Occurrence
Welcome to Occurrence, the podcast that deep dives into the darkest corners of history, nature and sometimes crime. We uncover the chilling tales of disasters both famous and forgotten, from the depths of Nutty Putty Cave to the fiery skies of the Hindenburg. Every Thursday, join us as we explore the human stories behind the wreckage, the science that explains the chaos, and the lessons we can learn from the past. If you’re fascinated by the unpredictable and the unexplained, get ready to be captivated by Occurrence.
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When Chicago officials were warned about a nationwide heat wave, they didn't take it seriously. What happened as a result of that, and what is uncovered leading up to and after the deadly heat wave reveals a pattern prevalent today.
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When passengers boarded flight Pan Am flight 1736, they never imagined they would find themselves in the middle of the largest aviation disaster the world has ever seen. What led up to the disaster, was almost as unimaginable.
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In 2010, the Love Parade was hosted in Duisburg, Germany. A horrific disaster at the festival killed and injured hundreds of attendees, tarnishing the memory of a once-wonderful music festival forever. The controversies that followed left this disaster unresolved for nearly a decade and left many wondering why.
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What initially seemed like a trivial issue in a London, England brewery, quickly escalated into a catastrophe when an impoverished neighborhood was flooded with over 320,000 gallons of beer.
Great Molasses Flood Episode: https://www.occurrencepod.com/e/the-day-molasses-turned-deadly/
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A Cleveland, Ohio nonprofit chapter attempted to break the world record for largest balloon release. Things leading up to the release didn't go according to plan, but everything after was believed to be worse.
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Daring cave diver Agnes Milowka was known for going beyond the end of the line and pushing the boundaries of diving. During a routine dive trip at Tank Cave in Australia, something went wrong.
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When patrons attended the 8th anniversary party of the Lame Horse nightclub, they had no idea what would happen before the party was over. They never could have imagined the scope of negligence exposed after hundreds were killed and injured in Russia's deadliest club fire.
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Venturing into caves when it rains is ill-advised, but what happens when cavers do just that? In caves all over America, cavers went into caves that didn't stay dry while they were inside, and not every story turned out alright.
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In February 2013, Chelyabinsk, Russia was hit with an unforeseen meteor that wasn't even the meteor predicted to be near Earth that day. Thousands were injured by a meteor scientist didn't see coming.
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The Kim family were on their way home after a Thanksgiving trip and things went terribly wrong after they made a common mistake.
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In March of 1982, a boy scout troop visited Crooked Camp Cave in New Jersey. Two of the boys in the group were brothers who would leave that day without their father, Sergeant Donald Weltner.
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...The Bolton Strid is part of the river wharfe in England, and is as picturesque as it is deadly. When William de Romilly became the first recorded victim of this river, he had no way of knowing that his passing would change everyone’s perception of the river forever.
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Two divers entered one of the largest sinkholes in the world 10 years apart, and their trip went completely off script. The details surrounding both incidents are so entwined that the stories of Dave Shaw and Deon Dreyer are tied together forever.
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On Halloween night 1963, Janie White went to the Holiday on Ice show in Indianapolis. What followed would be the worst disaster in Indiana's history and a night she and many others would never forget.
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Egbert Rimkus, Cornelia Meyer, and their children vanished during a 1996 trip to Death Valley. What began as an adventure turned into a survival situation in one of the world's most unforgiving landscapes. Despite extensive search efforts, the family's fate remained a mystery for over a decade.
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37 year old James Henry O'Neill was superintendent of the great railway cascade division and responsible for keeping mail, freight, and passenger trains moving for the entire Western half of Washington state. O'Neill and his men had a reputation for being able to handle snowfall in the area, keeping the lines open and having no passenger fatalities. Until a forecasted storm headed his way caused the worst avalanche disaster in Amer...
A limnic eruption at a lake caused the surrounding villages to look like the aftermath of a neutron bomb. This natural catastrophe in Cameroon wiped out thousands of people and livestock in a single night.
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If you ask most people if they would ever turn to cannibalism, most people say no. Under the right circumstances, that answer may change. For many families in the Donner Party, the Sierra Nevada Mountains turned that answer to yes.
This is part 2 of the Donner Party Story.
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If you ask most people if they would ever turn to cannibalism, most people say no. Under the right circumstances, that answer may change. For many families in the Donner Party, the Sierra Nevada Mountains turned that answer to yes.
This is part 1 of the Donner Party Story.
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