Episodes

In this one, Ian, Liv, and special guest star Joe (Liv's dad and Ian's favorite uncle) joins them in talking about this one of the worst maritime disasters in history. In the summer of 1945, with the end of World …

Ian and Liv take a few minutes to plan out their next five episodes! Liv picks episodes from a bowl at random. Also, did you know Disaster Hour has a listener in Malaysia? If that's you, you're awesome. High five …

Pro tip: if you find a glowing substance in a lead canister, don't distribute the substance to your friends and family. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a radiation exposure in Brazil, in 1987. So many questions, and …

What's one of the most important aspects of flying an airplane? Not flying your plane into another plane. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about the Tenerife Airport Disaster in 1977, where two passenger planes, Pan Am 1736 and …

Nature is always coming up with clever ways to rid the Earth of humans. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a lethal cloud of carbon dioxide that is released from a lake in Africa, which smothers and kills …

It's a Special Holiday Episode! For episode ten, Ian and Liv celebrate the Fourth of July by talking about a NINE different fireworks disasters! Each of these stories involve fireworks, most involve alcohol, and all of these ...

Disaster strikes in Cleveland again! In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a marketing event by the Cleveland Indians in 1974, where beers were sold for 10 cents a piece at a Tuesday night Indians game. Much to nobody's …

In this one, Ian tells Liv about a wildfire that began in a park in California. However, this wildfire was started inadvertently by a couple who set off a smoke bomb during a gender reveal party, and it continued burning …

In this one, Ian tells Liv about a swarm of locusts that appeared in the Great Plains in 1874, but continued to devastate the new frontier for years later. Nothing was safe from the maniacal, flying insects--crop fields, line...

In this one, Ian tells Liv about an outbreak of over 300 tornadoes that ravaged the southeast US, in just four days. Many storm records were set not only during this disaster, but throughout all of April 2011 and the …

In this episode, Ian tells Liv about a volcano that erupted in 1815, Mt. Tambora, in Indonesia. However, the devastation this volcano causes to the entire planet is unlike anything we've seen in over 200 years, and the world ...

Liv tells Ian about the time United Way of Cleveland held a fundraising event that released over a million balloons. Sadly, the fundraiser was a failure, resulting in the death of two men and an unprecedented amount of public...

In this one, Ian tells Liv about the time that two trains crashed head-on in 1896. But just because it was a crash doesn't mean it was an accident. Liv and Ian both know trains still exist today

The year? 1919. The place? Boston. The disaster? A bit sticky. How did a giant tank of molasses claim the lives of innocent bystanders? How did prohibition play a role in this disaster? How did people survive for 15 years …

In 1844, a passenger steamboat explodes on the Ohio River while traveling from Louisville to New Orleans. But why did this happen, and is anyone to blame? Avoid horses. References: Beam, A. (2013, May 15). New Albany bicenten...