Episode 248: The Camp Fire - Part Two
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For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century. Videos: Articles and books: , by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino
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Episode 247: The Camp Fire - Part One
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For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century. Videos: Articles and books: , by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino
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Episode 246: The Heath High School shooting
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Sometimes it feels as though Columbine was our first experience with school shootings. But it very much wasn't, as the town of West Paducah, Kentucky, can attest. Videos: Articles and books: , by Katherine S. Newman, Cybelle Fox, David J. Harding, Jal Metha, and Wendy Roth
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Episode 245: The sinking of the SS Atlantic - Part Two
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In part two, we watch as the Atlantic continues to head toward the southern coast of Nova Scotia ... with dangerous consequences. Videos: Articles and books: by Bob Chaulk
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Episode 244: The sinking of the SS Atlantic - Part One
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It's been a rough week and a half on stormy seas as you and your family make the trip from Ireland to your new home in America in March of 1873. Now finally, the ship is making a stop in Halifax to refuel and you might all be able to rest. But there will be no rest for the passengers on the SS Atlantic. Videos: Articles and books: by Bob Chaulk
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Episode 243: The Kiss nightclub fire
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It was just supposed to be a fun college party with a great band at a popular Brazil nightclub. But once the pyrotechnics came out, Kiss turned into Hell in an instant. Videos: Inside Kiss nightclub, purportedly minutes before the fire started: and Tiktok video from of the ceremony prior to the nightclub's demolition Articles and books:
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Episode 242: The Itaewon Halloween crush - Part Two
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It was the first Halloween that the streets would be open in Seoul, South Korea, since the start of the COVID pandemic, and young people in the city couldn't wait to go celebrate in the vibrant Itaewon neighborhood. Many of them wouldn't make it home. Videos: Articles and books:
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Episode 241: The Itaewon Halloween crush - Part One
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It was the first Halloween that the streets would be open in Seoul, South Korea, since the start of the COVID pandemic, and young people in the city couldn't wait to go celebrate in the vibrant Itaewon neighborhood. Many of them wouldn't make it home. Videos: Articles and books:
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Episode 240: The Uvalde school shooting - Part Five
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In 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: Articles and books: .
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Episode 239: The Uvalde school shooting - Part Four
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In part four of this five-part series, we watch as people realize just how flawed the police response at Robb Elementary really was. Videos: Articles and books: .
info_outlineThe 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.
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Firestorm at Peshtigo, by Denise Gess and William Lotz