It's the first night of winter on a windy night in Scotland when a loud noise broke the quiet over a small village. What followed was a fiery nightmare caused by the cruel intentions of others.

Videos:

• Air Crash Investigations: Pan Am Flight 103
• Lockerbie Bombing: Smithsonian special on Paramount+

Articles and books:

• AAIB report on Pan Am Flight 103
• Skygods, by Robert Gandt
• Colonel Gaddafi 'ordered Lockerbie bombing'
• Anger at Lockerbie bomber welcome
• Pan Am Jet Crashes in Scotland, Killing 270
• Libya Admits Culpability In Crash of Pan Am Plane
• Lockerbie and the worst Christmas imaginable
• New Charges in Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing
• Lockerbie bombing suspect is now in US custody
• Pan Am Flight 103 Terrorist Suspect in Custody for 1988 Bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland
• Syracuse University Remembrance Week Schedule 2023

Videos:

• Air Crash Investigations: Pan Am Flight 103
• Lockerbie Bombing: Smithsonian special on Paramount+

Articles and videos:

• AAIB report on Pan Am Flight 103
• Skygods, by Robert Gandt
• Colonel Gaddafi 'ordered Lockerbie bombing'
• Anger at Lockerbie bomber welcome
• Pan Am Jet Crashes in Scotland, Killing 270
• Libya Admits Culpability In Crash of Pan Am Plane
• Lockerbie and the worst Christmas imaginable
• New Charges in Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing
• Lockerbie bombing suspect is now in US custody
• Pan Am Flight 103 Terrorist Suspect in Custody for 1988 Bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland
• Syracuse University Remembrance Week Schedule 2023

In the third part of our story, we look at the train disaster caused by the tsunami and the aftermath of the disaster.

Videos:

• Compilation in chronological order of videos of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
• The man who Filmed the Tsunami - Shocking footage of the Indonesian disaster
• Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions: Sri Lanka Train Disaster 18 Years Later
• The Wave That Shook the World
• Tsunami: Caught on Camera
• 2004 Boxing Day tsunami playlist

Articles and books:

• One train, more than 1,700 dead
• 10 years after tsunami, Utah man recovers, composes music linked to experiences
• The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: The Story of the Deadliest Natural Disaster of the 21st Century, by Charles River Editors
• Wave of Destruction: The Stories of Four Families and History's Deadliest Tsunami, by Erich Krauss
• Scientists: Sumatra quake longest ever recorded
• Power of tsunami earthquake heavily underestimated
• Girl, 10, used geography lesson to save lives
• The Devastating 2004 Tsunami: Timeline
• 10 Years Since Dec 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
• 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: 17 years on, a look back at one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
• Blast from the Past
• The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa

First came the earthquake, then came the wave.

Videos:

• Compilation in chronological order of videos of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
• The man who Filmed the Tsunami - Shocking footage of the Indonesian disaster
• Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions: Sri Lanka Train Disaster 18 Years Later
• The Wave That Shook the World
• Tsunami: Caught on Camera

Articles and books:

• One train, more than 1,700 dead
• 10 years after tsunami, Utah man recovers, composes music linked to experiences
• The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: The Story of the Deadliest Natural Disaster of the 21st Century, by Charles River Editors
• Wave of Destruction: The Stories of Four Families and History's Deadliest Tsunami, by Erich Krauss
• Scientists: Sumatra quake longest ever recorded
• Power of tsunami earthquake heavily underestimated
• Girl, 10, used geography lesson to save lives
• The Devastating 2004 Tsunami: Timeline
• 10 Years Since Dec 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
• 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: 17 years on, a look back at one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
• Blast from the Past
• The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa

On December 26th, 2004, the world experienced one of the deadliest natural disasters we will ever see in our lifetimes. In part one, we will look at the earthquake which was just the start of a horrific tragedy.

