Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

What Could Be Safer Than a Mine in Libby?: Montana Asbestos Clouds

This week, we are a banquet hall, we may or may not be bonding, Brianne has a grudge, Melanie likes it wet, mines are bastions of safety, a hospital system finds its love language, someone considers cooperating fully, a labia does not get diagnosed, Brianne should not sell insurance, and a decision is made about Montana. Content warnings: mesothelima, lung disease, animal testing, childhood hamster trauma, anxiety about childrens' wellbeing, cancer.

It is Not Nice: Exotic Pet Attacks

This week, the grief blender is too loud for Josey, Melanie says the worst two words since "funny hop," Brianne wants to make "Oof" the episode title, Indiana is the land of opportunity to start a wildebeest farm, Cathie is a Florida woman both in geography and in spirit, Melanie likes her snakes huge, and a medical examiner goes above and beyond his job description. Content warnings: death and grisly burial of bunny, children's grief, death by wildebeest, death by wolf hybrid, euthanasia ...

A Jack of All Felonies: David Riggs

This week, Brianne's big spoon antics have consequences for Melanie, trust issues are still a problem, brass is ass, Pisces men can go f*ck themselves, Brianne is a sucker for a conman, we consider panties as a packing material, a bingo card of chaos is completed, Melanie loves whorey movies, David collects a full set of crimes, Melanie tries to get back into Australia, Brianne wouldn't want to be a bad boy in China, a cultural reference finally means something, and Brianne may be willing to...

Just Raw Doggin' This Mountain: Mount Everest

This week, Melanie wiggles around with it, we contemplate victim blaming and shaming, not every rainbow is good, and some dudes will do anything to get out of parenting. Content warnings: mountain climbing deaths, broken leg, graphic discussion of dead bodies, death of a parent as a child, brief speculation that a death could have been a suicide. Links: https://populous.com/unsung-heroes-the-sherpas-of-everest https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/everest-brawl-sherpas-t...

We're Worse Than Dingos Now: The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain Part 2

This week, we are having days, Melanie takes issue with the week's bracket winner, we want to be sour bitches, Brianne attacks Hans and Melanie attacks Cody, an armchair detective saves the day, Katelyn catches her dad, Brianne sides with the raccoons, Danica floats away, we plan a ghoul vacation at Finger Lakes, Mary has a bug-out group ready, Taylor is a strong independent five year old, and Melanie plots how to crash an OSHA training. Content warnings: scratched eyeball, death of a 9 wee...

We're Worse Than Dingos Now: The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain Part 1

This week, we are having days, Melanie takes issue with the week's bracket winner, we want to be sour bitches, Brianne attacks Hans and Melanie attacks Cody, an armchair detective saves the day, Katelyn catches her dad, Brianne sides with the raccoons, Danica floats away, we plan a ghoul vacation at Finger Lakes, Mary has a bug-out group ready, Taylor is a strong independent five year old, and Melanie plots how to crash an OSHA training. Content warnings: scratched eyeball, death of a 9 wee...

Ol' Dingaling: The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain Part 1

This week, Melanie is new to the show, Squonk returns to his natural habitat, Melanie has a question for a dingo, Brianne is left on tenterhooks, Katelyn almost goes to prison, and there's a new cult leader in town. Content warnings: children in peril who mostly survive, death of a 9 week old infant is the topic of the episode and is discussed in fairly graphic detail throughout. Links: https://www.newspapers.com/image/784713209/?terms=Azaria%20Chamberlain&match=1 https://www.newspapers.co...

The Island of Gangrene: Cruise Ship Medicine

This week, true love is about foot smells, it's all Melanie's fault, we are buying bat bikinis, we add a bad corporate statement to the bad corporate statements hall of shame, and Melanie is mean to sharks. Content warnings: diabetes, gangrene, appendecitis, brief and non-graphic mentions of nausea and vomiting, drowninb death and near-death of children (vague and not graphic) 45:56-46:50, explosion, severely preterm birth and baby in peril who survives 57:33, vague discussion of suicide 1:...

