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The 18th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, focusing on the Hyatt Regency Kansas city Skywalk collapse of July, 1981.

Today’s podcast takes a weird turn at the way our Earth works, and how gas can be captured underwater, releasing in a catastrophic event that can be deadly. We focus on one specific historical event, the limnic eruption of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, on August 21st, 1986, and look at what could be in store in […]

The 17th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, focusing on the Dawson Mining Disaster of 1913 and the final history of Dawson, New Mexico.

Today’s podcast delves into the high speed ICE train derailment of train service #884 of June 3rd, 1998, which is one of the largest catastrophes in Germany in terms of sheer disaster as well as loss of life.

The 15th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, focusing on the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944, still one of the deadliest fires in the history of the United States

In this podcast we talk about the runway incursion of Delta Airlines Flight 954 and North Central Airlines flight 975 on December 20th, 1972, and the lasting legacy it has on aviation to this day.

The 13th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, focusing on the Great Chinese Famine of 1958-1961 which took the lives of 36 million people, and prevented 40 million more from ever being born.

In this podcast, we cover Philadelphia’s Forgotten Hero, Frankie Housley, and her actions as the result of the crash of National Airlines Flight 83 at Philadelphia Airport.

In this podcast, we talk about the 1973 arson attack on The UpStairs Lounge, which at the time was the biggest arson attack in New Orleans history, and is the biggest attack on LGBT people in our Nation’s history.

Today we do our first listener-suggested podcast, which delves into the deadly accident that devestated the Los Alfaques beach community in Spain back in 1978, leaving hundreds of vacationers from around Europe dead or injured.