Doomed to Fail
Taylor Pineiro, Farz Sokhansanj
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Ep 249: An Almost Disaster - The Citigroup Center
Let's talk about the almost-disaster of The Citigroup Center - 601 Lexington Ave in NYC. This building was built on a lot that wasn't empty when they got there, and they made an objectively weird…
Ep 248: MOVE - The Bombing of Philadelphia
So! It's 1985, and we're in Philadelphia, PA. A group called MOVE has moved into the neighborhood - and they are a little annoying. They have a bullhorn where they talk about human rights very…
Ep 247: Contaminated - The Goiânia Accident
Let's talk about a real accidental nuclear accident - it's economic collapse, tied to poor security, that leads to deaths. In Brazil, while the economy collapsed in the 1980s, people tended to find…
Ep 246: Wings of Doom! - The Mothman & The Silver Bridge
Buckle up for an engineering disaster! In 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed, killing 46 people in the freezing Ohio River. Were there warning signs? The bridge itself passed inspections, but it was a…
Ep 245: The Texas Killing Fields - Part 2
Join us for part 2 of the Texas Killing Fields! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPod We would love to hear from you! Please follow…
Ep 244: Arsenic Obsession - The Valentine Meat-Juice Incident
Today let's talk about the 'murder' of James Maybrick - a businessman in Liverpool in the 1880s who loved to medicate with poisions. A good, what-doesn't-kill-me-makes-me-stronger kind of…
Ep 243: The Stars at Night are Big and Bright - The Texas Killing Fields
True Crime Tuesday (it's Monday) - let's explore the Texas Killing Fields - an expanse of land near Galveston (which is near the ocean) that has been used for decades to drop bodies. Mostly young…
Ep 242: Don't Stop Believin' - glee
I feel like glee is one of the most 'you had to be there' shows on TV? It's FULL of 2010s pop songs, remixes, and awkwardly improbable teenager shenanigans. Today we'll talk about the premise of the…
Ep 241: A Ship of Dreams (and Gold) - The SS Central America
Picture it - it's 1857, and you are on a ship filled with gold from San Francisco to the East Coast of the USA! There are so many things that could go wrong crossing Panama, heading up the Caribbean,…
Ep 240: Fighting for Education for all - Malala Yousafzai
Today we have the not-doomed story of Malala Yousafzai - who campaigned for girls to go to school in Pakistan when the Taliban was invading her area and demanding that women and girls stay inside and…
Ep 239: Parasocial murder - Grant Amato
Today, we learn about Grant Amato - a former nurse (dishonorably discharged) and dude in love with a 'cam girl' - so in love that he stole a TON of money from his family and also murdered them. I…
Ep 238: Olympic retro - Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan
We're back! Happy Women's History Month! We think this counts - well, specifically, Taylor thinks this counts. The main characters are women, and the men in this story are SUCH IDIOTS that it's a +…
Women's History Month! Yay! (Sad noisemaker sound followed by popping balloons and probably some crying)
Join me as I ramble through our Women's History episodes! Find them anywhere you listen to podcasts! Learn some stuff! Cry with me! Ep 1 - Part 1: Catherine the Great & Peter III Ep 4 - Part 2:…
Re-Release: The Atlanta Olypmic Bombing
We're travelling this week so one more Olympics Episode for you! This one is wild - it's 1996, and the Atlanta Olympic Centennial Park is open late. Security guard Richard Jewel is on the lookout for…
Re-Release: Terror in Munich - Olympics 1972
Part 3 of our Olympics Episodes is here for re-release! We're back in Germany (well, West Germany now) for the 1972 Summer Olympics. A team from Israel is held hostage by the Palestinian group "Black…
Ep 237: Real Life Super-Villain? - Carlos the Jackal
When does someone turn into a super villain? Let's talk about Carlos the Jackal - part serial killer, part terrorist, full guy who just wants to make a mess. We'll walk through his childhood in South…
Re-Release: Lucy Letby - Who would harm a baby?
Netflix just released 'The Investigation of Lucy Letby' so let's re-relase our episode on this horrible story! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for…
Re-Release: Berlin 1936 - The Olympics under the Third Reich
In 1936, the Olympics were hosted in Berlin, Germany. You guessed it - things were not great. We'll talk about the wonderfully talented American Jesse Owens, the invention of Basketball, and the…
Ep 236: A Stolen Ship to Freedom - Robert Smalls
It's Black History Month! Today, we're talking about Robert Smalls. Smalls was born enslaved, worked on ships for the confederacy whilst enslaved, and then took it upon himself to steal a steam ship,…
Re-Release: The Ancient History of the Modern Olympics
Here we go! Happy Olympics 2026! Let's re-visit our episode where we went over how it started in Ancient Greece, & how it got to be a modern event! Greece still gets special bonus treatment in…
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