Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

This week, Melanie doesn't know the safe word (because it's really The Audio Guy guest starring), TAG victim blames dinosaurs, frogs are dying, we're angling for a curriculum sponsorship, and TAG sucks at palate cleansers.

Content warnings: extinction events.

Links:
Killer frog disease 'part of Earth's sixth mass extinction'
Frog chytrid fungus
Fungal Parasites and Pathogens
Caecilians: The other amphibian
What we lose when we lose the world’s frogs
Why the Loss of Amphibians Matters
Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture
RYE ERGOT AND WITCHES

This week, the day all podcasters dread arrives, Melanie encounters a choad in the wild, we set a demon safeword, a bedroom disappears in an instant, we learn a lot of spooky sinkhole geography, wonder about grief rituals, and unpack religious rhetoric around death and randomness, and a wolf spider makes crude gestures.

Content warnings:
Joking references to demons/possessions/exorcisms, death of adult in natural disaster, child witnessing non-gory death of adult, discussion of disaster preparedness, discussion of family coping with body not able to be recovered, discussion of cultural grief/coping rituals, sinkholes, toxic positivity/Christianity culture, snakes, spiders

Links:
Body buried in Fla. sinkhole leaves troubling questions
Florida calls off search for man swallowed by sinkhole
Florida man swallowed by sinkhole under bedroom feared dead
Florida Sinkhole Victim's Brother Thinks Rescuers 'Could've Tried Harder'
Huge sinkhole swallows Florida man as he slept; victim presumed dead
Pictured: First haunting look INSIDE 100ft sinkhole that swallowed Florida man after it opened up under his house as he slept
Recovery effort ends for Florida man presumed dead in sinkhole
Search for Florida sinkhole victim, Jeff Bush, called off
Sinkhole reopens two years after it swallowed Seffner man sleeping in his bed
Six years later, neighbors remember Seffner sinkhole that took the life of Jeffrey Bush

This week, Brianne is cooked medium well and wants to be a freelance brain surgeon, Adelaide gives a bird presentation, Melanie gets slammed by a hurricane and joins the current millennium, sugar turns out to be combustible, we commemorate the Great Glitter Explosion of 2020, and a factory explosion changes OSHA standards.

Content warnings: brain surgery, hurricanes, structure fire, death by explosion/fire.

SHOW NOTES
2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion
A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura’s damage in this area of oil fields and industry
Carbon monoxide poisoning from generators poses new threat in areas hit by Hurricane Laura
Death toll up to 16 for Hurricane Laura
Domino Sugar Refinery in Arabi catches fire; at least 300 employees evacuated
Eric Barnes’ legacy: Kindness, humility
Family Recalls History of Sugar Refinery
Fire at Domino Sugar refinery under investigation
How Can Sugar Explode?
How the City of Sugar Land, Texas Got Its Name
Imperial Sugar dedicates memorial to blast victims
Louisiana Chemical Plant Fire Still Smolders; Residents Told to Remain Indoors
Savannah Sugar Refinery Memorial - Port Wentworth, GA
What Makes Sugar Explode?
‘You can’t stay angry’: 10 years after Imperial Sugar tragedy, couple relies on God, family

This week, Melanie is evacuating a hurricane double-whammy, Brianne hits up Taco Bell in her wedding dress, Melanie is inspired to step up her jammy game in case she ever has to watch her house burn down in the middle of the night, firefighters don't need an address to locate a fire, a Prince Charming with bleach blond hair and a Hummer comes along, Brianne tempts litigious Indiana men, there's a derpy brother named Bob, a renowned arsonist sucks at starting fires, good henchmen are hard to find, Melanie comes up with a super lame spy name, we plan our dead/dying/missing branding, and a subdivision explodes.

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings: explosion, house fire, teenagers whose parents are in peril, child in peril who survives, death of a young couple, horrific house fire death details, PTSD in a firefighter, vague mention of domestic violence, arson.