Videos:

• Compilation in chronological order of videos of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
• The man who Filmed the Tsunami - Shocking footage of the Indonesian disaster
• Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions: Sri Lanka Train Disaster 18 Years Later
• The Wave That Shook the World
• Tsunami: Caught on Camera

Articles and books:

• One train, more than 1,700 dead
• 10 years after tsunami, Utah man recovers, composes music linked to experiences
• The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: The Story of the Deadliest Natural Disaster of the 21st Century, by Charles River Editors
• Wave of Destruction: The Stories of Four Families and History's Deadliest Tsunami, by Erich Krauss
• Scientists: Sumatra quake longest ever recorded
• Power of tsunami earthquake heavily underestimated
• Girl, 10, used geography lesson to save lives
• The Devastating 2004 Tsunami: Timeline
• 10 Years Since Dec 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
• 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: 17 years on, a look back at one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
• Blast from the Past
• The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa

On a hot summer day in 1918, the night shift workers at the National Shell Filling Factory No. 6 in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England, arrived as per usual. One hundred and thirty-four of them would be dead within an hour and a half.

Videos:

• Nottingham Forgotten Heroes #9 The Chilwell Munitions Workers
• The History Chap: The Chilwell Munitions Factory Explosion

Articles and books:

• A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: When corpses fell from the Nottinghamshire sky
• Historic England Research Records: National Filling Factory Number 6 Chilwell
• Remembering the Chilwell Depot Explosion of 1918 and the Canary Girls, by Marian Dean
• Chilwell explosion: Events mark centenary of factory blast
• University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections: Chilwell Shell Filling Factory Explosion
• Footage of Chilwell shell factory found in shed seen for the first time in 100 years
• Revenge of the Curds: Remembering the Great Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766
• The History Press: Disaster at the Chilwell shell-filling factory
• Nottingham County Council: Chilwell National Shell Filling Factory Explosion

Videos:

• I Survived ...: Virginia Tech and the I35W collapse
• 20/20 In An Instant: Rush Hour Disaster
• I-35W Bridge Collapse Structure and Components and Initial Failure
• 10 years later: Survivors reflect on the 35W bridge collapse

Articles and books:

• NTSB: Design errors factor in 2007 bridge collapse
• Questions Rise About Previous Knowledge Of Bridge
• Hopes Dim in Minneapolis for Survivors
• Park board approves site for I-35W bridge memorial
• Hundreds turn out to dedication of 35W bridge memorial
• NTSB report on the I35W bridge collapse

• Video of Club Q shooting suspect previous threat
• WATCH: Club Q shooting survivor on how LGBTQ people are ‘continually being dehumanized’
• Watch: Suspect accused of killing five people in the Club Q mass shooting appears in court
• Club Q Mass Shooting Survivor: It Was Home And To Not Have That Anymore Hurts

• Timeline: Club Q emergency response
• What We Know About the Colorado Springs Shooting
• Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado’s red flag gun law
• Colorado Springs Survivor Recounts Terror of LGBTQ Club Shooting: 'All I Could Think of Was Pulse'
• Army Veteran Went Into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Club Q Gunman
• Colorado police prioritize proper pronouns, names of shooting victims
• Focus on the Family’s Colorado Springs headquarters sign vandalized days after Club Q mass shooting
• LGBTQ club shooting suspect’s troubled past was obscured by a name change, records show
• Anderson Lee Aldrich: A history of family travail, personal violence
• Police found rainbow-colored shooting target, map of Club Q in suspect’s apartment
• Preached at, spat on, threatened, Colorado Springs' transgender community grapples with the Club Q attack
• Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Says Colorado Victims Reaping Consequences of ‘Eternal Damnation’
• El Paso Sheriff's Office Statement Regarding Previous Arrest and Charging of Alleged Club Q Shooter Anderson Aldrich

While we are still close to the actual disaster for a regular episode on the subject, Jennifer takes an hour and a half to discuss the implosion of the OceanGate submersible on its dive down to the wreck of the Titanic.

In a small Pennsylvania town, the play set to be performed on a cold Monday night in January drew hundreds of people to the Rhoads Opera House. One hundred and seventy of them would never make it home alive.

Videos:

• The Rhoads Opera House Fire: Legacy Of A Tragedy

Articles and books:

• Midwinter Mourning and A Town in Tragedy, by Mary Jane Schneider
• Trapped in the Third Act: The Rhoads Opera House Fire, Boyertown 1908