Starting in the late 19th century, Los Angeles was outgrowing it’s water supply, and by the early 20th century, the fight for water, known as the California Water Wars had begun. On May 31st, 1889, the failure of the South Fork Dam sent 14.55 million cubic meters of water towards Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing 2,209 people. […]
Help Is Not On The Way
A podcast about people, mostly, who find themselves in situations in which help is not on the way, or maybe help is on the way, but not all that helpful. Either way, the victims will have to save themselves…or not.
Germ Theory and Mutiny on the Bounty
Prior to the 1850s, the leading theory for disease was Miasma, or “bad air”, was the cause of disease. Though basic germ theory was written about around 400 B.C., it wouldn’t be until the 1800s, that the idea of germs as the cause of disease would be widely accepted. In 1789, in the South Pacific, […]
The Dutch girls who hunted Nazis and the Byford Dolphin Explosive Decompression Accident
When Germany invaded the Netherlands, the Dutch Resistance formed, and three women joined the Haarlem Council of Resistance. Their jobs were to lure and kill Nazis. The Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised, deep sea, drilling rig that suffered multiple accidents, including the Explosive Decompression Accident.
The Great Molasses Flood and Bon Scott of AC/DC
On January 15, 1919 a tank of Molasses collapsed in Boston, sending a 20 foot tall wave of molasses through town. The tank contained almost 2.5 million gallons of sticky Molasses. The ensuing disaster killed 21 and injured another 150. Bon Scott, the former lead singer of AC/DC was found dead in a Renault parked […]
Dean Cummings and the Münster Rebellion
Dean Cummings was a successful mogul skier on the U.S. ski team in the 80s, a World Champion freeskier in the 1995 World Extreme Ski Championship, and owner and operator of H2O Heli Ski, the premier heli ski company in Alaska. In February 2020 Cummings is charged with the murder of 47 year old Guillermo […]
Neerja Bhanot and Lenin Peak Climbing Tragedy
When a Pan Am flight was hijacked by terrorists, Neerja Bhanot, heroically rose to the occasion and saved the lives of numerous passengers. Bravery and quick thinking by the Bhanot saves lives, but costs her own life. In 1974, an international group of climbers attempted Lenin Peak in the Pamir Mountains of Russia. During the […]
Kaspar Hauser and the Atafu Boys
Kaspar Hauser appears in Nuremberg, Germany on May 26th, 1828, under strange circumstances. Three boys from Atafu find themselves adrift on a small boat for 50 days.
Henry Johnson and the Burke Wills Expedition
Henry Johnson became one of the first Americans to be awarded France’s highest honor for battlefield valor, the Croix de Guerre avec Palme for his incredible bravery in single handedly repelling a German attack in WWI. The search for a passage to the Northern Territories known as The Burke Wills Expedition departed Melbourne, Australia in […]
Olive Oatman and Juliane Koepcke
In 1850, fourteen year old Olive Oatman was taken captive by Native Americans and spent 4 years with the Mohave. Her story after being repatriated into American society against her will would make her a national curiosity. On Christmas Eve 1971 Julia Koepcke and her mother were traveling back to their home, a research station […]