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Fascinating Horror tells the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by.
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This episode tells the story of the Moorgate Tube Crash, the exact cause of which remains a mystery to this day...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
In 2013, the Scottish city of Glasgow was the scene of a bizarre accident when a helicopter running low on fuel crashed through the roof of a pub. This episode tells the story of the Clutha Helicopter Crash...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
On the 21st of June, 1990, Paul Stryker and his wife Karen Stryker set out on a hike along a scenic trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, unaware that they had already made a fatal mistake that would turn their trip into a death march...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
On the 20th of November, 1968, the ground shook beneath the town of Farmington in West Virginia, signaling that something had gone terribly wrong in the nearby Consol Number Nine coal mine. This episode tells the story of the disaster and the rescue effort that followed it...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
Following a disastrous train crash in 1987, an investigation uncovered one extraordinary fact: the crew who had been in charge of one of the trains involved had been routinely using recreational drugs while carrying out their duties...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
In 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a catastrophic cargo door failure that blasted a hole in the side of the aircraft and very nearly doomed it and everybody on board. This episode tells the story of what happened next...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
In 2003, an unprecedented blackout plunged New York City and the east coast of America and Canada into darkness. Scenes of thousands of stranded commuters filled TV screens around the world. This episode covers the blackout, and explores what caused it...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
In the early 1950s the city of Elizabeth in New Jersey saw not one but three deadly plane crashes, leading residents to question just what it was that was so dangerous about the nearby Newark airport...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
The Doodlebug is a long-forgotten mode of transport - a type of gasonline-powered train that was commonplace in the 1930s. In this episode we explore the terrifying and deadly accident that lead to the demise of these unique trains...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
In 1814, one of the most usual disasters in the history of the UK took place, when a gigantic wooden vat of beer inside a London brewery unexpectedly burst, flooding the surrounding streets and cellars with ale...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
On the 24th of October, 2001, two trucks entered the Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland – one from the northern end and one from the southern end. Both would shortly be consumed by one of the worst tunnel fires in Switzerland's history...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
On the 27th of October, 1948, a thick smog descended on the town of Donora in Pennsylvania, plunging the community into a state of semi-darkness. It would come to be known as the Donora Death Smog...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
Bushman's Hole is a beautiful submerged cave in South Africa - a favourite site for divers who wish to explore beneath the Earth. Of the hundreds of people who descend into its depths, however, a small number never return...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
In 1996 TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, igniting a decades-long conflict over what had caused the crash, and what could have been done to prevent it...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
The sinking of the General Slocum - an American sidewheel passenger steamboat - was the worst maritime disaster of the 20th Century until the sinking of the Titanic. This episode tells its story...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
Tilikum the whale was an orca, or "killer whale", that lived up to her name, when she seized and drowned one of her trainers seemingly without provocation during a show at Seaworld in 2010...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
The Stardust Nightclub in Dublin, Ireland, caught fire in 1981. It was a devastating blaze that claimed nearly fifty lives... but it would take decades before the real truth behind the disaster was known...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
When a runaway train jumped the tracks in California in 1989, it resulted in a devastating disaster - a disaster that was just the first part of a chain of events that would go on destroy an entire neighbourhood...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
The story of Gloria Ramirez is one that still, to this day, defies explanation. When she was taken ill in 1994, all those who treated or came into contact with her suffered the same mysterious symptoms. This episode explores her story, and the possible reasons for it...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
In 1973, the coastal freighter the MV Blythe Star sank off the coast of Tasmania. After an extensive search it was assumed all aboard had been lost... but this was not the case. Several survivors remained adrift in a lifeboat, desperately awaiting rescue...Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!LINKS: 🔗► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
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