When It Goes Wrong

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing the lost Franklin expedition, where the ships Erebus and Terror set out in 1845 to find the Arctic North West passage, the ships would never return leading to a 150+ year mystery to figure out what happened.

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Sources:

• Erebus: the story of a ship - Michael Palin 
• https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/what-happened-to-erebus-terror-crew-true-story
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition
• The Disturbing Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
• Franklin's Lost Voyage Documentary (2005)

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing the Radium girls - who were women who worked in radium factories around the 1920s, they suffered horrible effects of radiation poisoning and fought for years to have their suffering recognised as caused by their working conditions. We will cover their afflictions and the court cases which followed and helped radically reform workplace laws.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

Radium Girls by Kate Moore

Radium Girls movie 

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/the-radium-girls/

https://www.theradiumgirls.com/the-girls

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode,  we will be discussing the 1967 mountaineering disaster on Denali - at the time called Mount Mckinley - where 7 climbers perished on the top slopes due to one of the worst blizzards in 100 years. It was one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in history. This is part 2 of 2.


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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/life-and-death-americas-highest-peak/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eLT6Rkpdg - Scary Interesting

https://explorersweb.com/mckinley-1967-triumph-and-tragedy-part-ii/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Mount_McKinley_disaster

Forever on the mountain: the truth behind one of mountaineerings most controversial and mysterious disasters - James M Tabor

Denalis Howl: The deadliest climbing disaster on americas wildest peak - Andy Hall

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode,  we will be discussing the 1967 mountaineering disaster on Denali - at the time called Mount Mckinley - where 7 climbers perished on the top slopes due to one of the worst blizzards in 100 years. It was one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in history. This is part 1 of 2. 
 
 
Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected].

You can buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/whenitgoeswrongpod

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/life-and-death-americas-highest-peak/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eLT6Rkpdg - Scary Interesting

https://explorersweb.com/mckinley-1967-triumph-and-tragedy-part-ii/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Mount_McKinley_disaster

Forever on the mountain: the truth behind one of mountaineerings most controversial and mysterious disasters - James M Tabor

Denalis Howl: The deadliest climbing disaster on americas wildest peak - Andy Hall

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode,  we will be discussing the crimes of Harold Shipman, a Hyde GP who over 30 years killed around 250 victims, mostly elderly women, by injecting them with diamorphine. We will cover his history, crimes and what this meant for the medical field.
 
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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shipman_Inquiry

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)17635-6/fulltext

https://csi.pressbooks.pub/uncserkill/chapter/chapter-16-harold-shipman-dr-death/

Harold Shipman - Prescription for Murder - Jean Ritchie, Brian Whittle

Catching a Killer Doctor - cautionary tales podcast

Harold Shipman: Dr Death - I could murder a podcast

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be covering the so called coughing scandal, where Charles and Dianna Ingram were convicted of cheating when winning one million pounds on the TV game show, who wants to be a millionaire.
 
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Sources:

Quiz - netflix

Bad Show: The Quiz, The Cough, The Millionaire Major by James Plaskett and Bob Woffinden 

Charles Ingram - The Major Fraud Documentary

https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Ingram_cheating_scandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Ingram,_C.,_Ingram,_D._and_Whittock,_T.

https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Ingram

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/17/couldthewhowantstobeami

*UPLOADED WITH PART 2! Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing Ernest Shackleton and his dramatic expedition to the Antarctic where he would be stranded along with his 27 crew members deep in the Weddell Sea and his attempts to get back to land. This is part 2 of 2.

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Sources:

• Empire - episode 111 - Shackleton: the hero of Antarctica 
• BBC - restoring Shackletons cabin
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34856379 - photos
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea_party
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel_of_the_Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton
• Endurance: Shackletons incredible voyage - Alfred Lansing
• South! The Story of Shackletons Last Expedition 1914-1917 - Ernest Shackleton - https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/south/south_shackleton_preface.php
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541 - finding endurance 
• https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest_Shackleton_map_time_line.php

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing Ernest Shackleton and his dramatic expedition to the Antarctic where he would be stranded along with his 27 crew members deep in the Weddell Sea and his attempts to get back to land. This is part 1 of 2.    

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected].

You can buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/whenitgoeswrongpod

Sources:

• Empire - episode 111 - Shackleton: the hero of Antarctica 
• BBC - restoring Shackletons cabin
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34856379 - photos
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea_party
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel_of_the_Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton
• Endurance: Shackletons incredible voyage - Alfred Lansing
• South! The Story of Shackletons Last Expedition 1914-1917 - Ernest Shackleton - https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/south/south_shackleton_preface.php
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541 - finding endurance 
• https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest_Shackleton_map_time_line.php

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing death by mushroom, we will cover the recent Australia Leongatha Beef Wellington deaths by Erin Patterson, but we will also deep dive into mushrooms themselves - how do they kill, how common is it and how do we make sure not to eat one?! 

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Sources:

Podcast - The trial: Australia 

Deathcap: the mushroom murders on netflix

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g93rlxwklo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx554n1x0wo

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/fungi-and-lichens/deathcap/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/03/mushroom-cook-erin-patterson-court-murder-charges-australia-suspected-poisoning-deaths-leongatha-victoria-ntwnfb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/things-to-do/foraging/

https://www.nature.scot/plants-animals-and-fungi/fungi

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be heading back to Mount Everest and covering some of the first attempts at climbing it. We will cover Mallory's attempts in 1921, 1922 and the fateful trip in 1924 and then subsequent attempts before it was successfully climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_British_Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_expedition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_British_Mount_Everest_expedition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mallory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_British_Mount_Everest_expedition

https://aspectsofhistory.com/a-corpse-on-everest-george-mallory/

https://malloryandirvine.com/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/mystery-everest-mallory-irvine-climb-disappearance-what-happened/

Disney+ - Lost on Everest

Everest 1922 - Mick Conefrey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLOJAXPC_s