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Oct. 24, 2024

The Tourist Who Vanished in one of the Hottest Places on Earth | Deat…

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...

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Oct. 20, 2024

96 Lives Lost: The Untold Story of Wellington's Deadly Avalanche

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 ...

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Oct. 10, 2024

The Lake That Killed a Village Overnight | Lake Nyos

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...

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Oct. 3, 2024

Trapped in a Sunken Ship for 60 Hours | Harrison Okene

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...

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Oct. 1, 2024

The Dark Side of the Oregon Trail | The Donner Party Part 2

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...

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Sept. 26, 2024

The Dark Side of the Oregon Trail | The Donner Party Part 1

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...

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Sept. 19, 2024

The Deadliest Incidents at Jacob's Well | Texas' Most Dangerous Dive …

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...

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Sept. 12, 2024

The Mysterious Disappearance of Eloise Lindsay

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, ...

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Sept. 10, 2024

What Really Caused The Grenfell Tower Fire | Decades of Negligence an…

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...

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Sept. 5, 2024

Concrete INFERNO: Grenfell Tower Revisit

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...

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Aug. 29, 2024

The Alpinist's Fate | Marc André Leclerc’s Story

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...

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Aug. 22, 2024

Cave Diver Vanished: The Roger Solari Mystery

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...

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Aug. 15, 2024

Caver Smothered in Rocks | William Coughlin Tragedy

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...

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Aug. 8, 2024

Teacher's Fatal Mountain Hike Covered Up | English Calamity

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...

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Aug. 1, 2024

Poganica Bay: Diving Death or Murder Mystery?

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...

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July 25, 2024

Experienced Cavers Trapped in Flood | Binkley Cave

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 ...

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July 12, 2024

When Boston Drowned In Syrup | Great Molasses Flood

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...

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July 4, 2024

Frozen in Darkness | Ellison’s Cave Deadliest Incidents

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...

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June 23, 2024

Concrete INFERNO: Grenfell the DEATH Trap

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...

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May 17, 2024

Deep Sea Diving Gone Wrong | Waage Drill 2

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...

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May 9, 2024

China's Death Marathon: What Really Happened? | Gansu Ultramarathon

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 ...

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May 2, 2024

Doctor Drowns Diving Against the Current | Enchanted River

Alfonso Amores was a retired doctor who loved diving. He was a trained cave diver, and adventurous spirit. After multiple trips to Enchanted river, he ends up in a situation where unique circumstances leads to tragedy. To vie...

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April 25, 2024

Tragedy in the Worlds Deepest Cave | Veryovkina Cave

Veryovkina cave is worlds deepest cave at over 7,000 feet deep. It's only natural that in the exploration of a cave that deep, accidents happened. What isn't natural, is the nature of accidents in the worlds deepest cave, bec...

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April 18, 2024

The All Women Climbing Team That Froze on a Mountain | Peak Lenin

In 1974, on the mountain Peak Lenin, an all women climbing team froze on a mountain. The eight women were lead by Elvira Statayeva, and she was one of the most climbers in the Soiet Union at the time. Unfortunately, ambition ...

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