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Le Mans 1955: The Race That Did Not Stop

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Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1955/15/les-vingt-quatre-heurs-du-mans-1955/; https://www.24h-lemans.com/fr/actualites/il-y-a-60-ans-les-24-heures-du-mans-1955-20597; https://assets.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/courses/2018/24-heures-du-mans/press-kit/fr/le-mythe-fr.pdf; https://media.mercedes-benz.com/article/0ee71ec7-80ea-46c6-a0d4-c41b3f168a96; https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1955/06/14/la-direction-des-usines-mercedes-explique-les-circonstances-du-retrait-de-ses-voitures_1957690_1819218.html; https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-1956/19/les-vingt-quatre-heures-du-mans-1956/; https://www.24h-lemans.com/fr/actualites/le-mans-34-ans-de-panneautage-au-virage-de-mulsanne-17321; https://www.fiawec...

Ashtabula: Eleven Years Standing Was Not Proof of Safety

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Sources: https://archive.org/download/reportjointcomm02assegoog/reportjointcomm02assegoog.pdf; https://archive.org/download/sim_american-society-of-civil-engineers-transactions_1877_6/sim_american-society-of-civil-engineers-transactions_1877_6.pdf; https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48693/48693-h/48693-h.htm; https://www.structuremag.org/article/ashtabula-bridge-failure/

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Marcinelle: The Mine Fire That Forced a Bigger Question

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Sources: https://www.leboisducazier.be/le-8-aout-1956/; https://www.esteri.it/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/2021/08/commemorazione-del-65-anniversario-del-disastro-di-marcinelle-messaggio-del-ministro-di-maio/; https://asbergamo.cultura.gov.it/eventi-e-mostre/gallerie-fotografiche/gallerie-2026/marcinelle-8-agosto-1956-8-agosto-2026; https://www.leboisducazier.be/presentation-2/; https://aei.pitt.edu/64511/1/A6622.pdf; https://aei.pitt.edu/34144/1/A606.pdf; https://consmetz.esteri.it/it/news/dal_consolato/2017/08/8-agosto-1956-la-tragedia-di-marcinelle/; https://www.leboisducazier.be/event/expo_charbon-2/; https://www.leboisducazier.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Fais-passer-2006_compressed.pdf...

Wellington: The Mountain Had Changed

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Sources: https://archive.org/download/avalanchesforest17mung/avalanchesforest17mung.pdf; https://archive.org/download/sim_monthly-weather-review_1910-06_38_6/sim_monthly-weather-review_1910-06_38_6.pdf; https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/topping-v-great-northern-railway-co-wash-1914; https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/topping-v-great-northern-railway-co-wash-1915; https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_indianplum_ver02/data/sn87093407/00211107480/1910030201/0530.pdf; https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ndnp:wa:batch_wa_indianplum_ver02:data:sn87093407:00211107480:1910030201:0530/full/pct:50/0/default.jpg; https://www.cwu.edu/academics/geography/_documents/leavenworth-to-wellington-field-trip.pdf

Laki: The Disaster That Outlasted the Eruption

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Sources: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2001jd002042; https://www.katlageopark.com/geosites/mainly-geology/lakagigar/; https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/2971/2024/; https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-42-02-0184; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107080; https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/77777969/Unlabelled%20image; https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/1700/article/download/6611/6966; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029554

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Cherry Mine: A Week Behind the Barricade

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Sources: https://archive.org/download/reportoncherrymi00illi/reportoncherrymi00illi.pdf; https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18448/18448-h/18448-h.htm; https://gompers.umd.edu/Cherry%20report.htm; https://gompers.umd.edu/Cherry%20Stuckert.htm; https://gompers.umd.edu/Cherry%20pension.htm

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Farmington: Sealing the Mine Was Not the End

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Sources: https://arlweb.msha.gov/S%26HINFO/TECHRPT/MEO/MAJORMIN.pdf; https://archive.wvculture.org/History/disasters/farmington02.html; https://archive.wvculture.org/history/disasters/farmington01.html; https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9888/cdc_9888_DS1.pdf; https://archive.wvculture.org/History/disasters/farmington04.html; https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/2175; https://www.fairmontstate.edu/news/2018/11/1968-farmington-mine-disaster-photographer-bob-campione-commemorate-anniversary.aspx; https://arlweb.msha.gov/solicitor/coalact/69hous.htm

