This short documentary covers the Lewisham Train Disaster of 1957 - a deadly rail crash which took place in the UK in the midst of disruption caused by a dense fog... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:40 - Background: Railway Modernisation ► 03:12 - The Lewisham Train Disaster ► 08:28 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► Government Accident Report, published by the Ministry of Transport, June 1958. Available via: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Lewisham1957.pdf ► "Memoryshare: Lewisham Train Crash" published by BBC London, December 2007. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/11/30/lewisham_crash_feature.shtml ► "What is the Automatic Warning System? (AWS)" by Sebastian Jensen, published by To The Trains, June 2024. Link: https://tothetrains.uk/automatic-warning-system/ ► "Merrow Woman’s Memories Of The Horrific Lewisham Train Crash 60 Years Ago" published by The Guildford Dragon, December 2017. Link: https://guildford-dragon.com/burpham-womans-memories-horrific-lewisham-train-crash-60-years-ago/ ► "Chadwick v British Railways Board" published by Tracking the Law, July 2022. Link: https://trackingthelaw.com/cases/2022-07-03-chadwick-v-british-railways-board/ ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #railway #trains

This short documentary tells the story of a devastating propane explosion that took place in the city of Buffalo in 1983... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:44 - Background: Propane ► 01:51 - The Buffalo Propane Explosion ► 06:46 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "The Warehouse Explosion" by Matt Gryta, published by Getzville Grove Press, June 2022. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Warehouse_Explosion.html?id=lTO-zgEACAAJ ► "40 years ago: Tragedy on North Division Street" published by Buffalo News, December 2023. Link: https://buffalonews.com/multimedia/40-years-ago-tragedy-on-north-division-street/collection_475ebf8e-a3f5-11ee-b611-c38234ecee39.html ► "Remembering the Buffalo propane explosion 35 years later" by WIVB4, December 2018. Link: https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/remembering-the-buffalo-propane-explosion-35-years-later/ ► "Tank Sizing Chart" published by First Fuel and Propane. Link: https://www.firstfuelandpropane.com/propane/tank-sizing-chart/ ► "Erie County Remembers Buffalo Propane Explosion" by Mike Lombardo, published by the Erie County Fire Blotter, January 2013. Available via: https://archive.ph/20130122065223/http://archive.eriecountyfireblotter.com/ ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #buffalo #fire

This short documentary tells the story of Tyke, a circus elephant that went on a fatal rampage in 1994 after years of poor treatment... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:42 - Background: Animals and the Circus ► 04:54 - Tyke's Final Rampage ► 08:20 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Shots killing elephant echo across a decade" by Rosemarie Bernardo, published by The Star Bulletin, 2004. Available via: https://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/08/16/news/story2.html ► "Slain elephant left tenuous legacy in animal rights" by Will Hoover, published by The Honolulu Advertiser, August 2004. Link: https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Aug/20/ln/ln19a.html ► "Trainer Tells of Killer Elephant’s History of Trouble, Bad Attitude" by Mark Sabbatini, published by The Los Angeles Times, August 1994. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-27-me-31880-story.html ► "The Death of One of the Oldest Shows on Earth" by Gulnaz Khan, published by National Geographic, May 2017. Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/history-of-the-circus ► "Remembering Tyke, Rebellious Circus Elephant, And Her Tragic Death" by James Cave, published by HuffPost, August 2014. Link: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tyke-elephant-honolulu-circus_n_5689932 ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #circus #animals

For Halloween, I wanted to try something a little different. I love horror movies - and this video is a short look at the true (or not so true) story behind the legendary horror film "The Hills Have Eyes". Happy Halloween! Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:52 - The Hills Have Eyes ► 02:45 - The Tale of Sawney Bean ► 06:55 - Is it a True Story? *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Sawney Bean – Scotland’s most famous cannibal" by Ben Johnson, published by Historic UK. Link: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Sawney-Bean-Scotlands-most-famous-cannibal/ ► "In Search of Sawney Bean" by Sean Thomas, published by Fortean Times, April 2005. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20080519171404/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/129/in_search_of_sawney_bean.html ► "Who was Sawney Bean?" by Steven Brocklehurst, published by BBC News, February 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21506077 ► "Sawney Bean, the Scottish Cannibal" by Sandy Hobbs and David Cornwell, published by Folklore, 1997. Available via: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260707 ► "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), directed by Wes Craven, distributed by Vanguard. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077681/ ► "The Hills Have Eyes" (2006), directed by Wes Craven, distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454841/ ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #horrorstories #movies #film #cinema

This short documentary tells the story of the ghost train fire that took place in Luna Park in Sydney in 1979, and which claimed seven innocent lives... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:49 - History of Luna Park ► 03:37 - The Ghost Train Fire ► 06:09 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "The Luna Park Ghost Train Incident, 1979" published by the Museum of Fire, June 2024 Link: https://www.museumoffire.net/single-post/the-luna-park-ghost-train-incident-1979 ► Luna Park Ghost Train Fire monument listing, published by Monument Australia. Link: https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/tragedy/display/22130-luna-park-ghost-train-fire ► "Luna Park Tragedy Exposed with Second Inquiry Possible" published by Waverley College. Link: https://waverley.nsw.edu.au/conversations/luna-park-tragedy-exposed-with-second-inquiry-possible/ ► "Lone survivor of Luna Park Ghost Train fire breaks his silence" by Tita Smith, published by The Daily Mail, March 2021. Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9349201/Luna-Park-Ghost-Train-fire-survivor-breaks-silence-four-decades-tragedy.html ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #themepark #lunapark

This short documentary tells the story of the Polmont Rail Crash - a deadly train crash which took place in Scotland in 1984, and which was caused by a single cow straying onto the tracks... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:49 - Background ► 03:12 - The Polmont Rail Crash ► 06:49 - Aftermath and Investigation *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► Department of Transport Accident Report, published by The Department of Transport, February 1985. Available via: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_Polmont1984.pdf ► "Remembering the Polmont rail crash 40 years on and the 13 passengers who lost their lives" by Jill Buchanan, published by The Falkirk Herald, July 2024. Link: https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/remembering-the-polmont-rail-crash-40-years-on-and-the-13-passengers-who-lost-their-lives-4722866 ► "Report on improvements in the safety of passengers and staff involved in train accidents" published by RSSB, 2009. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20111213081109/http://www.rssb.co.uk/sitecollectiondocuments/pdf/reports/Report%20on%20improvements%20in%20safety%20in%20train%20accidents_October2009.pdf ► "ScotRail remembers Polmont rail disaster – 35 years on" published by Scotrail, July 2019. Link: https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/scotrail-remembers-polmont-rail-disaster-%E2%80%93-35-years ► "Disaster on the 17:30 to Glasgow" by John Macleod, published by The Dundee Post, July 2024. Available via: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-dundee/20240728/282106346899371?srsltid=AfmBOooHjMOmLaOOYQK2PowTphY4hx2EHkZLIn3K7s3hlRK3ZyR-M-Yr ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #trains #railway

This short documentary tells the story of Dan-Air Flight 1008 - a flight that crashed as a result of a single missing letter in an air traffic control instruction... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:45 - Background ► 02:57 - The Crash of Dan-Air Flight 1008 ► 11:10 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Fatal Holding Pattern Mistake: The Crash Of Dan-Air Flight 1008" by Mark Finlay and Dr Omar Memon, published by Simple Flying, March 2024. Link: https://simpleflying.com/dan-air-flight-1008-crash-story/ ► Spanish Accident Report, published by the Spanish Civil Aviation Commission, July 1981. Available via: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/8-1981-boeing-72-g-bdan-25-april-1980 ► "What Happened to Dan-Air London?" by Luke Peters, published by Simple Flying, October 2022. Link: https://simpleflying.com/what-happened-to-dan-air-london/ ► "Crash of a Boeing 727-64 in Tenerife: 146 killed" published by the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Link: https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-boeing-727-64-tenerife-146-killed ► "Whatever Happened to Flight 1008?" produced by the BBC, broadcast by the BBC, June 1981. Link: https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150357088 ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #aviation #flight

This short documentary tells the story of the USS Akron - an American airship which was lost in the worst airship accident of all time... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:52 - History of US Navy Airships ► 04:41 - The Akron's First Accident ► 07:33 - The Akron's Last Accident ► 09:44 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "In The Void" by Amulets *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Airship’s 1932 visit to SD brought tragedy" published by San Diego Union Tribune, December 2005. Link: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/12/05/airships-1932-visit-to-sd-brought-tragedy/ ► "Forgotten airship disaster recalled 80 years later" published by USA Today, March 2013. Link: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/31/forgotten-airship-crash/2040031/ ► "The Loss of the Akron" by Lieutenant Commander CE Rosendahl, published by The US Naval Institute, July 1934. Link: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1934/july/loss-akron ► "Akron (ZRS-4)" by Robert J Cressman, published by Naval History and Heritage Command, March 2020. Link: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/akron.html ► "The Navy’s Short-Lived Plan to Dominate the Skies with Flying Aircraft Carriers" by Stephan Ruiz, published by Military.com, February 2024. Link: https://www.military.com/history/navys-short-lived-plan-dominate-skies-flying-aircraft-carriers.html ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #navy #disaster​ #blimp #aviation

This documentary tells the story of the men who flew on board Soyuz 11 - the only three men to die in space... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:54 - The Space Race ► 04:08 - The Soyuz 11 Mission ► 09:41 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► “Descent into the Void” by Steve Lilley, published by NASA, September 2010. Link: https://sma.nasa.gov/SignificantIncidents/assets/descent-into-the-void.pdf ► “Remembering the crew of Soyuz 11, the only astronauts to die in space” by Ben Evans, published by Astronomy.com, June 2021. Link: https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/remembering-the-crew-of-soyuz-11-the-only-astronauts-to-die-in-space/ ► “Remembering the Crew of Soyuz 11” by John Uri, published by NASA, June 2021. Link: https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-remembering-the-crew-of-soyuz-11/ ► “50 years later: Remembering the mission, sacrifice of the Soyuz 11 crew” by Justin Davenport, published by NASA Space Flight, June 2021. Link: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/soyuz-11-50th-anniversary/ ► "Space mission ends in tragedy" published by BBC News, June 1971. Available via: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/30/newsid_2523000/2523365.stm ► "A Troubled Salyut" published by Time Magazine, May 1971. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20081221200829/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902953,00.html ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #space #sovietunion

This short documentary explores the history of Battersea Park's Big Dipper, and the fatal crash that took place on it in 1972... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:39 - History of the Big Dipper ► 04:40 - The Battersea Big Dipper Crash ► 07:44 - Investigation and Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Battersea Park big dipper disaster in 1972: The funfair tragedy the nation forgot" by Jamie Merrill, published by The Independent, June 2015. Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/battersea-park-big-dipper-disaster-in-1972-the-funfair-tragedy-the-nation-forgot-a35421.html ► "Battersea Park funfair disaster: First memorial unveiled" published by BBC News, May 2022. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61636022 ► "Battersea Festival Gardens 1951" by Phil Gould, published by Joyland Books, May 2011. Link: https://www.joylandbooks.com/themagiceye/articles/battersea-festival-gardens.htm ► "The Battersea Funfair disaster where five children died but parents never got justice" by Robert Preedy and Callum Cuddeford, published by MyLondon, May 2022. Link: https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/battersea-funfair-disaster-five-children-24033227 ► "The Festival of Britain 1951" published by The History Press, May 2017. Link: https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-festival-of-britain-1951/ ► "The Battersea Big Dipper disaster - 50 Years on" published by BBC Radio London, May 2022. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c9s4y5 ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #rollercoaster #crash

Karl Wallenda was a high-wire artist who carried out incredible feats of balance and bravery. This short documentary tells the story of his amazing life and sudden, tragic death... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:47 - The Life of Karl Wallenda ► 08:03 - The Death of Karl Wallenda ► 10:01 - The Wallendas Today *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Wallenda's History" published by The Flying Wallendas. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20101101205926/http://www.wallenda.com/index.php/wallendas-history ► "Wallendas' history one of greatness and tragedy" by Billy Cox, published by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 2012. Link: https://eu.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2012/06/10/wallendas-history-one-of-greatness-and-tragedy/29102856007/ ► "Carla Wallenda, matriarch of daredevil family of high-wire performers, dies at 85" by Matt Schudel, published by the Washington Post, March 2021. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/carla-wallenda-died/2021/03/09/ccb83e76-80e9-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html ► "Flashback: Karl Wallenda’s high-wire walk across Tallulah Gorge, 1970" by Thomas Wheatley, published by Atlanta Magazine, October 2018. Link: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/flashback-karl-wallendas-high-wire-walk-across-tallulah-gorge-1970/ ► "139 Die, More Than 225 Hurt in Circus Fire" published by The Hartford Courant, July 1944. Available via: https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-hartford-circus-fire-1/33426291/ ► "Local history: Wallenda patriarch walked a tightrope across Rubber Bowl in 1973" published by the Akron Beacon Journal, June 2012. Link: https://eu.beaconjournal.com/story/lifestyle/2012/06/15/local-history-wallenda-patriarch-walked/10606240007/ ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #circus #tightrope

_This short documentary tells the story of the typhoid outbreak that struck the city of Aberdeen in Scotland in 1964. A devastating epidemic that originated from a single tin of corned beef..._ Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! Special thanks to Tarai Cobham, who prepared the script for this video. *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:45 - Background: Fray Bentos ► 02:45 - Background: Aberdeen ► 03:52 - The Aberdeen Typhoid Outbreak ► 10:09 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Dundee grocer’s boy recalls memories of William Low and Watson & Philip" by Kate Brown, published by The Courier, May 2022. Link: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3339993/dundee-grocery-stores/ ► "The tinned beef that started a typhoid outbreak leaving 60s Aberdeen under lockdown" by Lee Dalgetty, published by Aberdeen Live, January 2022. Link: https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/history/tinned-beef-started-typhoid-outbreak-6524105 ► "Typhoid left city 'under siege'" by Stuart Nicholson, published by BBC Scotland News, June 2008. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7471198.stm ► "The Aberdeen Typhoid Outbreak of 1964" by William Walker, published by the Scottish Medical Journal, December 1965. Available via: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/003693306501001203?journalCode=scma ► "Antibiotics and the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak in 1964" by J Brodie, published by The Journal of Hygiene, April 1976. Available via: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1063214/ ► "We want truth, demands E. coli lawyer" published by BBC News, April 1998. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/80348.stm ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories​ #aberdeen #medicine #disaster

