Latest Massshootings Podcast Episodes
Episode 240: The Uvalde school shooting - Part Five
Disaster Area - June 17, 2024 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIn the final part of this series, we learn about the perpetrator as well as the investigations which have followed in the past two years. Videos: Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics Cell phone video of the parents imploring the polic...
Episode 239: The Uvalde school shooting - Part Four
Disaster Area - June 10, 2024 16:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIn part four of this five-part series, we watch as people realize just how flawed the police response at Robb Elementary really was. Videos: Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics Cell phone video of the parents imploring the police to ...
Episode 238: The Uvalde school shooting - Part Three
Disaster Area - June 03, 2024 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIn part three of this five-part series, we see responding officers still preparing to approach classroom 111. Videos: Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics Cell phone video of the parents imploring the police to do something Disturbin...
Episode 237: The Uvalde school shooting - Part Two
Disaster Area - May 27, 2024 22:17 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIn part two of this five-part series, we see local law enforcement in Uvalde arriving at Robb Elementary, and what happens next - and what does not. Videos: Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics Cell phone video of the parents implori...
Episode 236: The Uvalde school shooting - Part One
Disaster Area - May 20, 2024 21:20 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIn the first in this five-part series, we look at the town of Uvalde, and the first moments before a normal school day goes from calm to terrifying. Videos: Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics Cell phone video of the parents imp...
Episode 235: The Eschede train disaster
Disaster Area - May 01, 2024 16:05 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsA year ago this week, I covered the Amagasaki train derailment in 2005 in Japan. Why not cover a second one seven years earlier near a small town in Germany? Videos: Seconds from Disaster: The Eschede derailment TS2018 Rail Disasters - Derailment at High Speed (1998 Eschede train disaster)...
Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three
Disaster Area - April 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two
Disaster Area - April 07, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Episode 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One
Disaster Area - March 31, 2024 19:19 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire
Disaster Area - March 06, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsThe deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871. Videos: Watch now: The story of the tabernacle in the Peshtigo Fire Lake Michigan shipwreck; sank during 1871 Peshtigo Fire Articl...
Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher
Disaster Area - February 28, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsOn April 9th, 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for depth tests in the Atlantic. It would never return. Videos: Second Saturday: The Loss of the USS Thresher Finding the Titanic | Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life Articles and books: U.S. ...
Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire
Disaster Area - January 31, 2024 17:05 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsThe deadliest school fire in American history took place on - of all days - Ash Wednesday, March 8th, 1908, in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood just after first period ended. Within a half hour, 172 students and three adults would be dead, or close to it. Videos: Cleveland Public Library: C...
Review: Society of the Snow
Disaster Area - January 11, 2024 06:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsJennifer stops rewatching the movie long enough to review the movie. Spoilers ahead!
Episode 228: Dan Air Flight 0034
Disaster Area - January 01, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsYou'd think if your plane crashed fifty meters from the end of the runway, you'd be saved. You'd be wrong. Videos: Disaster Breakdown: Locked into Disaster Articles and books: The Lever of Death: The crash of Dan-Air flight 0034 Department of Trade report on the accident
Bonus: Society of the Snow
Disaster Area - December 19, 2023 05:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsJennifer talks about "Society of the Snow," the award-nominated adaptation of the Pablo Vierci book about the survival story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. "Society of the Snow" comes out in select theaters on December 22nd and on Netflix on January 4th. (No, Jennifer has not seen it yet. Al...
Episode 227: The North Hollywood shootout - Part Two
Disaster Area - December 08, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsOn one February morning in 1997, a pair of men dressed in dark clothes entered a North Hollywood bank. What followed would be one of the most frightening things many Americans had ever watched live on TV up to that point. Videos: Zero Hour: The North Hollywood Shootout North Hollywood Bank...
Episode 226: The North Hollywood shootout - Part One
Disaster Area - December 01, 2023 17:06 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsOn one February morning in 1997, a pair of men dressed in dark clothes entered a North Hollywood bank. What followed would be one of the most frightening things many Americans had ever watched live on TV up to that point. Videos: Zero Hour: The North Hollywood Shootout North Hollywood Ban...