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Sunshine Skyway: When the Radar References Disappeared

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Sources: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR8103.pdf; https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/566/962/2396408/; https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1980/october/anatomy-two-collisions

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Hamlet: The Fire and the Locked Exits

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Sources: https://www.mcftoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Chicken-Processing-Plant-Fires.pdf; https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=170073035; https://www.ncleg.gov/Files/Library/studies/1992/st10661.pdf; https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/09/04/Federal-state-officials-investigate-locked-fire-doors-at-tragedy-site/7268683956800/; https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/09/13/Imperial-workers-say-profit-put-before-employee-safety/2700684734400/; https://www.wral.com/archive/19857356/; https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=18479204; https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/12/30/Owner-fined-800000-in-fatal-chicken-plant-fire/1858694069200/; https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/14/N-Carolina-plant-owner-sentenced-in-fire-deaths/9772716443200/; https://www.ncosfm.gov/news/events/causey-honor-lives-lost-hamlet-fire-30...

Three Mile Island: The Shutdown That Was Not Enough

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Sources: https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/fact-sheets-brochures/backgrounder-on-the-three-mile-island-accident; https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-Y3_N88-PURL-gpo177427/pdf/GOVPUB-Y3_N88-PURL-gpo177427.pdf; https://nonuclear.se/files/PresidentsCommissionThreeMileIsland197910.pdf; https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/content/uploads/50/2026/03/DOE-ID-10289-90.pdf; https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/STI/STI/Sort_65138.pdf; https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-facts-know-about-three-mile-island

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Apollo 1: The Disaster Before Liftoff

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Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-1/report-of-the-apollo-204-review-board/; https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-the-apollo-1-fire-and-its-aftermath/; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/apollo-fire-50-years-180960972/; https://apnews.com/article/cd786f77a737fffc83207c7de40feea6

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The Empire State Building Crash and the Elevator Survivor

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Sources: https://dam.clarionengage.com/content/dam/fe/online-articles/documents/2015/FE194510EmpireStatePlane.pdf; https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2019/10/18/the-empire-state-plane-crash-july-28-1945; https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/how-an-elevator-attendant-survived-a-1-000-ft-fall-down-the-empire-state-building-759670; https://apnews.com/article/468a5f8f2fc17d37ea959c9e8453e94b; https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/august/coast-guardsmans-heroism-empire-state-building; https://www.history.com/articles/10-surprising-facts-about-the-empire-state-building

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The Safest Submarine Ever Built — And the Test That Killed 129 Men

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Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/thresher-ssn-593.html; https://www.newspapers.com

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Nine Tonnes of Margarine — The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire That Burned 53 Hours

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Sources: https://www.senat.fr/rap/l98-519/l98-519.html; https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/303507.stm; https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/686441.stm; https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/25/montblanctunnel; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711200000084; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32004L0054

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The Bank Founder Who Bankrupted Scotland

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Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Darien-scheme; https://www.nls.uk/collections/topics/darien/

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He Opened an Unlocked Case — And Stole the World's Largest Sapphire

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Sources: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/10/31/; https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/11/01/; https://www.life.com/; https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/01/; https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/03/; https://www.amnh.org/research/physical-sciences/earth-and-planetary-sciences/halls/gem-minerals; https://www.pbs.org/

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The Dalton Gang Robbed Their Hometown — Everyone Recognized Them

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Sources: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/dalton-gang/11754

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The Stock Bubble That Corrupted Parliament — and Got Away With It

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Sources: https://archive.org/details/southseabubble00cars; https://archive.org/details/greatswindle00cowl; https://www.routledge.com/The-South-Sea-Bubble-An-Economic-History-of-its-Origins-and-Consequences/Paul/p/book/9780415470988; https://archive.org/details/extraordinarypo01mack; https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/tradeindustry/southseabubble/

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He Asked for the Greatest Storm Ever — It Came for Him

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Sources: https://archive.org/details/stormorcollectio00defo; https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/eddystone-lighthouse

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The Dam Ate Its Own Rescue Equipment — Then the Bureau Blamed Nature

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Sources: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/teton/about.html; https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1977/0341/; https://www.usbr.gov/history/damstor/teton.html; https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/4825

Visual credits: - "Aerial View of Teton Dam Embankment Looking Downstream - DPLA - 6c38477b3900f4dd798865e3e95cf8f8 (page 1).jpg" by Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver Office. 3/4/1988; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/pu...