Links:
Richmond Hill neighbors recount futile attempt to rescue victim
Shattered Subdivision Offers a Trail of Clues
Richmond Hill trial: Informant says Mark Leonard wanted witness killed
Glenn Hults sentenced to 3 years in deadly Richmond Hill blast
Monserrate Shirley sentenced to maximum 50 years in prison
Pyschologist says Monserrate Shirley was abused as child, has 'dependent personality disorder'
Richmond Hill explosion
The $4 Million Arson Plot: How greed sparked the Richmond Hill Explosion
Former coworker & neighbor says Monserrate Shirley was a 'smart, but lazy' nurse
Richmond Hill neighbor heard explosion victim's 'faint screaming'
'I've never heard anything like this': Listen to the Richmond Hill explosion's chilling 911 calls 5 years later
Cause of death of Richmond Hill conspirator Mark Leonard determined
Richmond Hill explosion: 3 trials for price of 1?
Richmond Hill explosion: 'It's the toughest thing I've ever done in my career'
Probable cause suggests pattern of fraud, details inconsistencies
36 homes critically damaged in explosion in south side neighborhood 

This week, Brianne and Melanie go back to the podcast coal mines, Melanie discovers that she's a ghost, we get a Drunk Melanie Math Lesson, a 5,000 foot dam collapses, and there's an 80 foot wall of water.

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings: water disaster, dead cattle, drowning, multiple deaths.

Links:
FAMOUS FAILURES:REVISITING MAJOR DAM CATASTROPHES
Museum of Rexburg: Home of the Teton Flood Exhibit
Museum of Rexburg: Teton Flood Exhibit
Report to U.S. Department of the Interior and State of Idaho on failure of Teton Dam
Teton Dam
Teton dam break documentary
Teton Dam collapse 40 years ago was worst man-made disaster in Idaho history
TETON DAM FAILURE "DISASTER AT TETON" IDAHO 1976 88384
Teton Dam History & Facts
The collapse of the great Teton Dam
The Teton Basin Project Eric A. Stene January 1, 1995 Bureau of Reclamation History Program
The Teton Dam Disaster Dylan J. McDonald 2006
The Teton Dam Failure- An Effective Warning and Evacuation
Teton Dam Flood - June 5, 1976

This week, Brianne doesn't have malaria, Melanie buys a house full of demons, a squeamish firefights meets a terrible end, Brianne is mad about college sports, an arm falls out of a car, there's a guy named Humpy Wheeler, and a decapitation fails to end a NASCAR race early.

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings: ghosts/demons, car accident, death, description of gore/decapitation/dismemberment with in-episode warning.

Links:
Crash Claims Young Race Driver
Russell Phillips
Sportsman Driver Killed at Charlotte
The Era's Foundation: Russell Phillips' Gruesome Crash (GRAPHIC)
Who Was Russell Phillips? (GRAPHIC)

Bad news - no new episode this week. Good news - lots of stuff coming up for the ten dollar patreons! Marked Safe is on a one week hiatus. Sorry horrible ghouls! 

This week, Melanie tells us about a guy named Carl, there's an old-timey inventor brawl, discoveries are licked, pompous assholes are always celebrated, ugly wallpaper makes someone throw up, Melanie needs to make a report to The Director of History,  Melanie overlooks a huge shaft.  and beautiful green dye kills a bunch of people.

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings: poisoning, deaths of children 16:46-17:36, graphic description of death by poisoning.