Just All Mothmen, Women, & Children: Nursery Rhyme Origins

This week, Brianne confesses to a heist at the zoo, Melanie taunts us with a potential cameo, Cody is a not-yet recovering huffer, Brianne victim-blames children from the 1500s, leeches have an unconventional application, Brianne wants to live on Pudding Lane, Melanie is the queen of wild notions, we would like to interview Mothman, Brianne still has trust issues from the lightning strike episode, and we begin planning our post-mortem mischief. Content warnings: harm to zoo animals, deaths ...

Butthole on an Icebox: Magic Show Disasters Part 2

This week, Melanie is a mama bear and angers the internet, Brianne has advice for would-be criminals, Cody isn't real, Melanie is the little spoon, and we cover problematic magicians. Content warnings: burn injury, racism, minstrel shows, guns, speculation about the possibility of suicide, death from being hit by a car, children in peril who survive, reptiles, slavery, death from heart attack Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soo https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-m...

A Perfect Maniac: Magic Show Disasters Part 1

This week, we have everything BUT a head in a box in the mail, we have two cameo appearances on mic, Melanie is a pretty hooligan, 1800s pettiness beats all, and we meet the most adored dog in history. Content warnings: guns, fatal accidental shooting of pregnant woman 18:30-19:50, cocaine, gruesome discussion of autopsy on possibly living person 31:00-38:45, domestic violence, loss of adult child, death by explosion/burning, the dog dies 47:30-57:30, problematic old-timey stereotypes, fire...

Shrek Would Never: The Rana Plaza Collapse

This week, Melanie tells oil rig men about her period, a brand new bracket starts, Brianne whips out the puppy eyes, Melanie is Moth Man, someone - maybe everyone - looks the other way, Melanie reveals her endgame, and Walmart falls on hard times. Content warnings: guns, children in peril, DIY amputation, birth during a disaster (baby survives), dire survival situations with mixed outcomes, police brutality, urine, death by burning, mass burial, grief. Links: https://www.newspapers.com/ima...

A Gentle Rear-Ending: Automotive Recalls Part 3

This week, we're not changing for anyone including ourselves, Brianne will not change her oil, it's Ford's turn to get in the pond, Melanie won't permit herself to be laid in a Pinto, and spiders are expected to be your palate cleanser. Content warnings: cars without brakes, non-graphic mention of burn injuries, burning car accident death, seriously injured 13 year old, deaths of 3 teenage girls, upsetting description of burning death. Links: https://chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?ti...

Tiny Fish of Happiness, Flying Out: 12 Disasters of 2022

This week, the grief blender hits pulse, we touch wood, the eventful seafood bracket comes to an end, Fun 4 Every 1 is not quite fun for everyone, we learn about a dino the size of a dino, falling into vats of chocolate isn’t that whimsical, we need an OSHA mole, cement gets very hard, and Brianne gets bad news about aquariums Content warnings: stadium crush involving children and infants, people being hit by subways (discussion of gore), drowning death, bursting aquarium.

A CVS Receipt of Recalls: Automotive Recalls Part 2

This week: Melanie incorporates smells into the seafood bracket, everybody can panic, a car is a naughty boy, sweet Ava was not prepared, and Melanie likes it creamy. Content warnings: vomit 2:15, 911 call, car accidents with fatalities including a 13 year old. Links: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/09/toyota_recalls_38_million_cars.html https://www.cars.com/articles/explaining-the-toyota-floormat-recall-1420663233094/ https://parts.olathetoyota.com/blog/373/car-recall https:/...

Still on Their Bullshit: Automotive Recalls Part 1

Melanie welcomes two lovable kitties, the bracket basket is ominous, a sports car may be made out of spaghetti, we love an internal memo, and Henry Ford supports the homies. Content warnings: multiple car accidents with fatalities and serious injuries, car accident death of a 10 year old girl from 36:05-37:15, brief mention of death of 11 year old boy at 52:00 Links: https://www.hotcars.com/this-is-the-story-behind-the-pontiac-fiero-catching-fire/#:~:text=received%20over%20140%20complaints...

