When It Goes Wrong

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre, I also touch on the Oklahoma City Bombing and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. This is part 1 of 2.  Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod o...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 2006 climbing season on Mount Everest where 10 people would die. I focus in on the case of David Sharp, who many think could have been saved if he had been helped earlier. I then cover the rescue of Lincoln Hall who survived a night in the death zone.  Please subscribe an...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two airplane crashes - Air France 447 where pilots failed to manage with mechanical failures, and the Lake Constance mid-air collision where two planes crashed due to a conflict between air traffic control and plane systems. I discuss how the hand off between technology and h...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the US opioid epidemic, going into the background of opioids then focusing in on the creation and push of Oxycontin by the firm Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler Family. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , o...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss Bernie Madoff and the Ponzi scheme which he got away with running for decades. He scammed thousands of people out of up to $60 billion dollars whilst being well regarded on Wall Street before it all came crashing down. Plus bonus Q&A to celebrate one year of the pod! Plea...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the disaster of the Costa Concordia, when in 2012, the huge cruise ship hit rocks off the coast of Italy, capsized and killed 32 passengers onboard. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswro...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the mental asylums which ran in the early 1900s and the creation of the psychosurgery procedure of the lobotomy, including the story of Walter Freeman and the rise of the lobotomy in the US. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whe...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1972 Andes Plane Crash. Where a plane came down following navigational errors, but most of the passengers survived. What would follow would be a true test of human survival, living out of the plane fuselage for weeks, and eventually eating their deceased friends. What wou...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two mining disasters. The first the catastrophic explosion of Pike River mine in New Zealand which killed 29 men. Then following up with something a bit more cheerful, the rescue of 33 Chilean miners who were stuck underground for months following a mine cave-in. Please subsc...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the downfall of the company Theranos which was ran by Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos had a vision to transform how blood testing worked and was worth over a billion dollars. However, soon it would be in ruin and Elizabeth would be on trial for fraud. This is part two of two. Plea...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the downfall of the company Theranos which was ran by Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos had a vision to transform how blood testing worked and was worth over a billion dollars. However, soon it would be in ruin and Elizabeth would be on trial for fraud. This is part one of two. Plea...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1985 Sierra Grande Mountaineering Disaster, where Joe Simpson and Simon Yates will face unthinkable challenges to get back to base camp after Joe breaking his leg on the descent. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoes...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the Golden Globe sailing race where 9 men set out to circumnavigate the globe single handedly and without any stops. Over the months at sea, the men would manage loneliness, injury, madness, shipwrecks and death.  TW: Suicide Please subscribe and review for more! You can foll...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the explosion of the volcano - White Island / Whakaari in New Zealand in 2019. This resulted in the deaths of 22 people, and the aftermath of this incident is still being processed by New Zealand and the adventure tourism industry. I dive into what happened on the day and wha...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss deep water scuba diving. I talk about how it's different to normal scuba and all the dangers associated with it. I then dive into the story about the German U-Boat - the U-Who which took years for divers to find and identify - resulting in the tragic deaths of three dive...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the Robert Falcon Scott and his doomed trip to the Antarctic. He was beaten to the pole by Roald Amundsen and then tragically his whole team died on the journey home.  Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on t...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the mysterious deaths of 9 hikers. They set off for a hike in the rural Ural Mountains in Russia. 2 months later, their tent was found slashed and 9 bodies in various states 2km away. I discuss the facts of the case and some of the potential theories for what happened in Dya...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the disappearance of flight MH370 which went missing whilst flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014.  I discuss the facts of the flight, how it works with air traffic control and then a few of the theories as to what may have gone wrong.  Please subscribe and review for...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1996 Mount Everest Climbing Disaster. In one season 12 climbers would perish on Mount Everest. We cover 5 of these in the story covered by 'Into Thin Air' and the film 'Everest'. The drive to make it to the summit would lead to disastrous consequences...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1996 Mount Everest Climbing Disaster. In one season 12 climbers would perish on Mount Everest. We cover 6 of these in the story covered by 'Into Thin Air' and the film 'Everest'. The drive to make it to the summit would lead to disastrous consequences...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the sinking of the RMS Titanic which struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Time to dig deeper than the film and learn about all the mistakes which took place before and during the fateful night.  Please subscribe and review for more! You...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the crash of plane flight NZ901 into Mount Erebus. The Air New Zealand flight was on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica when it seemingly inexplicably crashed directly into Mount Erebus. I discuss what happened, the causes and the controversy which still continues.  Please sub...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss theme park disasters, including the Smiler incident in Alton Towers, the Mindbender deaths in Galaxyland and the fire which ripped through Luna Park in Sydney.  Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at https://instagram.com/whenitgoesw...

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss drug trials which have gone wrong and resulted in catastrophic side effects for the participants. I discuss the Theraluzimab trial along with the current covid vaccine trials. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at https://instagram....

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the death of Chris McCandless, who perished when trekking and living in the Alaskan Wilderness. I discuss his background, other similar tragedies and whether what he did was right or not. TW: Suicide Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagr...