Episode 164: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

Episode 164: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

Videos:

• The Last Voyage of the Wilhelm Gustloff

• Sea Hunters: Season 2 – Ep 2 “The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff”

Articles and books:

• Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff by Cathryn Prince
• The Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why?
• The Forgotten Maritime Tragedy That Was 6 Times Deadlier Than the Titanic
• The Wilhelm Gustloff Museum
• A Memorial to the Wilhelm Gustloff
• Alexander Marinesko memorial
• I Kill a Nazi Gauleiter:Memoir of a Jewish Assassin

New promo!

I just put together an actual promo for the podcast, so if anyone out there who has a podcast of their own would be willing to put it on their own show I’d be very grateful. Credit for the music in the promo goes to Purple Planet Music.

Disaster Area – Promo

Episode 209: The sinking of the SS Princess Sophia

Episode 209: The sinking of the SS Princess Sophia

Videos:

• Disasters of the Century: The Princess Sophia Sinking
• The Sea Hunters: The Princess Sophia tragedy

Articles and books:

• Stranded: Alaska’s Worst Maritime Disaster Nearly Happened Twice, by Aaron Saunders
• Report on the wreck of the Princess Sophia
• Forgotten Voyage
• Remembering the Princess Sophia: The Titanic of the Pacific West Coast
• National Park Service: The Princess Sophia
• The Wreck of HMCS Galiano October 1918

Episode 208: The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision

Episode 208: The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision

Videos:

• Fatal Collision Over the Grand Canyon | America’s Worst Disaster | United 718 and TWA 2
• Air Collision Over The Grand Canyon | Mayday | On The Move
• Historic Archaeology: The 1956 Grand Canyon Aviation Accident by Ben Carver (playlist)

Articles and books:

• Historic Plane Wreck Site Protected
• The Site of a 1950s Plane Crash Just Became a National Landmark But the Park Service won’t tell you how to get there.
• CAB accident report

Episode 207: The Humboldt Broncos bus crash

Episode 207: The Humboldt Broncos bus crash

Videos:

• Humboldt: The New Season
• How the Humboldt bus crash happened
• Special coverage of the tragedy in Humboldt, Saskatchewan
• W5: Jaskirat Sidhu, the ‘Humboldt Driver,’ speaks about the tragedy

Articles and books:

• Agreed Statement of Facts – Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash
• Humboldt bus crash cause unknown as new details on truck and bus driving companies emerge
• Kingston man speaks to Humboldt crash intersection, where he lost his family 20 years ago
• Humboldt Broncos crash: What the RCMP forensics team found
• Humboldt presented E.J. McGuire Award of Excellence
• Coroner apologizes after mistaking Humboldt Broncos victim; Xavier LaBelle is alive
• Sports Illustrated: The Valley of Darkness
• ‘One of the darkest days in the history of Saskatchewan’ as 15 die in bus crash
• Humboldt Broncos crash site is no stranger to tragedy

Episode 206: The Bazar de la Charité fire

Episode 206: The Bazar de la Charite fire

Videos:

• Visit to the site of the charity fire on Rue Jean Goujon
• Documentaire sur l’histoire de l’incendie du bazar de la charité

Articles and books:

• A D V E N T U R E S in C Y B E R S O U N D: Charles Pathe
• The Tragic 1897 Charity Bazaar Fire of Paris
• Remembering a Belle Époque inferno in Paris
• COWARDICE OF PARIS MEN Exhibited in Brutal Form During the Burning of the Charity Bazaar
• The Bazar de la Charité Disaster: part one, part two, part three, and part four.
• The Bazar de la Charite website
• A History of Women Who Burned to Death in Flammable Dresses
• Heroes and Legends of Fin-de-Siécle France, by Venita Datta

Episodes 204 and 205: The Boston Marathon bombing

Episode 204: The Boston Marathon bombing – Part One

Episode 205: The Boston Marathon bombing – Part Two

Videos:

• The Days That Shaped America: Boston Bombing
• Nova – Manhunt Boston Bombers
• Boston Marathon Documentary – Amazing History & Injustices
• Discovery+: What Really Happened, the Boston Marathon bombing, parts one and two

