Episodes

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

in 2015, six men entered Cascade cave and two would be left behind and trapped by rising water. The men were facing rising water and trapped at the bottom of the cave. They could only hope rescue would come before the rising ...

In 2014, a team of 5 Finnish divers attempted to dive the entire length of Plura Cave. Their diving expedition was meant to be a successful first captured on film. They started at the Plura entrance instead of the usual Stein...

In 1959, an Oxford college student was trapped forever after after going down a narrow shaft in a cave. Neil Moss' entrapment and the rescue attempt that followed, changed cave rescue in Britain forever. To view the list of s...

A group of tourist visiting Thailand snuck into closed cave and - among other things - got stuck. In 2007, a couple preparing to settle down, families with children, and locals looking to make money entered the Nam Tolu Cave ...

Repeated incidents of cave divers, in the same location, that ignored every warning sign and faced disaster. The Blue Hole in New Mexico is a popular swimming and diving location that attracts thousands of divers each year. B...

The most deadly cave disaster in England started with a group of 10 explorers looking to map Mossdale Caverns, but not everyone would leave the cave trip alive. On June 24, 1967, in what some consider one of the world's worst...

Michael Paul Lemaitre started the Mount Marathon race on a mountain in Seward, Alaska when things would go wrong. By all appearances, it seemed as if the mountain erased a man. Missing runners and record breaking injuries wer...

Ian Rolland was 4,500 feet underground, exploring the deepest cave in the world, when its clear something has gone wrong. Bill Stone and the rest of the team are in the cave, but with no way to talk to Ian; they have to trust...

An outdoor disaster struck a group of students visiting Cave Creek in Paparoa National Park when the unthinkable happened. The government admitted fault in the disaster, but what happened in the end left many frustrated. The ...

Marco Siffredi was a french mountaineer and snowboarder who disappears on a mountain, specifically when attempting to snowboard down mount Everest. He rose to fame in extreme sports because of his daring nature and can-do att...

Donald Cerrone and his friend went cave diving in Aerolito cave and when things went wrong a diver had to leave their friend to survive. To view the list of sources, visit: www.occurrencepod.com Keep up with Occurrence! Insta...

Every year hundreds of people go missing in national parks and of those that vanish, there are a few with mysterious circumstances... The top 3 National Park Disappearances researched by former police detective, David Paulide...

Five friends entered Gollum cave but not everyone would make it back out. They followed their friend to the cave of death to explore a secret chamber and things did not go according to plan. To view the list of sources, visit...

The mysterious hiking disaster with the Korovina group somehow left only conspiracies in its wake. Similar to the Dyatlov Pass disaster, people still wonder that happened in the mysterious Khamar Daban Mountain range to this ...

Considered one of the most tragic and deadliest cave diving disasters. Nine cave divers entered the Shaft sinkhole, but not all came out. The 1973 Mount Gambier cave diving disaster is a tragic reminder of the dangers of cave...

When two competing American women trying to make history place the desire to win above safety, disaster strikes. The Shishapangma mountaineering disaster of 2023 highlights the dangers of turning a social sport into a competi...