"On the 6th of April, 2022, emergency services were called to a raging house fire in the town of Day, Wisconsin..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Pyrography vs Fractal Burning 04:49 - Fractal Burning Case Studies 10:15 - Fractal Burning Today MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Fractal Burning Kills; AAW Reiterates the Dangers" published by the American Association of Woodturners, June 2022. Link: https://www.woodturner.org/Woodturner/Woodturner/Resources/Safety-Materials/Safety-Fractal-Burning-Lichtenburg-Burning.aspx ► "Man electrocuted while 'burning' wood in workshop, inquest told" published by the Henley Standard, August 2017. Link: https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/fire-and-rescue/113904/man-electrocuted-while-burning-wood-in-workshop-inquest-told.html ► "Utahn Hospitalized After Being Electrocuted While Wood Burning" published by KSL TV, December 2019. Link: https://ksltv.com/427877/utahn-hospitalized-after-being-electrocuted-while-wood-burning/ ► "DIY gone wrong: burn surgeons save woman’s hands after wood fracking incident" published by Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America, November 2021. Link: https://burncenters.com/patient-stories/marycalhoun2021/ ► "Man Dies From Electrocution via Lichtenburg Burning While Making Christmas Gifts" published by The Epoch Times, November 2018. Link: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/man-dies-from-electrocution-while-making-christmas-gifts-via-lichtenberg-burning-2723162 ► "Marathon County deaths blamed on fractal burning, ruled accidental" published by Wausau Pilot & Review, April 2022. Link: https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2022/04/21/sheriffs-officials-to-release-information-thursday-on-homicide-fire-investigation/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 3rd of June, 1998, a family travelling on the high-speed train from Munich to Hamburg were shocked when a sharp strip of metal shot up through the floor of the train, embedding itself in the armrest between two seats..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Background: ICE Trains in Germany 04:20 - The Eschede Disaster 08:12 - The Investigation 11:35 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Germany recalls the Eschede train disaster" published by Deutsche Welle, February 2018. Link: https://www.dw.com/en/eschede-germanys-worst-train-disaster-remembered-20-years-on/a-44056391 ► "The railway accident of Eschede—Technical background" by Volker Esslinger, Rolf Kieselbach, Bernhard Weisse and Roland Koller, published by Engineering Failure Analysis. Available via: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232410509_The_railway_accident_of_Eschede-Technical_background ► "Facts about the disaster at Eschede" by HJ Oestern, B Huels, W Quirini and T Pohlemann, published by Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, May 2000. Available via: https://journals.lww.com/jorthotrauma/abstract/2000/05000/facts_about_the_disaster_at_eschede.11.aspx ► "Eschede: Germany′s worst train disaster" by Ariful Alam, published by International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, October 2019. Available via: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344841741_Eschede_Germany's_worst_train_disaster ► "Seconds from Disaster: Derailment at Eschede" directed by Sid Bennett, broadcast by National Geographic, August 2004. More information: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972122/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 25th of December, 1956, a baby was born in a hospital in Germany..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - The Origins of Thalidomide 05:14 - The Thalidomide Disaster 08:01 - The End of Thalidomide 11:18 - The Long Legacy of Thalidomide MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Analogue Cabin" by Noir et Blanc Vie SOURCES: ► "German thalidomide maker Gruenenthal issues apology" by BBC News, September 2012. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19443910 ► The Thalidomide Trust Website, published by The Thalidomide Trust. Link: https://www.thalidomidetrust.org/ ► "Thalidomide survivors still struggle 60 years on" by Andrea Grunau, published by Deutsche Welle, November 2011. Link: https://www.dw.com/en/thalidomide-babies-birth-defects-caused-by-a-harmless-pill-60-years-ago/a-59952155 ► "The Death and Afterlife of Thalidomide" by Michael Winerip, published by The New York Times, September 2013. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/booming/the-death-and-afterlife-of-thalidomide.html ► The Grunenthal Website, published by Grunenthal. Link: https://www.grunenthal.com/en/responsibility/thalidomide ► "Dark Remedy: The Impact Of Thalidomide And Its Revival As A Vital Medicine" by Trent Stephens and Rock Brynner, published by Basic Books, April 2009. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Dark_Remedy/9IGyL1Cwy08C ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 19th of November, 1984, sixteen-year-old Garcia Dominguez awoke from sleep to the sound of screams..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - LPG in San Juanico 04:28 - The San Juanico Disaster 11:38 - Investigations and Aftermath 14:22 - Recovery and the Memorial Park MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "State and community during the aftermath of Mexico City's November 19, 1984 Gas Explosion" by Kirsten Johnson, published by FMHI Publications, June 1985. Available via: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=fmhi_pub ► "Analysis of the LPG incident in San Juan Ixhuatepec, Mexico City, 19 November 1984" by C.M Pietersen, published by TNO, May 1985. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20230814023106/https://publications.tno.nl/publication/34638085/BaiVAe/MT-1985-222.pdf ► "The tragedy of San Juanico—the most severe LPG disaster in history" by G Arturson, published by Science Direct, April 1987. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0305417987900969 ► "The tragedy of San Juanico: A hell on earth" by Carlos Alvarez, published by La Prensa, November 2023. Link: https://www.la-prensa.com.mx/archivos-secretos/la-tragedia-de-san-juanico-un-infierno-en-la-tierra-6038068.html ► "Mexico City's Petroleos Mexicanos Explosion: Disaster Management and Air Medical Transport" by Emmanual Urquieta and Joseph Varon, published by Air Medical Journal, December 2014. Available via: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1067991X1400193X ► "San Juan Ixhuatepec remembers one of world’s worst industrial disasters" published by Mexico News Daily, November 2019. Link: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/one-of-worlds-worst-industrial-disasters/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 31st of December, 1968, the Tupolev Tu-144 took to the skies for the first time..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And special thanks to 0578 Hazen, who provided notes and source material for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - The Birth of the "Concordski" 03:15 - The Paris Air Show Accident 05:55 - The Tu-144 as a Passenger Aircraft 09:11 - The Second Accident 11:33 - The End of the Tu-144 MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Soviet Union’s flawed rival to Concorde" by Stephen Dowling, published by the BBC, August 2020. Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20171018-the-soviet-unions-flawed-rival-to-concorde ► "Interesting Features Of Russia's Concorde - The Tu-144" by Sumit Singh, published by Simple Flying, October 2021. Link: https://simpleflying.com/tu-144-features/ ► "Tu-144 crash puzzle persists 50 years after fatal Paris display" by David Kaminski-Morrow, published by Flight Global, June 2023. Link: https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/tu-144-crash-puzzle-persists-50-years-after-fatal-paris-display/153782.article ► "The rise and fall of Concordski" by Roger Domeneghetti, published by The New European, May 2023. Link: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-rise-and-fall-of-concordski/ ► "Tu-144L" published by NASA, March 2014. Link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/tu-144l/ Tupolev TU-144 Accident Record published by the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Link: https://www.baaa-acro.com/aircraft/tupolev-tu-144 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 16th of May, 1968, residents of Ronan Point, a tower block in East London, were awoken by a deafening crashing sound..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 03:10 - The Collapse of Ronan Point 08:15 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Ronan Point: a fifty-year building safety problem" by Chris Cook, published by the BBC, June 2018. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44498608 ► "The collapse of Ronan Point, 1968" by Richard Nelsson, published by The Guardian, May 2018. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2018/may/16/ronan-point-tower-collapse-may-1968 ► "Ronan Point Apartment Tower Collapse and its Effect on Building Codes" by Cynthia Pearson and Norbert Delatte, published by the Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 2005. Available via: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=encee_facpub ► "Investigations of Ronan Point" by Samuel Webb, 1984. Available via: https://www.towerblocksuk.com/_files/ugd/ec46ab_d3ea35f6e52a4d17ab3e71ffb3a40ffc.pdf ► “And Then We Heard Shouts and Cries” by Ricky Chambers, published via Vimeo, 2018. Available via: https://vimeo.com/317356845 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 25th of May, 1979, American Airlines flight 191 began rolling down the runway for takeoff..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 01:52 - The Crash of American Airlines Flight 191 05:25 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "O’Hare Supervisor Recalls The Chaos Of Flight 191 Crash" by Todd Wessell, published by Journal & Topics, May 2019. Link: https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ohare-supervisor-recalls-the-chaos-of-flight-191-crash/ ► "The Deadliest Crash: Flight 191 and its Maintenance Legacy" by Jeff Guzzetti, published by Aviation Maintenance Magazine, December 2023. Link: https://www.avm-mag.com/the-deadliest-crash-flight-191-and-its-maintenance-legacy ► "What Caused The Crash Of American Airlines Flight 191?" by Jake Hardiman and Luke Bodell, published by Simple Flying, February 2024. Link: https://simpleflying.com/american-airlines-flight-191/ ► "Worst US Crash; 272 die at O'Hare" published by the Chicago Tribune, May 1979. Available via: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386669445/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 18th of November, 1947, staff opened the doors of Ballantynes Department Store in Christchurch, New Zealand..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 03:25 - The Ballantynes Department Store Fire 09:53 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Ballantynes Fire Transcripts" collated by Christchurch Libraries. Available via: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/BallantynesFire/ ► "Report of the Royal Commission" collated by Christchurch Libraries. Available via: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/BallantynesFire/RoyalCommission/ ► "Ballantynes fire memorial" published by New Zealand History, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Link: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/ballantynes-fire-memorial ► "Business Hall of Fame: Founder of department store inducted" by Daniel Brunskill, published by The New Zealand Herald, July 2019. Link: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business-hall-of-fame-founder-of-department-store-inducted/6DXUVPZPK6RS6Q4RPP5FCDKHAI/ ► "Our Heritage" published by J Ballantyne and Co. Link: https://www.ballantynes.co.nz/our-heritage ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 26th of February, 1918, thousands of people arrived at the Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong, to watch the second day of an annual derby..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 04:19 - The Happy Valley Racecourse Fire 09:14 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "When 600 died in fire at Hong Kong racecourse 100 years ago" by Chris Wood, published by the South China Morning Post, February 2018. Link: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2134472/when-600-died-fire-hong-kong-racecourse-100 ► "The Happy Valley Race Course Fire of 1918" by Roy Eric Xavier, published by Far East Currents/UC Berkeley. Available via: https://macstudies.net/rexavier/PDFs/The%20Happy%20Valley%20Race%20Course%20Fire%20of%201918.pdf ► "Death at the Races: The Portuguese Presence during the Happy Valley Fire of 1918" by Roy Eric Xavier, published by the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, 2013. Available via: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23891238 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 3rd of February, 1998, an aircraft returned to the American Aviano Air Base it Italy..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 01:55 - The Second Cavalese Cable Car Disaster 09:38 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Cavalese cable-car disaster: It's 20 years since a US aircraft killed 20 people in the Dolomites and still no one accepts responsibility" by Godfrey Holmes, published by The Independent, February 2018. Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/cavalese-cable-car-disaster-us-aircraft-deaths-trentino-20-1998-italy-dolomites-lake-garda-responsibility-air-force-a8184771.html ► "Cermis e US: le strage impunita della funivia" by Silvia Morosi and Paolo Rastelli, published by Corriere Della Sera, February 2017. Link: https://pochestorie.corriere.it/2017/02/02/8019/ ► "America's Obligation in Italy" published by The New York Times, March 1999. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20180728003007/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/10/opinion/america-s-obligation-in-italy.html ► "20 die after plane clips tram line" published by The Spokesman Review, February 1998. Available via: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PXxXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6751%2C3882644 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 9th of March, 1976, a cable car operator at an Italian ski resort was riding in an otherwise empty gondola when he caught sight of something worrying out the window..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Background 02:08 - The First Cavalese Cable Car Disaster 11:38 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "42 Skiers Are Killed in Italy When Cable Car Falls 200 Feet" published by The New York Times, March 1976. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/10/archives/42-skiers-are-killed-in-italy-when-cable-car-falls-200-feet-42.html ► "March 9, 1976, the first Cermis disaster" by Silvia Morosi and Paolo Rastelli, published by Corriere della Sera, March 2018. Link: https://pochestorie.corriere.it/2018/03/09/9-marzo-1976-il-primo-disastro-del-cermis/ ► "Our colleague Alessandra Piovesana passed away on April 8th. This is how we remember her" by Manuela Stefani, published by CDR Cairo, April 2009. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20130401235552/http://www.francescaromano.it/cairoblog/?p=990 ► "The curse of Cermis began 22 years ago" by Postiglione Venanzio, published by Corriere della Sera, February 1998. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20151203012855/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1998/febbraio/04/maledizione_del_Cermis_comincio_anni_co_0_9802047036.shtml ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 15th of May, 2011, police attended the scene of an accident in Brisbane, Australia..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background 03:42 - A Brief History of Planking Accidents 08:56 - The End of Planking MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Would You Fire Someone for Planking?" by Courtney Rubin, published by Inc, September 2011. Link: https://www.inc.com/news/articles/201109/would-you-fire-someone-for-planking.html ► "Face Dancing AKA Planking" by MrMyth, published by Nanotechnopolis, February 2013. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072623/http://nanotechnopolis.com/2013/02/22/face-dancing-aka-planking/ ► "Another One: Australian Teenager In A Coma After "Planking" On A Fast Moving Car" by Katya Watchell, published by Business Insider, May 2011. Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/simon-hallam-another-australian-planking-victim-falls-from-a-fast-moving-car-2011-5 ► "Planking or the 'Lying-Down Game': Two Case Reports" by Barbieri S, Feltracco P, Omizzolo L, Snenghi R, El Mazloum R, Vettore G, Bergamini M, Stefanati A, Donato D, Ferronato C, Avato FM, Tredese A and Gaudio RM, published by the Interactive Journal of Medical Research, June 2017. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383804/ ► "Planking death: man plunges from balcony" by Marissa Calligeros, published by The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2011. Link: https://www.smh.com.au/national/planking-death-man-plunges-from-balcony-20110515-1entn.html ► "Three charged in planking crackdown" by Nathan Mawby and Clementine Cuneo, published by Adelaide Now, May 2011. Link: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/simon-hallam-in-coma-after-planking-accident/news-story/69fc34d4371c29df234fa797c7e3c71a ► "Planking: A Brief History" by Tom Metzer, published by The Guardian, May 2011. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/16/planking-a-brief-history ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 4th of May, 1897, a priest attended a charity bazaar in Paris. He met the organiser, blessed the event, and stayed a while to chat with the guest of honour: the Duchess d'Alençon..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Background 04:40 - The Bazar de la Charité Fire 11:34 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Remembering a Belle Époque inferno in Paris" by Mary Blume, published by The New York Times, April 2008. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/arts/28iht-blume.1.12390921.html ► "The Paris Bazaar Fire" published by The Evening Star, June 1897. Available via: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18970614.2.3 ► "The Fire at the Charity Bazaar" by Michel Winnock, published by L'Histoire, June 1978. Link: https://www.lhistoire.fr/lincendie-du-bazar-de-la-charit%C3%A9 ► "Cowardice of Paris Men" published by The New York Times, May 1897. Available via: https://www.nytimes.com/1897/05/16/archives/cowardice-of-paris-men-exhibited-in-brutal-form-during-the-burning.html ► "The Paris Disaster" published by St James's Gazette, May 1897. ► "Charity Bazaar Fire: Result of the Trial" published by Liverpool Mercury, August 1897. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 11th of May, 1910, a sudden gust of air rushed through the Wellington Pit coal mine at Whitehaven in England..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Background 02:54 - The Wellington Pit Disaster 09:10 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Wellington Pit Explosion" by the Northern Mine Research Society. Link: https://nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/cumberland/wellington-pit-explosion-whitehaven-1910/ ► "Remember the men of the Wellington Pit" published by The Whitehaven News, May 2010. Link: https://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/news/17141659.remember-the-men-of-the-wellington-pit/ ► "The Wellington Pit Disaster" by Belinda Artingstoll, May 2010. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cumbria/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8660000/8660068.stm ► Wellington Pit Report by RAS Redmayne and Samuel Pope, January 1911. Available via: http://www.dmm.org.uk/reports/5524-02.htm ► "King honours the rescuers who risked their own lives" published by The Whitehaven News, May 2010. Link: https://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/news/17141775.king-honours-the-rescuers-who-risked-their-own-lives/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 19th of September, 1902, thousands of people flocked to the Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to listen to a speech by respected author and orator Booker T Washington..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 02:55 - The Shiloh Baptist Church Disaster 09:29 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "More than One Hundred Negroes Crushed to Death as a Result of a Panic Following a Cry of 'Fire'", published by The Birmingham News, September 1902. Available via: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/605719915/ ► "The Trumpet Blast" by Reverence RH Walker Jr, published by RH Walker Jr, published 1902. Available via: https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll8/id/5522 ► "Hundred Fifteen Killed" published by the Boston Evening Transcript, September 1902. Available via: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=19020920&id=wYU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=6271,2347342 ► "Dr Booker T Washington" published by Tuskegee University. Link: https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/booker-t-washington ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 27th of April, 1978, workers arrived at a construction site near Willow Island in West Virginia..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Background 03:18 - The Willow Island Disaster 07:23 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Start praying that our dad's alive" by Tara Tuckwiller, published by the WV Gazette, April 2008. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20080503110750/http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250423 ► "It was gone: String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island" by Ken Ward Jr, published by the WV Gazette, April 2008. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20080612141521/http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422?page=2&build=cache ► "Remembering Willow Island, 45 years later" by Chris Lawrence, published by WV Metro News, April 2023. Link: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/04/26/remembering-willow-island-45-years-later/ ► "Investigation of construction failure of reinforced concrete cooling tower at Willow Island, West Virginia" published by NIST. Link: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/IR/nbsir78-1578.pdf ► "Collapse of Willow Island Cooling Tower: One of the Worst Construction Disasters in the History of US" by Ravi Panwar, published by The Constructor. Link: https://theconstructor.org/case-study/failure-willow-island-cooling-tower/281034/ ► "45 Years Ago, the Deadliest Construction Accident in US Killed 51" by William Rabb, published by Insurance Journal, April 2023. Link: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2023/04/27/718058.htm ► "51 Killed in Collapse of Scaffold At Power Plant in West Virginia" by Iver Peterson, published by the New York Times, April 1978. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/28/archives/51-killed-in-collapse-of-scaffold-at-power-plant-in-west-virginia.html ► "Willow Island disaster 40 years ago today" by Jess Mancini, published by The Marietta Times, April 2018. Link: https://www.mariettatimes.com/news/local-news/2018/04/willow-island-disaster-40-years-ago-today/ ► "County in Mourning After Loss of 51 in Power Plant Tragedy" By Sheri Fleegle, published by the St Marys Oracle, May 1978. Link: https://archive.wvculture.org/history/disasters/willowisland02.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 3rd of March, 1944, a coal-powered freight train approached the entrance of the Armi tunnel, near the town of Balvano in Italy..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 04:31 - The Balvano Train Disaster 08:36 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► “Titanic of train disasters: Italy finally commemorates hushed-up wartime tragedy that killed more than 600 people” by Nick Squires, published by the Telegraph, March 2017. Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/02/titanic-train-disasters-italy-finally-commemorates-hushed-up/ ► “Italy: Death Train” published by Time Magazine, April 1951. Link: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,814495,00.html ► “The Fate of the Black Market Express” by John Wolford, published by HubPages, April 2019. Link: https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Fate-of-the-Black-Market-Express ► “Balvano” by Antonio Bruno, published by Terredamare, June 2022. Link: https://terredamare.com/comuni/balvano ► “The Balvano Disaster” published by Italy on This Day, March 2021. Link: https://www.italyonthisday.com/2021/03/the-balvano-disaster.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 19th of August, 1839, a new technology was introduced to the world..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - History of the Selfie 03:06 - Plane Crash 04:54 - Bull Run 06:11 - Geothermal Field 07:48 - Rooftopping 09:49 - Conclusion MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► Cessna Crash NTSB Report published by the NTSB. Available via: https://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/02/03/ntsb.report.pdf ► "NTSB: 'Selfies' likely contributed to fatal plane crash near Denver" by Jesse Paul, published by The Denver Post, February 2015. Link: https://www.denverpost.com/2015/02/02/ntsb-selfies-likely-contributed-to-fatal-plane-crash-near-denver/ ► "The horrific moment man, 32, was gored to death after trying to film bull run on his mobile phone at Spanish festival" by Gerard Couzens, published by the Daily Mail, August 2015. Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191438/Man-32-gored-neck-bull-filmed-charging-mobile-phone-traditional-Spanish-festival.html ► "Chinese rooftop climber dies in 62-storey fall" published by BBC News, December 2017. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42308791 ► "Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography" by Malcolm Daniel, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2004. Link: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/hd_dagu.htm ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 10th of April, 1963, the USS Thresher – an American nuclear attack submarine – dove down beneath the waters of the Atlantic Ocean to carry out a routine depth test..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Background 04:09 - The Loss of the USS Thresher 07:22 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Why Did the USS Thresher Sink? New Declassified Documents Reveal the Truth" by Kyle Mizokami, published by Popular Mechanics, November 2021. Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a35854139/why-did-uss-thresher-submarine-sink-declassified-documents/ ► "USS Thresher: A Loss. A Legacy" published by the US Navy, April 2023. Link: https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3354927/uss-thresher-a-loss-a-legacy/ ► "What Killed the Thresher?" by Normal Polmar, published by The US Naval Institute, April 2023. Link: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2023/april/what-killed-thresher ► "RIP: How a Mechanical Problem Led The USS Thresher To Its "Eternal Patrol" by Kyle Mizokami, published by The National Interest, November 2019. Link: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/rip-how-mechanical-problem-led-uss-thresher-its-eternal-patrol-92421 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 5th of November, 1983, a diving bell was winched up out of the dark, choppy waters of the North Sea..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Background 05:39 - The Byford Dolphin Accident 08:52 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Lost at Sea" by TrackTribe SOURCES: ► "An Explosive Decompression Accident" by JC Giertsen, E Sandstad, I Morild, G Bang, AJ Bjersand and S Eidsvik, published by The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 1988. Available via: https://zero.sci-hub.se/5268/7dda7cee52d7eb3ec606a82d0f1b9a61/giertsen1988.pdf ► "Byford Dolphin diving incident casts long shadow 40 years on" by Andrew Dykes, published by Energy Voice, November 2023. Link: https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/norway/540650/byford-dolphin-diving-incident-casts-long-shadow-40-years-on/ ► "The Diving Accident on the Byford Dolphin" published by Norway's Public Investigations office, February 1984. Available via: https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013081906099?page=15 ► "The worst diving accident in history" by Gunnar Ringheim, published by Dagbladet, March 2008. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20110605103112/http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001080047056&tag=item&words=byford%3Bdolphin ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 2nd of June, 1978, a Boeing 747 approached Japan's Itami Airport for a landing on Runway 32L..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And a special thank you to Miles Lee, who prepared the script for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Background 01:51 - Japan Airlines Flight 123 09:20 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "747 Survivor Tells of Jet Breaking Up: Sections of Ceiling Fell; JAL Craft ‘Weaved Wildly’" by Sam Jameson, published by the Los Angeles Times, August 1985. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-15-mn-1597-story.html ► "524 killed in worst single air disaster" by Harold Jackson, published by The Guardian, August 1985. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/fromthearchive/story/0,,1017027,00.html ► "Last Minutes of JAL 123" by Ed Magnuson, published by Time Magazine, June 2005. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20070630000315/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074738-1,00.html ► JAL Safety Center website, published by Japan Airlines. Link: https://www.jal.com/en/safety/center/ ► "Nearly 40 years ago, a Japan Airlines crash killed over 500 people, cost the airline millions, and made ridership plummet" by Grace Eliza Goodwin, published by Business Insider, January 2024. Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-last-deadly-crash-flight-2024-1 ► Aircraft Accident Investigation Report (Translated) published by the Aircraft Accident Invesigation Commission, June 1987. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20160204052600/http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/eng-air_report/JA8119.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 28th of December, 1879, a North British Railway passenger train approached the Tay Rail Bridge – a narrow, iron bridge that spanned the River Tay in Scotland..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 04:42 - The Tay Bridge Disaster 07:44 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Dreadful Tay Bridge Disaster" published by the Maitland Mercury, February 1980. Available via: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18946102 ► Report of the Court of Inquiry, December 1879. Available via: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_TayInquiry1880.pdf ► "The High Girders" by John Prebble, published by W&N, May 2021. Link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_High_Girders/U2vSDwAAQBAJ ► "The Fall of the Tay Bridge" by David Swinfen, published by Birlinn LTD, October 2016. Link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Fall_of_the_Tay_Bridge/GKA9DQAAQBAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 28th of April, 1973, fire chief Lloyd Patterson made his way to the small town of Antelope in California..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And a special thank you to Miles Lee, who prepared the script for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Background 02:23 - The Roseville Yard Explosion 08:13 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Roseville Yard Disaster: Memories smolder 50 years after ammo train eruption" by James Taylor, published by CBS News, April 2023. Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/roseville-yard-disaster-memories-still-smolder-50-years-after-explosion/ ► "50 years later: Roseville rail yard explosion still leaves its mark" by Mike Hazlip, published by the Citrus Heights Sentinel, April 2023. Link: https://citrusheightssentinel.com/2023/04/29/50-years-later-roseville-rail-yard-explosion-still-leaves-its-mark/ ► "Old Bomb Found in Rail Yard At Roseville - Hundreds Flee" published by SFGate, October 1997. Link: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/old-bomb-found-in-rail-yard-at-roseville-2826068.php ► "Sacramento Stories: Bomb-laden train explosion in Roseville" by David Caraccio, published by The Sacramento Bee, April 2017. Link: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/history/article146822169.html ► Railroad Accident Investigation Report, published by the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety, February 1974. Available via: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/46526/dot_46526_DS1.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Happy April Fool's Day, everyone. Hope you enjoyed this little recap of The Towering Inferno (1974). It's an absolute classic - well worth a watch if you haven't seen it before. Keep an eye out for those easily-breakable windows! As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 01:59 - The Glass Tower Disaster 08:40 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Towering Inferno" directed by John Guillermin, distributed by 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros, December 1974. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072308/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 7th of December, 1946, at around 3:00am, the bell boy on duty at the Winecoff Hotel in downtown Atlanta received a room service order..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Background 03:43 - The Winecoff Hotel Fire 08:40 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "The Hotel Winecoff Disaster" by James K McElroy, published by The Quarterly (Journal of the National Fire Protection Association), January 1947. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20110609072234/http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/Research/Winecoff.pdf ► National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Winecoff Hotel, held by the National Park Service. Available via: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/be9da123-7c33-46ca-8fca-c494383ef6dd ► "Death Leap From Blazing Hotel – The Story Behind the Photo Taken by an Amateur Photographer That Won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize" published by Vintage News Daily, May 2018. Link: https://vintagenewsdaily.com/death-leap-from-blazing-hotel-the-story-behind-the-photo-taken-by-an-amateur-photographer-that-won-the-1947-pulitzer-prize/ ► "Focus on the Winecoff fire" by Macon Morehouse, published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 1996. Link: https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/focus-the-winecoff-fire/UfxBYPGN6dY13NMdjgTOKM/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 12th of November, 1974, a group of students at Monmouth College in New Jersey left their fraternity house and walked to a nearby beach..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The Case of William Flowers 04:49 - The Case of Kenny Luong 08:30 - The Case of Matthew Carrington MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Hazing Rite ‘Burial’ Kills Jersey Student" by Joseph F Sullivan, published by The New York Times, November 1974. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/13/archives/hazing-rite-burial-kills-jersey-student-hazing-rite-burial.html ► "7 in Fraternity Held in Youth's Hazing Death" by Sherry Conohan, published by The Daily Register, November 1974. Available via: https://www.sigmapimu.com/pdfs/dr-1974-11-13.pdf ► "Pledge Dies After Frat Game" by HG Reze and David Reyes, published by the Los Angeles Times, August 2005. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-31-me-fraternity31-story.html ► "Ten Years Later, a Fraternity Hazing Death Still Takes Its Toll" by Amy DePaul, published by NBC News, December 2015. Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hazing-in-america/ten-years-later-fraternity-hazing-death-still-takes-its-toll-n467671 ► "A Fraternity Hazing Gone Wrong" by Elaine Korry, published by NPR, November 2005. Link: https://www.npr.org/2005/11/14/5012154/a-fraternity-hazing-gone-wrong ► "12 Years After ‘Hell Week', Bay Area Mother Who Lost Son to Hazing Vows to Change College Culture" by Gillian Edevane, published by NBC, July 2017. Link: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/pleasant-hill-mother-who-lost-son-to-hazing-vows-to-change-college-culture/27306/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 17th of November, 2012, 34-year-old José Salvador Alvarenga finished his breakfast and bid farewell to his fellow fishermen in the coastal town of Costa Azul..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Background 01:51 - Adrift in the Pacific 10:26 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Lost at Sea" by TrackTribe SOURCES: ► "438 Days, An Incredible True Story of Survival at Sea" by Jonathan Franklin, published by Atria Books, 2015. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/438_Days.html?id=BML_BgAAQBAJ ► "Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months" by Jonathan Franklin, published by The Guardian, November 2015. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost-at-sea-436-days-book-extract ► "Pacific castaway recounts his 13-month odyssey" by Leila Haddou, published by The Guardian, February 2014. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/03/officials-wary-pacific-castaways-story-survival ► "Real-life castaway survived 438 days lost at sea" by Kyung Lah, published by CNN, January 2016. Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/08/world/rewind-real-life-castaway/index.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 11th of December, 2005, in the early hours of the morning, a booming explosion echoed across the English county of Hertfordshire..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Background 03:14 - The Buncefield Explosion 10:21 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Buncefield Incident – 7 Years on: A Review" by Colin Howard, published by Measurement and Control, April 2013. Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0020294013479847 ► "Buncefield explosion: 'I thought a plane landed on us'" by Katy Lewis, published by BBC News, December 2015. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34919922 ► "Buncefield fire 16 years on: The devastating Hertfordshire explosion that was heard across Europe" by Adam May, published by the Hertfordshire Mercury, December 2021. Link: https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/explosion-december-buncefield-shock-community-4210037 ► "Buncefield: the PFAS legacy of ‘biggest fire in peacetime Europe’" by Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge, published by The Guardian, February 2023. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/buncefield-the-pfas-legacy-of-biggest-fire-in-peacetime-europe ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 30th of May, 1896, a lavish public banquet was laid on for the citizens of Moscow, Russia, to celebrate the coronation of their new Emperor, Nicholas the Second..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Background 04:04 - The Khodynka Crush 09:15 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Khodynka tragedy: A coronation ruined by a stampede" by Yulia Afanasyenko, published by Russia Beyond, July 2023. Link: https://www.rbth.com/history/332466-khodynka-tragedy-coronation ► "Khodynka" by Lev (Leo) Tolstoy. Available via: https://archive.org/details/Khodynka_LevTolstoy/mode/2up ► "The Memoirs of Alexie Volkov" by Alexei Volkov, translated by E Semenov and R Moshein. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20110809145846/http://www.alexanderpalace.org/volkov/volkovmain.html ► "Diary of Nicholas II, 1917-1918, an annotated translation" by Kent de Price, published by The University of Montana, 1966. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20191108191720/https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3084&context=etd ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 10th of January, 1860, workers at the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, heard a deafening rumbling sound..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background 03:06 - The Pemberton Mill Collapse 08:21 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Disaster in Lawrence: The Fall of the Pemberton Mill" by Alvin F Oickle, published by History Press, June 2008. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Disaster_in_Lawrence/1Q1_CQAAQBAJ# ► "The Fall of the Pemberton Mill" published by the Boston Journal, April 1886. Available via: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/04/18/103103175.pdf ► "An authentic history of the Lawrence calamity" published by John J Dyer and Company, 1860. Available via: https://archive.org/details/authentichistory00dyer/mode/ ► "Horrible Calamity: Falling of the Pemberton Mills at Lawrence, Massachusetts" published by the New York Times, January 1860. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1860/01/11/archives/horrible-calamity-falling-of-the-pemberton-mills-at-lawrence.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 6th of April, 1994, experienced cave divers Jim Bowden and Sheck Exley entered the crisp blue waters of the Zacatón Sinkhole in northeast Mexico..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background 05:37 - The Zacatón Sinkhole Accident 08:39 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Lost at Sea" by TrackTribe SOURCES: ► "Deep, Dark and Deadly" by Michael Ray Taylor, published by Sports Illustrated, October 1994. Link: https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/10/03/deep-dark-and-deadly-the-perils-of-cave-diving-didnt-spare-even-the-sports-greatest-star ► "What happened to Sheck Exley?" by Bill Hamilton, Gordon Daughtery, Ann Kristovich and Jim Bowden, published by Aquacorps Journal. Available via: https://gue.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Exley.incident-report.-aquaCorps_N9-1.pdf ► "Diver goes for record, and dies" by Terry Tomalin, published by the Tampa Bay Times, October 2005. Link: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/04/08/diver-goes-for-record-and-dies/ ► "Exley On Mix" by Michael Menduno, published by Cisatlantic.com. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150414122415/http://www.cisatlantic.com/AQUAcorps/mix/ExleyOnMix.htm ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 25th January, 1979, Robert Nicholas Williams reported to work as usual at the Ford Motor Company’s casting centre in Michigan..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The Story of Robert Nicholas Williams 03:05 - The Story of Alan Catterall 06:12 - The Story of Lawrence "Day" Davis 09:13 - Lockout/Tagout Devices MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "$10 million awarded to family of plant worker killed by robot" published by The Ottawa Citizen, August 1983. Available via: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7KMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Bu8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3301,87702 ► "Around The Nation: Jury Awards $10 Million In Killing by Robot" published by The New York Times, August 1983. Available via: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/11/us/around-the-nation-jury-awards-10-million-in-killing-by-robot.html ► "Oven death firm Pyranha Mouldings guilty of manslaughter" published by BBC News, January 2015. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-30717512 ► "Kayak firm guilty over death of man trapped in oven" published by The Guardian, January 2015. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/12/kayak-firm-pyranha-mouldings-guilty-corporate-manslaughter-oven-death-alan-catterall ► "Runcorn oven death: Pyranha Mouldings fined £200,000" published by BBC News, March 2015. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-32050998 ► "Temporary Work, Lasting Harm" by Michael Grabell, Jeff Larson and Olga Pierce, published by ProPublica, December 2013. Link: https://www.propublica.org/article/temporary-work-lasting-harm ► "OSHA cites Bacardi in man's fatal accident first day on job" by Charles Broward, published by Florida Times-Union, 2013. Link: https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2013/02/11/osha-cites-bacardi-mans-fatal-accident-first-day-job/15838436007/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th May, 1964, a football match in the Estadio Nacional stadium in Lima came to a halt as the referee disallowed a goal..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 02:02 - The Estadio Nacional Disaster 07:51 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "National Stadium: what was the tragedy of 1964 that caused the death of 328 people?" by Pamela Arroyo, published by La Republica, October 2022. Link: https://larepublica.pe/datos-lr/historia/2022/10/27/estadio-nacional-como-fue-la-tragedia-de-1964-que-ocasiono-la-muerte-de-328-personas-aniversario-del-estadio-nacional-peru-vs-argentina-evat ► "Peru: A Crashing of Mountains" published by Time Magazine, June 1964. Link: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,938605-1,00.html ► "Hundreds dead in stampede at football match" published by The Guardian, May 1964. Available via: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/26/stadium-disaster-lima-peru-1964-archive ► "Lima 1964: The world's worst stadium disaster" by Piers Edwards, published by BBC News, May 2014. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27540668 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 22nd of September, 1993, in the early hours of the morning, the captain of a tow boat on a river in Alabama would be woken from sleep by a gentle jolt..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And a special thank you to Miles Lee, who prepared the script for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Background 01:48 - The Big Bayou Canot Disaster 08:36 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Victims of Amtrak Accident Near Mobile" published by The New York Times, September 1993. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/27/us/victims-of-amtrak-accident-near-mobile.html ► "Tugboat Pilot Haunted By Rail Crash That Killed 47" by Michael Wilson, published by The Seattle Times, September 1998. Link: https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19980927&slug=2774536 ► NTSB Accident Report, published by the NTSB, September 1994. Available via: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/NTSB_Rar-94-01.pdf ► "Seconds From Disaster: Wreck of the Sunset Limited" directed by Paul Bruges, published by National Geographic, August 2004. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972137/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 7th of September, 1940, a year into World War Two, Germany launched an unprecedented bombing raid on London..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Background 03:42 - The Blitz 10:14 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Air Raid Siren by SoundEffectsFactory SOURCES: ► "The Blitz: The British Under Attack" by Juliet Gardiner, published by Harper Collins, 2010. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Blitz.html?id=hgqIeTKXe6IC ► "At Home and Under Fire" by Susan R Grayzel, published by Cambridge University Press, 2012. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/At_Home_and_under_Fire/eqqHDUuXN2YC ► "The Blitz: Sorting the Myth from the Reality" by James Richards, published by the BBC, February 2017. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwtwo/blitz_01.shtml ► Imperial War Museum Website published by the Imperial War Museum. Link: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-blitz-around-britain ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 11th of July 1929 crowds gathered in Gillingham Park in Gillingham, England..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 03:47 - The Gillingham Fair Disaster 08:13 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The 'Fireman's Wedding' Tragedy" by Michael Geelan, from "Fifty Great Disasters and Tragedies that Shocked the World, published by Odhams Press LTD, 1939. Available via: http://oreald.com/b12/ch39.html ► "Gillingham Fire Disaster" published by the Royal Navy Volunteer Cadet Corps, October 2016. Link: https://volunteercadetcorps.org/royalnavalcadets/history/gillingham/ ► "Gillingham Park Firemen's Wedding tragedy anniversary" by Peter Cook, published by Kent Online, July 2019. Link: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/fifteen-people-killed-in-horrific-fete-fire-208231/ ► The Gillingham Park Fete Tragedy website, published by Lori Oschefski. Link: http://firemanswedding.weebly.com/ ► "Memorial wanted for 15 deaths in 1929 Gillingham fire" published by BBC News, October 2010. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8500000/8500414.stm ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 18th of February, 2003, a fire began on a subway train in the South Korean city of Daegu..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 03:40 - The Daegu Metro Fire 08:11 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "In 2003's Daegu, disaster plays out underground" by Yoon Min-sik, published by The Korea Herald, October 2023. Link: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231011000686 ► "Final Calls Add to Anguish Over Korean Subway Fire" by James Brooke, published by The New York Times, February 2003. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/world/final-calls-add-to-anguish-over-korean-subway-fire.html ► "More Than 120 Die in Arson Attack on South Korean Subway" by Don Kirk, published by The New York Times, February 2003. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/international/asia/more-than-120-die-in-arson-attack-on-south-korean-subway.html ► "The progress and controlling Situation of Daegu Subway Fire Disaster" by Hong Won hwa, published by the Department of Architectural Engineering at Kyungpook National University. Link: https://publications.iafss.org/publications/aofst/6/s-5/view/aofst_6.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Once a year, around the holidays, I want to share the story of a disaster that didn't happen - a tragedy that, whether through luck, the bravery of those involved, or simple good planning, was averted. In this story, everyone survives... although it's definitely a close call! As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 01:43 - The Sinking of the Oceanos 09:13 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The guitarist who saved hundreds of people on a sinking cruise liner" by Sarah McDermott, published by BBC News, April 2022. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-60841291 ► Oceanos Sinking website, by Moss Hills, published by Cruise Ship Sinking - The Oceanos. Link: https://www.oceanossinking.com/ ► "A Captain's Tale: 'The Rescue WasPerfect - Everybody Is Safe'" by Barry James, published by The New York Times, August 1991. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20091108202012/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/08/news/08iht-ship.html ► "Life Changing: Mayday" published by BBC Radio 4, April 2022. Available via: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00162x3 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 1st of August, 1975, a young woman set out into the Grand Canyon for a hike that she anticipated would take just two days..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background 02:57 - Lost in the Grand Canyon 09:36 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Lost at Sea" by TrackTribe SOURCES: ► “I Shouldn’t Be Alive Season 4 Episode 10: Hike Into Hell Canyon” produced by Darlow Smithson Productions, January 2011. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1830028/ ► The Official Havasupai Tribe Website, published by Havasupai Tribe. Link: https://theofficialhavasupaitribe.com/About-Supai/about-supai.html ► “Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon” by Thomas Myers and Michael Ghiglieri, published by Puma Press, 2012. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Over_the_Edge/Yq7CswEACAAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 1st of October, 1917, a small fire began at a factory in Lancashire, England..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Background 04:02 - The White Lund Explosion 09:38 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell SOURCES: ► "News black out on devastating explosion" published by Lancashire Post, September 2017. Link: https://www.lep.co.uk/news/news-black-out-on-devastating-explosion-654246 ► "White Lund National Filling Factory, Morecambe" by Tim Churchill, published by Contrebis, 2018. Available via: https://lahs.archaeologyuk.org/Contrebis/Churchill%20Munitions%20WEB.pdf ► "Munitions Factories in Lancaster and Morecambe" by Christine Workman, published by Documenting Dissent. Link: http://www.documentingdissent.org.uk/munitions-factories-in-lancaster-and-morecambe/ ► "White Lund Explosion, October 1917" published by Heysham Heritage Association. Link: http://www.heyshamheritage.org.uk/white_lund_explosion_1917.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 1st of May, 1915, the RMS Lusitania set sail from New York, bound for Liverpool in the UK..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 04:52 - The Sinking of the Lusitania 08:20 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► “The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania” by Eric Saunder, published by the History Press. Link: https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-sinking-of-the-rms-lusitania/ ► “How the Sinking of the Lusitania Changed World War I” by Annette McDermott, published by History.com, November 2022. Link: https://www.history.com/news/how-the-sinking-of-lusitania-changed-wwi ► The Lusitania Resource website, published by The Lusitania Resource. Link: https://www.rmslusitania.info/ ► “Remember the Lusitania” by John Updike, published by the New Yorker, June 2002. Link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/07/01/remember-the-lusitania ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 18th of November, 1907, students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas were celebrating a victory over a rival football team..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Background 05:02 - The Aggie Bonfire Collapse 10:09 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "In The Void" by Amulets SOURCES: ► Aggie Traditions website, published by Texas A&M University. Link: https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/index.html ► "Aggie medics recount stories of sorrowful day" by Julie Rambin, published by The Battalion Online, November 2009. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20120616165213/http://www.thebatt.com/news/aggie-medics-recount-stories-of-sorrowful-day-1.1180232 ► US Fire Administration Technical Report by John Lee Cook Junior, on behalf of the USFA, available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20080917170255/http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-133.pdf ► "A&M spends $292,000 after bonfire collapse" by Christopher Lee and Pete Slover, published by The Dallas Morning News, January 2000. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20000901041841/http://dallasnews.com/specials/bonfire/0107bon1bonfire.htm ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 18th of April, 1906, a massive earthquake struck the coast of California..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 01:50 - The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake 07:20 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► Eyewitness Reports on Quake and Fire by various authors, published by The Museum of the City of San Francisco. Link: https://sfmuseum.org/1906/ew.html ► "The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake" published by the US Geological Survey. Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/ ► "San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires" by Dr Dennis Smith, published by Viking Books, October 2005. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/San_Francisco_is_Burning/hCzcAAAAMAAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 14th of March, 1924, an English textile worker named Nellie Kershaw passed away after several years of ill health..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - A Brief History of Asbestos 04:57 - The Dangers of Asbestos 07:04 - Asbestos Today MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Nocturnally" by Amulets SOURCES: ► "History of asbestos related disease" by P Bartrip, published by Postgrad Medical Journal, February 2004. Available via: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1742940/ ► "Asbestos Cover-Up" by Michelle Whitmer, published by Asbestos.com. Link: https://www.asbestos.com/featured-stories/cover-up/ ► "The Global Spread of Asbestos" by Arthur L Frank and TK Joshi, published by Annals of Global Health, August 2014. Available via: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214999614003191 ► "Asbestos in Scotland" by Thomas Gorman, Ronnie Johnston, Arthur McIvor and Andrew Watterson, published by the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, January 2012. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20170810181836id_/http://allianceforcancerprevention.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IJOEH_Gorman1.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 29th of November, 2013, around 120 people gathered at the Clutha pub on the bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:06 - The Clutha Helicopter Crash 05:12 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► Aircraft Accident Report, published by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, October 2015. Available via: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5628ea4ded915d101e000008/3-2015_G-SPAO.pdf ► Fatal Accident Inquiry Report, published by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, October 2019. Available via: https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2019fai46.pdf?sfvrsn=c99c15d2_0 ► "Experience: a helicopter crashed into the pub I was drinking in" by Michael Byrne, published by The Guardian, March 2022. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/mar/18/experience-helicopter-crashed-into-pub-i-was-drinking-in ► "Glasgow's Clutha bar reopens after helicopter crash" by Owen Duffy, published by The Guardian, July 2015. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/24/glasgows-clutha-bar-reopens-after-helicopter-crash ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 21st of June, 1990, Paul Stryker and his wife Karen Stryker set out on a hike along a scenic trail in the Grand Canyon National Park..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 03:26 - Lost in the Grand Canyon 08:56 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Nocturnally" by Amulets SOURCES: ► “Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon” by Thomas Myers and Michael Ghiglieri, published by Puma Press, 2012. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Over_the_Edge/Yq7CswEACAAJ ► "Summer Hiking - Hike Smart" published by the National Park Service. Link: https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/hike-smart.htm ► "Weather and Climate" published by the National Park Service. Link: https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/weather.htm ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 20th of November, 1968, the ground shook beneath the town of Farmington in West Virginia..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Background 03:54 - The Farmington Mine Explosion 07:42 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Mining in West Virginia: A Capsule History" published by the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety & Training. Link: https://minesafety.wv.gov/historical-statistical-data/mining-in-west-virginia-a-capsule-history/ ► "How A 1968 Disaster In A Coal Mine Changed The Industry" by Molly Born, published by NPR, November 2018. Link: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/23/670147046/how-a-1968-disaster-in-a-coal-mine-changed-the-industry ► "Farmington No 9: The West Virginia Disaster that Changed Coal Mining Forever" by Douglas Imbrogno, published by WV Public Broadcasting, November 2018. Link: https://wvpublic.org/farmington-no-9-the-west-virginia-disaster-that-changed-coal-mining-forever/ ► "Impact still felt 53 years after Farmington No 9 mine explosion" by Lori L Riley, published by the Times West Virginian. Available via: https://umwa.org/news-media/news/farmington-mine-explosion ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 4th of January, 1987, an Amtrak passenger train was speeding along the east coast bound for Boston, Massachusetts..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And a special thank you to Miles Lee, who prepared the script for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 02:18 - The Chase Train Collision 07:48 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► NTSB Accident Report, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, January 1988. Available via: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR8801.pdf ► "Ricky Gates: 6 years sober Yes, he declares, marijuana caused 1987 rail tragedy" by Frank D Roylance, published by The Baltimore Sun, June 1993. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20130729054416/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-06-16/news/1993167057_1_marijuana-legalization-dangers-of-marijuana-alcohol-and-marijuana ► "Responders, Residents Recall Deadly Maryland Train Crash" by Michael Dresser, published by The Baltimore Sun, January 2007. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20080920160319/http://publicsafety.com/article/article.jsp?id=4650&siteSection=10 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of February, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 was making its way from Los Angeles in America to Sydney in Australia with a stop in Hawaii on the way..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Background 02:21 - United Airlines Flight 811 07:19 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Aboard Flight 811: Passengers' Routine Dissolves Into Terror" by Robert Reinhold, published by The New York Times, February 1989. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/26/us/aboard-flight-811-passengers-routine-dissolves-into-terror.html ► "They Waited for Death, Then Deliverance: United Airlines Flight 811" by Ron Harris & Jenifer Warren, published by The LA Times, February 1989. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-25-mn-208-story.html ► First NTSB Accident Report, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, March 1992. Available via: https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR90-01.pdf ► Second NTSB Accident Report, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, April 1990. Available via: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9202.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 14th of August, 2003, the power went out in New York City. Small blackouts affecting individual blocks or neighbourhoods were not unheard of… but this was something much bigger..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 01:52 - The 2003 Northeast Blackout 08:21 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "In The Void" by Amulets SOURCES: ► "Final Report on the August 14, 2003 Blackout in the United States and Canada" by the US Canada Power System Outage Task Force, April 2004. Available via: https://www.energy.gov/oe/articles/blackout-2003-final-report-august-14-2003-blackout-united-states-and-canada-causes-and ► "The 2003 Northeast Blackout - Five Years Later" by JR Minkel, published by Scientific American, August 2008. Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2003-blackout-five-years-later/ ► "Remembering North America's largest ever blackout 20 years later" by the North American Electric Reliability Council, July 2004. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20120318081212/http://www.nerc.com/docs/docs/blackout/NERC_Final_Blackout_Report_07_13_04.pdf ► "The Blackout of 2003: The Overview; Power Surge Blacks Out Northeast, Hitting Cities in Eight States and Canada; Midday Shutdown Disrupts Millions" by James Barron, published by The New York Times, August 2003. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/nyregion/blackout-2003-overview-power-surge-blacks-northeast-hitting-cities-8-states.html ► "Health Impact in New York City During the Northeastern Blackout of 2003" by Shao Lin, Barbara Fletcher, Ming Luo, Robert Chinery, Syni-An Hwang, published by Public Health Reports, June 2011. Available via: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072860/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 16th of December, 1951, a Curtiss C-46 twin engine airplane crashed in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The disaster was an immense shock to local residents… but it wouldn’t be the last shock they would have to endure..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 03:04 - The Elizabeth Plane Crashes 09:48 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► Accident Investigation Report SA-248, published by the Civil Aeronautics Board, April 1952. Available via: https://www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/import/uploads/2017/01/N1678M.pdf ► "Terror over Elizabeth New Jersey" by Peter Zablocki, published by The History Press, November 2021. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Terror_over_Elizabeth_New_Jersey_Three_P/6C1LEAAAQBAJ ► "How The City Of Elizabeth, New Jersey Saw 3 Plane Crashes In As Many Months In The 1950s" by Jake Hardiman, published by Simple Flying, March 2016. Link: https://simpleflying.com/elizabeth-new-jersey-1950s-plane-crashes/ ► "How three planes crashed in three months in Elizabeth in '50s" by Vicki Hyman, published by NJ.com, May 2015. Link: https://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/2015/05/how_three_planes_crashed_in_elizabeth_in_50s.html ► "Plan to reroute jets may mean more noise" published by NBC News, January 2008. Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22594823 Accident Investigation Report SA-254, published by the Civil Aeronautics Board, May 1952. Available via: https://www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/import/uploads/2017/01/N90891.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 31st of July, 1940, a gasoline powered passenger rail car, commonly known as a doodlebug, set off on a routine journey between Hudson and Akron, Ohio, with 46 people on board..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Background 02:42 - The Doodlebug Disaster 07:47 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "'Human Element' Blamed for Railroad Wreck; Forty-Three Killed in Crash Wednesday Night. Riders in Coach All Met Death" published by the Piqua Daily Call, August 1940. Available via: https://greenerpasture.com/Places/ShowNews/34931 ► "Cleveland's Greatest Disasters: 16 Tragic True Tales of Death and Destruction - an Anthology" by John Stark Bellamy, published by Gray and Company, November 2009. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Cleveland_s_Greatest_Disasters/XB9nsH-eEo0C ► "Coming off the rails: Ohio history filled with train crashes and derailments" by Gary Brown, published by The Canton Repository. Link: https://eu.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/03/06/gary-brown-off-the-rails-ohio-has-seen-many-train-derailments-throughout-history/69968403007/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 17th of October, 1814, a wooden vat of fermenting beer burst at the Horse Shoe Brewery in London..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Background 03:16 - The London Beer Flood 07:19 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "What really happened in the London Beer Flood 200 years ago?" by Rory Tingle, published by The Independent, October 2014. Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/what-really-happened-in-the-london-beer-flood-200-years-ago-9796096.html ► "This 1814 Beer Flood Killed Eight People" by Kat Eschner, published by Smithsonian Magazine, August 2017. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1814-beer-flood-killed-eight-people-180964256/ ► "Remembering the big British beer flood of October, 1814 with brewing historian Martyn Cornell" published by CBC, October 2014. Link: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/friday-zak-ebrahim-stolen-cabin-sphinx-unearthed-and-more-1.2902846/a-real-beer-tsunami-remembering-the-big-british-beer-flood-of-october-1814-with-brewing-historian-martyn-cornell-1.2902838 ► "The London Beer Flood" by Christopher Klein, published by History.com, May 2023. Link: https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of October, 2001, two trucks entered the Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland – one from the northern end and one from the southern end..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Background 03:15 - The Gotthard Road Tunnel Fire 07:24 - Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell SOURCES: ► "The 2001 Gotthard Road Tunnel Fire" by A Henke and M Gagliardi, published by Tunnel Management International, 2004. Available via: https://www.lombardi.ch/es-es/SiteAssets/Publications/1207/Pubb-0387-E-The%202001%20Gotthard%20road%20tunnel%20fire%20-%20Tunnel%20Management%20International.pdf ► "Vehicles found fused together in molten mass after tunnel inferno" by Jon Henley, published by The Guardian, October 2001. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/26/jonhenley1 ► "Up to 20 die in Swiss tunnel fire" by Jon Henley, published by The Guardian, October 2001. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/25/jonhenley ► "The Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety" by Richard Carvel and Alan N Beard, published by The University of Michigan, December 2007. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Handbook_of_Tunnel_Fire_Safety.html?id=kdBSAAAAMAAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 27th of October, 1948, a thick smog descended on the town of Donora in Pennsylvania, plunging the community into a state of semi-darkness..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Background 02:42 - The Donora Death Smog 07:33 - Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Deadly Donora Smog of 1948 Spurred Environmental Protection—But Have We Forgotten the Lesson?" by Lorraine Boissoneault, published by Smithsonian Magazine, October 2018. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deadly-donora-smog-1948-spurred-environmental-protection-have-we-forgotten-lesson-180970533/ ► Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum Website, published by the Donora Historical Society. Link: https://sites.google.com/site/donorahistoricalsociety/ ► "The Donora Smog Revisited: 70 Years After the Event That Inspired the Clean Air Act" by Elizabeth T Jacobs, Jefferey L Burgess and Mark B Abbott, published by the American Journal of Public Health, April 2018. Available via: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922205/ ► "Decades ago, this pollution disaster exposed the perils of dirty air" by Cynthia Gorney, published by National Geographic, October 2020. Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/decades-ago-donora-smog-disaster-exposed-perils-dirty-air ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 8th of January, 2005, cave diver David Shaw entered the water at Bushman’s Hole – one of the deepest submerged freshwater caves in the world..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Background 03:49 - The Story of Bushman's Hole 08:48 - Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Nocturnally" by Amulets SOURCES: ► "Raising the Dead" by Tim Zimmerman, published by Outside Magazine, August 2005. Link: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/water-activities/raising-dead/ ► "Adventure, Tragedy and Cave Diving" by Neal Conan, published by NPR, August 2005. Link: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/4783879 ► "Ghosts of the abyss: the story of Don Shirley and Dave Shaw" by Sebastian Berger, published by The Telegraph, March 2008. Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3671705/Ghosts-of-the-abyss-the-story-of-Don-Shirley-and-Dave-Shaw.html ► DeepCave.com by David Shaw, published by David Shaw. Link: http://www.deepcave.com/pages/3/index.htm ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 17th of July, 1996, TWA Flight 800 departed from John F Kennedy Airport in New York just as the sun was setting..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And a special thank you to Miles Lee, who prepared the script for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 03:07 - The Crash of TWA 800 04:32 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► NTSB Accident Report, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, August 2000. Available via: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0003.pdf ► "Solving the Mystery of the 'Missile Sightings' - The Crash of TWA Flight 800" by Randolph M Tauss, published by the Central Intelligence Agency, August 2008. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20110805132207/https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/public-affairs/entertainment-industry-liaison/twaflight.pdf ► "For Crash Victims' Families, A Painful Return to Routine" by Rachel L Swarns, published by The New York Times, August 1996. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/07/nyregion/for-crash-victims-families-a-painful-return-to-routine.html ► Accident Overview, published by the Federal Aviation Administration, December 2022. Link: https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/transport_airplane/accidents/N93119 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 15th of June, 1904, the General Slocum, a sidewheel passenger steamboat, set sail up the East River in New York..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Background 03:42 - The Sinking of the General Slocum 08:41 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The General Slocum Disaster of June 15, 1904" by Valerie Wingfield, published by the New York Public Library, June 2011. Link: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/13/great-slocum-disaster-june-15-1904 ► "Report Of The United States Commission Of Investigation Upon The Disaster To The Steamer General Slocum" published October 1904. Link: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/documents/Slocum.pdf ► "Witness to Tragedy: The Sinking of the General Slocum" by Ted Houghtaling, published by the New York Historical Society, February 2016. Link: https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witness-to-tragedy-the-sinking-of-the-general-slocum ► "A Spectacle of Horror – The Burning of the General Slocum" by Gilbert King, published by Smithsonian Magazine, February 2012. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-spectacle-of-horror-the-burning-of-the-general-slocum-104712974/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of February, 2010, an orca trainer at SeaWorld Orlando, in Florida, was pulled into the water by one of her charges..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 01:34 - The Life of Tilikum the Whale 07:59 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Nocturnally" by Amulets SOURCES: ► "Killer whale Tilikum to be spared after drowning trainer by ponytail" by Ed Pilkington, published by The Guardian, February 2010. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/25/killer-whale-tilikum-drowned-trainer-hair ► "Park Is Sued Over Death of Man in Whale Tank" published by The New York Times, September 1999. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/21/science/park-is-sued-over-death-of-man-in-whale-tank.html ► "Why Tilikum, SeaWorld's Killer Orca, Was Infamous" by Brian Clark Howard, published by National Geographic, January 2017. Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/tilikum-seaworld-orca-killer-whale-dies ► "OSHRC Docket No. 10-1705" published by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, June 2012. Available via: https://www.oshrc.gov/assets/1/6/KSW10-1705-SeaWorld-of-FL_DEC.pdf ► Keltie Byrne's Verdict of Coroner's Inquest, published by the Coroner's Court of British Columbia, May 1991. Available via: https://theorcaproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/keltie-byrne-coroner-inquest-5pg.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 14th of February, 1981, in the early hours of the morning, Peter O’Toole used a public telephone in the foyer of the Stardust nightclub in Dublin to place a call to the police..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Background 01:28 - The Stardust Nightclub Fire 07:37 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry on the Fire at The Stardust, June 1982. Available via: https://archive.org/stream/329996-7964/329996-7964_djvu.txt ► Report of the Stardust Victims' Compensation Tribunal. Available via: http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL039670.pdf ► "The night that started like any other" by Jennifer Cosgrove, published by The Irish Times, September 2019. Link: https://www.irishtimes.com/student-hub/the-night-that-started-like-any-other-1.2534393 ► "A grim uncertainty that haunts Stardust families" by Kathy Sheridan, published by The Irish Times, February 2006. Link: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-grim-uncertainty-that-haunts-stardust-families-1.1014350 ► "Stardust tragedy: On this Day in 1981, 48 people lost their lives in a Dublin nightclub fire" by Rachael O'Connor, published by The Irish Post, February 2020. Link: https://www.irishpost.com/news/stardust-tragedy-day-1981-48-people-lost-lives-dublin-nightclub-fire-179546 ► "'No new inquiry warranted': Stardust report finds cause of fire may never be known" by Christina Finn, published by The Journal, November 2017. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20191105201241/https://www.thejournal.ie/stardust-report-3684509-Nov2017/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 12th of May, 1989, a freight train would begin its journey down the Cajon Pass in California, heading towards San Bernardino..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 03:40 - The San Bernardino Train Disaster 08:06 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► NTSB Report, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, June 1990. Available via: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR9002.pdf ► "Remembering a tragedy: Train derailment 20th anniversary" published by The San Bernardino Sun, May 2009. Link: https://www.sbsun.com/2009/05/11/remembering-a-tragedy-train-derailment-20th-anniversary/ ► "Derailed Train’s Load Said Above Crew’s Figures" by Jenifer Warren, published by The Los Angeles Times, May 1989. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-17-mn-123-story.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 19th of February, 1994, a 31-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to the Emergency Room of the Riverside General Hospital in Riverside, California..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Background 01:29 - The Story of Gloria Ramirez 05:55 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Analysis of a Toxic Death" by Richard Stone, published by Discover Magazine, April 1995. Link: https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/analysis-of-a-toxic-death ► "A possible chemical explanation for the events associated with the death of Gloria Ramirez at Riverside General Hospital" by P M Grant, J S Haas, R E Whipple and B D Andresen, published by Forensic Science International, June 1997. Available via: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9248041/ ► "Woman at Core of Mystery Buried" by Tom Gorman, published by the Los Angeles Times, April 1994. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-21-mn-48511-story.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 12th of October, 1973, the coastal freighter Blythe Star set sail on a routine voyage to King Island, in the Bass Strait..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Background 02:13 - The Sinking of the Blythe Star 09:23 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "'You can’t be – they're all dead': the miracle and tragedy of Tasmania's Blythe Star shipwreck" by Donna Lu, published by The Guardian, May 2023. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/20/you-cant-be-theyre-all-dead-the-miracle-and-tragedy-of-tasmanias-blythe-star-shipwreck ► "The Blythe Star - The Last Survivor" by Seven News Australia, 2016. Available via: https://vimeo.com/164933710 ► The Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database, published by the Australian Government. Link: http://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=6940 ► "Whatever Happened to Blythe Star" by Michael Stoddart, published by Signals, March 2021. Available via: https://issuu.com/anmmuseum/docs/signals134_pages/s/13112868 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 18th of March, 1937, students at the New London School in Texas were attending their final lessons of the day, when a massive explosion ripped through the school..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 03:07 - The New London School Explosion 07:51 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "New London, TX" by Irvin May, published by the Texas State Historical Association, March 2019. Link: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-tx ► "Today, a Generation Died" by Carlton Stowers, published by the Dallas Observer, February 2002. Link: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/today-a-generation-died-6390526 ► "Gone at 3:17" by David M Brown and Michael Wereschagin, published by Potomac Books, January 2012. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Gone_at_3_17/jwqfiwR5wEcC ► "294 killed in New London, Texas school explosion, 80 years ago" by Augusta Robinson, published by Chron, March 2017. Link: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/294-killed-in-New-London-Texas-school-explosion-11010292.php ► New London School Explosion Website, published by William N Grigg and Robert E Hilliard. Link: http://nlsd.net/index2.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 4th of January, 2019, a house in the Polish city of Koszalin caught fire, leading to the deaths of five teenagers..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 04:08 - The 2019 Escape Room Fire 07:20 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Poland Cracks Down on Escape Rooms After Deadly Fire" by Joanna Berendt and Marc Santora, published by The New York Times, January 2019. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/world/europe/poland-escape-rooms-deadly-crackdown.html ► "Peeking Behind the Locked Door: A Survey of Escape Room Facilities" by Scott Nicholson, May 2015. Available via: https://scottnicholson.com/pubs/erfacwhite.pdf ► Toniepokoj Website (Archived), published by Fox Creative Agency, 2017. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20190105135729/http://www.toniepokoj.pl/ ► "Escape Room Fire Safety: Are Escape Rooms Safe?" by Quick Response Fire Safety, November 2019. Link: https://blog.qrfs.com/295-escape-room-fire-safety-are-escape-rooms-safe/ ► "Man charged after 5 girls killed in escape room fire in Poland" by Monika Scislowska, published by Global News, January 2019. Link: https://globalnews.ca/news/4820270/poland-escape-room-deaths/ ► "'15-year-old girls were at a birthday party.' Five people died in an escape room fire" by Tomasz Rogowski, published by wyborcza.pl, January 2019, Link: https://szczecin.wyborcza.pl/szczecin/7,34939,24333331,tragedia-w-koszalinie-piec-osob-zginelo-w-escape-roomie.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of March, 1972, a school bus fully laden with children approached the Gilchrest Road railroad crossing just outside Congers, New York..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And a special thank you to Miles Lee, who prepared the script for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Background 02:00 - The Congers Bus-Train Collision 07:27 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Congers Crash Fifty Years Later" by George Hoehmann, published by the Rockland County Times, March 2022. Link: https://rocklandtimes.com/2022/03/24/the-congers-crash-fifty-years-later/ ► "Thursday marks 50 years since deadly Congers school bus crash in Clarkstown" by Tony Aiello, published by CBS New York, March 2022. Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/50-years-since-deadly-congers-school-bus-crash-in-clarkstown/ ► NTSB Accident Report, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, March 1973. Link: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RHR7301.pdf ► "Bus Crash" by Floyd Miller, published by Reader's Digest, June 1973. Available via: https://ptsi.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Bus-Crash-Article.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 30th of October, 1981, a film that had been eleven years in the making was finally released..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - The Beginnings of Roar 04:44 - The Filming or Roar 06:46 - Release and Reception MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell SOURCES: ► "Noel Marshall’s 'Roar': Humans Were Harmed in the Making of This Film" by Richard Brody, published by The New Yorker, April 2020. Link: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/noel-marshalls-roar-humans-were-harmed-in-the-making-of-this-film ► "‘Roar’: Cast and Crew Risked Life and Limb in the Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made, 1981" by Bart Bealmear, published by Dangerous Minds, April 2015. Link: https://dangerousminds.net/comments/roar_cast_and_crew_risked_life_and_limb ► "The Cats of Shambala" by Tippi Hedren and Theodore Taylor, published by Tiger Island Press, 1992. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Cats_of_Shambala/7S7tAAAACAAJ ► The Roar the Movie Website, published by John Marshall, 2010. Link: http://www.roarthemovie.com/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 31st of October, 1963, a spectacular holiday skating exhibition took place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 01:41 - The Indiana State Fairgrounds Explosion 05:23 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Disaster in Aisle 13" by Thomas E Drabek, published by Ohio State University, November 1968. Available via: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0682755.pdf ► "Surviving Indianapolis’ greatest tragedy, 1963 Coliseum explosion" by Alex Campbell, published by Courier Journal, October 2013. Link: https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/indiana/2013/10/27/surviving-indianapolis-greatest-tragedy-1963-coliseum-explosion/3254947 ► "Retro Indy: The deadly 1963 Coliseum explosion on Halloween night" by Dawn Mitchell, published by IndyStar, January 2014. Link: https://eu.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/01/15/coliseum-explosion/4495037/ ► "Halloween 1963: Dozens killed in explosion at Indianapolis Coliseum" by Michael Hartz, published by WRTV Indianapolis, October 2018. Link: https://www.wrtv.com/lifestyle/history/1963-dozens-killed-in-explosion-at-indianapolis-coliseum ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 27th of December, 1836, heavy snowfall accumulated on the chalk cliffs above the town of Lewes, in the UK..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:51 - The Lewes Avalanche 08:19 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Nocturnally" by Amulets SOURCES: ► "The day Britain's most deadly avalanche struck Lewes" by The Newsroom, published by Sussex World, January 2018. Link: https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/the-day-britains-most-deadly-avalanche-struck-lewes-1059198 ► "Lewes avalanche disaster that left eight dead and families 'buried alive'" by Thomas Fox, published by Sussex Live, January 2023. Link: https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/history/lewes-avalanche-disaster-left-eight-7974736 ► "A Look at the History of Britain’s Extreme Winter Weather" by Rose Staveley-Wadham, published by The British Newspaper Archive, December 2020. Link: https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/12/04/history-of-britains-extreme-winter-weather/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 19th of July, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 took to the skies on what was to be a routine trip from Denver’s Stapleton International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, with a stop on the way at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror And a special thank you to Ian H, who prepared the script for this video. SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:45 - The Crash of United 232 07:45 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► National Transportation Safety Board Accident Report, published by the NTSB, November 1990. Link: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/accidentreports/reports/aar-90-06.pdf ► "Eyewitness Report: United Flight 232" by Captain Al Haynes, published by airdisaster.com. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20150415011455/http://www.airdisaster.com/eyewitness/ua232.shtml ► "Hero Pilot In 1989 United Crash Dies" by Howard Berkes, published by NPR, May 2012. Link: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/10/152402632/hero-pilot-in-1989-united-crash-dies ► United 232 CVR Audio, published by airdisaster.com. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20150318004519/http://www.airdisaster.com/cvr/cvrwav.shtml ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 3rd of June, 1985, a woman entered the Kennestone Regional Oncology Center in Georgia in the United States..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:46 - The Therac-25 Accidents 10:15 - The End of The Therac-25 MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Noir Et Blanc Vie" by AnalogueCabin SOURCES: ► "Fatal Dose" by Barbara Wade Rose, originally published by Saturday Night Magazine, June 1994. Available via: https://www.barbarawaderose.com/journalism ► "An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents" by Nancy Leveson and Clark Turner, published by Computer, July 1993. Available via: https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs240/old/sp2014/readings/therac-25.pdf ► "The Therac-25: 30 Years Later" by Nancy Leveson, published by Computer, November 2017. Available via: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8102762 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 1st of December, 1958, a fire broke out in the basement of the Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 01:32 - The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire 08:03 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Remembering one of Chicago’s worst tragedies: Our Lady of the Angels school fire" by Paul Cioe, December 2022. Link: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/3/23490684/remembering-one-of-chicagos-worst-tragedies-our-lady-of-the-angels-school-fire ► "Our Lady of the Angels (OLA) School Fire, December 1, 1958" by Various Authors, published by olafire.com, 2001. Link: https://olafire.com/FireSummary.asp ► "60 Years Later: Our Lady of the Angels School Fire" by Alex Burkholder, published by Firehouse Magazine, December 2018. Link: https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/article/21028868/60-years-later-our-lady-of-the-angels-school-fire ► "To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire" by John Kuenster and David Cowan, published by Ivan R Dee, February 1996. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/To_Sleep_with_the_Angels/pW0vCwAAQBAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 18th of May, 1889, Thomas Midgley Junior was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Midgley's First Invention 04:07 - Midgley's Second Invention 06:43 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell SOURCES: ► "The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes" by Steven Johnson, published by The New York Times Magazine, March 2015. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magazine/cfcs-inventor.html ► "What happened to the world's ozone hole?" by Kira Walker, published by BBC Future, March 2022. Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220321-what-happened-to-the-worlds-ozone-hole ► "The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer" published by the UN Environment Programme Ozone Secreteriat. Link: https://ozone.unep.org/treaties/montreal-protocol ► "Thomas Midgley, The Most Harmful Inventor in History" by Neil Larsen, published by OpenMind, May 2021. Link: https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/research/thomas-midgley-harmful-inventor-history/ ► "One Man Invented Two of the Deadliest Substances of the 20th Century" by Kat Eschner, published by Smithsonian Magazine, May 2017. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-man-two-deadly-substances-20th-century-180963269/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of October, 1918, the passenger liner the SS Princess Sophia ran aground on a reef in the waters off the coast of Alaska..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 01:44 - The Sinking of the Princess Sophia 07:30 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Sinking of the SS Princess Sophia" by Anne Lattka, published by the Juneau Empire, October 2018. Link: https://www.juneauempire.com/news/the-sinking-of-the-s-s-princess-sophia/ ► "Revisiting the Princess Sophia, the sunken 'Ship of Sorrow'" by Richard Watts, published by the Times Colonist, October 2014. Link: https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/revisiting-the-princess-sophia-the-sunken-ship-of-sorrow-4666613 ► "SS Princess Sophia: Oil Soaked Dog Was The Only Survivor" by Ellsworth Boyd, published by the National Underwater and Maritime Agency, May 2021. Link: https://numa.net/2021/05/ss-princess-sophia-oil-soaked-dog-was-the-only-survivor/ ► "The Sinking of the Princess Sophia" by Kenneth Coates and William Robert Morrison, published by University of Alaska Press, 1991. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Sinking_of_the_Princess_Sophia/oJeGNQAACAAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 14th of June, 1959, a brand new ride opened at Disneyland, California: the Matterhorn Bobsleds..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 02:53 - 1964 Accident 05:28 - 1984 Accident 08:42 - The Matterhorn Bobsleds Today MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Filming Third Man on the Mountain" by Michael Barrier, published by michaelbarrier.com, February 2013. Link: http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Essays/Third%20Man%20Set%20Photos/ThirdManSet.html ► "Disneyland, Ride Victim’s Family Settle : Woman Died in Matterhorn Accident; Trial Was Ready to Begin" by Jess Bravin, published by the Los Angeles Times, March 1988. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-16-me-1089-story.html ► "Some Childhoods Blossom at Disneyland. At Least One Ended There, Too" by David Haldane, published by OrangeCoast Magazine, June 2015. Link: https://www.orangecoast.com/essays/my-o-c-some-childhoods-blossom-at-disneyland-at-least-one-ended-there-too/ ► "20 years apart, two tragic deaths on Disneyland's Matterhorn" by Katie Down, published by SFGATE, July 2021. Link: https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/matterhorn-ride-deaths-disneyland-fatal-accidents-16285220.php ► "Tourist killed in fall from Matterhorn bobsled" published by UPI, January 1984. Link: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/04/Tourist-killed-in-fall-from-Matterhorn-bobsled/2012442040400/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 30th of June, 1900, a small fire began in a stack of cotton bales on a wharf at the Hoboken Docks in New Jersey..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 01:40 - The Hoboken Docks Fire 06:49 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Over 200 Perish in Burning Liners", published by the New York Times, July 1900. Available via: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/07/01/101060726.pdf ► "No River Fire Enquiry" published by The Times, July 1900. Available via: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85054468/1900-07-10/ed-1/seq-3/ ► "The Hoboken Pier Fire" published by the New York Tribune, July 1900. Available via: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1900-07-07/ed-1/seq-16/ ► "North German Lloyd Docks Destroyed" published by the Evening World, June 1900. Available via: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1900-06-30/ed-1/seq-1/ ► "Flames Sweep Hoboken Piers" published by the New York Times, August 1905. Available via: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/08/08/120277685.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 31st of December, 1972, the SS Poseidon was on its way from New York City to Athens..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 03:03 - The Sinking of the SS Poseidon 07:47 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► ► "The Poseidon Adventure" directed by Ronald Neame, distributed by 20th Century Fox, December 1972. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069113/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #aprilfools

