Swede Momsen’s diving bell finally makes contact with the sailors trapped inside the USS Squalus. But bad weather makes for a harrowing mission. And just when rescuers are about to bring the last of the crew to safety, the bell hits an unexpected snag, leaving a group of sailors and the sub’s captain trapped in even worse circumstances than before, with thei ... Show More
Nov 2022
Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping | Vanished | 1
In the summer of 1976, three masked gunmen hijack a school bus full of children in rural Chowchilla, California. The twenty-six kids and their bus driver are driven to a quarry and buried alive. Back in town, no one has any idea where the children went, who took them, or why. The ... Show More
41m 44s
Dec 2022
Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping | One Survivor’s Story | 3
On the afternoon of July 15, 1976, nine-year-old Jennifer Brown Hyde and her older brother Jeff were returning home from a summer school trip to a local pool. On their way home, masked men with guns boarded their school bus, and her life was changed in an instant. In this special ... Show More
41m 22s
Jul 2023
Submarine Disasters - Squalus and The Titan
Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering submarines and submarine disasters including how they are rescued, we will cover the Squalus rescue from 1937 and the very recent OceanGate Titan ... Show More
1h 5m
Aug 2025
Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point
In 1923, legendary navigator Captain Dolly Hunter led a squadron of warships into America’s worst peacetime naval catastrophe. The mission was supposed to be a speed trial, a display of the squadron’s skill. But it ended in a maritime pile-up, with some destroyers stranded on roc ... Show More
39m 57s
Jul 2021
Trapped in a "metal coffin" on the ocean floor
In 1988, after colliding with a fishing trawler at the surface, the Peruvian submarine Pacocha sank to the bottom of the Pacific ocean. With 22 men trapped inside, with no water, a fire on board and depleting oxygen, First Lieutenant Roger Cotrina Alvarado was determined to save ... Show More
46m 49s
Jan 2024
Sinking Submarine Disasters
Since the Second World War, the United States, Russia, and China—and a host of other nations—have lost vessels and their crews to accidents. Operating submarines is a risky business under the best of circumstances—and will likely remain so. Even the highest technology nuclear sub ... Show More
1h 4m