History's A Disaster
Bloody history and bloodier crimes. Andrew takes a weekly look at all things bloody. From natural disasters to man made atrocities
History's A Disaster
Latest Episodes
Eastern Airlines Flight 212 Chatty Cockpit Crash
A DC-9 lifting off for a 35-minute hop shouldn’t end in a cornfield, but Eastern Airlines Flight 212 becomes a brutal lesson in how fast “normal” can collapse. We walk through the morning of September 11, 1974, as Flight 212 heads from Charlest...
The HMS Thetis Sinking
A submarine is already a coffin-shaped idea, but HMS Thetis proves how fast “routine” can become irreversible. We’re telling the story of the 1939 HMS Thetis disaster in Liverpool Bay, where a brand-new British Royal Navy T Class submarine goes...
Buffalo Creek Flood
A river valley can feel like the safest place in the world until the water comes with a roar. We’re telling the story of the Buffalo Creek disaster, the 1972 West Virginia flood that started with a coal waste dam built on sludge and ended with ...