The Grief Blender: Disaster Potluck

This week, grandmas everywhere need to watch their backs, we make the world's worst smoothie, Melanie wants to go to Branson, Beth dodges a bullet at Great Wolf Lodge, Alyson has a family mole, Karen imparts Thanksgiving advice, and Riley's dad is a menace. Content warnings: cancer, excessive/delayed diagnostic testing, hospice, terminal agitation, extensive discussion of grief, vague mentions of mid-term pregnancy loss.

The Building Was Missing: Surfside Condominium Collapse

This week, Melanie visits the child casino, Brianne alienates everyone she loves over Skee-Ball, oysters definitely oyster, Melanie brings up Tendongate, Brianne recommends Kleenex and lotion if your bracket is going poorly, a building is(n’t) in very good shape, Barry is silly, we piss Disney off again, underwear are not priority in a crisis, Brianne has a bougie butt, and a firefighter is very shy. Content warnings: structural collapse with many fatalities, 15 year old in peril who surviv...

You're Sounding Like a Demon Now: The Exorcisms of Anneliese Michel

This week, it's not Christmas, Melanie doesn't love a jump scare, Brianne bites her tongue about Virgos, demons want you to get bangs, and Brianne wants to be the judge of everything. Content warnings: spiders, epilepsy, feces, depression, brief mention of suicidal ideation, emaciation/malnutrition, eating spiders, urine, eating the head of a dead bird, mental illness/psychosis.

Prankster Papaw Poker Party: Disaster Potluck, Halloween Edition

This week, Jess’s cousin fails the vibe check, everyone was actually 7, Heather’s family locks someone in a coffin, Courtney has a tragedy boner, Carla’s grandfather joins the Prankster Papaw Poker Party, Emily needs a different hobby, Jake makes the obvious choice, Adrianne is rude to an angel, Kit should freak out forever, Noah would not survive a horror movie, Katei is visited by the benevolent spirit of Bobby Nash, and Kathryn accepts her fate. Content warnings: death of a four year old...

The Best Tea Possession Can Buy: Exorcism Compilation Part 1

This week, Melanie has the brain frog, Brianne's cult is almost ready to launch, Melanie can't wait for Brianne's funeral, Brianne could throw a nun, Melanie is a pioneer in the field of exorcism technology, Brianne wants a movie about jacked up nuns, and Melanie solves the mystery of a manageable possession. Content warnings: brief and non-graphic mention of vomit at 0:55, blood, religious homophobia, demonic possession and exorcism, brief and non-graphic mention of CSA at 27:25, discussio...

Cut the Music, Turn Off the Strobe Lights: Disaster Potluck, Halloween Edition

This week, we're your little puppets, Brianne is doing it all, Melanie's kids engage in Halloween mutiny, Kassidy does what any rational person would, Meagan's mom gets the message, Sarah, Becca and Rae have a family full of mediums, Karen is lazy and sleepy, Robyn's mom has a shower encounter in a prison, Chris has to start over with a new child, Lulu finds a good use for black crayons, Amy has a wholesome ghost story, Jordan and her daughter are both spooky, Sophia gets a message in the fo...

A Grip of Scumbags: 1964 Lima Football Disaster

This week, the bracket winner is a shoo-in, another temporary morgue is featured, no one wants a Yikes Hard Lemonade, and Melanie makes a ballsy request for all your secrets. Content warnings: crowd/stadium violence, police brutality, dog bites, crushing by crowd, looting, brief and non-detailed mention of mass deaths of children Links Yo! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Nacional_disaster https://www.newspapers.com/image/819815555/?terms=peru%20stadium%20disaster&match=1 https://w...

Your Dick's Loose: Zoo & Aquarium Disasters Part 3

This week, there's a lot of crying, Brianne has news about cooking, someone's panda love goes a step too far, an elephant flies, and disaster relief gets serious. Content warnings: public harassment/stranger danger situation, graphic description of wounds to legs, elephant abuse/culling/peril. Links: https://nextshark.com/melania-trump-meets-gu-gu-giant-panda-scales-great-wall-china/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5364058.stm https://www.smh.com.au/world/drunk-bites-off-more-than-...

