This episode originally aired January 28, 2019. In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history when the Sunset Limited derailed while crossing Alabama's Bayou Canot bridge. Forty-seven passengers and crew were killed; scores more were injured. The clues to the cause of the crash lay etched in twisted steel and bur ... Show More
Oct 2024
The Man Who Came From the Railroad
In this chilling episode, I tell you about the "Railroad Killer," a man who terrorized small towns along the U.S. railroads in the late 1990s. We follow the stories of Chris Maier and Holly Dunn, two university students who crossed paths with this brutal attacker, as well as the ... Show More
19m 41s
Sep 10
The Road to Oroville
On the evening of 24 February 1978, five friends from Northern California - Ted Weiher, Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, Jackie Huett, and Gary Mathias - set off to watch a basketball game. They never returned. Months later, four of them were discovered dead in the snowy wilderness o ... Show More
38m 18s
Jun 2022
EP 32 - The Ghost Ship USS Salem | Quincy, MA
The USS Salem, docked in Quincy, Massachusetts was only active for about 10 years, and never saw any combat... so how has it earned the reputation of being one of the most haunted ghost ships in the country? We explore the history of the ship and the unusually high amount of deat ... Show More
1h 4m
Aug 29
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
Jan 2025
The Crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
<p>On October 13, 1972, a chartered aircraft carrying forty-five passengers, including 19 members of the Old Christians’ Club rugby team, departed from Montevideo, Uruguay bound for Santiago, Chile. About an hour into the flight, the copilot incorrectly believed the plane had got ... Show More
1h 17m
Jan 2023
The Kecksburg UFO Incident
On December 9, 1965, hundreds of people saw a ball of fire streak across the sky and crash in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. Witnesses at the crash site described seeing a 10-foot-tall, acorn-shaped ship. But before they could determine where it came from, the military shut down the sc ... Show More
38m 28s