Fascinating Horror

This episode covers the early years of the Space Race, with a focus on the catastrophic loss of seven astronauts as a result of the Challenger Disaster in 1986... 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 m...

In this episode I cover the Gothenburg Discothèque fire which took place at a community hall in the Swedish city of Gothenburg in 1998... 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 ev...

In this episode, I tell the story of Christopher McCandless - a controversial figure whose untimely death inspired the film Into The Wild... 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...

In this episode, I cover the rise and fall of the famous supersonic jet project Concorde, which ultimately ended in disaster in the year 2000... 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 thank...

This episode tells the story of the destruction of the Roman settlement of Pompeii following a catastophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in or around 79AD... 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....

This episode covers an accident which took place at a Six Flags theme park in Darien Lake in 2011, when a rider without legs was allowed to ride the Ride of Steel rollercoaster... 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...

In 1979 a fire ripped through a branch of the UK department story Woolworths, resulting in a high death toll, and multiple changes in law and regulation... 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....

This episode covers the Lac-Mégantic Disaster of 2013, when a runaway train carrying hazardous materials devastated a Canadian town... 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 every...

This episode tells the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945 - a disaster wherein many sailors survived the initial sinking, but perished while awaiting a severely delayed rescue... 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 supporter...

This episode tells the story of a crowd crush that took place in Bethnal Green, London, at the height of the Second World War... 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 wh...

This episode tells the story of one of the closest calls in the history of aviation: the maintenance mistake that very nearly brought down a fully-loaded airliner in 1990... 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 YouTub...

This episode covers a historical medical mystery: the strange disease that struck down dozens of elderly conference-goers in 1976... 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...

In this episode we explore the bizarre story of boy scout who built a functional nuclear reactor in his garden shed... 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 who supports...

This episode covers one of the worst railway accidents to take place in the history of New Zealand - the Tangiwai Bridge 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 channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyon...

This episode tells the story of the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 in 1978 - the deadliest air disaster in the history of California 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 t...

This episode explores Black Friday, and tells the story of some of the many deaths and injuries that have resulted from out-of-control Black Friday sales... 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...

In this episode I tell the story of the sinking of the wooden steamboat The Sultana in 1865, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 people... 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 than...

This episode covers the story of one of the worst school bus crashes in American History, which took place in Ohio in 1988... 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 who s...

This episode tells the story of Centralia, a town where a fire has been burning underneath the ground since it was accidentally ignited in 1962... 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 tha...

In this episode I tell the story of the Summer Street Bridge Disaster - a catastrophe which took place in Boston in 1916... 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 who sup...

In this episode I tell the story of an accident that took place during the rehearsal of a daredevil stunt for a popular UK late-night television show... 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. HU...

This episode covers a crowd crush disaster that took place in 1913 at the Italian Hall in the town of Calumet in Michigan... 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 who su...

This episode covers the R101, a disastrous British airship that - after a fiery crash in 1930 - came to be known as "Britain's Hindenburg"... 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 t...

This epsiode tells the story of a massive air pollution event that brought the city of London to a standstill in 1952... 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 who suppor...

This episode tells the story of the sinking of the SS Eastland passenger steamer in the Chicago River on a perfectly calm day in 1915... 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 eve...