Articles and books:

• Criminal complaint against the surviving Boston bomber
• MIT News: “He loved us, and we loved him.”
• Boston Bomb Victim in Photo Helped Identify Suspects
• Cambridge Man Indicted for Making False Statements in the Boston Marathon Bombing Terrorism Investigation
• Here’s what various parts of the Boston Marathon bombing memorial represent
• Boston Strong: A City’s Triumph Over Tragedy, by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge
• Officer Dennis Simmonds: 5 things to know about the Boston bombing’s 5th victim
• Boston suspects [Update]: ‘Very normal,’ yet struggling to fit in
• Robel Phillipos sentenced to three years in prison
• Family says goodbye to youngest blast victim
• Timeline of Boston Marathon Bombing Events

Episode 203: The Nepalese royal massacre

Episode 203: The Nepalese royal massacre

Videos:

• Zero Hour : The Nepalese Royal Massacre
• Why Nepal’s Prince Organised A Royal Massacre | Asia’s Monarchies | Real Royalty

Articles and books:

• Love and Death in Kathmandu: A Strange Tale of Royal Murder, by Amy Willisee and Mark Whittaker
• Death, Love and Conspiracy: The Nepalese Royal Massacre of 2001
• A Witness To Massacre In Nepal Tells Gory Details
• Prince blamed for Nepal massacre

Episode 202: The San Juanico disaster

Episode 202: The San Juanico disaster

Videos:

• Ciudadano Infraganti Explosiones de San Juanico 1984

Articles and books:

• San Juan Ixhuatepec remembers one of world’s worst industrial disasters
• Three decades on, survivors of worst Pemex blast still want answers
• Mexican Blast Stirs Anger, Criticism
• Center for Chemical Process Safety: Thirty Years Ago – An LPG Tragedy
• State and community during the aftermath of Mexico City’s November 19, 1984 Gas Explosion
• Mexico Furor Over Gas Blast Is Quickly Over
• Recordando la catástrofe de San Juanico
• They convert land where the San Juanico explosion occurred into a recreational park

Episode 201: The 1995 Chicago heat wave

Episode 201: The 1995 Chicago heat wave

Videos:

• Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
• WBBM 1995 6PM News Open

Articles and books:

• Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, by Eric Klinenberg
• Heat-Related Deaths during the July 1995 Heat Wave in Chicago
• Alone and Forgotten, 41 Unclaimed Heat Victims Buried in Mass Grave
• The 1995 Heat Wave in Chicago, Illinois
• Historic July 12-15, 1995 Heat Wave
• What Extreme Heat Does to the Human Body
• Chicago Learned Climate Lessons from Its Deadly 1995 Heat Wave
• Alone and Forgotten, 41 Unclaimed Heat Victims Buried in Mass Grave

Episode 200: Trans American Flight 209

Episode 200: Trans American Flight 209

Videos:

• “Airplane!”
• “Airplane II: The Sequel”

Articles and books:

• Internet Movie Plane Database – Airplane!
• Bulls vs. Lakers Box Score: March 7th, 1980
• Airplane! script
• Airplane II script

Episode 199: Apollo 1

Episode 199: Apollo 1

Videos:

• Apollo 1 Audio – January 27th, 1967

Articles and books:

• The Astronaut Wives Club, by Lily Koppel
• Apollo 13, by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
• Deke, by Deke Slayton and Michael Cassutt
• Chasing the Moon, by Robert Stone and Alan Andres
• A Man on the Moon, by Andrew Chaikin
• Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us On the Moon, by Ryan S. Walters
• Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, by Charles D. Benson and William Faherty
• Chariots for Apollo: The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969, by Courtney Brooks, James Grimwood, and Loyd Swenson
• Apollo 1 report
• Apollo 1: The Fire
• Space Safety Magazine: The Apollo 1 Fire
• ‘We have a fire in the cockpit!’ The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later
• American Institute of Physics: Trial by Fire: The Legacy of Apollo 1