About this podcast
Fascinating Horror tells the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 164 episodes
- The Buncefield Fire (2005) · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 215This episode tells the story of the Buncefield Fire - a huge fire at an oil terminal that blanketed the south-east of England with smoke when it ignited in 2005... Fascinating…
- The Khodynka Crush (1896) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 214This episode tells the story of the Khodynka Crush - one of the worst crowd crushes of all time, which took place in 1896 in Moscow, Russia... Fascinating Horror covers the true…
- The Pemberton Mill Collapse (1860) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 213This episode covers the collapse of the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1860 - a historic disaster that contributed to a revolution in workplace safety…
- The Zacatón Sinkhole Accident (1994) · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 212This episode covers a fatal diving accident that took place in 1994 at the Zacatón Sinkhole in northeast Mexico... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories behind some of…
- Workplace Horrors (1979 - 2012) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 211This episode tells three workplace horror stories, including the story of the first person ever to be killed by a robot in 1979... Fascinating Horror covers the true stories…
- Referee Call Leads To 328 Deaths: The Estadio Nacional Disaster (1964) · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 210This episode tells the story of one of the worst crowd crushes to ever take place in the history of Peru: the Estadio Nacional Disaster of 1964... Fascinating Horror covers the…
- The Big Bayou Canot Accident (1993) · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 209This episode tells the story of the Big Bayou Canot Disaster - a devastating collision between a tow boat and a bridge that happened in Alabama in 1993... Fascinating Horror…
- The Blitz (1940 - 1941) · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 208This episode covers the devastating effects of The Blitz - a period in the Second World War when German bombs fell on London almost every single night, flattening homes, killing…
- The Gillingham Fair Fire Disaster (1929) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 207This episode tells the story of an extremely unusual disaster which took place during a village fete in Gillingham, England, in 1929... Fascinating Horror covers the true…
- The Daegu Subway Fire (2003) · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 206This short documentary tells the story of the Daegu Subway Fire - a devastating fire which took place in 2003 in the South Korean city of Daegu... Fascinating Horror covers the…
- The Sinking of the Oceanos (1991) · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 205This short documentary tells the story of the sinking of the Oceanos - a catastrophic maritime disaster which (due to a series of almost comically unlikely circumstances)…
- The Story of Linda Forney (1975) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 204This episode tells the incredible story of Linda Forney, who found herself lost in a remote part of the Grand Canyon without food or water for twenty days... Fascinating Horror…
- The White Lund Explosion (1917) · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 203This short documentary tells the story of the White Lund Explosion - one of the most destructive industrial accidents of all time, which took place near Morecambe, England, in…
- The Sinking of the Lusitania (1915) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 202This episode covers the sinking of the Lusitania. In 1915, a German U-boat targeted and sank the RMS Lusitania, killing more than 1,000 passengers. This disastrous loss of life…
- The Aggie Bonfire Collapse (1999) · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 201In 1999, a beloved tradition that had existed for decades at Texas A&M University turned deadly in seconds, when a massive bonfire structure collapsed on those building it…
- The San Francisco Earthquake (1906) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 200In 1906, a devastating earthquake struck the coast of California. Combined with fires, it destroyed nearly 80% of the city of San Francisco... Fascinating Horror covers the true…
- A Brief History of Asbestos (1924 - 2020) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 199In 1924, an English textile worker named Nellie Kershaw passed away after several years of ill health. During the autopsy which followed, strange, sharp particles of mineral…
- The Clutha Helicopter Crash (2013) · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 198In 2013, the Scottish city of Glasgow was the scene of a bizarre accident when a helicopter running low on fuel crashed through the roof of a pub. This episode tells the story of…
- Lost in the Grand Canyon: Part One (1990) · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 197On the 21st of June, 1990, Paul Stryker and his wife Karen Stryker set out on a hike along a scenic trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, unaware that they had already made a…
- The Farmington Mine Disaster (1968) · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 196On the 20th of November, 1968, the ground shook beneath the town of Farmington in West Virginia, signaling that something had gone terribly wrong in the nearby Consol Number Nine…
