Catastrophic Calamities
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What could go wrong? Everything!
Dedicated to the memory of Founding Producer Susan Ferman.
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The Wreck Of The Iolaire
An exploration of the tragic wreck of the Iolaire, a wealthy man’s yacht turned into a transport ship that went aground on the rocks of the Outer Hebrides, killing at least 201 sailors as they…
Tragedy in Kenner—The Crash of Pan Am Flight 759
On the afternoon of July 9th, 1982, Pam Am Flight 759 suddenly fell from the sky into a residential subdivision in Kenner, LA, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the…
Three Mile Island
It took systemic problems, design flaws and good old-fashioned human error to turn a minor mechanical function into an accident that could have wiped out the entire eastern seaboard of the United…
The Northridge Earthquake
The 6.7 Northridge Earthquake, followed by a 6.0 aftershock, less than a minute later, wasn't the biggest earthquake to hit Southern California, but it was one of the worst, because the epicenter was…
The 1871 Chicago FIre
Ashes and AmbitionIn October 1871, Chicago was America's fastest-growing city—and a tinderbox waiting to ignite. When flames erupted in a small barn on DeKoven Street, a perfect storm of drought,…
The 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy
December 3, 1984. Midnight. A toxic cloud escapes from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, and drifts over sleeping neighborhoods. Within hours, thousands are dead. By dawn, bodies litter the…
The 1915 Sultana Steamboat Disaster
Episode 7 examines the deadliest maritime disaster in American history—a tragedy that killed more people than the Titanic, but one you've probably never heard of. The explosion and sinking of the…
The 1938 Yellow River Flood
A Strategic CatastropheEpisode 6The 1938 Yellow River Flood was a deliberate act by the Chinese Nationalist government to halt the Japanese advance. This "scorched earth" tactic caused a catastrophic…
The 1944 Hartford Circus Fire
Details of the tragic Hartford Circus Fire, 1944.Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN…
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Catastrophic Calamities has published 9 episodes since August 2020, covering topics in Documentary, History.
Catastrophic Calamities is currently declining with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h.
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