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June 8, 2023

007 The Locust Plague of 1874

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...

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May 31, 2023

006 The Tornado Super Outbreak, 2011

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 rest of ...

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May 18, 2023

005 Mt. Tambora & The Year Without Summer, 1816

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 ...

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May 10, 2023

004 Balloonfest '86

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...

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May 4, 2023

003 The Crash at Crush

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

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May 1, 2023

002 The Boston Molasses Flood

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 dur...

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April 27, 2023

001 The Lucy Walker Steamboat Disaster

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...

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