Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering the story of Yossi Ghinsberg who went with a group into the depths of the Amazon in 1981. 4 of them would go into the jungle but after several harrowing weeks, not all of them would make it out. 7.

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

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/the-jungle

Jungle - Yossi Ghinsberg

Jungle - movie, Amazon Prime

I shouldn't be alive episode

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be discussing some boat / shipping disasters. We will discuss the MS Estonia, a ferry which sank when crossing from Estonia to Sweden in 1994 and is one of the deadliest maritime disasters of all time, the TEV Wahine which sank in 1968 off the Wellington harbour and the MS Herald of the Free Enterprise, a car roll on, roll off ferry which capsized near Belgium in 1987. 

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Sources:
The Perfect Storm 

https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/free-surface-effect

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roll-on/roll-off_vessel_accidents

MS Estonia

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Viking_Sally_murder

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/05/a-sea-story/302940/

https://maritimecyprus.com/2022/09/30/flashback-in-maritime-history-ms-estonia-sinking-on-28-september-1994-claiming-852-lives-4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmX8seNKVQo

Wahine

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/wahine-disaster

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/102846031/wahine-disaster-50-years-on-what-happened-that-day

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

https://maritimeradio.org/in-distress/wahine/

MS Herald of Free Enterprise

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54c1704ce5274a15b6000025/FormalInvestigation_HeraldofFreeEnterprise-MSA1894.pdf

https://www.ukpandi.com/news-and-resources/articles/2022/the-capsizing-of-the-herald-of-free-enterprise/

https://safety4sea.com/cm-herald-of-free-enterprise-a-wake-up-call-for-ro-ro-safety/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the Deepwater Horizon explosion. On the 20th of April 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon hit a series of issues which resulted in the rig exploding, killing 11 on board. It also resulted in the largest oil leak and spill in history which would take almost 5 months to contain and resulted in huge numbers of wildlife dying. 

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Sources:

• A Sea in Flames - Carl Safina
• https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/offshore-drilling.htm
• https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-to-drill-a-relief-well
• https://www.resilience.org/stories/2010-05-21/what-caused-deepwater-horizon-disaster/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCVCOWejlag
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowout_preventer
• https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2018/12/when-all-hell-breaks-loose-years-after-deepwater-horizon-offshore-drilling-hazards-persist
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/16/bps-deepwater-horizon-bill-tops-65bn

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the case of Jose Salvador Alvarenga, a man whose boat was caught in a storm that resulted in him being adrift in the Pacific ocean for 438 days until he washed up on shore in the Marshall Islands. 

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Sources:
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea - Jonathan Franklin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Salvador_Alvarenga

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost-at-sea-436-days-book-extract

https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/04/438-days-lost-at-sea-jose-salvador-alvarenga.html

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two drug smuggling cases. First we will cover Schapelle Corby who was caught smuggling marijuana into Bali 2005, resulting in a life sentence. Then the Bali 9, where 9 people were convicted of smuggling heroin out of Indonesia, resulting in two members being put to death by firing squad.

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

Sources:
Schapelle Corby:

The Zest is history - S1E14 - Schapelle Corby 

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

https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/news/latest-news/schapelle-corby-timeline-everything-you-need-to-know-32629

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-39997092

Bali 9:

Fair Dinkum Freaks - Bali 9 part 1 and 2

Red Handed - Hotel K

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

Youtube doc - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRP4Ru-t8gQ

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/01/three-members-of-australias-bali-nine-deserve-to-walk-free-one-day-jail-officials-say

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/left-behind-to-rot-five-bali-9-men-to-die-in-jail/QXR2T54T24MJGNS4PN5NH64L4I/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss technical rock climbing including free solo climbing such as up El Capitan in Yosemite. I then cover the story of summitting the Ogre, where peril and challenge will hit the climbers as they make their journey.

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Sources:
The Dawn Wall

Free Solo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(climbing)

https://www.yosemite.com/alex-honnold-and-climbing-el-capitan/

https://www.climbingshoereview.com/how-many-people-have-climbed-the-dawn-wall/

https://www.advnture.com/features/el-capitan

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/witness-describes-death-plunge-of-two-yosemite-climbers/

https://www.climbing.com/people/tommy-caldwell-dominant-force-in-big-wall-free-sport-and-alpine-climbing/
The Ogre - Doug Scott

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss Cave Disasters. Starting with the Nutty Putty Cave Disaster where John Jones will get stuck in the cave and unable to be freed. I then cover the Thai Cave Rescue where 13 boys got stuck in a flooded cave and it would take a miracle to get them out alive.

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

https://nuttyputtytragedy.blogspot.com/

https://cavehaven.com/nutty-putty-cave-accident/

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

Against all odds - Thai Cave Rescue 4 episodes

The Rescue - documentary on Disney+

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

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/146FC/production/_102380738_thai_cave_detailed_mapv2_976-nc.png

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44791998

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-accident-cave-timeline-idUSKCN1TP1GB

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the  the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster in which the reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant suffered a full meltdown and explosion resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history both in terms of cost and number of lives impacted. This is episode 2 of 2.

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

Sources:
Scott Manley on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3d3rzFTrLg&t=5s

Chernobyl, TV series

Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higgenbotham

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/2019/05/chernobyl-disaster-what-happened-and-long-term-impact

https://www.nei.org/resources/fact-sheets/chernobyl-accident-and-its-consequences

https://www.history.com/news/chernobyl-disaster-timeline#:~:text=April%2026%2C%201986%2C%201%3A23%3A40%20a.m.%3A,high%20into%20the%20night%20sky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Test_execution

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20377061

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-08-mn-2679-story.html

NOTE: IN THE PORTION WHERE I EXPLAIN NUCLEAR FISSION, I MIX UP NUCLEI AND NEUTRON! I realised this post editing but I think it generally makes sense, but when I explain how the nuclei is hit, I say it releases a nuclei, it actually releases a neutron, the neutron then hits the next nuclei and releases more neutrons, that is what forms the chain reaction. Thanks for accepting my mistake :)

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the  the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster in which the reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant suffered a full meltdown and explosion resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history both in terms of cost and number of lives impacted. This is episode 1 of 2.

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

Sources:
Scott Manley on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3d3rzFTrLg&t=5s

Chernobyl, TV series

Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higgenbotham

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/2019/05/chernobyl-disaster-what-happened-and-long-term-impact

https://www.nei.org/resources/fact-sheets/chernobyl-accident-and-its-consequences

https://www.history.com/news/chernobyl-disaster-timeline#:~:text=April%2026%2C%201986%2C%201%3A23%3A40%20a.m.%3A,high%20into%20the%20night%20sky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Test_execution

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20377061

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-08-mn-2679-story.html

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1957 Haramosh Mountaineering Disaster in which 5 friends went to summit the mountain but were met with avalanches, falls and eventually, death. 

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

https://explorersweb.com/on-the-meaning-of-companionship-haramosh-1957/

http://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-last-blue-mountainreviewed.html

The last blue mountain - Ralph Barker