Show notes:
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the discoverer of oxygen, and a very productive chemist
Colors for Your Every Mood
Death by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian Age
Death in the Walls: How Scheele’s Green Poisoned Victorian Britain
Don’t Lick the Dress: 19th Century Toxic Dyes
Drop Dead Gorgeous: A TL;DR Tale of Arsenic in Victorian Life
Emerald Green or Paris Green, the Deadly Regency Pigment
Fatal Victorian Fashion and the Allure of the Poison Garment
How William Morris betrayed his socialist ideals with his wallpaper
Influence of Eugénie on Luxury Style is Still Felt Today
JAMES C. WHORTON, The Arsenic Century: How. Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home,. Work, and Play. Oxford: Oxford University. Press, 2010.
Killer Clothing Was All the Rage in the 19th Century
Maxime Vernois
Meet William Morris: The Most Celebrated Designer of the Arts & Crafts Movement
On Poisons
On that deadly emerald green
Paris Green: The Trendy Color That Killed Many in Victorian Society
Respect the Chemistry
Scheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and Death
The Arsenic Dress: How Poisonous Green Pigments Terrorized Victorian Fashion
The Arsenic Dress of the Victorian Era
Toxic Socks and other Fashion Fatalities
What is Arsenic Poisoning?

This week, Brianne peaks in episode 11, we all get a villain to cathartically blame, a ship full of 13s is doomed from the start, an off-duty captain gets shit done, a guy with a punchable face gets his ass handed to him by a guy who looks like Ed Harris, and someone maybe uses cocaine as dry shampoo.

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings: sinking ship, kids in peril, older couple being separated in a particularly upsetting way 25:50 and again at 47:36, water rescue and body recovery, various deaths, refugee situation, delayed discovery of remains, young child's loss of parent, death of young child 51:02-52:05.

Links:
7th anniversary of Costa Concordia disaster
Coast guard: cruise ship runs aground...
Costa Concordia
Costa Concordia: Captain drove ship 'like it was a Ferrari'...
Costa Concordia captain not solely to blame...
Costa Concordia captain Schettino guilty of manslaughter
Costa Concordia Disaster
Costa Concordia girl still haunts
Costa Concordia mishap: Remains of Russel Rebello return to Mumbai 3 years on
Costa Concordia: Missing Hero Russel Rebello's Body Found...
Costa Concordia officer testifies he ordered abandon ship
Costa Concordia: Shipment of Mob drugs was hidden...
Costa Concordia: Stricken ship set upright in Italy
Costa Concordia Trial: Captain Dithered...
Costa Concordia trial: Captain's lover was on bridge
Costa Concordia violinist Sandor Feher had passion for teaching kids
Costa Concordia vs. Titanic: Do they compare?
Cruise ship's cook says captain ordered dinner after crash
During Cruise Ship Disaster, Husband Sacrifices Life to Save His Wife
Erika Fani Soria Molina Crew Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking
Gabriel Grube Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking
Husband of missing Costa Concordia victim...
I'm a hero, not a coward says Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino
Italy Finds a Heroic Foil for Its Scorned Captain
Justice for Concordia Victims as Schettino sentenced to Sixteen Years
Mylyne Litzler Passenger Death Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking
Newly identified Costa Concordia victim gave up his place on lifeboat for a child
Photos Located of Missing Costa Concordia Passengers
Pierre Gregoire Passenger Death Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking
Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia
The Heroes of the Concordia
The Raising of The Costa Concordia
‘Today I died a second time’: Moldovan dancer admits...
Two more bodies found on ship, three people rescued
Yes, I kissed the Costa Concordia captain. I think we'd have ended up in bed...

This week, Brianne finally watches Hamilton, something brushes a leg underwater, there's a whole explosives hospital, a shark turns somersaults in a few feet of water, Melanie's husband has a hammock phobia, it turns out sharks grunt, we fall in love with the name Erna, and the South African government bombs the ocean.

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Indirect reference to child loss in the context of Hamilton, sharks, severed leg, various deaths of people of varying ages, various shark-attack related gore including limb loss, racial segregation, apartheid, bad smells/decomposing sharks.

Links:
1957.12.18
1957.12.20
1957.12.23
1957.12.26
1957.12.30
1958.1.9
1958.4.3
1958.4.5
Black December
Black December
Black December
Black December Attack Victim Speaks Out Against the Use of Nets
Black December: When Sharks Attacks Compelled The Government To Bomb The Ocean
History of Protection Against Shark Attack in KZN
Killer Sharks: The Attacks of Black December
Shark Nets Lifted During Lockdown
Wet Matter