They Broadcast Their Own Bank Robbery Live — Police Still Missed It

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Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/sep/11/ukcrime; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_robbery

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Leaded Gas Had a Safe Alternative — They Chose Poison for Profit

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Sources: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secret-history-lead/; https://www.epa.gov/lead/lead-phaseout; https://www.who.int/news/item/31-08-2021-who-lead-free-petrol

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Silver Thursday — The Hunt Brothers Built the Perfect Trap and Walked Into It

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Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/28/archives/silver-prices-plunge-on-heavy-selling.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/26/business/bunker-hunt-files-for-bankruptcy.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/business/hunt-brothers-found-liable.html

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The Station Nightclub Fire: Soundproofing Foam Killed 100 in Minutes

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Sources: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar2.pdf; https://www.providencejournal.com; https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2004; https://www.boston.com/news

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They Declared Everyone Dead. Seven Men Were Still Singing.

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Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/archives; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springhill_mine_disasters

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The Life Preservers That Drowned a Thousand People — 1904

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_General_Slocum

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An Army Reactor Exploded in 1961. Three Men Died. The Cause Was Never Confirmed.

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Sources: https://www.osti.gov/search/semantic:SL-1+accident; https://www.inl.gov/history/; https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/

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86 Circus Performers Died — Nobody Knew Their Real Names

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Sources: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2221/woodlawn-cemetery

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The R101 Disaster — Britain Bet 48 Lives on Patches and Politics

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101

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Dublin's 1875 Whiskey Fire Killed Thirteen — None Died in the Flames

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire; https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IEX%2F1875%2F06%2F21; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublin-1.2743517

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America's Worst Mine Disaster — The Children Nobody Counted

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongah_mining_disaster; https://www.jstor.org/stable/43264966; https://www.britannica.com/event/Monongah-mining-disaster-of-1907

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The 1904 Olympic Marathon Was Rigged, Poisoned, and Nearly Fatal

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Sources: See the episode research archive.

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The Bridge That Fell Twice — Quebec's 88-Death Lesson

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge

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The Devil's Footprints — The Night Devon Couldn't Explain

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Footprints

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The Man Who Filled Oil Tanks With Water — And Fooled Wall Street

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_oil_scandal; https://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/salad-oil-2012-4/

Visual credits: - "Price of soybean oil futures from September 1963 to December 1963.svg" by Abandeali; CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Price of soybean oil futures from September 1963 to December 1963.svg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Custom House statue- in rear of N.Y...

The WOW! Signal — 72 Seconds That Changed SETI Forever

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

Visual credits: - "Wow signal.jpg" by Credit: Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory (NAAPO).; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wow signal.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Location of the Galactic centre in the night sky (eso1920c).jpg" by ESO, IAU and Sky & Telescope; CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; ht...

USS Scorpion — The Navy Heard It Die and Still Doesn't Know Why

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Sources: See the episode research archive.

Visual credits: - "NH 97214 USS Scorpion (SSN-589) (cropped).tif" by United States Navy; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NH 97214 USS Scorpion (SSN-589) (cropped).tif; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Deep and Overflow Waters.png" by Mian Liu, Toste Tanhua; CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep and Ov...

The Jetliner That Ran Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet — and Glided to Safety

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Visual credits: - "Air Canada Flight 143 after emergency landing 2.jpg" by FAA; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air Canada Flight 143 after emergency landing 2.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Boeing NB-52B 52-0008 Cockpit Instrument Panel (EC96-43814-1).jpg" by NASA/Tony Landis; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; ht...

The Max Headroom Hijacking — How Someone Seized Chicago TV in 1987

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking

Visual credits: - "Chicago, Day 2 (8140525278).jpg" by Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA; CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago, Day 2 (8140525278).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Chicago (ILL) AIC, Lakeshore East " AON tower " (center) 346 mtrs 1973 (4825813645).jpg" by (vincent desjardins) from Paris, France; CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.or...

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