An exploration of the tragic wreck of the Iolaire, a wealthy man’s yacht turned into a transport ship that went aground on the rocks of the Outer Hebrides, killing at least 201 sailors as they approached their home port.

Tragedy in Kenner—The Crash of Pan Am Flight 759

Oct 9th, 2019 58m 45s

On the afternoon of July 9th, 1982, Pam Am Flight 759 suddenly fell from the sky into a residential subdivision in Kenner, LA, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the ground.

Three Mile Island

Sep 24th, 2019 1h 7m

It took systemic problems, design flaws and good old-fashioned human error to turn a minor mechanical function into an accident that could have wiped out the entire eastern seaboard of the United States.

The Northridge Earthquake

Sep 10th, 2019 56m 46s

The 6.7 Northridge Earthquake, followed by a 6.0 aftershock, less than a minute later, wasn't the biggest earthquake to hit Southern California, but it was one of the worst, because the epicenter was directly under a populated area. It did over

Catastrophic Calamities - Releasing 9/10

Sep 10th, 2019 30s

Catastrophic Calamities Trailer

Sep 10th, 2019 57s

Catastrophic Calamities is a twice-monthly 60-minute podcast telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries, with the occasional forays reaching further back in history. Host Susan Ferman, a witness to the

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