Calamity Janes

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about a deadly plane crash caused by a surprisingly lethal insect. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgenair_Flight_301 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/462854/Passenger-jet-carrying-175-people-makes-EMERGENCY-landing-due-to-a-WASP-NEST-problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Commuter_Airlines_Flight_65 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIpA2tPmeU 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518 https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518 https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dancing-plague-of-1518 

No episode today folks! Madison's household has fallen to illness, and Bailey is in the middle of the Great Dallas Monsoon. Please send all beverage requests* and disaster suggestions to calamityjanespod@gmail.com.*Madison will not buy you a drink. Sorry, that was a lie. Madison will make it up to you somehow. 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/beaconsfield-miners-struggling-10-years-after-disaster/news-story/600b2de0c182bfd72dfdf70d2d066643 https://historyofyesterday.com/the-miners-trapped-underground-for-two-weeks-155c2d722b18 https://www.amsj.com.au/beaconsfield-mine-disaster-learned/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaconsfield_Mine_collapse 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about The Great Molasses Flood of 1919. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Flugtag '88 airshow disaster -- one of the most deadly in history.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_air_show_disasterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kzup8-1eGAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydp_1sXXqTI

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the Eiger -- a mysterious mountain with a history of catastrophe. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Eiger_climbing_disaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkbST_Tt5c 

In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Tybee Island Mid-Air Collision.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision#:~:text=The%20Tybee%20Island%20mid%2Dair,Savannah%2C%20Georgia%2C%20United%20States.https://www.savannahnow.com/story/lifestyle/2021/04/14/what-happened-bomb-dropped-over-tybee-island-wassaw-sound-b-47-nuclear-radiation-thats-so-savannah/7190932002/https://www.npr.org/2008/02/03/18587608/for-50-years-nuclear-bomb-lost-in-watery-grave

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about some epic lightning strikes, and all of the catastrophes they've created. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://lightningmaster.com/the-worst-lightning-strikes-ever-recorded/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brescia_explosion https://www.standingwellback.com/explosion-kills-3000-people-and-another-4000/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_214 https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-tips#:~:text=Stay%20off%20corded%20phones%2C%20computers,not%20lean%20against%20concrete%20walls. 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the collapse of the I35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN! Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=bridges https://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540669701/10-years-after-bridge-collapse-america-is-still-crumbling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge https://www.artba.org/2021/03/23/over-220000-u-s-bridges-need-repair-latest-analysis-of-federal-data-finds/ 

In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about all sorts of gender reveals gone wrong.Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/gender-reveal-party-wildfire.htmlhttps://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/trending/gender-reveal-parties-that-ended-in-tragedy/https://abcnews.go.com/US/explosion-hampshire-quarry-latest-gender-reveal-stunt-wrong/story?id=77276836

This week, Madison shares some news along with her own personal disaster. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com

Watch where you step! In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about all sorts of sinkholes. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://www.npr.org/2022/05/20/1100459262/giant-sinkhole-china-ancient-foresthttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/sinkholeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Guatemala_City_sinkholehttps://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-largest-sinkhole-united-stateshttps://www.clickorlando.com/news/2019/05/08/flashback-massive-winter-park-sinkhole-swallows-home-pool-more/#:~:text=WINTER%20PARK%2C%20Fla.&text=The%20massive%20sinkhole%20swallowed%20a,was%20swallowed%20by%20the%20lake.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/19/florida-sinkhole-reopens-two-years-after-it-swallowed-a-sleeping-man-and-killed-him/

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the Tenerife Airport Disaster. Listen to find out what happens when two 747s collide... Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria_Airport 

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In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the hypothetical explosion of the supervolcano sitting in the heart of North America. This cataclysmic event would mean big things for basically the whole world. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-yellowstone-supervolcano-erupted.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iRJb15W-14 https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-supervolcano-what-supereruption https://www.yellowstone.org/yellowstone-supervolcano-revealed/?gclid=CjwKCAjwjtOTBhAvEiwASG4bCK4Soz565L2ZsHmJSEDUhO51C0sKYWvEcJrIic2CwBGx9OXL2G2GEhoCGJUQAvD_BwE 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about Lake Nyos -- an African lake that released deadly amounts of carbon dioxide, killing everyone and everything near it.   Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_eruption https://whatifshow.com/how-to-survive-a-limnic-eruption/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/defusing-africas-killer-lakes-88765263/ 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey all about the Goiania incident -- a lesson in properly disposing of radioactive medical waste. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3NJXGSIIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/accidental-poisoning-in-brazil 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about a tragic caving disaster that reminds us how quickly adventure can turn deadly. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/what-lies-beneath-mossdale-caving- disaster-794268.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossdale_Caverns#1967_tragedy 

In this episode, we celebrate some big news, and Bailey tells Madison about the hometown disaster that likely set the course for her obsession with calamity. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:https://apnews.com/article/724c8edd36da00b17f0e21f2c1b9cd15https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/01/15/Two-Marine-reserve-officers-flying-a-5-million-jet/6040537685200/