Victorian London - and if you aren't rich, things are awful. (That's actually a pattern of all of humanity and of all time if you take a second t...
Episodes:Ep 1 - Part 2: Mommy Dearest - Lori Vallow & Chad DaybellA doomsday cult, missing children, and murders that shocked the nation. Ep 3 - Part...
