Dublin's 1875 Whiskey Fire Killed Thirteen — None Died in the Flames

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire; https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IEX%2F1875%2F06%2F21; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublin-1.2743517

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America's Worst Mine Disaster — The Children Nobody Counted

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongah_mining_disaster; https://www.jstor.org/stable/43264966; https://www.britannica.com/event/Monongah-mining-disaster-of-1907

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The 1904 Olympic Marathon Was Rigged, Poisoned, and Nearly Fatal

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Sources: See the episode research archive.

Visual credits: - "1904 Olympics- Runners lined up at start of Marathon Race, receiving instructions immediately prior to start.jpg" by Nathan Lazarnick, New York; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1904 Olympics- Runners lined up at start of Marathon Race, receiving instructions immediately prior to start.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Start of Olympic Marathon 1904.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Start of Olympic Marathon 1904.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 15).jpg" by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.); No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition-_St._Louis_World%27s_Fair_Album_2_-_DPLA_-_3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b_(page_15).jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 15).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -12 Michael Spring (cropped).jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -12 Michael Spring (cropped).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 30).jpg" by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.); No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition-_St._Louis_World%27s_Fair_Album_2_-_DPLA_-_3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b_(page_30).jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 30).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -9 Frank Pierce; -12 Michael Spring; -32 Charilaos Giannakas; -20 Thomas Hicks; -10 Sam Mellor.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -9 Frank Pierce; -12 Michael Spring; -32 Charilaos Giannakas; -20 Thomas Hicks; -10 Sam Mellor.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 7).jpg" by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.); No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition-_St._Louis_World%27s_Fair_Album_2_-_DPLA_-_3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b_(page_7).jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 7).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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The Bridge That Fell Twice — Quebec's 88-Death Lesson

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge

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The Devil's Footprints — The Night Devon Couldn't Explain

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Footprints

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The Man Who Filled Oil Tanks With Water — And Fooled Wall Street

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_oil_scandal; https://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/salad-oil-2012-4/

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The WOW! Signal — 72 Seconds That Changed SETI Forever

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

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USS Scorpion — The Navy Heard It Die and Still Doesn't Know Why

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Sources: See the episode research archive.

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The Jetliner That Ran Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet — and Glided to Safety

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

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The Max Headroom Hijacking — How Someone Seized Chicago TV in 1987

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking

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