I'm Outta Here and So Are You: Bounce Houses

This week, Brianne thinks you're being obtuse, crawfish are too much from a spiritual standpoint, we progress through a bracket full of horrors, Brianne is fluffing as we speak, a new way of dealing with competitors emerges, and Taco Bell pinch hits for Denny's after a crime spree. Content warnings: deaths of multiple children with moderate description of injuries beginning at 16:48, arson, injury to dog. Links: http://www.weathertobounce.com/ https://jumptosafety.net/ https://www.jungleju...

A Whole Ass Goose: Amusement Park Disasters Part 6

This week, Melanie can see into Cody's soul, Brianne hates ocean bugs, you're gonna get fucked up on a new level, and Melanie wants to go out on Fabio's face. Content warnings: decapitation, brief and non-detailed description of deaths of young child at 18:30, plane crash, death of teenager, injury to 6 year old who survives, gun violence, drowning death of 11 year old, detailed description of domestic violence involving an infant who is in danger but survives at 29:00, wasps, falling death...

Barefoot Gamblers & Good Causes: 1975 Las Vegas Flood

This month, Melanie is the puppeteer, Brianne does not receive sneaky garlic bread, one bracket ends and a new one begins, it can't hurt to be horny, Melanie highlights a good cause, and Brianne has to eat her words. Content warnings: monsoon, lightning strike, corpses, mafia, flooding, drowning, gambling addiction, homelessness, fingers being cut off, drug use, shooting death, very brief mention of CSA. Disaster begins at 7:30 Links: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/1975-las...

Throwing Vienna Sausages Into a Black Hole: Malaysian Airlines Flight 370

This week, a field trip has a plot twist, Brianne loves skinks but Melanie loves skanks, Brianne gladly alienates 1/12-1/4 of our listeners, Melanie has a hot take about Pisces, the final petty bracket all comes down to Brianne's mood, Melanie wants to send you crab legs in the mail, your kidneys are taken by force, and Melanie simply does not receive a theory. Disaster begins at 21:00. Content warnings: alcohol/drinking, plane crash, missing relatives, grief of a mother, very vaguely ment...

Bated Breasts: Resident Evil Film Incidents

This week, Melanie is a boss babe, Brianne cannot believe the audacity, movie execs are gross, and Sandwich Daddy saves the day. Content warnings: structural collapse with injuries, car/motorcycle crash with severe injuries, severe facial injury/degloving, coma, life support, death of spouse, limb amputation. Disaster begins at 8:50. Links: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/death-injuries-amputations-is-resident-evil-hollywoods-dangerous-franchise-1244726/ https://ww...

Rootin' Tootin' Mutiny: Film Production Accidents

This week, we are accidentally twinning on a collaboration episode, all the skeleton horses are in a warehouse, Melanie's podcast endgame finally comes to fruition, Brianne loves receipts, Melanie is a black-hearted skunk, Brianne has murder in her heart and does not light up rooms, Ireland stays in her lane. Content warnings: poor treatment of horses while making movies, snakes, drowning, body recovery, verbal abuse by parent, brief mention of eating disorder, falling asleep at the wheel, ...

Whatever Their Noise is Called: Disaster Potluck

This time, we're your little puppets, Melanie finds her bug-out name, Sarah knows how to distract in a crisis, an anonymous writer has an Israel Keyes connection, a second anonymous writer is a nervous bean, a third anonymous writer comes through with some quick and dirty family tea, Kris protects his nuts and berries, a quick course is too quick, and Christy throws a punch in a hurricane. Content warnings: tornadoes, serial killer/search for remains, broken leg, bear encounters, hurricane,...