"On the 23rd of March, 1994, two military aircraft collided while approaching Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 01:40 - The Green Ramp Disaster 07:39 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► “Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army’s Response” by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall, published by the Center of Military History, April 1996. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Disaster_On_Green_Ramp_The_Army_s_Respon.html?id=dniNF_SOJDgC ► "'It did not defeat us': Fort Bragg remembers deadly Green Ramp disaster" by Martha Quillin, published by Stars and Stripes, March 2014. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20140325100720/http://www.stripes.com/news/army/it-did-not-defeat-us-fort-bragg-remembers-deadly-green-ramp-disaster-1.274332#.UzI6SsKRVZI ► "16 Killed when F-16, C-130 collide at Pope" by Emergy P Dalesio, published by the Wilmington Morning Star, March 1994. Available via: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=46ksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8hQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5460%2C3032285 ► "Clinton meets with victims" published by the Wilmington Morning Star, March 1994. Available via: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=36ksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8hQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3957%2C3790297 Aircraft Accident Report by Vincent J Santillo, published by the US Air Force, June 1994. Available via: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0302/ML030240291.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 4th of February, 1912, tailor Franz Reichelt arrived at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in a car, accompanied by a few close friends..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 04:57 - The Eiffel Tower Jump 07:19 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "L'inventeur d'un parachute se lance de la tour Eiffel et s'ecrase sur le sol" published by Le Petit Parisien, February 1912. Available via: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k564237v.r ► "L'inventeur Reichelt s'est tue hier" published by Le Petit Journal, February 1912. Available via: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k619621v.r ► "Experience tragique" published by Le Matin, February 1912. Available via: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k570058f ► "Chute mortelle d'un inventeur de parachute" published by Le Temps, February 1912. Available via: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k240753c.zoom.f4.langFR ► "The Silken Canopy: History of the Parachute" by John Lucas, published by Airlife Publishing, June 1997. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Silken_Canopy/0IedQAAACAAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 9th of March, 1946, football fans gathered at the Burnden Park stadium in Bolton, near Manchester in the UK..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background 03:14 - The Burnden Park Disaster 06:56 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► “Sir Stanley Matthews” published by the National Football Museum, 2002. Link: https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/sir-stanley-matthews/ ► "Burnden Park football disaster remembered 65 years on" published by BBC News, March 2011. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12686632 ► "Remembering The 33: The 75th Anniversary of the Burnden Park Disaster" published by Bolton Wanderers FC, March 2021. Link: https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2021/march/remembering-the-33-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-burnden-park-disaster/ ► The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Final Report by Rt Hon Lord Justice Taylor, published by the Home Office, January 1990. Link: https://www.jesip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Hillsborough-Stadium-Disaster-final-report.pdf ► "'I was young, I thought they had fainted. I didn't know they were all dead'" published by The Blackpool Gazette, March 2016. Link: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/i-was-young-i-thought-they-had-fainted-i-didnt-know-they-were-all-dead-1259890 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 23rd of July, 1982, production was underway for a film version of the popular science-fiction horror television series The Twilight Zone..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 03:56 - The Twilight Zone Movie Accident 07:09 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Nocturnally" by Amulets SOURCES: ► “Landis Invites Jurors Who Cleared Him in ‘Twilight’ Case to Preview” by Paul Feldman, published by the LA Times, June 1988. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-26-me-8387-story.html ► NTSB Accident Report, by the National Transportation Safety Board, published by the US Government, June 1984. Available via: http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR84-02.pdf ► “Trapped In The Twilight Zone: A Year After the Trial, Six Years After the Tragedy, the Participants Have Been Touched in Surprisingly Different Ways. And the Hollywood Controversy Still Burns" by Mike Green and Stephan Farber, published by the LA Times, August 1988. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-28-tm-1446-story.html ► “The Enduring Legacy of The Twilight Zone” by Brian Murray, published by The New Atlantic, Winter 2016. Link: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-enduring-legacy-of-the-twilight-zone ► “A New Dimension of Filmmaking” by Robert Weintraub, published by Slate, July 2012. Link: https://slate.com/culture/2012/07/the-twilight-zone-tragedy-how-vic-morrows-death-changed-the-way-films-are-made.html ► “Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case” by Stephen Farber, published by Arbor House Publishing Company, January 1988. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Outrageous_Conduct.html?id=ZkGbAAAAMAAJ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 30th of June, 1956, a passenger flight departed Los Angeles bound for Kansas City..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Background 02:38 - The Grand Canyon Mid-air Collision 08:37 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► “Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon” by Thomas Myers and Michael Ghiglieri, published by Puma Press, 2012. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Over_the_Edge/Yq7CswEACAAJ ► Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Investigation Report, published by the Civil Aeronautics Board, April 1957. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20150220195809/http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/UAL718/CAB_accident_report.pdf ► "The Site of a 1950s Plane Crash Just Became a National Landmark" by Adrienne LaFrance, published by The Atlantic, April 2014. Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/the-site-of-a-1950s-plane-crash-just-became-a-national-landmark/361183/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 4th of May, 1988, a controller at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (or PEPCON) chemical plant placed a call to local emergency services..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 02:11 - The PEPCON Disaster 07:29 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "30 years ago, massive PEPCON explosion rocked Las Vegas Valley" by Lacanlale, published the Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2018. Link: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/30-years-ago-massive-pepcon-explosion-rocked-las-vegas-valley/ ► "Former Henderson fire captain recalls day of PEPCON explosions" by Lacanlale, published the Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2018. Link: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/henderson/former-henderson-fire-captain-recalls-day-of-pepcon-explosions/ ► "Victim of Cedar explosion knew risks" by Mark L Reece, published by Deseret News, August 1997. Link: https://www.deseret.com/1997/8/2/19326965/victim-of-cedar-explosion-knew-risks ► "One killed, three injured in southern Utah plant explosion" published by the Las Vegas Sun, July 1997. Link: https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/jul/30/one-killed-three-injured-in-southern-utah-plant-ex/ ► "Analysis of the Accidental Explosion at Pepcon, Henderson, Nevada, May 4, 1988" by Jack W Reed, published by the United States Department of Energy, November 1988. Available via: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6610302 ► "The PEPCON Disaster – Causative Factors and Potential Preventive and Mitigative Measures" by HE Lambert and NJ Alvares, published by the United States Department of Energy, July 2003. Available via: https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/DE200315005088.xhtml ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 8th of October, 1871, residents of the town of Peshtigo in Wisconsin noticed a red glow on the horizon, as well as ashes and sparks blowing in on the breeze..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Background 02:26 - The Peshtigo Fire 08:09 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account" by Peter Pernin, published by The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Summer 1971. Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4634648 ► City of Peshtigo Official Website, published by Peshtigo City Council. Link: https://ci.peshtigo.wi.us/ ► Peshtigo Fire Museum Website, published by the Peshtigo Historical Society. Link: http://www.peshtigofiremuseum.com/ ► "Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History" by Denise Gess and William Lutz, published by Henry Holt and Company, 2003. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 11th of June, 1955, at a motor racing event in Les Mans, France, two cars collided at high speed, sending one vehicle careening into the air..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 03:22 - The Le Mans Motor Racing Disaster 07:32 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Le Mans '55. The crash that changed the face of motor racing" by Christopher Hilton, published by DB Publishing, 2004. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Le_Mans_55.html?id=LbOdtgAACAAJ ► "Le Mans 1955: the disaster that changed motorsport forever" by Benjie Goodhart, published by GQ Magazine, June 2020. Link: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/le-mans-1955-disaster ► "Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster" by Bigger Picture Films, originally aired by BBC Four, May 2010. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sfptx ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 27th of June, 1988, a busy commuter train was bound for Paris’s Gare de Lyon station..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Background 01:35 - The Gare de Lyon Disaster 07:44 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Train Driver Jailed for Crash That Killed 56 People" by Patrick McDowell, published by AP News, December 1992. Link: https://apnews.com/article/c6a225aa4cd6207b56313f5db124ed24 ► "Seconds from Disaster: Paris Train Crash" broadcast by National Geographic, November 2005. ► "Death Toll Now 59 in Paris Train Crash" by Steven Greenhouse, published by The New York Times, June 1988. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/29/world/death-toll-now-59-in-paris-train-crash.html ► "Catastrophe Gare de Lyon" by INA, June 1988. Link: https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/cab88024447/catastrophe-gare-de-lyon ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 18th of May, 1980, a massive volcanic eruption took place at Mount Saint Helens – an active volcano located in the state of Washington in the USA..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 04:24 - The 1980 Eruption of Mount Saint Helens 08:36 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Five stories unfold under an ashen sky" by Adam Lynn, Andre Cherry and Craig Hill, published by The News Tribune, May 2005. Link: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/special-reports/article25858843.html ► "Future Eruptions at Mount St Helens" by the US Geological Survey. Link: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-st.-helens/future-eruptions-mount-st-helens ► "World of Change: Devastation and Recovery at Mt St Helens" by NASA Earth Observatory. Link: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/StHelens ► "Pre-1980 Eruptive History of Mount St. Helens, Washington" by Michael Clynne, David Ramsey and Edward Wolfe, published by the US Geological Survey, May 2005. Link: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3045/ ► "Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St Helens" by Steve Olson, published by WW Norton & Company, March 2017. Available via: https://wwnorton.com/books/eruption/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 31st of January, 1953, the car and passenger ferry the Princess Victoria set sail for what was normally a short and straightforward journey from Stranraer in Scotland to Larne in Northern Ireland..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:14 - The Sinking of the Princess Victoria 06:55 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► “Princess Victoria Court Judgement” by Lord MacDermott LCJ, November 1953. Available via: https://www.wrecksite.eu/docBrowser.aspx?13281?7?1 ► “Princess Victoria Board of Trade Wreck Report” by the Board of Trade, June 1953. Available via: https://www.wrecksite.eu/docBrowser.aspx?13280?7?1 ► “Princess Victoria: The disaster that sank from memory” published by The Belfast Telegraph, January 2013. Link: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/princess-victoria-the-disaster-that-sank-from-memory-29011116.html ► “The Loss of the Princess Victoria” by Miriam Bibby, published by Historic UK. Link: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Loss-Of-Princess-Victoria-Ferry/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 19th of August, 1980, a mid-air emergency forced Saudia Flight 163 was to make an emergency landing at Riyadh International Airport..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 01:59 - The Loss of Saudia 163 03:36 - The Investigation 10:04 - Conclusion MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► “Aircraft Accident Report Saudi Arabian Airlines Lockheed L-1011, HZ –AHK” published by the Presidency of Civil Aviation Jeddah, August 1980. Available via: https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/Saudi163/AircraftAccidentReportSAA.pdf ► “Saudia Flight 163: The Story Of The Lockheed TriStar's Deadliest Accident” by Mark Finlay, published by Simply Flying, August 2022. Link: https://simpleflying.com/saudia-flight-163-story/ ► “New Insights into the 1980 Saudia 163 Accident” by Jim Thomson, published by Safety in Engineering, December 2020. Link: https://www.safetyinengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/New-Insights-into-the-Saudia-163-Accident-Riyadh-1980-published-2020.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of April, 2013, workers reported for duty at several garment factories inside the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 03:37 - The Rana Plaza Collapse 05:58 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Report on Deadly Factory Collapse in Bangladesh Finds Widespread Blame" by Jim Yardley, published by The New York Times, May 2013. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/world/asia/report-on-bangladesh-building-collapse-finds-widespread-blame.html ► "Two years ago, 1,129 people died in a Bangladesh factory collapse. The problems still haven’t been fixed" by Lydia DePillis, published by The Washington Post, April 2015. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/23/two-years-ago-1129-people-died-in-a-bangladesh-factory-collapse-the-problems-still-havent-been-fixed/ ► "A Guide To The Rana Plaza Tragedy, And Its Implications, In Bangladesh" by Alyssa Ayres, published by Forbes, April 2014. Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alyssaayres/2014/04/24/a-guide-to-the-rana-plaza-tragedy-and-its-implications-in-bangladesh/ ► "Reliving the Rana Plaza factory collapse: a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 22" by Tansy Hoskins, published by The Guardian, April 2015. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/23/rana-plaza-factory-collapse-history-cities-50-buildings ► "Bangladesh factory collapse toll passes 1,000" published by BBC News, May 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22476774 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Once a year, around the holidays, I want to share the story of a disaster that didn't happen - a tragedy that, whether through luck, the bravery of those involved, or simple good planning, was averted. In this story, everyone survives... although it's definitely a close call. As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 01:46 - The Mississauga Miracle 07:33 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "How planning and bravery amid massive explosions led to the 'Mississauga miracle'" by Sahar Fatima, published by The Hamilton Spectator, November 2019. Link: https://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/2019/11/10/how-planning-and-bravery-amid-massive-explosions-led-to-the-mississauga-miracle.html ► "Mississauga Train Derailment" by Heritage Mississauga. Link: https://heritagemississauga.com/mississauga-train-derailment/ ► "Mississauga Miracle: Remembering the disaster that forced 240,000 people to flee" by Mike Wise, published by CBC, November 2019. Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-miracle-remembering-the-disaster-that-forced-240-000-people-to-flee-1.5354329 ► "1979 train derailment became known as the Mississauga Miracle" by Carola Vyhnak, published by the Toronto Star, November 2017. Link: https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/once-upon-a-city-archives/2017/11/16/1979-train-derailment-became-known-as-the-mississauga-miracle.html ► "The Mississauga Evacuation" by Ian Burton, Peter Victor, Anne Whyte, Mel Kliman, David Powell, Larry Schmidt, Peter Timmerman, Joanne Wojick, published by the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario, June 1981. Link: http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/docum/crid/Diciembre2004/pdf/eng/doc4131/doc4131.htm ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 9th of May, 1980, early morning travellers on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida found their view of Tampa Bay obstructed by a thick fog..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:30 - The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster 08:08 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "See historic photos from the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster 42 years ago" by Martha Asencio-Rhine, published by the Tampa Bay Times, May 2020. Link: https://www.tampabay.com/news/2020/05/06/the-sunshine-skyway-bridge-plunged-into-tampa-bay-40-years-ago/ ► "John Lerro, 59; Harbor Pilot Haunted by Role in Deadly Bridge Accident" by Myrna Oliver, published by the Los Angeles Times, September 2002. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-09-me-lerro9-story.html ► "40 years after the Skyway bridge disaster, divers can’t forget what they saw underwater" by Gabrielle Calise, published by the Tampa Bay Times, May 2020. Link: https://www.tampabay.com/narratives/2020/05/06/40-years-after-the-skyway-bridge-disaster-divers-cant-forget-what-they-saw-underwater/ ► "The first Skyway bridge opened 66 years ago. It was a triumph. Then came the tragedy" by Gabrielle Calise, published by the Tampa Bay Times, September 2019. Link: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2019/09/06/the-first-skyway-bridge-opened-65-years-ago-today-it-was-a-triumph-then-came-the-tragedy/ ► "The Skyway Bridge tragedy at 40: The survivor" by Bill DeYoung, published by Catalyst, May 2020. Link: https://stpetecatalyst.com/the-skyway-tragedy-at-40-the-survivor/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 6th of July 1988 an explosion took place on board the Piper Alpha oil platform situated in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:29 - The Piper Alpha Disaster 08:35 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Piper Alpha: The Disaster in Detail" by Fiona Macleod and Stephen Richardson, published by The Chemical Engineer, July 2018. Link: https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/piper-alpha-the-disaster-in-detail/ ► "The Piper Alpha Disaster: A Personal Perspective with Transferrable Lessons on the Long-Term Moral Impact of Safety Failures" by Marc Reid, published by the American Chemical Society, February 2020. Available via: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chas.9b00022 ► "The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster" by the Hon Lord Cullen, published by The Health and Safety Executive, November 1990. Available via: https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/piper-alpha-disaster-public-inquiry.htm ► "Piper Alpha survivor Billy Clayton re-lives fateful night of horrors" by Katie Davies, published by Chronicle Live, July 2013. Link: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/piper-alpha-survivor-billy-clayton-4877058 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 9th of October, 1963, a mega tsunami swept along the Vajont river valley in northern Italy..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 03:41 - The Vajont Dam Disaster 07:04 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell SOURCES: ► "October 9, 1963: Vajont" by David Bressan, published by Scientific American, October 2011. Link: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/october-9-1963-vajont/ ► "The 1963 Vaiont Landslide" by Rinaldo Genevois and Monica Ghirotti, published by the Journal of Applied Geology, January 2005. Available via: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345813463_The_1963_Vaiont_Landslide_Giornale_di_Geologia_Applicata_1_2005_41_-52 ► "Italy Vajont anniversary: Night of the 'tsunami'" by Mark Duff, published by BBC News, October 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24464867 ► "Case Study: Vajont Dam" by Lee Mauney, published by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials. Link: https://damfailures.org/case-study/vajont-dam-italy-1963/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 9th of July, 1964, United Airlines Flight 823 took off from Philadelphia International Airport, bound for Huntsville International Airport in Alabama..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 02:20 - The Crash of Flight 823 04:38 - Investigation and Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Last Flight Of United Air Lines 823" by Tom Dier, published by CreateSpace, February 2018. ► "Civil Aeronatics Board Aircraft Accident Report: United Airlines Inc Vickers Viscount 745D..." published by the Civil Aeronautics Board, June 1966. Available via: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/CAB_Accident_Report%2C_United_Air_Lines_Flight_823.pdf ► "The terrible plane crash of 1964" by ER Walker III, published by The Newport Plain Talk, October 2006. Link: https://www.newportplaintalk.com/community/as_it_was_give_to_me/article_d89f2a64-0955-11e4-84f1-001a4bcf887a.html ► "39 Victims Of Airplane Crash Remembered 50 Years Later" by Ken Little, published by The Greeneville Sun, July 2014. Link: https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/39-victims-of-airplane-crash-remembered-50-years-later/article_32626642-07cb-11e4-bf75-001a4bcf887a.html ► "Viscount c/n 103 Operational Record" by Geoff Blampied, published by The Vickers Viscount Network, 2005. Link: http://www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount103History.aspx ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 2nd of September, 2019, the dive boat Conception was moored overnight off the coast of Santa Cruz Island..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:39 - The Sinking of the Conception 06:06 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Fire Aboard Small Passenger Vessel Conception Platts Harbor..." by the National Transportation Safety Board, October 2020. Link: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR2003.pdf ► "Families of 34 California boat fire victims grieve, advocate" by Stefanie Dazio, published by AP News, December 2020. Link: https://apnews.com/article/fires-california-coronavirus-pandemic-dee83a2024988aafff335d0788155440 ► "Guidance on Li Ion Battery Fires" by the Fire Industry Association, December 2020. Available via: https://www.fia.uk.com/static/2a999c49-760b-47e3-b02f96a2ca89ecd9/Guidance-Document-on-Li-Ion-Battery-Fires-12-20-v1.pdf ► "California boat fire: stairs from sleeping quarters led to space filled with flames" by Andrew Gumbel, published by The Guardian, September 2019. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/04/california-boat-fire-latest-stairs-flames ► "Conception" by Truth Aquatics, 2019. Available via The Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190904031951/https://www.truthaquatics.com/conception/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 29th of November, 1900, huge crowds gathered at Recreation Park Stadium in San Francisco..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 01:55 - The 1900 Big Game Disaster 07:14 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "The Big Game Disaster of 1900" by Sam Scott, published in Stanford Magazine, December 2015. Link: https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-big-game-disaster-of-1900 ► "Stanford vs Cal: A Brief History of the Big Game" by Cameron Satterlee, published by Rule of Tree, November 2017. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20220226022442/https://www.ruleoftree.com/2017/11/14/16652110/history-big-game-stanford-cal ► "Famed Deaf Sculptor Died 75 Years Ago in Berkeley" by Steven Finacom, published by The Berkeley Daily Planet, August 2010. Link: https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2010-08-03/article/36028 ► "Big Game’s most grisly incident: 'Sizzling, Shrieking Human Mass'" by Scott Ostler, published by SF Chronicle, November 2016. Link: https://www.sfchronicle.com/college/ostler/article/Big-Game-s-most-gruesome-incident-Sizzling-10619405.php ► "Big Game horror in 1900 was quickly forgotten" by Steven Finacom, published by The Mercury News, November 2015. Link: https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/19/big-game-horror-in-1900-was-quickly-forgotten/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of December, 1971, LANSA Flight 508 was flying from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru when it encountered a storm and was struck by lightning..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Background 02:58 - The LANSA Disaster 07:26 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► Panguana Biological Research Station Website. Link: https://panguana.de/ ► "When I Fell From The Sky” by Juliane Koepcke, published by TitleTown Publishing, 2011. ► “The Checkered History of Peruvian Carrier LANSA” by Pranjal Pande, published by Simple Flying, April 2022. Link: https://simpleflying.com/lansa-checkered-history/ ► "Juliane Koepcke: How I survived a plane crash" published by the BBC World Service, March 2012. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17476615 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 10th of October, 1873, a blindfolded man was lead out to the gorges near Cornell University..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Background 02:21 - The Story of Mortimer Leggett 05:24 - The Story of Stuart Pierson 08:01 - The Story of Henrietta Jackson MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Wrongs of Passage" by Hank Nuwer, published by Indiana University Press, August 2001. ► "Hazing: Destroying Young Lives" by Hank Nuwer, published by Indiana University Press, March 2018. ► "Was This Student 'Hazed' to Death" published by the Albuquerque Evening Citizen, November 1905. Available via: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020615/1905-11-03/ed-1/seq-1/ ► "The Sad Tale of Mortimer Leggett" published by the Cornell Daily Sun, March 1981. Available via: https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19810320.2.18 ► "Death on the Tracks" by Mark Ellis, published by the Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin, Spring/Summer 2011. Link: http://bulletin-archive.kenyon.edu/x3615.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Threads is a film that many critics agree is the most terrifying film ever made... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 25th of April, 2005, a seven-car commuter train passing through the Japanese city of Amagasaki catastrophically derailed..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 03:47 - The Amagasaki Derailment 05:48 - Aftermath and Investigation MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Nocturnally" by Amulets SOURCES: ► "The derailment accident on the Fukuchiyama Line" from the West Japan Railway Group Integrated Report 2019. Available via: https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ir/library/annual-report/2019/pdf/c03.pdf ► Seconds From Disaster: Runaway Train (Season Six, Episode Seven), directed by Rob Kaplan, broadcast by National Geographic, December 2012. More info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2602718/ ► "Railway Accident Investigation Report" by the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission, June 2007. Available via: https://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/eng-rail_report/RA2007-3-1en.pdf ► JR West Safety Research Institute website, by JR West. Link: https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/about-us/safety/labs/ ► "Japan ex-rail chiefs cleared of fatal 2005 crash" published by BBC News, September 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24296363 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

