He Asked for the Greatest Storm Ever — It Came for Him

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Sources: https://archive.org/details/stormorcollectio00defo; https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/eddystone-lighthouse

Visual credits: - "E. W. Cooke - Great storm in the Downs, 1703.jpg" by Edward William Cooke; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E. W. Cooke - Great storm in the Downs, 1703.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Square Wooden Tower (6") - NARA - 77415424.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Square Wooden Tower (6") - NARA - 77415424.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Great Storm 1703 Goodwin Sands engraving.PNG" by unknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great Storm 1703 Goodwin Sands engraving.PNG; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Wooden Tower, Elevation - NARA - 79437291.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden Tower, Elevation - NARA - 79437291.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Detailed shot of a corroded iron bolt lock on a weathered wooden door." by Mike van Schoonderwalt; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-brown-rusty-metal-handle-5502889/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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The Dam Ate Its Own Rescue Equipment — Then the Bureau Blamed Nature

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Sources: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/teton/about.html; https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1977/0341/; https://www.usbr.gov/history/damstor/teton.html; https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/4825

Visual credits: - "Aerial View of Teton Dam Embankment Looking Downstream - DPLA - 6c38477b3900f4dd798865e3e95cf8f8 (page 1).jpg" by Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver Office. 3/4/1988; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial View of Teton Dam Embankment Looking Downstream - DPLA - 6c38477b3900f4dd798865e3e95cf8f8 (page 1).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Breach of Teton Dam - DPLA - 657b673aa7b01ea982116a68bef069b4.jpg" by Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver Office. 3/4/1988; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breach of Teton Dam - DPLA - 657b673aa7b01ea982116a68bef069b4.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - ""Water breaking through earth and rock fill dike at outlet portal of diversion tunnel No. 2 during flash flood of... - NARA - 293727.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:"Water breaking through earth and rock fill dike at outlet portal of diversion tunnel No. 2 during flash flood of... - NARA - 293727.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Contract No. 39, Trunk Line Sewer, Rutland, Holden, refilling sewer pipe trench, looking south from Sta. 39+00, Rutland-Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Nov. 8, 1933 - DPLA - 32d10c998eb21a990d44a427dab76a4b.jpg" by Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Pike, Stuart D., 1910-1978; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contract No. 39, Trunk Line Sewer, Rutland, Holden, refilling sewer pipe trench, looking south from Sta. 39+00, Rutland-Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Nov. 8, 1933 - DPLA - 32d10c998eb21a990d44a427dab76a4b.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Aerial View of Teton Dam Embankment Looking Downstream - DPLA - 6c38477b3900f4dd798865e3e95cf8f8 (page 2).jpg" by Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver Office. 3/4/1988; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial View of Teton Dam Embankment Looking Downstream - DPLA - 6c38477b3900f4dd798865e3e95cf8f8 (page 2).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking northeast from a point 250 feet+-- west of Sta. 18+00, dam 1, showing pervious earth fill for dam 1, high level d - DPLA - 14a58589d954574b303fabca784d2a4c.jpg" by Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Kane, Samuel B., 1917-1988; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking northeast from a point 250 feet+-- west of Sta. 18+00, dam 1, showing pervious earth fill for dam 1, high level d - DPLA - 14a58589d954574b303fabca784d2a4c.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Whittaker Bros truck with dozer SLWA b1921306.png" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whittaker Bros truck with dozer SLWA b1921306.png; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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They Broadcast Their Own Bank Robbery Live — Police Still Missed It

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Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/sep/11/ukcrime; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_robbery

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Leaded Gas Had a Safe Alternative — They Chose Poison for Profit

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Sources: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secret-history-lead/; https://www.epa.gov/lead/lead-phaseout; https://www.who.int/news/item/31-08-2021-who-lead-free-petrol

Visual credits: - "Portrait of Thomas Midgley Jr..jpg" by AnonymousUnknown author for Blank & Stoller N.Y.; No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Thomas_Midgley_Jr..jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait of Thomas Midgley Jr..jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AT LINDEN, WITH EXXON OIL REFINERY IN BACKGROUND - NARA - 552002.jpg" by Ike Vern; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AT LINDEN, WITH EXXON OIL REFINERY IN BACKGROUND - NARA - 552002.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Portrait of thomas 9s161624t 0 9880vr00j.jpg" by AnonymousUnknown author for Blank & Stoller N.Y.; No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_thomas_9s161624t_0_9880vr00j.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait of thomas 9s161624t 0 9880vr00j.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "PART OF EXXON OIL REFINERY ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AT LINDEN - NARA - 552003.jpg" by Ike Vern; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PART OF EXXON OIL REFINERY ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AT LINDEN - NARA - 552003.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "View of a large oil refinery plant with intricate pipelines in Trzebinia, Poland." by Jakub Pabis; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/oil-refinery-plant-15970032/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Dense traffic with buses, cars, and motorbikes in a busy urban street during daytime." by Dapur Melodi; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/heavy-traffic-jam-in-urban-city-center-32487431/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Oil refinery facility with tanker wagons in Trzebinia, Lesser Poland Voivodeship under a clear sky." by Jakub Pabis; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/tanker-wagons-at-an-oil-refinery-15970028/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Wide shot of urban traffic at a busy city intersection with cars and buses." by 允营 吴; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/traffic-on-street-18366975/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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Silver Thursday — The Hunt Brothers Built the Perfect Trap and Walked Into It

