Fascinating Horror

In 1982, filming began for a movie version of the popular television show The Twilight Zone. Before filming was complete, two children and one adult actor would have been killed in a dangerous and poorly-planned stunt gone wrong. This episode tells the story of the Twilight Zone movie accident... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast i...

In 1956 air travel was quite different from today: flying was a luxurious, exclusive and elegant pursuit. And, at the same time, air traffic control was a very basic science, relying on radio calls and slips of paper. This state of affairs would lead to one of the worst mid-air collisions in history in June of 1956... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest dis...

Following the Challenger shuttle explosion of 1986, the United States space program ground to a halt, leaving some of its suppliers with an excess of materials. One of these was the PEPCON plant in Henderson, Nevada, which found itself with a huge quantity of highly-flammable rocket fuel, and no place to store it. The stage was thus set for the largest peacetime, man-made, non-nuclear explosion in...

In the town of Peshtigo in 1871, specific weather conditions would cause an ordinary fire to become a raging firestorm that endangered the very existence of the town. This episode tells the story of the catastrophic, but forgotten, Peshtigo Fire... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the...

During the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France in 1955, a conflict between two cars would result in one of the deadliest spectator accidents in any sport in history... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube chann...

In June, 1988, a woman on a train in France missed her stop, and pulled the emergency stop lever so that she could exit as soon as possible. Within minutes, this misdemeanour would turn into a chain of events that would end with the deaths of 56 people...  Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel...

Mount St Helens in volcano that has displayed periods of activity for decades. In 1980, it erupted... and despite many warnings, not everyone was clear of the blast zone when it did. This episode tells the story of the disaster... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The cha...

The MV Princess Victoria was one of the first roll-on-roll-off vehicle ferries in operation. In 1953, a combination of bad weather and bad design caused it to sink. This episode tells the story of the boat, the crew who tried to save her, and what was learned from the disaster... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio versio...

When a fire began on board Saudia Flight 163 in August 1980, the crew carried out a timely emergency landing... but then didn't evacuate. The plane taxied, then sat on the tarmac while rescuers desperately tried to gain access. This episode explores what went wrong... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the You...

In 2013 cracks were noticed in the basement of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh. The staff were evacuated while the cracks were inspected. Then, the next day, the building was declared safe and thousands returned to work... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. Th...

In 1979, a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the town of Mississauga in Canada. Nearby residents mistook the ensuing explosion for the advent of nuclear war. However, thanks to the rapid response that followed, not a single life would be lost...  Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube chan...

In May 1980, while travelling through thick fog, a freighter collided with one of the supports of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida. This accidental collision would mark the beginning of one of the worst bridge disasters ever to take place in the state... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube chan...

This episode tells the story of the Piper Alpha disaster - a catastrophic explosion which destroyed an offshore oil rig near Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1988. It was the worst offshore oil and gas drilling accident in history... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is...

In 1963, a landslide caused the massive Vajont Dam in northern Italy to be overtopped, sending a megatsunami of water down the river valley. In the minutes and hours that followed, thousands would die and whole towns would be wiped off the map. The disaster seemed to come without warning, but in the investigation which followed it was found that signs of danger had been present for years... Fascin...

The circumstances that lead to the crash of United Airlines Flight 823 remain a mystery to this day. This episode tells the story of the crash, and covers the leading theories as to the cause... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters...

In 2019, the dive boat Conception was moored overnight off the coast of Santa Cruz Island when a fire began on board. Many of her passengers would not survive the blaze. This episode tells the story of the fire and the investigation that followed... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the...

This episode tells the story of the Big Game disaster - an accident that took place during a prominent college football game in San Francisco when hundreds of spectators clambered onto the roof of a glass blowing factory to try and view the match for free... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube chann...

This episode covers the remarkable true story of Juliane Koepcke, who not only survived a plane crash, but survived hiking out of the jungle while injured afterwards... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube cha...

In the Japanese city of Amagasaki, in 2005, a one-minute delay lead to an accident that cost the lives of more than 100 commuters... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyon...

This episode tells the story of the Stockline Plastics explosion, which shattered the quiet of a hot spring day in the Maryhill district of Glasgow, Scotland in 2004... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube cha...

This episode tells the story of the 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire - a fire that killed nearly 100 people, and which may have been caused by deliberate arson... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel membe...

This episode covers a cave diving mystery from 2002, where a lost diver was found with stab wounds that appeared self-inflicted... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone...

This episode covers the crash of an Antarctic sightseeing flight in 1979 - a crash that resulted in the death of all 257 people on board... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to...

This episode covers the catastrophic crash of a London-bound train in 1952 - an accident which turned into the worst peacetime rail crash in British history... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel memb...

This episode covers the sudden and total collapse of the Hotel New World in Singapore in 1986, which lead to an urgent investigation to uncover the cause... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. This podcast is an audio version of the YouTube channel of the same name. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members...