The first roller coasters were terrifying wooden slides coated with layers of ice... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 11th of May, 2004, a huge explosion shattered the quiet of a hot spring day in the Maryhill district of Glasgow, Scotland..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:22 - The Stockline Plastics Disaster 06:04 - Investigation and Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The ICL Inquiry Report" by the ICL Inquiry, published by The Stationery Office, July 2009. Available via: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229279/0838.pdf ► "Stockline disaster 2004" by Rachel Loxton, published by the Glasgow Times, May 2014. Link: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13280181.stockline-disaster-2004-it-was-surreal-all-of-a-sudden-there-was-a-loud-bang-id-never-heard-something-so-loud-in-my-life/ ► "Hundreds remember Glasgow factory blast tragedy" by Lynsey Bews, published by The Scotsman, May 2014. Link: https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/hundreds-remember-glasgow-factory-blast-tragedy-1537285 ► "Glasgow blast victims named" by Chris Borg, published by The Guardian, May 2004. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/may/12/chrisborg ► "ICL Plastics Investigation, Glasgow, May 2004" by SJ Hawksworth, D Pritchard, J Hodges, R Parrot, G White and T Mellor, published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, November 2009. Available via: https://www.icheme.org/media/9592/xxi-paper-096.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Months after the meltdown of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, scientists discovered something in a room below the reactor... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 31st of December, 1986, patrons gambling in the casino of the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico noticed a light haze of smoke in the air..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Background 03:21 - The Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire 08:03 - The Investigation MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► “Three in Teamsters Union Charged in Hotel Fire” published by the LA Times, February 1988. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-04-mn-40533-story.html ► “Dupont Plaza Fire Survivors Still Trying to Come to Terms with Tragedy” by Joan Mower, published by the LA Times, March 1987. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-08-mn-13410-story.html ► “An Engineering analysis of the early stages of fire development – The Fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel and Casino” by Harold E Nelson, published by the NIST, May 1987. Available via: https://www.nist.gov/publications/engineering-analysis-early-stages-fire-development-fire-dupont-plaza-hotel-and-casino ► “Three sentenced in San Juan Hotel Fire That Killed 97” published by The Washington Post, June 1987. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/06/23/three-sentenced-in-san-juan-hotel-fire-that-killed-97/ccdcf3af-f847-4551-ae87-b4f57cd57354/ ► “Governor Praises heros of Dupont Plaza fire” by Irene Garzon Fernandez, published by UPI, January 1987. Link: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/01/16/Governor-praises-heros-of-Dupont-Plaza-fire/2160537771600/ ► “Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire: San Juan, Puerto Rico – December 31, 1986” by Thomas J Klem, published by the National Fire Protection Association. Available via: https://archive.org/stream/dupontplazahotelfiresanjuanpuertorice-december311986/fisanjuan_djvu.txt ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

