Episodes

The Bolton Strid is part of the river wharfe in England, and is as picturesque as it is deadly. When William de Romilly became the first recorded victim of this river, he had no way of knowing that his passing would change ev...

Two divers entered one of the largest sinkholes in the world 10 years apart, and their trip went completely off script. The details surrounding both incidents are so entwined that the stories of Dave Shaw and Deon Dreyer are ...

On Halloween night 1963, Janie White went to the Holiday on Ice show in Indianapolis. What followed would be the worst disaster in Indiana's history and a night she and many others would never forget. To view the list of sour...

Egbert Rimkus, Cornelia Meyer, and their children vanished during a 1996 trip to Death Valley. What began as an adventure turned into a survival situation in one of the world's most unforgiving landscapes. Despite extensive s...

37 year old James Henry O'Neill was superintendent of the great railway cascade division and responsible for keeping mail, freight, and passenger trains moving for the entire Western half of Washington state. O'Neill and his ...

A limnic eruption at a lake caused the surrounding villages to look like the aftermath of a neutron bomb. This natural catastrophe in Cameroon wiped out thousands of people and livestock in a single night. To view the list o...

Harrison Okene was trapped for more than 60 hours and 100 feet deep in a capsized tugboat off the coast of Nigeria. Everything after that turns out different than expected. To view the list of sources, visit: www.occurrencepo...

If you ask most people if they would ever turn to cannibalism, most people say no. Under the right circumstances, that answer may change. For many families in the Donner Party, the Sierra Nevada Mountains turned that answer t...

If you ask most people if they would ever turn to cannibalism, most people say no. Under the right circumstances, that answer may change. For many families in the Donner Party, the Sierra Nevada Mountains turned that answer t...

Jacob's Well, a picturesque but dangerous natural landmark in Texas' Hill Country, has claimed the lives of several divers over the years. Some incidents remain a mystery, but the common theme for what is known: don't go divi...

In November 1989, 22-year-old Eloise Lindsay embarked on a solo hiking trip through South Carolina's Table Rock State Park, creating a baffling mystery about the details around her disappearance. To view the list of sources, ...

What really caused the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London, England? From government missteps to private sector greed, the extensive negligence that led to the disaster claimed 72 lives on June 14, 2017. With findings releas...

On a quiet night in June 2017, Grenfell Tower in West London was engulfed in flames, leading to one of the deadliest residential fires in recent history.... This is a reuploaded episode before Tuesdays updated episode. To vie...

Marc André Leclerc was a fearless 23-year-old free solo climber that pursued extreme alpine challenges without safety equipment. Marc pushed the boundaries in the world of alpinism, despite warnings and near-death experiences...

Roger Solari and Martyn Farr went into Agen Allwedd together, but only one of them made it out alive. The two experienced cave divers were in one of the most dangerous cave systems in Wales and things went terribly wrong. One...

When three friends went on caving trip to Cave City, Kentucky in May 1993, they would go home one friend short. And what happens reminds everyone of a tragic situation from the past. But thanks to the legal system, new laws h...

A planned school trip turned into a fatal hike when a school teacher ignored several warnings. For over 80 years, the teacher was praised as a hero. Recently, a second look into the fatal hike that claimed the lives of severa...

What begins as an exploration dive by three crew members in Croatia's Poganica Bay, turns horrific when one diver, MK, doesn't surface. The search that follows reveals chilling discoveries leading to the arrest of two crew me...

Seven experienced cavers entered Binkley Cave knowing rain was forecasted. When heavier rain than expected fell, the cavers didn't surface when they were supposed to. To view the list of sources, visit: www.occurrencepod.com ...

Harold Dorley, working at a Boston railway company's freight terminal, witnessed the unimaginable- the day molasses turned deadly. The catastrophic collapse of a molasses tank on January 15, 1919 unleashed a 40-foot wave of m...

Listen to the deadliest incidents in Ellison's Cave, the most dangerous cave in the state of Georgia. The four incidents involving adventurous but ill-prepared cavers, left everyone involved shocked at what happened. To liste...

On a quiet night in June 2017, Grenfell Tower in West London was engulfed in flames, leading to one of the deadliest residential fires in recent history. The concrete structure was a tragic death trap; and as the seventh anni...

The Waage Drill 2 diving accident is a tragic case of deep sea diving gone wrong. When Peter Holmes and Roger Baldwin were saturation diving in the North Sea, something went wrong. A simple mistake by their supervisor lead to...

China's popular ultramarathon has hundreds of runners from all over the world participate in it. On the fourth Gansu Ultramarathon, a new course was used that left runners frozen on a mountain, and coined the name of China's ...