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Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/28/archives/silver-prices-plunge-on-heavy-selling.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/26/business/bunker-hunt-files-for-bankruptcy.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/business/hunt-brothers-found-liable.html

Visual credits: - "Chip silver bullion bar.jpg" by Kjmonkey; CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chip silver bullion bar.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "New York Stock Exchange, New York, New York LCCN2011632356.tif" by Carol M. Highsmith; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New York Stock Exchange, New York, New York LCCN2011632356.tif; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Pumpjack just off the beach.jpg" by roy.luck; CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pumpjack just off the beach.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Goldas 50g silver bullion in assay card.jpg" by Kjmonkey; CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldas 50g silver bullion in assay card.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "New York Stock Exchange, New York, New York LCCN2011632358.tif" by Carol M. Highsmith; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New York Stock Exchange, New York, New York LCCN2011632358.tif; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Industrial oil pumpjack in a desert setting under a clear blue sky, illustrating oil extraction technology." by jayjay13; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-pumpjack-extracting-oil-out-of-an-oil-well-16133914/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Detailed view of a stock report displaying a market performance graph with data trends." by RDNE Stock project; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-a-graph-7947742/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Close-up of stock market chart showing trends and data on a digital screen." by Aedrian Salazar; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/business-data-graph-on-monitor-10653886/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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The Station Nightclub Fire: Soundproofing Foam Killed 100 in Minutes

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Sources: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar2.pdf; https://www.providencejournal.com; https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2004; https://www.boston.com/news

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They Declared Everyone Dead. Seven Men Were Still Singing.

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Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/archives; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springhill_mine_disasters

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The Life Preservers That Drowned a Thousand People — 1904

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

Visual credits: - "All that was left of the boat which carried over 1000 souls to destruction. General view of Slocum after being raised, Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor LCCN2009632223.jpg" by H.C. White Co.; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All that was left of the boat which carried over 1000 souls to destruction. General view of Slocum after being raised, Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor LCCN2009632223.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) signing death certificate for the General Slocum disaster on June 15, 1904.jpg" by AnonymousUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) signing death certificate for the General Slocum disaster on June 15, 1904.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Among the oil barrels where fire started, showing defective life preservers and life boats. General Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor, June 15, 1904 LCCN2009632218.jpg" by H.C. White Co.; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Among the oil barrels where fire started, showing defective life preservers and life boats. General Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor, June 15, 1904 LCCN2009632218.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal work and s(tee)l. G(enera)l Slocum Di(saste)r, New York H(arbo)r, June 15, 1904 LCCN2009632220.jpg" by H.C. White Co.; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal work and s(tee)l. G(enera)l Slocum Di(saste)r, New York H(arbo)r, June 15, 1904 LCCN2009632220.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "EM NOVA-YORK. A grande catastrophe do vapor de passeio General Slocum. Morte horrível de 1.200 pessoas!.jpg" by Angelo Agostini; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EM NOVA-YORK. A grande catastrophe do vapor de passeio General Slocum. Morte horrível de 1.200 pessoas!.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "PS General Slocum, East River.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS General Slocum, East River.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "A steamboat with American flags sails through a misty forested lake area." by Connor Scott McManus; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/flags-of-usa-on-steamboat-18710256/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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An Army Reactor Exploded in 1961. Three Men Died. The Cause Was Never Confirmed.

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Sources: https://www.osti.gov/search/semantic:SL-1+accident; https://www.inl.gov/history/; https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/

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86 Circus Performers Died — Nobody Knew Their Real Names

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Sources: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2221/woodlawn-cemetery

Visual credits: - "Train wreck at Hammond Circus Train Wreck, at Hammond, Indiana June 22, 1918.png" by East Oregonian Newspaper; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Train wreck at Hammond Circus Train Wreck, at Hammond, Indiana June 22, 1918.png; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Detailed view of railroad tracks with wooden sleepers and gravel in Hechingen, Germany." by Markus Winkler; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-a-railway-2763393/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Calm cemetery scene with tombstones and lush greenery. Ideal for memorial themes." by RDNE Stock project; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-cemetery-during-daytime-8865715/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "A rural railroad crossing showing a stop signal next to a modest signal house amidst green vegetation." by Сергей ЮССтудия; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/rural-railroad-crossing-with-signal-light-in-summer-34189025/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Tree-lined cemetery pathway with gravestones on a cloudy day, invoking solitude." by Kitty Flowers; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/cemetery-with-bare-trees-12376705/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Railroad crossing with lit red warning lights and train passing in Wabasha, Minnesota." by Tom Fisk; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/train-crossing-sign-with-red-lights-in-wabasha-30016518/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "A peaceful cemetery scene with various tombstones surrounded by lush trees in a tranquil setting." by Ivan Cuesta; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/tombstone-markers-in-the-cemetery-14845459/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Railroad crossing sign with a train passing in Wabasha, Minnesota." by Tom Fisk; Pexels License (free for commercial use) https://www.pexels.com/license/; https://www.pexels.com/photo/railroad-crossing-in-wabasha-with-train-30063102/; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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