There's a dark secret lurking in the history of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 11th of September, 2002, a diving party in Poganica Bay, Croatia, placed a call to emergency services..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Background 01:59 - The Poganica Bay Accident 05:56 - Investigation and Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Dreaming Blue" by Sextile SOURCES: ► "Death of Miroslav Kukliš" by Tomáš Sládek, published by Zdeněk Šraier via Strany Potápěčské, published October 2002. Link: http://www.stranypotapecske.cz/nehody/mirekn.asp?str=200508181437500 ► "Diving in a cave near Šolta: He was found with a knife in his heart" by Raif Okić, published by Express, February 2019. Link: https://express.24sata.hr/life/ronio-u-spilji-kod-solte-nasli-ga-s-nozem-u-srcu-20206 ► "The Secret Of The Deadly Cave Near Šolta, Which Takes Lives For Years" by Tomislav Kukec, published by Jutarnji List, September 2015. Link: https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/crna-kronika/tajna-smrtonosne-spilje-kod-solte-koja-godinama-odnosi-zivote-uspanicite-se-cim-udete-u-taj-labirint...-295510 ► "Scuba Diver with a Knife in His Chest: Homicide or Suicide?" by Nadan M Petri, Marija Definis-Gojanovic and Dejan Andric, published by Croation Medical Journal, 2003. Available via: http://neuron.mefst.hr/docs/CMJ/issues/2003/44/3/12808733.pdf ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Something quite strange happens when a murder of crows spots a dead one of their own... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 28th of November, 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901 took off for a sightseeing tour of the Antarctic with 237 passengers and 20 crew on board..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 04:01 - The Mount Erebus Disaster 06:24 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Magenta" by Sextile SOURCES: ► "Mount Erebus disaster: The plane crash that changed New Zealand" by Andreas Illmer, published by BBC News, November 2019. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50555046 ► "Erebus Disaster" by The Ministry for Culture and Heritage, published by nzhistory.govt.nz, November 2021. Link: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster ► "Erebus: The Loss of TE901" by the New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association, 2022. Link: https://www.erebus.co.nz/ ► "'The time has come': Ardern apologises for New Zealand's worst air disaster" by Eleanor Ainge Roy, published by The Guardian, November 2019. Link: 'The time has come': Ardern apologises for New Zealand's worst air disaster ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

In drought conditions, ancient hunger stones sometimes make an appearance in rivers across Europe... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 8th of October, 1952, hundreds of commuters crowded onto a local, London-bound train at Harrow and Wealdstone station..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background 03:15 - The Harrow and Wealdstone Rail Crash 07:57 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "British Railway Disasters" by Robin Jones, published by Mortons Media Group, December 2019. Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/British_Railway_Disasters.html?id=nqjVDwAAQBAJ. ► "Accident at Harrow and Wealdstone on 8th October 1952" curated by Railways Archive. Link: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=108. ► "Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash: Boy rescuer remembers devastation" by Debabani Majumdar, published by BBC News, October 2012. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19818280. ► "Report on the Double Collision which occurred on 8th October 1952 at Harrow and Wealdstone Station..." by the Ministry of Transport, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1953. Available via: https://www.jonroma.net/media/rail/accident/uk/mot/MoT_Harrow001.pdf. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Protect and Survive was a pamphlet designed by the British Government to be distributed in the event of nuclear war... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 15th March, 1986, the Hotel New World in Singapore suffered a sudden and total collapse..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 02:38 - The Collapse of the Hotel New World 06:41 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "In The Void" by Amulets SOURCES: ► "Report of the Inquiry Into the Collapse of Hotel New World" by Justice LP Thean, Dr A Vijiarantnam, Professor S L Lee and Professor Bengt B Broms, February 1987. Available via: https://eservice.nlb.gov.sg/data2/BookSG/publish/2/2b6b1c5c-8918-433a-a41e-8d2be8451577/web/html5/index.html ► "A Case Study of Engineering Ethics: Lesson Learned From Building Collapse Disaster Toward Malaysian Engineers" by Mohamad Fani Sulaima, H S Lew, Cheiw Yun Lau, and Carolyn K Y Lim, published by the European International Journal of Science and Technology, May 2014. Available via: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267512121 ► "Collapse of Hotel New World" published by the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Link: https://www.scdf.gov.sg/home/about-us/media-room/local-major-incidents/local-major-incidents ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 28th of August, 1988, 300,000 people gathered at the US Air Force Ramstein Air Base in Germany to watch an air show featuring a demonstration by the Italian Air Force..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:58 - The Ramstein Air Base Disaster 08:46 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Ramstein 1988: Death falling from the clear blue sky" by P Huber, published by Austrian Wings, August 2018. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20180901145758/https://www.austrianwings.info/2018/08/ramstein-1988-death-falling-from-the-clear-sky.html ► "Aug. 28, 1988: Ramstein Air Show Disaster Kills 70, Injures Hundreds" by D Dumas, published by Wired, August 2009. Link: https://www.wired.com/2009/08/0828ramstein-air-disaster/ ► "West Germany Hellfire from The Heavens" by James O Jackson, published by Time, September 1988. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20070318005720/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968416,00.html ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Magnetix were the among the most popular toys of the year in 2005... but they had a deadly manufacturing defect. As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 29th of May, 1914, two ocean liners collided in heavy fog in the St Lawrence estuary on the east coast of Canada..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 03:18 - The Sinking of the Empress of Ireland 08:28 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell SOURCES: ► "Disaster at Sea: Shipwrecks, Storms, and Collisions on the Atlantic" by William H Flayhart, published by WW Norton & Company, 2005. Link: https://wwnorton.co.uk/books/9780393326512-disaster-at-sea ► "The Collision between the S/S Empress of Ireland and the S/S Storstad" by Marion Kelch, published by Norway Heritage, February 2005. Link: http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/great-disasters.asp?articleid=99&zoneid=1 ► "Report and evidence of the Commission of Inquiry into the loss of the British steamship Empress of Ireland..." by John C Bigham, published by J de L Tache, 1914. Available via: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungpub/items/1.0056425 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Gustave is an unusually large Nile Crocodile which is rumoured to have killed up to 300 people... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 12th of January, 2007, Californian radio station KDND held an on-air competition, the prize for which was a brand new Nintendo Wii..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background 02:09 - The Competition 06:16 - About Water Intoxication 08:03 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Dreaming Blue" by Sextile SOURCES: ► "Radio’s Deadly Stunts – The Jennifer Strange Story" produced by Rex Dale, published by Insider Exclusive, October 2016. Link: https://insiderexclusive.com/radios-deadly-stunts-the-jennifer-strange-story/ ► "Ten Fired After Radio Contest Tragedy" published by CBS News, January 2007. Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ten-fired-after-radio-contest-tragedy/ ► "Mom's last hours recalled" by Chritina Jewett, published by Sacbee.com, January 2007. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20070117125132/http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/108103.html ► "A Fraternity Hazing Gone Wrong" by Elaine Korry, published by NPR, November 2005. Link: https://www.npr.org/2005/11/14/5012154/a-fraternity-hazing-gone-wrong ► "Recording of 'The Morning Rave' Reveals Contestant Complained of Headache" by Deborah Hoffman, published by News10 ABC, January 2007. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234442/http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=23418 ► "Jury Rules Against Radio Station After Water-Drinking Contest Kills Calif Mom" by Suzan Clarke and Rich McHugh, published by ABC News, November 2009. Link: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/jury-rules-radio-station-jennifer-strange-water-drinking/story?id=8970712 ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

In the Iya Valley in Japan there exists a village where the human population is outnumbered by hundreds of scarecrows... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 25th of March, 1911, a fire began at the premises of the Triangle Waist Company in New York City..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 02:10 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 07:51 - Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Triangle: The Fire That Changed America" by David Von Drehle, published by Atlantic Monthly Press, August 2004. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Triangle/sNncNOTpB20C. ► "How a tragedy transformed protections for American workers" by Erin Blakemore, published by National Geographic, March 2020. Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-transformed-protections-american-workers ► "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Topics in Chronicling America" by the Library of Congress. Link: https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire ► "Remembering The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire" published by Cornell University and the Kheel Center, 2018. Link: http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

The anglerfish looks like something out of a nightmare... but it's a very real creature from the depths of the ocean... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 30th of July, 1997, a landslide above the small Australian ski resort of Thredbo in New South Wales sent a huge quantity of mud, rock and water hurtling towards the buildings below..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Background 02:53 - The Thredbo Landslide 09:03 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Report of the inquest into the deaths arising from the Thredbo landslide" by Derrick Hand, Coroner, available via the Eastern Australia Ground Control Group, June 2000. Link: https://eagcg.org/common/pdf/ThredboFinalReport.pdf ► "The 1997 Thredbo disaster remembered 25 years on, skiers to commemorate landslide by carrying flares down the mountain" published by ABC News, July 2022. Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-30/thredbo-disaster-remembered-25-years-on-stuart-diver/101284944 ► "Heroes of Thredbo" by Andrew Brown, published by The Sydney Morning Herald, 2017. Link: https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/thredbo-landslide-anniversary/ ► "The History of Thredbo" published by Discover Thredbo. Link: https://www.discoverthredbo.com/history-thredbo/ ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Every year farmers in France and Belgium plough their fields... and turn up a harvest of deadly munitions... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 27th of January, 1967, a disaster during a routine test launch at the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex in Florida put America’s space program on hold..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Background 03:54 - The Apollo One Disaster 06:25 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Magenta" by Sextile SOURCES: ► "55 Years Ago: The Apollo 1 Fire and its Aftermath" by John Uri, published by NASA, February 2022. Link: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/55-years-ago-the-apollo-1-fire-and-its-aftermath ► "The hell of Apollo 1: Pure oxygen, a single spark, and death in 17 seconds" by Eric Berger, published by Ars Technica, January 2017. Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/the-hell-of-apollo-1-pure-oxygen-a-single-spark-and-death-in-17-seconds/ ► "‘We have a fire in the cockpit!’ The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later" by Sarah Larimer, published by The Washington Post, January 2017. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/50-years-ago-three-astronauts-died-in-the-apollo-1-fire/ ► "The Apollo 1 tragedy" by David Williams, published by NASA, January 2018. Link: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.html. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Venetian Ceruse was a popular cosmetic in the 16th Century... despite a number of rather worrying side effects... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts​

"On the 28th of February, 1975, at Moorgate Tube Station in London the worst peacetime accident ever to happen on the London Underground took place..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Background 02:11 - The Moorgate Tube Crash 07:03 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Report on the Accident that occurred on 28th February 1975 at Moorgate Station" by the Railway Inspectorate, published by The Department of the Environment, March 1976. Available from: https://www.jonroma.net/media/rail/accident/uk/doe/DoE_Moorgate1975.pdf. ► "The 1975 Moorgate tube crash" published by the London Fire Commissioner, March 2022. Link: https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/historical-fires-and-incidents/the-moorgate-tube-crash-1975/. ► "1975: Dozens killed in Moorgate Tube crash" published by BBC News, March 1975. Available from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/28/newsid_2515000/2515033.stm. ► "The Moorgate Tube crash" by Chris Heather, published by The National Archives blog, February 2015. Link: https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/moorgate-tube-crash/. ► "Thirty-five years after Britain's worst Tube crash one victim's son asks: Did a suicidal driver kill 42 innocent passengers?" by Laurence Marks, published by The Daily Mail, January 2010. Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1240625/Thirty-years-Britains-worst-Tube-crash-victims-son-asks-Did-suicidal-driver-kill-42-innocent-passengers.html. ► "Moorgate…the unresolved tragedy" by Stefanie Foster, published by Rail Magazine, March 2015. Link: https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/heritage/moorgatethe-unresolved-tragedy. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