That's How You Get A Haunted Zeppelin: The Hindenburg Disaster

This week, Melanie googles a boob, Brianne loses confidence in areolae, we would like answers from FCC snitches, Brianne wants a turbulent ride, no one knows about ghost kitchens, and human complexities strike again. Disaster begins at 20:49. Content warnings: transport disaster with fatalities, Nazism, death of dog, children in peril, dismemberment, graphic description of fatal and non-fatal burn injuries throughout. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg https://en.wikip...

So Many Drunk Friends: Amusement Park Disasters Part 5

This week, Melanie doesn't know what she's wishing for, Dakota Johnson isn't having it, Ohio meets somebody's standards, baboons get fired, and carefree beaver thoughts end abruptly. Content warnings: mono, crushing death, loss of teenage daughter, animal attacks, death of penguin at 41:00, death of owl, death of beaver, death of wife/mother, inadequate medical care, boogers/kids getting things stuck up their noses. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Sings#Death_of_Deborah_Gail_S...

Holy Cannoli!: 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens Part 2

This week, we explore human complexities, a Cody-centric blooper gets left in, yet another governor victim-blames, and Melanie fantasizes about toad vengeance. Content warnings: flood, landslide, volcanic eruption, implied death of horses, death of family including children 22:10, extended wait for search and rescue, difficult body identification, various non-graphic references to dead wildlife and pets. Links: Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster. (2020). broadcast. Thompson, D. (2000)...

Hell and High Water: 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens Part 1

This week, Australians are pesky, Brianne hates it all, Melanie points her victim blaming in an unusual direction, Brianne wants an upper limit, Buzzfeed chooses violence, Stanley doesn't believe in earthquakes, a governor gets excited, we get a classic chaotic man, and a massive bulge grows at a rapid rate. Content warnings: earthquakes, fatal plane crash, non-graphic mention of vomit and diarrhea around 32:40, non-fatal ferris wheel accident involving child, head injury. Links: Surviving...

If You're Alive, Raise Your Hand: Pulse Nightclub

This week, a nightclub reviewer throws subtle shade, we remember our dead, something is bad, and we explore new organ donation possibilities. In respect to todays episode, please consider making a donation to the onePULSE foundation created by the owner of the Pulse Nightclub. “Our mission is to create and support a memorial that opens hearts, a museum that opens minds, educational programs that open eyes and legacy scholarships that open doors.” https://onepulsefoundation.org/donate/ Co...

No Shit, But Also Shit: Chipotle Mass Food Poisonings

This week, toddlers fuck up, Melanie is remorseless, Brianne wants to encounter a dumb motherf***er, People.com does Brianne dirty, Ohio is on its bullshit, Brianne is promised a haunted trunk, Melanie poops on her girlfriend's couch, and we pass the Bechdel test. Content warnings: accident that leads to amputation, food poisoning discussed throughout but no graphic descriptions of vomiting and mildly graphic descriptions of diarrhea, rectal examination. Links: https://www.nrn.com/food-saf...

A Bouncy Word: LGBTQ Heroes

This week, Melanie has to use the safeword, Shania Twain lives her best life, two men share similar experiences, a mom goes too far, and we finally broach one of America's worst disasters. Content warnings: body shaming, war injuries, PTSD, assassination attempt, gun violence, brief discussion of civil rights/racism, involuntary outing, homophobia, alcoholism, delayed discovery of dead body, xenophobia, 9/11.

Built on the Dumping Grounds of a Serial Killer: LEGOLAND Incidents

This week, Melanie isn't marked safe, we find the limits of Brianne's love, the Disney songs bracket comes to a close and the Petty Pop Culture Moments bracket begins, a LEGOLAND pirate is not the job to have, and Melanie discovers the seedy underbelly of Pokemon. Content warnings: death by rollercoaster collision, murder of women/teenager/pregnant woman, gymnastics/stuntman injury, head trauma, paralysis, detailed description of physical trauma resulting from fall, ableism, depression Lin...

