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.
323 episodes transcribedIn 1996, Australian weirdo Martin Bryant killed 35 people in the deadliest shooting in Australian history. He's the worst, annoying and rude, he kille...
Episodes:Ep 107 - Australia's Gun Horror: The Port Arthur MassacreThe shooting spree that reshaped Australian gun laws. Ep 111 - Michigan's own 1970s...
This is our most popular episode ever. We can only assume that you people are kind of gross and Google this trio often. Here's the story of young men...
Imagine you live on a farm in Germany. It's winter. Your maid quits because she hears footsteps in the attic, you find a newspaper from a faraway town...
Let's revisit one of the most famous murders of the 20th century - and a highlight from our tenth episode! So, OJ Simpson absolutely killed Nicole Bro...
Oh boy do we have a lot of Murder episodes!! We started off mostly doing true crime before we pivoted to history and some true crime and other fun thi...
Speaking of religious history - here's a re-release of our episode on Friar Diego De Landa & the Mayans. There are many Maya people still living in Ce...
Religion has sparked wars, inspired art, toppled empires, and comforted the faithful. In these episodes, we explore the stories where belief shaped hu...
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Imagine you have a lot of money and months of free time, so you decide to climb the highest mountain we've got. That's good for you, but if you die th...
Remember the 1950s? We don't either, and it wasn't like, ideal for women and minorities... but there WAS this idea of a place you could go to get away...
Let's go back to our Volcano Series for Natural Disaster Week! Today, we'll tell the story of how Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried when Mt. Vesuviu...
🌋 VolcanoesEp 38: Volcanoes Pt 1 - Mt. Toba's Echo: Journey into Earth's Cataclysmic PastA prehistoric eruption so massive it may have nearly wiped o...
We've said it before, and we'll say it again - divorce is an option. It's not great, people will be sad, kids will be traumatized, but it's WORSE to b...
Episodes:Ep 7 - Part 1: Dorian Gray-t Expectations - Oscar Wilde's wild rideOscar Wilde’s wit, scandal, and downfall - the wild ride of one of literat...
It's 1976 - thousands of US Veterans in the American Foreign Legion meet up in Philly for a few days of meetings and camaraderie (and we assume not ta...
Ep. 47: Doomed to fail species? The story of the passenger pigeonOnce the most abundant bird in North America, they darkened the skies in flocks of mi...
What would you do if you accidentally threw away a fortune? In this episode, we dig into the story of James Howells — the IT worker who tossed out a h...
Ep 2 - Part 2: Nero: The Fiddling TyrantRome’s most infamous emperor, accused of burning his own city and fiddling while it fell into chaos.Ep 12 - Pa...
Let's go back to ancient warfare, shall we? We'll talk about all the things you can fill a clay pot with to throw at enemies—spikes, bees, boiling hot...