The Pear of Anguish was commonly believed to be a Medieval implement of torture... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 16th of April, 1947, a small fire started on the cargo ship the SS Grandcamp, while it was docked at the port in Texas City..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 03:28 - The Texas City Disaster 08:32 - Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Explosions of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer on Board the S. S. Grandcamp and S. S. High Flyer at Texas City, Texas, April 16, 17, 1947" by GM Kintz, GW Jones, and Charles B Carpenter, published by the US Department of the Interior, February 1948. Link: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38488/m1/1/. ► "Port of Texas City" published by Moore Memorial Public Library, September 2009. Link: https://library.texascitytx.gov/356/Port-of-Texas-City ► "Survivors remember the Texas City port explosion that killed hundreds on April 16, 1947" published by ABC13.com, April 2022. Link: https://abc13.com/texas-city-disaster-1947-port-april-16-ss-grandcamp/11752376/. ► "75 years ago, Texas City Disaster devastated a community in the deadliest US industrial accident ever" by Susan Carroll, published by the Houston Chronicle, April 2022. Link: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Texas-City-Disaster-75-years-explosion-17084053.php. ► "City on Fire" by Bill Minutaglio, published by University of Texas Press, February 2014. Link: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/mincip ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"Lawn darts have gone down in history as one of the most lethal toys ever invented..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 24th of May, 2001, around 700 people gathered at the prestigious Versailles Wedding Hall in Jerusalem to celebrate the marriage of Keren and Asaf Dror..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Background 03:52 - The Versailles Wedding Hall Collapse 06:43 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions SOURCES: ► "State to pay NIS 120m to victims of Jerusalem hall collapse" by Sue Surkes, published by The Times of Israel, September 2016. Link: https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-to-pay-nis-120m-to-victims-of-jerusalem-hall-collapse/. ► "Wedding hall collapse kills at least 15" by Suzanne Goldenberg, published by The Guardian, May 2001. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/may/25/israel1. ► "Serene Wedding Fest, Then a Pit of Death" by Tracy Wilkinson, published by The LA Times, May 2001. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-26-mn-2754-story.html. ► "Waiting for the Floor to Collapse" by Raz Smolsky, published by Haaretz, May 2011. Link: https://www.haaretz.com/2011-05-23/ty-article/waiting-for-the-floor-to-collapse/0000017f-e14b-d9aa-afff-f95b1f040000. ► "Courage of the survivors" published by BBC News, May 2001. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1353808.stm. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 24th of March, 1999, a transport truck caught fire while travelling from France to Italy through the Mont Blanc Tunnel." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Background 03:38 - The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire 09:07 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "A Deadly Blaze in the Alps Made a Biker a Hero and Tunnels Safer for All" by Mark Gardiner, published by The New York Times, March 2019. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/business/mont-blanc-tunnel-fire-anniversary-rescue.html. ► "35 die, 1 Briton missing in Mont Blanc tunnel fire" published by The Guardian, March 1999. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/27/6. ► "1999 Alpine Tunnel Fire Killed 39" by Morris Burch, published by IRC Risk and Safety, June 2009. Available via: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs037/1102467289629/archive/1102628131209.html. ► "Guilty Verdicts in Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire Trial" by DW Staff, published by dw.com, July 2005. Link: https://www.dw.com/en/guilty-verdicts-in-mont-blanc-tunnel-fire-trial/a-1661569. ► "I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true" by Mark Gardiner, published by Columbia Journalism Review, March 2019. Link: https://www.cjr.org/first_person/tinazzi-motorcycle-mont-blanc-tunnel-fire-rescue.php. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 6th of July, 1988, a flurry of unusual calls came in to the South West Water Authority’s Communication Centre in England..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Background 01:34 - The Camelford Poisoning 06:51 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "The Camelford poisoning: black water, a driver's mistake and 'terrible' advice" by Steven Morris, published by The Guardian, March 2012. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/14/camelford-water-poisoning-inquest. ► "Camelford water poisoning: Calls for new inquiry" published by BBC News, July 2018. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-44727036. ► "Cerebral dysfunction after water pollution incident in Camelford" by Anthony David, published by the British Medical Journal, May 2000. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127323/. ► "Subgroup Report on The Lowermoor Water Pollution Incident" by the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, February 2013. Link: https://cot.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/cot/lwpiapp811.pdf. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the atomic bomb that fell on Hiroshima... but that wouldn't be the end of his ordeal. As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On 2nd of December, 1984, a cloud of toxic gas leaked from The Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 03:46 - The Union Carbide Gas Leak 08:29 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "Bhopal: The World's Worst Industrial Disaster, 30 Years Later" by Alan Taylor, published by The Atlantic, December 2014. Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/. ► "Bhopal Gas Tragedy Information" by the Union Carbide Corporation, published on bhopal.com. Link: https://www.bhopal.com/. ► "'Bhopal’s tragedy has not stopped': the urban disaster still claiming lives 35 years on" by Hannah Ellis-Petersen, published by The Guardian, December 2019. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/08/bhopals-tragedy-has-not-stopped-the-urban-disaster-still-claiming-lives-35-years-on. ► "The Bhopal Disaster: How It Happened" by Stuart Diamond, published by The New York Times, January 1985. Available via: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/28/world/the-bhopal-disaster-how-it-happened.html. ► "Long-delayed report on Bhopal disaster offers little new information" by T V Padma, published by Nature Medicine, January 2005. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/nm0105-5a. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 17th of September, 1949, a small fire began on board the passenger cruise ship the SS Noronic..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 03:13 - The Fire on the SS Noronic 07:13 - Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell SOURCES: ► “Once Upon a City: The day the S.S. Noronic turned Toronto’s waterfront into a deadly inferno” by Valerie Hauch, published by The Peterborough Examiner, September 2015. Link: https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ts/yourtoronto/once-upon-a-city-archives/2015/09/17/once-upon-a-city-the-day-the-ss-noronic-turned-torontos-waterfront-into-a-deadly-inferno.html. ► "Historicist: Queen of the Great Lakes Aflame" by Kevin Plummer, published by Torontoist, September 2011. Link: https://torontoist.com/2011/09/historicist-queen-of-the-great-lakes-aflame/. ► "682 Aboard Asleep When Disaster Hits Liner at Toronto Pier" published by the Ottawa Evening Journal, September 1949. Available via: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3926670/682-aboard-asleep/. ► "Owners, Pilot Blamed For Ship Tragedy" published by the Troy Record, November 1949. Available via: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3939874/the-results-of-the-noronic-inquiry/. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Brian Robson attempted to mail himself home to save on the cost of airfare. He very nearly died in the process. As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 22nd of January, 1959, deep under the frozen Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, the roof of a tunnel in the River Slope Mine collapsed..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Background 04:12 - The Knox Mine Disaster 06:20 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES: ► "Amedeo Pancotti" published by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Link: https://www.carnegiehero.org/hero-search/amedeo-pancotti/. ► "Death Underground: The Knox Mine Disaster" by Lauren Berger, published by Pennsylvania Center For The Book, 2009. Link: https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/death-underground-knox-mine-disaster. ► "Pittston and the End of Coal Mining" published by Pittston City. Link: https://www.pittstoncity.org/pittston-end-coal-mining/. ► "The Knox Mine Disaster left 12 men dead and an economy in ruins" by Michael Rubinkam, published by The Philidelphia Inquirer, January 2009. Link: https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20090119_The_Knox_Mine_Disaster_left_12_men_dead_and_an_economy_in_ruins_.html. ► "The Knox Mine Disaster" by Robert Wolensky, Kenneth Wolensky, and Nicole Wolensky, published by Penn State University Press, 1999. Link: https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-89271-081-2.html. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 28th of January, 1922, Washington DC found itself in the midst of a two-day snowstorm that was sweeping over the northeast United States..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 01:54 - The Knickerbocker Theater Collapse 07:39 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Anomalous Hedges" by The Mini Vandals SOURCES: ► "The Knickerbocker Snowstorm: Inside insights on D.C.’s deadliest disaster" by Jason Samenow, published by The Washington Post, January 2013. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/the-knickerbocker-snowstorm-inside-insights-on-dcs-deadliest-disaster/2013/01/28/5ce4d940-6961-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_blog.html. ► "When a Winter Storm Triggered One of the Deadliest Disasters in D.C. History" by Kellie B Gormly, published by Smithsonian Magazine, January 2022. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-a-winter-storm-triggered-one-of-the-deadliest-disasters-in-washington-dc-history-180979446/. ► "D.C.'s biggest disaster struck 100 years ago at the Knickerbocker Theater" by Jacob Fenston, published by NPR, January 2022. Link: https://www.npr.org/local/305/2022/01/31/1076937962/d-c-s-biggest-disaster-struck-100-years-ago-at-the-knickerbocker-theater?t=1652334282717&t=1653664407791. ► "Snow Caves in Washington Theater" published by The Sunday Tulsa Daily World, January 1922, archived by The Library of Congress. Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042345/1922-01-29/ed-1/seq-1/. ► "Criminal Prosecution For Crash Possible" published by The Washington Herald, January 1922, archived by The Library of Congress. Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1922-01-31/ed-1/seq-1/. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Houdini often demonstrated that he could withstand hard punches to the stomach... but this might be what ultimately killed him. As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

"On the 17th of July, 1955, the Disneyland amusement park in California opened for business. It was an almost instant success..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Background 02:12 - The America Sings Accident 06:10 - The Sailing Ship Columbia Accident 09:23 - Conclusion MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The Death of Deborah Gail Stone at Disneyland’s America Sings Attraction" by David Mikkelson, published by Snopes, February 1996. Link: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deborah-gail-stone-disneyland/. ► "Death in Disneyland: Remembering the park's most turbulent era" by Katie Dowd, published by SFGATE, April 2022. Link: https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/the-most-turbulent-era-in-disneyland-history-17125238.php. ► "Remembering Deborah" by Patrick Stibbs, published by citynews, June 2004. Link: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3jV5FcVqpE8/TDUy6H0n3AI/AAAAAAAAPJo/CJ5GBpw1pJA/s1600/page0001.jpg. ► "Disneyland, Family Settle Suit Over 1998 Death" by E Scott Reckard, published by the Los Angeles Times, October 2000. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-05-me-31768-story.html. ► "Duvall Man Hurt At Disneyland Dies From Injuries" by Seattle Times Staff, published by the Seattle Times, December 1998. Link: https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19981227&slug=2790902. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

Having tea-making facilities on board a tank isn't just a luxury - for soldiers in warzones, it's a lifesaver... As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

"On the 20th of December 1970, hundreds of people were attending a Christmas party at the Pioneer Hotel in Tucson, Arizona..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible. https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Background 02:26 - The Pioneer Hotel Fire 06:26 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► "Underworld" by Myuu SOURCES ► "The Pioneer Hotel Fire of 1970" by Jaynie Adams, published by the Arizona Historical Society, December 2020. Link: https://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/2020/12/18/the-pioneer-hotel-fire-of-1970/. ► "The Pioneer Hotel - Tucson’s Most Tragic Fire" by Bob Ring & Al Ring, published by the Tucson Fire Department, October 2015. Link: http://www.tucsonfirefoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Pioneer-Hotel-Fire.pdf. ► "Survivors, firefighters remember deadly Pioneer Hotel fire four decades later" by Bud Foster, published by KOLD, December 2019. Link: https://www.kold.com/2019/12/21/survivors-firefighters-remember-deadly-pioneer-hotel-fire-four-decades-later/. ► "Man held 42 years in deadly Tucson Pioneer Hotel Fire to be released" by Kimberely Matas and Kim Smith, published by tucson.com, March 2013. Link: https://tucson.com/news/local/man-held-years-in-deadly-tucson-pioneer-hotel-fire-to/article_984a194e-7c21-53d6-946e-ae1a1a53d303.html. ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

On the 25th of October, 1999, golfing icon and reigning US Open champion, Payne Stewart, boarded a private jet en route to his next big tournament in Texas. He would never reach his destination. Just a few minutes after takeoff all communication from the plane on which he flew ceased, and the aircraft stopped manoeuvring, instead adopting a straight, unwavering course that it would follow until, hours later, it finally ran out of fuel. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:08 - The South Dakota Learjet Crash 07:21 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Dreaming Blue" by Sextile ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report" by Robert P Benzon, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, November 2000. Link: http://airsafe.com/events/reports/ntsb-stewart-report.pdf. "Twenty years after Payne Stewart’s death, questions linger about his legacy, both as a player and a man" by John Hawkins, published by golf.com, October 2019. Link: https://golf.com/news/features/payne-stewart-death-20-years-later/. "Payne Stewart Dies In Crash" published by CBS News, October 1999. Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/payne-stewart-dies-in-crash/. "A champion and a statesman - 20 years on, the tragic loss of Payne Stewart" by Iain Carter, published by BBC Sport, October 2019. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/50153023. "New evidence: Payne Stewart's plane lost pressure before crash" by Carl Rochelle, published by CNN, November 1999. Link: http://edition.cnn.com/US/9911/23/stewart.crash.03/.

I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 29th of June, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea, collapsed. For the hundreds of people working and shopping inside the building, the disaster struck with very little warning… but later investigations would reveal that the failure of the structure had been inevitable and, moreover, anticipated – and that multiple opportunities to minimise the loss of life had been missed. 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 03:34 - The Sampoong Department Store Collapse 07:29 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Learning from Seoul's Sampoong Department Store disaster – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 44" by Colin Marshall, published by The Guardian, May 2015. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/27/seoul-sampoong-department-store-disaster-history-cities-50-buildings. "After 16 Days, a Rescue Stirs Hope in Korea" by Sheryl Wudunn, published by The New York Times, July 1995. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/16/world/after-16-days-a-rescue-stirs-hope-in-korea.html. "Death and Calamity: The Sampoong Department Store Collapse Explained" by Jaime Trosper, published by Interesting Engineering, June 2021. Link: https://interestingengineering.com/death-and-calamity-sampoong-department-store-collapse-explained. "Lessons from the Sampoong department store collapse" by NJ Gardner, Jungsuck Huh and LKan Chung, published by Cement and Concrete Composites, December 2002. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222322910_Lessons_from_the_Sampoong_department_store_collapse.

On the 3rd of September, 1991, a fire began at the Imperial Food Products chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. The fire was an unusually devastating one… and during the investigation which followed it would be revealed that the plant had a long history of ignoring regulation and evading inspection – an attempt to reduce costs that ultimately cost those who worked there everything. 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 04:05 - The Hamlet Chicken Processing Plant Fire 07:17 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Smoke drew line of death" published by Tampa Bay Times, October 2014. Link: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/09/05/smoke-drew-line-of-death/. "The Tragic Story of the Hamlet Fire" by Walter Edgar, published by NPR, June 2021. Link: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=984823229. "Chicken Processing Plant Fires. Hamlet, North Carolina and North Little Rock, Arkansas" by FEMA, published by US Fire Administration, June 1991. Link: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-057.pdf. "The Deadly 1991 Hamlet Fire Exposed the High Cost of 'Cheap'" by Anna Diamond, published by Smithsonian Magazine, September 2017. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deadly-1991-hamlet-fire-exposed-high-cost-cheap-180964816/.

I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

On the 19th of August, 1989, a large group of partygoers boarded the pleasure cruiser the Marchioness, for a moonlit jaunt along the Thames. However, the excursion would come to an abrupt end just minutes after it began, when the vessel was involved in a collision with another boat. It would turn out to be one of the most serious accidents to take place on the Thames in recent history. 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 03:05 - The Marchioness Disaster 08:16 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Collision between aggregates dredger Bowbelle and passenger vessel Marchioness resulting in Marchioness sinking with loss of 51 lives" by Marine Accident Investigation Branch, published by Gov.uk, January 2015. Link: https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/collision-between-aggregates-dredger-bowbelle-and-passenger-vessel-marchioness-on-the-river-thames-england-resulting-in-marchioness-sinking-with-loss-of-51-lives. "The Marchioness disaster: 30 years on" by RNLI Staff, published by RNLI.org, August 2019. Link: https://rnli.org/magazine/magazine-featured-list/2019/august/the-marchioness-disaster-30-years-on. "Marchioness disaster: Thames historic vessels 'still not modernised'" by BBC Staff, published by BBC News, August 2019. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-49346082. "Marchioness inquiry opens after 11 years" by Jeevan Vasagar, published by The Guardian, October 2000. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/oct/03/jeevanvasagar.

I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #Shorts

On the 12th of March, 1928, just before midnight, the St Francis Dam in Los Angeles County, California, failed catastrophically. The dam, built just a few years before, had been holding back around 47 million cubic meters (or 12.4 billion gallons) of water. Now, as the concrete of the dam crumbled, this water swept down the Santa Clarita river valley in a gargantuan wave, destroying everything in its path. The collapse of the dam would turn out to be one of the worst civil engineering disasters in American history. 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Background 04:31 - The St Francis Dam Disaster 07:46 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "On Occasions Like This, I Envy the Dead: The St. Francis Dam Disaster" by Matt Blitz, published by Smithsonian Magazine, March 2015. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/occasions-i-envy-dead-st-francis-dam-disaster-180954543/. "St. Francis Dam Disaster: An Extended Timeline" by Alan Pollock, published by SCVHistory.com, March 2014. Link: https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/stfrancistimeline_pollack2014.htm. "The Last Victim of the St Francis Dam Disaster" by Alan Pollock, published by The Heritage Junction Dispatch, October 2019. Link: https://stfrancisdammemorial.org/last-victim-of-the-st-francis-dam-disaster/. "The 1928 St. Francis Dam Failure and Its Impact on American Civil Engineering" by J David Rogers, published by Missouri S&T. Link: https://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/st_francis_dam/St-Francis-Dam-for-ASCE-Press.pdf.

On the 6th of December, 1969, 300,000 people gathered at the Altamont Raceway in California for a once-in-a-lifetime free concert that had been promoted as the Woodstock of the West Coast. Unfortunately, many of them would end up remembering the event for all the wrong reasons. Instead of the festival of peace and love that the organisers had envisaged, the Altamont Free Concert ended in a rash of chaos and violence that left four people dead. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 04:36 - The Altamont Free Concert 09:34 - Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Pedal to the Metal" by Chris Haugen ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Altamont At 50: The Disastrous Concert That Brought The ‘60s To A Crashing Halt" by David Chiu, published by Forbes, December 2019. Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidchiu/2019/12/03/altamont-at-50-the-disastrous-concert-that-brought-the-60s-to-a-crashing-halt/?sh=9ec915b19414. "The Rolling Stones Disaster at Altamont: Let It Bleed" by Rolling Stone staff, published by Rolling Stone, January 1970. Link: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-rolling-stones-disaster-at-altamont-let-it-bleed-71299/. "The Chaos of Altamont and the Murder of Meredith Hunter" by Sasha Frere-Jones, published by The New Yorker, March 2019. Link: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-chaos-of-altamont-and-the-murder-of-meredith-hunter. "Death, amphetamines and the Hell's Angels: Remembering the deadly Altamont Free Concert, 50 years on" by Far Out Magazine staff, published by Far Out Magazine, December 2019. Link: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-rolling-stones-altamont-free-concert-1969/.

On the 11th of June, 1993, a system failure at an as-yet-unopened holiday resort on the island of Isla Nublar near Costa Rica allowed a large number of dangerous animals to escape from their enclosures. In the hours which followed, numerous lives would be lost in a series of animal attacks across the island, in an incident which would doom the resort to failure before it had even opened. 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Background 04:38 - The Isla Nublar Disaster 07:21 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Lost World" by White Hex ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Jurassic Park" directed by Steven Spielberg, distributed by Universal Pictures, July 1993. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/.

On the 1st of August, 2007, the I-35 West Mississippi River Bridge, one of the busiest bridges in Minneapolis, collapsed. The bridge had been in use for 40 years, and during this time regular inspections had frequently raised concerns about its structural integrity. The collapse would, however, eventually be traced to a design flaw that none of these inspections had ever noted, and which had been in place for decades before the failure of the bridge. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:59 - The I-35W Bridge Failure 07:07 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Collapse of I-35W Highway Bridge" by the National Transportation Safety Board, published August 2007. Link: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HAR0803.pdf. "I-35W Bridge Collapse and Response" by the US Fire Administration, published August 2007. Link: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr_166.pdf. "10 Years After Bridge Collapse, America Is Still Crumbling" by David Schaper, published by NPR, August 2017. Link: https://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540669701/10-years-after-bridge-collapse-america-is-still-crumbling.

On the 18th of June, 1875, the city of Dublin in Ireland was hit by a devastating flood – a disaster which killed 13 people, injured twice that number, and destroyed dozens of buildings. Unusually for a flood, however, none of these deaths were caused by drowning, and the vast majority of property damage was inflicted by flames. On that night in 1875 the substance which flowed through the streets of Dublin wasn’t water. It was high-proof, undiluted Irish Whiskey. And, to make matters significantly worse, it was on fire. 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Background 02:44 - The Dublin Whiskey Fire 06:39 - Alcohol-Related Deaths 08:58 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "The night a river of whiskey ran through the streets of Dublin" by Dan Ruxton, published by The Irish Times, August 2016. Link: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublin-1.2743517. "The Great Whiskey Fire" published by Firecall Magazine, June 2020. Link: https://firecall.ie/the-great-whiskey-fire/. "The Shocking Story Behind The Great Whiskey Fire Of Dublin" by Nancy Mock, published by Mashed.com, August 2021. Link: https://www.mashed.com/493134/the-shocking-story-behind-the-great-whiskey-fire-of-dublin/. "It's True, Whiskey Originated in Ireland" published by the Irish Whiskey Museum. Link: https://www.irishwhiskeymuseum.ie/news/its-true-whiskey-originated-in-ireland/.

On the 28th of January, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched into a clear blue sky from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. On board were seven highly-trained astronauts, all of them braced to experience either the first or second space flight of their lives. But, just over a minute after take off, Challenger exploded in a massive fireball and a cloud of debris. Something catastrophic had gone wrong with the Shuttle… a malfunction that at least some people on the ground had raised concerns about before the launch even began. 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Background 02:52 - The Challenger Disaster 05:52 - The Investigation 09:16 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Space shuttle Challenger and the disaster that changed NASA forever" by Elizabeth Howell, published by Space.com, February 2022. Link: https://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html. "35 Years Ago: Remembering Challenger and Her Crew" by John Uri, published by NASA, January 2021. Link: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/35-years-ago-remembering-challenger-and-her-crew. "Challenger crew likely survived explosion before tragic plunge to earth" by Reed Tucker, published by New York Post, June 2021. Link: https://nypost.com/2021/06/19/challenger-crew-likely-survived-explosion-before-fatal-plummet/. "How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster" by Kevin Cook, published by LitHub, June 2021. Link: https://lithub.com/how-legendary-physicist-richard-feynman-helped-crack-the-case-on-the-challenger-disaster/. "Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger Address to the Nation" by President Ronald W Reagan, curated by Steve Garber, published by NASA, June 2004. Link: https://history.nasa.gov/reagan12886.html.

On the 29th of October 1998 a fire began inside a community centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. That night the venue was supposedly hosting a birthday party for around 50 people… but when the fire service arrived on scene they were confronted by an unexpected and horrifying reality: the building was packed with more than four times that number, many of whom were already beyond saving. 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 03:08 - The Fire 07:31 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "The story of the biggest fire disaster in Swedish history" by Catherine Edwards, published by The Local, October 2018. Link: https://www.thelocal.se/20181029/the-biggest-fire-disaster-in-swedish-history-gothenburg-disco/. "The Gothenburg Discotheque Fire Investigation" by Hauky Ingason, Ulf Wickström, and Patrick Van Hees, published by the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, January 2001. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266389933_The_Gothenburg_discotheque_fire_investigation. "Teenager admits starting disco fire where 63 died" published by The Guardian, May 2000. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/may/05/2. "Dance Hall Fire Gothenburg, Sweden October 28, 1988" by Ed Comeau and Robert F Duval, published by the National Fire Protection Association. Link: https://www.gkstill.com/Support/Links/Documents/2006-nfpa.pdf.

On the 6th of September, 1992, a group of hunters on the Stampede Trail near Healy in Alaska came across an abandoned city transit bus. Thinking that it might make a convenient shelter for the night, they ventured inside… only to be repelled by a terrible smell that permeated the vehicle’s interior. Suspecting the worst, the hunters radioed local police, who came out and searched the bus. They found the remains of a man who would later be identified as Christopher McCandless – an individual with a fascinating life, and a legacy which has lasted for decades after his death. 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Background 04:37 - The Death of Christopher McCandless 08:25 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Anomalous Hedges" by The Mini Vandals ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Does ‘The Wild Truth’ Tell the True Story of Chris McCandless?" by Alex Heard, published by Outside, November 2014. Link: https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/does-wild-truth-tell-true-story-chris-mccandless/. "How Chris McCandless Died" by John Krakauer, published by The New Yorker, September 2013. Link: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-chris-mccandless-died. "The Chris McCandless Obsession Problem" by Diana Saverin, published by Outside, December 2013. Link: https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/north-america/chris-mccandless-obsession-problem/. "‘Into the Wild’ Bus, Seen as a Danger, Is Airlifted From the Alaskan Wild" by Michael Levenson, published by The New York Times, June 2020. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/into-the-wild-bus-removed.html. "Return to the Wild" directed by Jeanmarie Condon and Ann Johnson Prum, February 2016. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4304292/.