Episode 225: The Who concert crush
Disaster Area - November 23, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIt was just supposed to be a great night out seeing one of the best rock bands in the world. It turned out to be anything but. Videos: What Really Happened During The Who Concert Disaster? We Explain The Who: The Night that Changed Rock Articles and books: Crowd surge at a Who concert k...
Episode 224: The 2019 Whakaari eruption
Disaster Area - November 17, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsWe all heard the news four years ago about a group of foolish tourists who made the mistake of visiting an active volcano and died as a result. Or at least, that's how the stories made them sound. Videos: The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (Netflix) Sky News Australia airs Krystal Browitt v...
Episode 223: Pan Am Flight 103 - Part Two
Disaster Area - November 03, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIt's the first night of winter on a windy night in Scotland when a loud noise broke the quiet over a small village. What followed was a fiery nightmare caused by the cruel intentions of others. Videos: Air Crash Investigations: Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie Bombing: Smithsonian special on Pa...
Episode 222: Pan Am Flight 103 - Part One
Disaster Area - November 01, 2023 04:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIt's the first night of winter on a windy night in Scotland when a loud noise broke the quiet over a small village. What followed was a fiery nightmare caused by the cruel intentions of others. Videos: Air Crash Investigations: Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie Bombing: Smithsonian special on ...
Episode 221: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquke and tsunami - Part 3
Disaster Area - September 29, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIn the third part of our story, we look at the train disaster caused by the tsunami and the aftermath of the disaster. Videos: Compilation in chronological order of videos of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami The man who Filmed the Tsunami - Shocking footage of the Indonesian di...
Episode 220: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Part 2
Disaster Area - September 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsFirst came the earthquake, then came the wave. Videos: Compilation in chronological order of videos of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami The man who Filmed the Tsunami - Shocking footage of the Indonesian disaster Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions: Sri Lanka Train Disaster 1...
Episode 219: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Part 1
Disaster Area - September 15, 2023 16:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 723 ratingsOn December 26th, 2004, the world experienced one of the deadliest natural disasters we will ever see in our lifetimes. In part one, we will look at the earthquake which was just the start of a horrific tragedy. Videos: Compilation in chronological order of videos of the 2004 Indian Ocean ear...
Episode 218: The Chilwell munitions factory explosion
Disaster Area - August 01, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsOn a hot summer day in 1918, the night shift workers at the National Shell Filling Factory No. 6 in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England, arrived as per usual. One hundred and thirty-four of them would be dead within an hour and a half. Videos: Nottingham Forgotten Heroes #9 The Chilwell Muniti...
Episode 217: The I35W bridge collapse
Disaster Area - July 21, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsRush hour is bad enough. The bridge you're on collapsing as you cross it during rush hour is even worse. Videos: I Survived ...: Virginia Tech and the I35W collapse 20/20 In An Instant: Rush Hour Disaster I-35W Bridge Collapse Structure and Components and Initial Failure 10 years l...
Episode 216: The Club Q shooting
Disaster Area - July 01, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsOn the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2022, a person armed with a rifle walked into Club Q, an LGBTQIA+ club in Colorado Springs, CO. What followed was a bloodbath. Videos: Video of Club Q shooting suspect previous threat WATCH: Club Q shooting survivor on how LGBTQ peop...
Bonus: The OceanGate submersible implosion
Disaster Area - June 26, 2023 23:14 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsWhile we are still close to the actual disaster for a regular episode on the subject, Jennifer takes an hour and a half to discuss the implosion of the OceanGate submersible on its dive down to the wreck of the Titanic.
Episode 215: The Rhoads Opera House fire
Disaster Area - June 01, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsIn a small Pennsylvania town, the play set to be performed on a cold Monday night in January drew hundreds of people to the Rhoads Opera House. One hundred and seventy of them would never make it home alive. Videos: The Rhoads Opera House Fire: Legacy Of A Tragedy Articles and books: Midwin...
Episode 214: The Indiana State Fair stage collapse
Disaster Area - May 19, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 723 ratingsWhen the sky darkened and the winds picked up at the Indiana State Fair on August 13th, 2011, those fans waiting for country band Sugarland to perform were worried the concert might be delayed. But there was something far more deadly for those in the audience to worry about. Videos: State Fai...
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