Third Time's a Curse

Pet My Head, Tell Me I'm Mysterious: Amusement Park Disasters Part 4

This week, the Disney bracket comes to a close, Brianne is THE villain, Melanie is wrong about Scar, Brianne wants to be a cult leader, cats should not make out, we rethink our futures as brakemen, and Melanie is attacked by a kangaroo. Content warnings: cults, riots, police violence, derailed rollercoaster, death of children 44:30-49:43, graphic description of accident scene/blood, animal testing, animal mauling, serious injury to neck, dead bodies of animals. Links: https://en.wikipedia....

This Is Beyond Tea: Disaster Potluck

This week, we drop our first dummy thicc listener story episode, Brianne pulls off a long con and warms up to eating a lizard, Melanie has inspirational thoughts on being a bully at any age, Big Shark finally catches up to us, we have solid advice for angry snipers, and Brianne gets pregnant on the first date (with a podcast baby). Content warnings: depression, cooking and eating a lizard (graphic), insect swarm, non-graphic mention of poop, death of spouse, adoption (first family perspecti...

This Is Beyond Tea: Disaster Potluck

This week, we drop our first dummy thicc listener story episode, Brianne pulls off a long con and warms up to eating a lizard, Melanie has inspirational thoughts on being a bully at any age, Big Shark finally catches up to us, we have solid advice for angry snipers, and Brianne gets pregnant on the first date (with a podcast baby). Content warnings: depression, cooking and eating a lizard (graphic), insect swarm, non-graphic mention of poop, death of spouse, adoption (first family perspecti...

But It Did Get Worse!: LEGO Origin Disasters

This week, we are disaster girls, Brianne is trying to be mysterious, Ole shows up our seven year olds, some afternoon delight ends in flames, a man wins his own contest, Brianne hatches a new conspiracy theory, both of us love a rogue wave, we make a wish on a t-rex, Melanie appreciates her bush, and we encourage you to donate a secret. Content warnings: structural fires. Links: Documentary. (2014). A Lego Brickumentary. Williams, T. (2022). Adrift: The curious tale of the lego lost at se...

I'm Just a Brakeman, Give Me a Break: Amusement Park Disasters Part 3

This week, Melanie is a tour guide on the River Styx, we identify our gas station item love languages, we are old-timey brakemen, Melanie gets rammed, rollercoaster ghosts live on in original flooring, , the mayor and only the mayor cares, Walt Disney has a bad day, we get new nicknames, and Brianne has seen enough. Content warnings: death of a parent, hospice, cancer, rollercoaster derailment, injuries, brief and non-specific mention of suicide, brief graphic description of scalp injury, d...

Off-Air

A Tsunami of Emergencies: See You Next Week!

Our Bodies Are Haunted Houses: Aggie Bonfire Collapse

This week, we reach climax, Heather is probably banging, Brianne is willing to lecture anyone at all, Melanie plays a reverse Uno card, we're tired of groaning and creaking, Melanie is gonna get her wets whisked, and we are sexy vampires. Content warnings: Structural collapse with fatalities, death/injury of teenagers, coma, serious injuries. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Aggie_Bonfire_collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggie_Bonfire https://web.archive.org/web/2007082616...

Gruesome Contingencies: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 3

This week, Melanie curates a playlist, Brianne has cheese-based anxiety, Melanie is still on her normalization bullshit, we explore portals, Brianne is a connoisseur of victim blaming, and Melanie eats her pet. Content warnings: gambling, hypothetical damage to body in fall from cruise ship, drowning, decomposition, autopsy/visual identification of loved one, suicidal ideation/possible suicide from 47:00-1:03:34, depression, mental illness, pregnancy loss/hospitalization. Links: https://in...

Coming Was An Understatement: The Great Molasses Flood

This week, we match each other's bad energy, the bracket has a slappin' bop, we deliver the content people want, Melanie only has one pull-quote for any story, the ants come and they might be rude, and capitalism was the real villain all along. Content warnings: structural damage/collapse, claustrophobia, deaths by drowning/suffocation, horse deaths. Links: https://www.newspapers.com/image/667809304 https://www.newspapers.com/image/667809306/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/130683943 h...