On the 25th of July, 2000, Air France Flight 4590 from Paris to New York took flight. The plane was a Concorde airliner – a supersonic jet that, in the years prior, had achieved almost worldwide fame by offering incredibly swift, luxurious and timely transatlantic flights. The distinctive aircraft had come to be a symbol of wealth and success, luxury and ambition… but on this particular day Concorde would stand for something else. It would be the beginning of the end for Concorde, and the end of everything for every single person on board Flight 4590. 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Background 04:23 - The Crash 07:49 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Magenta" by Sextile ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "The Last Days of Concord" by Samme Chittum, published by Smithsonian Books, September 2018. Link: https://www.waterstones.com/book/last-days-of-the-concorde/samme-chittum/9781588346292. "Accident on 25 July 2000 at 'La Patte d’Oie' in Gonesse (95), to the Concorde, registered F-BTSC, operated by Air France" published by the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety, July 2000. Link: https://www.bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/2000/f-sc000725pa/pdf/f-sc000725pa.pdf. "Continental 'responsible' for Concorde crash in 2000" published by BBC News, December 2010. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11923556. "Celebrity Passengers and Caviar at 55,000 Feet: What It Was Like to Fly Concorde in the ’70s" by Blane Bachelor, published by Condé Nast Traveller, June 2021. Link: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/celebrity-passengers-and-caviar-at-55000-feet-what-it-was-like-to-fly-concorde-in-the-70s. "Celebrating Concorde" published by British Airways. Link: https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/about-ba/history-and-heritage/celebrating-concorde.

On or around the 17th of October, 79AD, Mount Vesuvius – a volcano in southern Italy – erupted. Ash, dust and poisonous gases were blasted high into the sky, falling like deadly rain on the landscape for miles around. As the eruption entered its second day, all-consuming pyroclastic flows swamped the countryside, submerging and at the same time perfectly preserving the Roman city of Pompeii. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:34 - The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 08:03 - After the Disaster I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius" published by UC San Diego. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20081019092916/http://quakeinfo.ucsd.edu/~gabi/erth15-06/lecture08/pliny.html. "The Economy of Pompeii" by Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson, published by Oxford University Press, 2016. Link: https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198786573.001.0001/acprof-9780198786573. "Benchmarks: March 17, 1944: The most recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius" by Sara E Pratt, published by Earth Magazine, March 2016. Link: https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-march-17-1944-most-recent-eruption-mount-vesuvius/. "Pompeii" published by History.com, August 2010. Link: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii.

On the 8th of July, 2011, a guest riding the Ride of Steel rollercoaster at Darien Lake amusement park in the state of New York was ejected from the ride as it crested a hill. The man hit his head on the rollercoaster train and fell to the ground below, dying from his injuries. In the investigation which followed, it was found that he should never have been allowed on the ride in the first place, but that his decision to board the rollercoaster that would ultimately kill him had not once been challenged by any member of staff working at the park. 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Background 03:43 - The 2011 Accident 07:15 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Final Sheriff's Office report on death at Darien's 'Ride of Steel' contains new details" by Howard B Owens, published by The Batavian, August 2011. Link: https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-owens/final-sheriffs-office-report-death-dariens-ride-steel-contains-new-details/27870. "Theme-park patron ejected from roller coaster" published by VerdictSearch, March 2004. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20070928135146/http://www.verdictsearch.com/jv3_news/newsletter/nat/052604/3.jsp. "Army amputee thrown from NY roller coaster, dies" by Ben Dobbin, published by The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2011. Link: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-army-amputee-thrown-from-ny-roller-coaster-dies-2011jul08-story.html. "Real Stories - Sergeant James Hackemer" published by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Link: https://www.polytrauma.va.gov/real-stories/james.asp. "Accident-Injury Reports and Final Reports for 2008, 2009 and 2011" published by State of New York Department of Labor, July 2011. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20131104193903/http://wivb.lininteractive.com/documents/Accident-Injury%20Reports%20and%20Final%20Reports%20for%202008%2C%202009%20and%202011.pdf. "Darien Lake settles lawsuit stemming from death of Iraq veteran killed by falling out of a roller coaster" by The Associated Press, published by syracuse.com, January 2013. Link: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2013/01/darien_lake_settles_lawsuit_st.html.

On the 8th of May, 1979, a taxi driver in Manchester, England, radioed his dispatcher to say that he could see smoke billowing from a Woolworths supermarket in the middle of the city. This information was quickly passed onto the fire brigade, who sped to the scene, arriving in just under two minutes. Despite this lightning-fast response, the fire that followed would be one of the deadliest that Manchester had seen since the end of World War II, and would go down in history as a terrible and unnecessary waste of human life. 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Background 02:30 - The 1976 Fire 07:18 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Fire!" by Paul Seaton, published in The Woolworths Museum. Link: https://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1970s-fire.htm. "'I'll Never Forget It': Manchester Remembers Tragic Woolworths Fire of 1979 That Claimed 10 Lives in Blaze" by Sarah Hodgson, published by Mancunian Matters, May 2013. Link: https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/life/09052013-ill-never-forget-it-manchester-remembers-tragic-woolworths-fire-of-1979-that-claimed-10-lives-in-blaze/. "Inside the Manchester Woolworths Blaze - The Fire That Claimed Ten Lives - and Changed Britain" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/inside-manchester-woolworths-blaze-fire-16214759. "Woolworths Fire: "I Will Never Forget the Sight of Her. She Had Blonde Hair and it Was Black With Smoke" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/woolworths-fire-i-never-forget-16215099. "What Happened in The 1979 Manchester Woolworth Fire?" published by BBC News, December 2012. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20598600. "Nostalgia: Woolworths Fire in Colchester in 1973" by Matt Plummer, published by the Essex County Gazette Standard, August 2020. Link: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18630139.nostalgia-woolworths-fire-colchester-1973/. "Woman Trapped by Bars in Woolworths Inferno" published by the Birmingham Daily Post, May 1979. Available via the British Newspaper Archive.

On the 6th of July, 2013, in the early hours of the morning, a freight train which had been parked for the night on the railway tracks near Nantes in Quebec started to move. Slowly at first, and then with greater and greater speed, it began to roll downhill towards the nearby town of Lac-Mégantic. The train consisted of 72 tanker cars, each one bearing a full load of crude oil. With nobody on board and nothing to stop it, the train barrelled towards the sleeping town, which was about to experience one of the worst rail disasters in Canadian history. 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Background 01:43 - The Accident 08:31 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Lac-Megantic: The Runaway Train That Destroyed a Town" by Jessica Murphy, published by BBC News, January 2018. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42548824. "Railway Investigation Report R13D0054" published by The Transportation Safety Board of Canada, August 2018. Link: https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2013/R13D0054/R13D0054.html. "Canada Runaway Train: Lac-Megantic Death Toll Rises" published by BBC News, July 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23218614. "Lac Megantic Explosion: a Chronicle of the Tragedy" published by The Star, July 2013. Link: https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/07/12/lac_megantic_explosion_a_chronicle_of_the_tragedy.html. "Last Moments of Lac-Mégantic: Survivors Share Their Stories" by Justin Giovannetti, published by The Globe and Mail, November 2013. Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lac-megantic-musi-cafe/article15656116/. "The Frantic Moment When the Train Driver in Lac-Megantic Raced to the Scene" by Andy Blatchford, published by The Windsor Star, July 2013. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20130718053713/https://windsorstar.com/news/national/Witnesses+describe+train+driver+raced+disaster+scene/8653801/story.html. "Lac-Megantic Marks Seventh Anniversary of 2013 Rail Disaster With Memorial Site" by Stephanie Marin, published by CTV News, July 2020. Link: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/lac-megantic-marks-seventh-anniversary-of-2013-rail-disaster-with-memorial-site-1.5011999.

On the 30th of July, 1945, the American Navy cruiser the USS Indianapolis was hit by two torpedoes fired by a Japanese submarine. The ship, with over 1,000 crewmen on board, sank into the ocean in little more than ten minutes, leaving around 900 sailors adrift and awaiting rescue. For those 900 or so men, the wait would be one of the longest and most challenging of their lives… an ordeal which only a fraction of those who lived through the sinking would survive. 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Background 02:04 - The Sinking of The Indianapolis 07:15 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Dreaming Blue" by Sextile ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "SOS Indianapolis: Behind the Sinking of the Heavy Cruiser" by Marty Pay, published by Historynet, July 2021. Link: https://www.historynet.com/sos-indianapolis-behind-the-sinking-of-the-heavy-cruiser.htm. "USS Indianapolis (CA35) - Report of War Damage, Okinawa" by National Archives & Records Administration, published by Research at Large. Link: http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/CA35/1945Kamikaze/. "The Sinking of USS Indianapolis: Navy Department Press Release, Narrative of the Circumstances of the Loss of USS Indianapolis, 23 February 1946" by the US Navy, published by Naval History and Heritage Command, July 2008. Link: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/sinking-ussindianapolis/narrative-of-the-circumstances.html. "USS Indianapolis sinking: 'You could see sharks circling'" by Alex Last, published by the BBC World Service, July 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23455951. "Surviving the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis" by Seth Paridon, published by the National WWII Museum. Link: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/surviving-sinking-uss-indianapolis. "LCDR Robert Adrian Marks" by MHOH, published by Military Hall of Honor. Link: https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=2802.

On the 30th of October, 1938, an adaptation of HG Wells’s science fiction novel The War of the Worlds was broadcast on the CBS radio network. Thousands tuned in to listen and, unfortunately, a small number of these listeners mistakenly believed that the events described in the show were actually taking place, and that an alien invasion was imminent. In towns and cities across the country, for a brief few hours, panic reigned. The incident has gone down in history as a radio debacle… but it is not the last instance of a public panic caused by a work of fiction. 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - The War of the Worlds (1938) 04:22 - Before The Sun Goes Down (1929) 07:57 - Alternative 3 (1977) I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underworld" by Myuu | "Magenta" by Sextile ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: “Television (Bogus News Broadcast)” via UK Parliament record of Commons Sitting in the 19th Century. Link: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1959/mar/16/television-bogus-news-broadcast. “The Long Afterlife of a Classic Hoax” by Jim Knipfel, published in New to Table, January 2019. Link: https://medium.com/news-to-table/the-long-afterlife-of-a-classic-hoax-87e3b25c4c43. “Grovers Mill” by West Windsor History, published by The West Windsor History Museum. Link: https://www.westwindsorhistory.com/grovers-mill.html. “The Infamous 'War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke” by A Brad Schwartz, published in Smithsonian Magazine, May 2015. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/.

On the 3rd of March, 1943, at the height of the Second World War, a fleet of German bombers took flight, heading directly for London. As air raid sirens sounded across the capital, residents took shelter wherever they could – in cellars and basements, in purpose-built bomb shelters, and, in many cases, in the stations and tunnels of the London Underground. The underground transit network had been used throughout the war to keep tens of thousands of people safe and well during German attacks… but on this particular night the rush to enter a shelter would cost more lives than it would save. 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Background 02:26 - The Night of the Disaster 07:45 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Alf Morris, Tube Disaster Survivor" by The Gentle Author, published on Spitalfields Life, February 2010. Link: https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/02/11/alf-morris-survivor-of-the-bethnal-green-tube-disaster/. "Bethnal Green Tube Disaster" by Brian Penn, published on Historic UK. Link: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Bethnal-Green-Tube-Disaster/. "Bethnal Green Tube Disaster: 'I Tried to Black It Out'" published by BBC News (London), April 2016. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35938274. "Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Marked 70 Years On" published by BBC News (London), March 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21645163. "Bethnal Green - Disaster At The Tube" published on BBC Homeground, September 2003. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20071213173030/http://www.bbc.co.uk/homeground/archive/2003/bethnal-green-tube-disaster.shtml.

Once a year, around the holidays, I want to share the story of a disaster that *didn't* happen - a tragedy that, whether through luck, the bravery of those involved, or simple good planning, was averted. In this story, everyone survives... although it's definitely a close call. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 01:50 - The Incident 06:56 - The Investigation Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ Sources: "Report on the accident to BAC One-Eleven, G-BJRT over Didcot, Oxfordshire on 10 June 1990" by D F King on behalf of the Department of Transport Air Accidents Investigation Branch, February 1992. Link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422faa7e5274a131400078d/1-1992_G-BJRT_2_.pdf. "Blowout" (Air Crash Investigation Season Two Episode One) directed by Nigel Levy, January 2005. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0644754/. "31 Years Ago A Pilot Survived 20 Minutes Outside A Flying Jet" by Jake Hardiman, published by Simple Flying, June 2021. Link: https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-flight-5390/. "Case Study British Airways Flight 5390" by Eddie, published by Code 7700, July 2016. Link: https://code7700.com/case_study_british_airways_5390.htm.

On the 24th of July, 1976, a convention held by the American Legion at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia came to an end. Three days later, all over the state, veterans who had attended the convention started dying. All of them experienced the same symptoms. Many of them, ultimately, had the same fate. It would take months of patient and painstaking investigation before doctors would finally be able to identify the cause of this deadly epidemic. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Background 01:37 - The Outbreak 02:44 - The Investigation 07:23 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 31st of August, 1994, police were called to a quiet suburb outside of Detroit, where a 17-year-old boy was suspected of stealing tyres. When they challenged the boy in question, though, police were stunned to find that he hadn’t been stealing tyres at all, but instead had been loading what looked like components for a homemade atomic bomb into his car. The boy was David Hahn – a troubled but brilliant individual who later became known as “the Nuclear Boy Scout”. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 04:37 - The "Reactor" 09:07 - Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Creep" by Emmit Fenn ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 24th of December, 1953, a passenger express train was making its way across New Zealand from Wellington to Auckland. On board were hundreds of passengers heading home for Christmas. Many of them would not make it to their destination. Unbeknownst to anyone on board, the train was speeding towards the worst rail disaster New Zealand had ever seen. 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - The Tangiwai Bridge Disaster 05:39 - The Aftermath 08:05 - The Present Day I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 25th of September, 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was getting ready to land at San Diego International Airport. Its journey thus far had been uneventful. The day was bright and clear, the pilots were in good spirits, and the aircraft was functioning perfectly. Before it could safely come in to land, however, a tiny misunderstanding and a brief lapse in protocol would lead to an incident that would claim the lives of everybody on board, along with several others on the ground below. 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Background 02:11 - The Incident 07:27 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 28th of November, 2008, crowds began to gather outside the Walmart at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York. They had been drawn there by the promise of an unmissable, limited-time Black Friday sale. As dawn approached, the crowd grew and grew until it contained more than 2,000 people. They were there to shop… but before the morning was over the crowd would have destroyed a storefront, killed an innocent man, and contributed to the long and violent history of chaotic Black Friday sales. 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - About Black Friday 01:40 - The Valley Stream Walmart Incident 04:56 - US Black Friday Chaos 06:46 - Black Friday Abroad I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Travel Nonstop" by Squadda B ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 27th of April, 1865, the Sultana – a wooden steamboat – was making its way north up the Mississippi River when, one after another, its boilers exploded, turning the ship into a burning wreck. The official capacity of the Sultana was just 376… but due to a series of bad decisions and unfortunate circumstances, more than 1,000 people would die in the incident, making it the worst maritime disaster ever to take place within the United States. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 05:10 - The Sinking of The Sultana 07:38 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 14th of May, 1988, a group from the Radcliff First Assembly of God Church spent the day at the Kings Island Amusement Park in Ohio. The trip went well, and when the group piled back onto the church’s yellow school bus in the evening they were exhausted but blissfully happy. As they set off on their return journey, however, they had no idea that the actions of just one man would mean that more than a third of their number would never make it home. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 02:12 - The Accident 06:25 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 27th of May, 1962, a small team of workers were tasked with clearing up a landfill site just outside of Centralia, Pennsylvania. Just as they had done many other times before at many other landfills, they set fire to the accumulated waste, let it burn, and then doused the whole thing with water. There was only one problem: the fire didn’t go out. In fact, it would never go out. Although they didn’t know it at the time, this small clean-up crew had set in motion events that would end up turning a thriving town into a smoking, uninhabitable wasteland. 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - The Fire Begins 05:15 - The Response 07:41 - The End of Centralia I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 7th of November, 1916, the streets of Boston were crowded with people. The results of the 33rd United States presidential election were due to be announced, and tens of thousands of residents were waiting for news with baited breath. Before that news could arrive, however, another more immediate event would demand their attention – Boston was about to witness the worst public transit disaster it had ever seen. 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Background 04:12 - The Incident Itself 07:11 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 13th of November 1986, BBC employees were rehearsing a stunt for an upcoming episode of The Late Late Breakfast Show. The spot would see a member of the public carrying out a movie-style stunt after a week of intensive training. It was a popular segment… but on this occasion it would end up going very, very wrong. 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - About The Late Late Breakfast Show 03:40 - The Incident 06:45 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "News Room News" by Spence ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 24th of December, 1913, in the town of Calumet in Michigan employees of a copper mining company were enjoying a Christmas party at a community hall. At some point in proceedings a loud cry was heard: “Fire!” The crowd rushed to escape down a single narrow staircase… but there simply wasn’t room for everyone to evacuate at once. In the panic and confusion which followed, many of those in attendance would lose their lives. 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Background and Context 03:20 - The Italian Hall Disaster 06:26 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 5th of October, 1930, a passenger airship crashed to the ground and burst into flame, killing almost everyone on board. It wasn’t the Hindenburg. Instead, this was the R101 – an experimental British airship on its first overseas voyage. The conception, creation and testing of the R101 had been a fraught process… and its tragic end would be the death knell of the British airship industry. 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - History and Context 07:40 - The R101 Crash 09:56 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 5th of December, 1952, an unusually heavy fog descended on London. It remained in place for five days, bringing the capital to a standstill… and yet it caused no panic. Fog was a common phenomenon within London and, dramatic as this fog was, it was thought of as just another example of typically British weather. It wouldn’t be until much later that the true cost of the Great Smog of 1952 was realised. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Background 02:07 - The Great Smog of 1952 06:54 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Creep" by Emmit Fenn ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 24th of July, 1915, the SS Eastland – a passenger steamer – capsized in the Chicago River. Conditions at the time were perfectly calm, the water placid. There was no fire, no impact from another ship, no explosion. There was barely even any wind. In fact, the ship was still tied up to the dock. Help was on hand almost instantly. The water was relatively shallow, and the boat didn’t even fully sink. Yet despite all this, the Eastland disaster would turn into one of the deadliest in Chicago’s history. 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - A History of The Eastland 03:00 - The Day of the Disaster 07:20 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Creep" by Emmit Fenn ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 21st of November, 1980, a fire began on the first floor of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Firefighters were quickly in attendance, and through a co-ordinated effort were able to contain and then extinguish the flames before they could spread to rooms where guests were sleeping. Only a relatively small part of the hotel actually burned… but a flaw in the design of the building meant that 85 guests – many of whom were staying on floors completely untouched by flame – lost their lives. 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - About the MGM Grand Hotel 01:37 - The Grand Hotel Fire 07:38 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 22nd of April, 1992 a series of huge explosions ripped through the Mexican city of Guadalajara, opening up a trench almost eight kilometres (or five miles) in length. The destruction was absolute – hundreds were killed, thousands injured, and vast tracts of the city damaged beyond recognition. As shocked survivors began digging through the rubble, the question remained: what could possibly have caused this kind of devastation on such an enormous scale? 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Prelude to Disaster 03:38 - The Guadalajara Explosions 06:16 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 27th of March, 1977, one of the worst disasters in aviation history took place at Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife. The collision of two fully-loaded Boeing 747 airplanes on a runway was an unprecedented and horrifying incident – an incident which, ultimately, was traced back to just a few momentary misunderstandings and communication failures. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Background 03:45 - The Tenerife Airport Disaster 08:11 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 21st of November, 2013, the roof of the Zolitūde Shopping Center in Riga, Latvia, collapsed without warning, trapping almost a hundred staff and customers within. The disaster – which was the worst to take place in Latvia in almost 60 years – would change the country forever, with consequences that reached all the way up to the highest ranks of government. 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - About the Zolitūde Shopping Center 02:56 - The Day of the Collapse 06:31 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 19th of November, 1971, a group of high school students from Ainslie Park School in Edinburgh set off for a weekend adventure in the Cairngorms – a rugged mountain range to the north of the city. As bad weather settled in over the highlands, what started out as a weekend hike would soon turn into a life and death battle for survival from which six of the group would never return. 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - About The Cairngorms 02:37 - The Cairngorm Plateau Disaster 09:45 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Night Snow" by Asher Fulero Many thanks to Kit Rodman-Orr for help with the pronunciation of place names in this video! ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 20th of April, 1902, after years of hard work, Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolated a brand new element: radium. It was thought, at the time, that this new material might have all kinds of beneficial properties, and so radium was swiftly incorporated into a huge range of products: everything from makeup to ceramics to health tonics and jewellery. What wasn’t understood at that time was that radium was in fact quite deadly. 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - The Golden Age Of Radium 02:09 - The Work Of Dial Painters 04:50 - What Went Wrong? 08:32 - The Legacy Of Radium I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Underwater Exploration" by Godmode ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 15th of May, 1929, hundreds of doctors, nurses and patients were going about their business inside the outpatient building of the Cleveland Clinic – a modern and in some ways revolutionary healthcare centre in Cleveland, Ohio. At around 11:30am the upper floors of the clinic were suddenly flooded with a thick, yellowish-brown gas. Those who inhaled it were dead within moments, never knowing or understanding exactly what had killed them. 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - History of The Cleveland Clinic 02:00 - The Day of the Incident 06:52 - The Aftermath 08:27 - The Cleveland Clinic Today I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 7th of December, 1941, at the height of World War II, Japan launched a surprise attack on the United State of America, which had until then been a neutral country. At 7:55am, the first of two waves of Japanese aircraft were launched from carriers off the shores of Hawaii. From a clear blue sky, they honed in on Pearl Harbour - a naval base on the island of O’ahu - and decimated it and the ships which were moored there. The attack, which was launched without warning, has gone down as a pivotal moment in the history of the world – an atrocity that caused America to finally enter, and ultimately help put an end to, the war. 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - The Beginning Of The Attack 05:08 - Fighting Back 06:27 - Escaping 07:52 - Conclusion I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 7th of April, 1990, the MS Scandinavian Star – a passenger and vehicle ferry – was on its way from Oslo in Norway to Frederikshavn in Denmark, when a fire began on board. At the time, the ship carried 395 passengers and 97 crew. Approximately one third of the people on board would not live to see the morning… an extremely high death toll which, it was found, could be attributed in large part to the dilapidated and ill-maintained state of the ship. 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - History of the Scandinavian Star 02:01 - The Fire 05:48 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "No. 7 Alone With My Thoughts" by Esther Abrami ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​ CORRECTION: In this video I say that Vognmandsruten was a Dutch company. This is incorrect; it was actually Danish.

On the 13th of May, 2000, residents in the Dutch city of Enschede noticed smoke in the sky. A small industrial complex in the northern part of the city was on fire. Fire engines made their way towards the blaze, while people watched from a safe distance, fully expecting to see it brought under control within a few hours. Instead, at around 3:30pm, a massive explosion shook the entire city, obliterating an entire neighbourhood in a matter of moments. 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - History of SE Fireworks 04:04 - The Incident 06:23 - The Aftermath and Investigation I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 22nd of June, 1918, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was on its way to its next scheduled performance in Hammond, Indiana. More than 300 labourers and circus performers were on board one of the circus’s two dedicated trains when it was forced to stop to deal with a mechanical issue. The vast majority of passengers were asleep, unaware entirely that another train was bearing down on them at full speed, and that in just a few minutes the Hagenback-Wallace Circus would suffer one of the worst tragedies it would ever endure. 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - History Of The Circus 02:30 - The Hammond Wreck 07:16 - The Cause Of The Crash 09:10 - Showmen's Rest I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "First Light" by Futuremono ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​

On the 9th of November, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald left Wisconsin and set off across Lake Superior laden with a cargo of iron ore pellets. It was a journey the cargo freighter had made many times before, but this particular sailing would be different. The Edmund Fitzgerald would never make it to its planned destination of Zug Island near Detroit, and neither would any of the 29 crewmembers on board. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - History of the Edmund Fitzgerald 02:36 - The Final Voyage 06:40 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories CORRECTION: The image in this video which I display when speaking about Captain McSorley is actually Captain Bernie Cooper of the Arthur M Anderson. Apologies for this error, which is entirely my own.

