Calamity Janes

Sources for today's episode: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-aggie-bonfire-tragedy/ https://www.tamu.edu/campus-community/traditions/remembrance/bonfire-memorial.html https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/aggies/2024/11/26/texas-am-bonfire-tragedy-1999-aggies/76602805007/

This week, we're talking about the heartbreaking and horrifying tale that shook a small Ohio town: The Zanesville Exotic Animal Massacre. Resources: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/10/18/zanesville-wild-animal-release-2011-terry-thompson/75732591007/   https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2021/10/18/zanesville-exotic-animal-massacre-10-years-later   https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Settle in! We're headed to Chicago this week to discuss the deadly Iroquois Theater Fire.  Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire

This episode will scare the pants off of you if you hate earthquakes, spontaneous quicksand, and meandering diary entries. Listen up to learn about the New Madrid earthquakes.  Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%931812_New_Madrid_earthquakes http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/132/Strange-Happenings-during-the-Earthquake https://www.britannica.com/science/plate-tectonics

We're baaaaaaack. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_tornado_outbreak https://www.britannica.com/event/Tri-State-Tornado-of-1925 https://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/c/iswsc-103.pdf

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about a deadly plane crash caused by a surprisingly lethal insect. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgenair_Flight_301   https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/462854/Passenger-jet-carrying...

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518  https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-...

No episode today folks! Madison's household has fallen to illness, and Bailey is in the middle of the Great Dallas Monsoon. Please send all beverage requests* and disaster suggestions to calamityjanespod@gmail.com. *Madison will not buy you a drink. Sorry, that was a lie. Madison will make it up to you somehow. 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/beaconsfield-miners-struggling-10-years-after-disaster/n...

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about The Great Molasses Flood of 1919. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Flugtag '88 airshow disaster -- one of the most deadly in history.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_air_show_disaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kzup8-1eGA ht...

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the Eiger -- a mysterious mountain with a history of catastrophe. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Eiger_climbing_disaster   https://www.you...

In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Tybee Island Mid-Air Collision.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision#:~:text=The%20Tybee%20Island%20mid%2Dair,Savannah%2C%20Georgia%2C%20United%20...

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about some epic lightning strikes, and all of the catastrophes they've created.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://lightningmaster.com/the-worst-lightning-strikes-ever-recorded/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the collapse of the I35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN! Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=bridges   https://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540669701/10-years-after-bridge-coll...

In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about all sorts of gender reveals gone wrong. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/gender-reveal-party-wildfire.html https://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/trending/gender-reveal-parties-th...

This week, Madison shares some news along with her own personal disaster.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com

Watch where you step! In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about all sorts of sinkholes. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/20/1100459262/giant-sinkhole-china-ancient-forest https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school...

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the Tenerife Airport Disaster. Listen to find out what happens when two 747s collide...  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra...

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In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the hypothetical explosion of the supervolcano sitting in the heart of North America. This cataclysmic event would mean big things for basically the whole world. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://science.ho...

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about Lake Nyos -- an African lake that released deadly amounts of carbon dioxide, killing everyone and everything near it.    Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com Resources used in this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster   https://...