On the 1st of March, 1872, Yellowstone became the first National Park in the United States of America – an area of wilderness protected by the state for the preservation of wildlife, and for the enjoyment of all. They could hardly have picked a better place – Yellowstone was and (thanks to its protected status) remains a breathtakingly beautiful, alien landscape of unique geological features and thermal springs. These thermal springs in particular, like any wild and untamed thing, can be deadly – something which the park has wrestled with for its entire existence. 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - About Yellowstone National Park 01:54 - Three Hot Spring Incidents 08:22 - Conclusion I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Dolphin-esque" by Godmode ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 23rd of June, 2012, in the city of Elliot Lake in Ontario, Canada, a segment of the rooftop parking deck at the Algo Centre Mall collapsed, smashing down through two floors of the shopping center. The incident, which claimed the lives of two people and injured 22 more, lasted just a few short moments… but was the result of a slow, quiet, corrosive process that had been going on for decades. This video was made in collaboration with @Brick Immortar. You can watch his take on this incident here: https://youtu.be/fxLtWiJ8uVg. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - About the Algo Centre Mall 02:09 - The Roof Collapse 04:30 - The Aftermath 07:18 - Elliot Lake Today 09:15 - About This Collaboration I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 24th of September, 1972, the Golden West Sport Aviation Air Show was in full swing at Sacramento Executive Airport in Sacramento, California. Thousands of aviation enthusiasts had gathered to see aircraft – including military and experimental models – exhibited on the ground. The show came to an abrupt halt, however, when one aircraft leaving the show failed to take off at the end of the runway, and instead ploughed through a fence, across a road, and directly into a crowded ice cream parlour. 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Background and Context 03:13 - The Crash 06:29 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Sing Swing Bada Bing" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 6th of July, 1944, the circus came to Hartford, Connecticut. Excited residents crowded into the big top to watch a performance unrivalled in that day and age: trained lions and tigers, daredevil stunts, a menagerie of exotic creatures, and a series of acrobatic marvels. Around 7,000 people filed into the huge canvas enclosure to enjoy the show… but before the afternoon’s entertainment could draw to a close, one of the worst temporary building fires in US history would claim the lives of nearly 170 of the audience and performers. 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - History and Context 02:33 - The Day of the Fire 07:58 - "Little Miss 1565" and Emmett Kelly 09:34 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 4th of February, 1912, at the Niagara Falls on the border between America and Canada, three innocent people were swept to their deaths in the raging waters. The three were tourists, who had been enjoying the then perfectly-ordinary practise of walking across the base of the falls on a bridge of ice that sometimes formed there in winter. 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - About The Niagra Falls 03:22 - The Ice Bridge Disaster 05:42 - Rescue Efforts 08:17 - The Niagara Falls Today I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories CORRECTION: At one point in this video I give the date of this incident as the 4th of August. I should, in fact, have said the 4th of February.

On the 2nd of August, 1973, three boys were playing on the miniature golf course outside the Summerland Leisure Centre on the Isle of Man. They ducked into an empty ticket booth so that they could share a cigarette. The oldest boy in the group was just 14. Their only worry at the time was being caught smoking... but they would soon have bigger concerns. A dropped match started a fire, which grew rapidly out of control. Panicking, the three boys fled. They would live to see another day, but dozens of people who were inside Summerland when the fire began would not. 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - The History of Summerland 02:37 - The Evening of the Fire 09:02 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Magenta" by Sextile ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 15th of September, 2011, near Sao Paulo in Brazil one of the largest ever traffic accidents in history took place. In heavy fog, several vehicles collided, beginning a chain reaction that ultimately consumed around 300 cars and trucks. The incident left one person dead, and many more injured. While notable for its sheer scale, this pileup is just one of many such multi-vehicle collisions… many of which have, at their root, the same basic cause. 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - I-5 Pileup, USA (1990) 02:50 - Autobahn 9 Pileup, Germany (2011) 05:06 - Sheppy Crossing Pileup, UK (2013) 06:50 - The Cause Behind Most Pileups I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 30th of December, 1903, a fire began on the stage at the newly-built Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois. Advertisements for the theatre had boasted that it was “absolutely fireproof”… but it was far from it. Indeed, the design of the theatre building lead to a death toll that outstripped that of any single building fire in all of American history, and lead to changes to the design of mass-occupancy buildings that are still in place today. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - History of the Iroquois 03:05 - The Day of the Fire 09:08 - The Aftermath I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror ​​​​​​​#Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 10th of October, 1957, a fire broke out at the Windscale nuclear facility on the west coast of England. The flames sent vast quantities of radioactive material billowing up into the atmosphere. It was, and remains, the United Kingdom’s most serious nuclear accident… but at the time no residents from the surrounding area were evacuated, and most of the details of the fire were swiftly hushed up. It would be years before the true extent of the damage caused by the Windscale fire was revealed. 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - The Story of Windscale 06:30 - The Aftermath 09:53 - Windscale Today I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Nocturnally" by Amulets ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 23rd of March, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 was en route from Moscow to Hong Kong with 75 people on board. Before if could reach its destination, the aircraft appeared to malfunction, launching into a series of steep climbs and dives – the final one of which took the plane to an altitude so low that no recovery was possible. The Airbus A310 crashed into the ground, with the loss of every single person on board. A subsequent investigation would reveal that the crash was due entirely to a sequence of bad decisions, misunderstandings, and errors by the pilots of Flight 593. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 13th of November, 1965, the SS Yarmouth Castle – an American passenger steamship – was sailing from Miami to Nassau when a fire broke out on board. On another ship, this might have been a minor incident, but due to the condition of the Yarmouth Castle, and the actions of those on board, the fire spread until it endangered the entire ship. Six hours after the fire began, the vessel sank with the loss of 87 lives. It was the worst disaster in North American waters in 15 years, and it was, it emerged, entirely preventable. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 25th of May, 1950, at around 6:30pm, a crowded tram was making its way through the streets of Chicago. As it approached a switch in the track, the driver missed the frantic signals of a worker on the street, and ploughed through the track switch at high speed. Immediately, the tram collided with a fully-loaded tanker truck hauling gasoline. Fuel spilled out and ignited in a giant fireball, beginning one of the most deadly public transit disasters in Chicago’s history. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

Happy April Fool's Day, everyone. If you haven't seen the movie Jaws yet... well, I'd highly recommend it. Especially if you enjoy this video! Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #History #Movies #AprilFools

This video is sponsored by The Magnus Archives - a horror fiction podcast. To find out more, subscribe, or listen (for free) go to https://rustyquill.com/. On the night of the 28th of August, 1859, skies around the world lit up with spectacular displays of light. In some places the heavens glowed red, as though reflecting a massive wildfire. Elsewhere broad bands of white light were seen dancing across the night sky. For almost a week skies around the world glowed so brightly that it was possible to read a newspaper at midnight. Everywhere, people gathered and gazed upwards, terrified and awestruck in equal measure. The vast majority had no idea what they were witnessing, and could only assume that it was a portent of the end of the world. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 3rd of December, 1979, English rock band The Who were scheduled to play a concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. Thousands of general admission ticketholders gathered outside the venue hours before the scheduled start of the concert… but were kept waiting outside by organisers while final arrangements were made for the night’s performance. When the go ahead was finally given to let the waiting crowd inside, only two doors were opened. Two doors for more than 8,000 people. By the time The Who actually did take to the stage that evening 11 of their fans would be dead. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories CORRECTION: When attributing a quote in this video, I misspelled Roger Daltrey's name. Instead of "Daltry", the attribution should read "Daltrey".

This video is sponsored by Hunt a Killer. Want to try Hunt a Killer? Go to huntakiller.com/fascinating to get started, and use the code "FASCINATING" for a 20% discount. On the 31st of August, 1888, in the heart of London’s Whitechapel, the serial killer who would come to be known as Jack The Ripper claimed his first victim, beginning a four-month reign of terror. Jack’s spree of grisly killings would prompt an unprecedented police investigation, a worldwide media frenzy, and a legacy of speculation that would last for centuries. Though the Ripper was never apprehended, he remains entrenched in the public consciousness to this day. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory | "Creep" by Emmit Fenn ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 5th of September, 2020, at around 10:20am, an extended family group gathered on the edge of the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, California. They were there for a gender reveal party – a celebration intended to reveal the gender of an as-yet-unborn child in a surprising and dramatic fashion. Unfortunately, the exact mechanism this family chose for their big reveal would soon result in a devastating and fatal wildfire, which would go on to ravage the area for months to come. It would be just the latest in a string of devastating incidents resulting from failed gender reveal parties. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 5th of July, 2009, at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, two ride trains collided, resulting in the death of one staff member. This fatal crash, however, did not take place on a rollercoaster or other thrill ride, but instead on the resort’s monorail system, designed to transport guests around and between the parks. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

Go to https://Surfshark.deals/fascinating and use code FASCINATING to get 83% off a 2-year plan and 3 extra months for free. Protect yourself online today! On the 6th of December 1917 two ships collided in the mouth of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada. The collision sparked a fire on board one of the vessels… a repurposed tramp steamer packed with a cargo of explosives bound for the European theatre of war. At exactly 35 seconds after 9:04am this cargo detonated, bringing about one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever to take place. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 26th of February 1919, The Grand Canyon in Arizona officially became the 15th National Park of the United States of America. The canyon – actually a gorge of the Colorado River – and the many tributary canyons which surround are mostly comprised of extremely rugged and sheer terrain, although areas along the North and South Rim have been maintained and cultivated for the purposes of tourism. Dangers abound within the canyon itself… but even from well-maintained tourist areas on the rim, it is surprisingly common for people to fall to their death – often in ways that completely defy belief. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 11th of May, 1984, a fire began inside the Haunted Castle attraction at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. The flames spread quickly, feeding off flammable building materials and decorations. There were around 30 guests inside the attraction when the flames took hold… almost a third of whom would not make it out alive. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 11th of November, 2000, a fire began on board a train carrying passengers up to a ski resort in Kaprun, Austria. Automated safety systems brought the train to a halt in a tunnel midway to its destination – while almost at the same moment the flames destroyed the hydraulic system which controlled the doors. The 162 passengers on board were now trapped twice over – locked inside a burning train that was, itself, stalled inside a smoke-filled tunnel. Despite valiant efforts on the part of many on board, the vast majority of passengers would not survive. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories CORRECTIONS: At one point in this video I mistakenly give the height of Mount Kitzsteinhorn as "3,000 metres (or around 5,000 feet)". This is an incorrect conversion - I should have said "10,000 feet".

On the morning of the 7th of November, 1940, travellers on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the state of Washington noticed something strange. The roadway suspended between the bridge’s concrete pillars was oscillating and twisting – gently at first, and then more and more dramatically. Soon enough almost the entire central span of the bridge was in motion, rippling wildly. At around 11am, whatever force was causing this movement proved too powerful, and the bridge collapsed into the water below. What exactly had happened was, at that stage, a mystery to almost everyone. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 29th of April, 1972, Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, opened for business. The 364-acre amusement park included a $2 million dark ride, a record-breaking rollercoaster, and numerous other entertainments and attractions. It was a hit. Within just a few years the park saw visitor numbers in the millions, and was known not just across the state, but nationwide. Little spoken of, however, were several bizarre freak accidents that took place within the park in subsequent years, and which cost several staff and guests their lives. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 9th of June 1991, at the Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, a normal summer evening took a surreal turn when two fatal freak accidents occurred almost simultaneously. The day would come to be known by fans of the park as “Black Sunday” – a day when three guests lost their lives in two completely separate – and, initially at least, completely inexplicable – incidents. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 28th of November, 1942, a hanging decoration in one room of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts caught fire. The flames were, initially, quite trivial – some of the patrons who witnessed them were even amused by the efforts of waiting staff to extinguish them using glasses of water and seltzer bottles. They could not possibly have known, at that moment, that this tiny flame would within minutes grow into one of the deadliest nightclub fires in American history. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

Something a little different this week. Once a year, around the holidays, I want to share the story of a disaster that *didn't* happen - a tragedy that, whether through luck, the bravery of those involved, or simple good planning, was averted. In this story, everyone survives... although it's definitely a close call. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 10th of April 1991, the Moby Prince – an Italian passenger ferry – collided with another ship, resulting in an oil fire on the deck of the Moby Prince. The crew promptly radioed for help, and herded passengers to a fireproofed room within the ship. The Moby Prince was mere minutes from a Port Authority base, and the fire was spreading relatively slowly. It seemed all but certain that they would be rescued in plenty of time… and yet, as the minutes ticked by, help never came. The fire on board the Moby Prince would turn out to be one of the worst maritime disasters in Italian history… in part because of a few tiny human errors and one tragic miscommunication. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/OKjH30rnpVA On the 15th of September, 1896, around 40,000 people gathered in the temporary town of Crush in Texas. The crowds were there to witness a unique spectacle – two trains would, for the sole purpose of entertaining the masses – be driven head first into one another at high speed. The staged train wreck would be a once in a lifetime sight for many in the crowd… and for a small number of onlookers, the very last thing they would ever see. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At 7:00pm on the 17th of July, 1981, more than 1,000 people were gathered in the atrium of the Hyatt Regency Kansas City Hotel for a tea dance, when a structural failure occurred. Two skywalks which crossed the lobby collapsed, crashing down onto the revellers below. The incident would cause the greatest loss of life from a structural collapse in American history, only ever to be superseded – 20 years later – by the destruction of New York City’s World Trade Centre. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories CORRECTION: At one point in this video I use the word "psychic". In fact, "psychological" would have been the more appropriate word to use in this context.

At around 12:05pm on the 11th of July 1978, a fully-loaded tanker truck left a state-owned refinery in a small town in the autonomous Catalonian region of Spain. It set off on a routine trip to Puertollano, an industrial city approximately six hours away by road. The truck never reached its destination. Before it was even half way to its destination it would become the cause of an accident which would claim more than 200 innocent lives. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/WcjN30rkCDF In the early hours of the 24th of January 1961 a B-52 military aircraft was in the middle of a routine operation when it encountered severe technical difficulties, and began to break apart in mid-air. The captain ordered everyone on board to bail out, and they did so, leaving the disintegrating aircraft unmanned, shuddering violently as it plummeted towards farmland near Goldsboro, North Carolina. On board were two nuclear weapons, each one 250 times more powerful than the bomb which destroyed Hiroshima. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 25th of October 2016 at the Dreamworld theme park in Australia, a river rapids ride malfunctioned. The failure of a water pump precipitated a deadly accident that claimed four lives in a matter of moments – an accident which, later investigation would reveal, could have been prevented. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 7:30am on the 21st of October 1966 workers arriving at the site of a coal mine near the village of Aberfan in Wales discovered that one of several spoil heaps on site had shifted during the night. Supervisors called a halt to any work that day, and began to assess the damage. They were still doing so at 9:15am, when a huge amount of material broke away from the heap and flowed downhill in a giant wave, directly towards the village below. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 9:15am on the 27th of May, 1983, on a farm near Benton, Tennessee a powerful explosion took place. The blast was heard more than 32 kilometres (or 20 miles) away, and created a mushroom cloud the height of a six storey building. The site was all but levelled by the blast, and many workers present were instantly killed. But what could have caused a blast of such magnitude on a small, unassuming fishbait farm in rural Tennessee? I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 26th of May, 1978, a new attraction opened in the township of Vernon, New Jersey. For the next 20 years this unassuming US town would be the home to Action Park – a theme park and waterpark that would soon become notorious for its terrible safety record. Before the sale of the park to new owners in 1998, six guests would have died while riding its insanely unsafe attractions, and many hundreds of more would have sustained serious injuries. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At 3:00pm on the 16th of June 1883 a children’s magic show began at Victoria Hall, a theatre in Sunderland, England. The venue was packed with children of all ages – as many as 1,500 boys and girls had paid a penny each to see the show. As the entertainers took to the stage and the magic began, none present in their seats knew that almost one in seven of the audience would not leave the theatre building alive. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 6:49am on the 22 May 1915, a fully-loaded troop train was passing close to Gretna Green in Scotland. The train was bound for Liverpool, where its passengers – mostly soldiers of the 7th battalion of the Royal Scots – would be loaded onto ships and sent onwards to Gallipoli, where they expected to encounter challenging conditions, and fierce fighting against Ottoman forces. Little did the men on board realise, however, that the vast majority of them would never make it beyond Gretna Green. The train on which they travelled was about to become part of one of the worst rail disasters of all time. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 8:00pm on the 24th of November 2009 John Edward Jones – an avid amateur caver – entered the Nutty Putty caves just south of Salt Lake City in Utah. He was accompanied by a large group of family and friends – it was, after all, just before Thanksgiving. The trip was intended to be a brief adventure that they could share before the holiday. What it turned into was a living nightmare that would cost John Edward Jones his life. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 9:00pm on the 28th of May 1977 a fire began at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, a sprawling entertainment venue and nightclub just outside Cincinnati. Despite plenty of warning that a fire had started, many of the 3,000 guests within the building that evening were unable to evacuate in time. The blaze ultimately claimed 165 lives, making it the third deadliest in US history. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories CORRECTION: At the end of this video, I say that the new development on the site of the Supper Club will be an entertainment centre. Actually, it will be primarily residential in nature.

On the 27th of October 2009 folk singer Taylor Mitchell was in the middle of solo concert tour of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. During downtime between two concerts she decided to go walking on the Cape Breton Highlands National Park Skyline Trail. This walk in the woods, however, ended up costing Taylor Mitchell her life. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 1:50pm on the 27th of September 1986 more than a million helium-filled balloons were released from a public square in Cleveland, Ohio, as a fundraising publicity stunt. While the launch itself was successful, the wind blew the mass of balloons in an unexpected direction, resulting in utter chaos: millions of dollars of property damage, many injuries, and possible even two deaths were the result. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 11:25am on the 28th of April 1995, a group of students from the Tai Poutini Polytechnic at Greymouth in New Zealand crowded onto a viewing platform high above Cave Creek in the Paparoa National Park on South Island. The viewing platform collapsed, sending the entire group tumbling into the chasm below. The vast majority did not survive the fall. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 12:30pm on the 15th of January 1919, in the North End neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, a huge storage tank filled with molasses burst. The sugary substance within flooded into nearby streets at great speed, destroying buildings, lifting cars and trucks on the crest of the wave, and smothering any unfortunate people in its path. In mere moments, the Boston Molasses Flood claimed 21 innocent lives. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 7:17am of the 30th of June 1908 near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Siberia, Russia a gigantic explosion took place. The force of the blast flattened around 80 million trees, and cleared an area more than 2,100 square kilometres (800 square miles) in size. For many years after this devastating impact, the true cause of the blast remained entirely unknown. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 6:29pm on the 6th of March 1987 the MS Herald of Free Enterprise – an eight-deck car and passenger ferry – capsized just moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. The incident resulted in the deaths of 193 passengers and crew. It was the most deadly sinking of a British ship in peacetime in more than 50 years. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Glass Pond" by Public Memory ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 24th March 2015, at around 10:41am, Germanwings flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps, resulting in the death of every single person on board. An investigation would reveal that the crash was caused deliberately – but not by sabotage or a terrorist attack. In the case of the Germanwings disaster the crash was caused by the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who purposefully and calculatedly flew the plane into the side of a mountain. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 2pm on the 28th of June 2008 a 17-year-old boy on a trip to the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park made a fatal mistake. For reasons unknown he scaled two fences and entered a restricted ride area, and was subsequently decapitated by a passing train. The horrific incident made news nationwide, but it was not the first to occur on that same rollercoaster. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

In the middle of July 1518, seemingly without reason, residents of the French town of Strasbourg began dancing compulsively in the streets, with many unable to stop even when restrained or physically exhausted. The dancers continued day and night, with many dancing until they collapsed and died. The mysterious dancing plague, which lasted in the heat of August, is said to have claimed as many as 400 lives. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Emotional Aftermath" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 26th of October 2002, while participating in an elaborate treasure hunt known only as “The Game”, software engineer Bob Lord entered an abandoned mine shaft in the desert near Las Vegas. He was convinced that he was on the right track to retrieve the next clue in the 24-hour marathon hunt. He was wrong. In the pitch blackness Bob slipped and fell to the bottom of an unseen shaft, sustaining injuries that would change his life forever. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Voices in My Head" by Quincas Moreira. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 30th of October 1858 a batch of sweets which had accidentally been adulterated with arsenic were put on sale at a market stall. More than 200 people consumed them, with the vast majority becoming severely ill as a result. 21 people – including many children – died as a result of what turned out to be one of the first mass poisonings in British history. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 11:07pm on the 20th February 2003 at the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, pyrotechnics used as part of a concert by the hard rock back Great White set fire to acoustic foam surrounding the stage. The flames spread with incredible speed. As patrons rushed to escape exits became jammed. All in all 100 people lost their lives, and hundreds more were injured and traumatised, all in the space of just a few short minutes. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories CORRECTION: The nightclub owners pleaded no contest, rather than not guilty, as is stated in the video.

On the 16th of February 2009, at around 3:40pm an adult male chimpanzee named Travis, who had been kept as a beloved and pampered pet for many years, went berserk, mauling and severely injuring a 55-year-old woman. This prolonged assault continued until police arrived on scene and shot Travis dead. What triggered the violent attack will forever remain a mystery. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

Something a little different today. Since it was so difficult to find online, I decided to upload a reading of John List's full confession letter. It's fascinating - especially when you know the details of his terrible crimes. What do you guys think? Is he being honest, or lying about his motives? On the 9th of November 1971 bank worker John List systematically murdered his wife, mother, and three children with a pair of handguns. Here's the full story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxLB-3SAVqc I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 9th of November 1971 bank worker John List systematically murdered his wife, mother, and three children with a pair of handguns. He then proceeded to clean and tidy the family home, cut himself out of every photograph in the house with a pair of scissors, tune the radio to a religious station and walk away from his life forever. It would be decades before this murderer was found, and longer still before we achieved any kind of understanding as to why he committed such senseless and terrible crimes. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 8th of July 2014, at Varna Airport in Bulgaria, German holidaymaker Lars Mittank ditched his suitcase, sprinted from the terminal, clambered over a fence, and disappeared into the woods. He would never be seen again, and his abrupt disappearance would remain a mystery for years to come. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the evening of the 16th of November 1957 a farmer and handyman by the name of Edward Theodore Gein was arrested by police in the town of Plainfield, Wisconsin. He was suspected of having some connection to the disappearance of a local woman the day before. When officers were despatched to search the Gein farm, however, it wouldn’t be just one woman they discovered, but multiple human bodies, some of them disfigured in terrible ways. Gein, it emerged, was a prolific serial killer and body snatcher. His crimes have gone down in history as some of the most obscene ever committed. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 1:51pm on the 2nd of June 2015 at the Alton Towers theme park in the UK, a combination of factors lead to a fully-loaded car on the Smiler rollercoaster crashing into an empty stationary car at speed. This incident was the worst rollercoaster crash in the history of the park, and resulted in serious, life-changing injuries for several of the passengers on board. It is down only to good fortune that nobody was killed. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 13th of September 1987, in the city of Goiânia in Brazil, two men entered the abandoned Instituto Goiano de Radioterapia hospital. Their intent was to steal valuable scrap metal and machine parts. They would be successful in this goal, but in so doing would cause one of the world’s worst radioactive contamination incidents. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the evening of the 14th of June 1986 the Mindbender rollercoaster at the Fantasyland amusement park within the West Edmonton Mall in Canada suffered a severe malfunction. Several bolts came loose from a wheel assembly on one of the cars, causing it to leave the tracks and collide with a concrete pillar, ultimately resulting in the deaths of three of the riders, and severe injuries to one other. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 4:45pm on the 21st of June 2007 a component on the Superman Tower of Power drop tower ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom broke under stress, resulting in the accidental amputation of a 13-year-old girl’s feet. This bizarre accident unfolded in a matter of seconds, and is one of the most gruesome in the history of theme park ride accidents. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

On the 7th of August 2016, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was enjoying a day out at the Schlitterbahn Vacation Village theme park in Kansas. While riding the fifty metre Verruckt water slide – one of the park’s biggest attractions – his raft became airborne and collided with safety netting, killing him instantly. It was assumed, at first, to be a freak accident… but a length investigation in the aftermath of his death would reveal the truth: the slide had always been unsafe, and should never have been allowed to operate in the first place. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories UPDATE: The Schlitterbahn Vacation Village theme park has now closed its doors permanently, and is shceduled to be redeveloped into a sports complex. CORRECTION: At one point in the video I say "the state of Missouri" when, in fact, I should have said "the state of Kansas".

In the early hours of the 2nd February 1959, an expedition consisting of nine hikers and lead by 23-year-old Igor Dyatlov ended in disaster. The group had been camping overnight on a snowy hillside when something compelled them to flee from their tents and into lethal blizzard conditions, several of them in only a single layer of clothes. To this day, the exact reason for the flight which lead to their death is unknown. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At just past 7:00am on the 26th of February, 2013, near Luxor in Egypt a hot air balloon carrying twenty passengers and one pilot caught fire. The blaze – later found to be the result of a gas leak in one of the balloon’s tanks – engulfed the basket. The balloon was coming in to land at the time, and wasn’t far from the ground. The pilot, severely burned by the flames, threw himself from the gondola. A single passenger followed him. They would be the only survivors of what ensued. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories

At around 10:15pm on the 9th of June, 1979, a fire broke out on the Ghost Train at Luna Park in Sydney, Australia. The fire would ultimately claim seven lives, wiping out almost an entire family in the process. It was a devastating blaze the cause of which remains, to this day, unknown. I tell the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by. Music: "Lost Souls" by Nicolai Heidlas, courtesy of https://www.hooksounds.com/. ► Like, comment and subscribe to keep up with my latest videos ► Know of an incident I should cover? Get in touch: [email protected] ► You can follow me on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales ► And if you really love what I do, you can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror #Documentary #History #TrueStories UPDATE: Since making this video, there have been some developments in the investigation. At least one police officer has now publically accused Abe Saffron of orchestrating the fire.