The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2026-09-22 | The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror
We Know What Were Doing - The Mount Gambier Cave Diving Disaster | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-07-29 | This short documentary tells the story of the Mount Gambier cave diving disaster which took place in 1973, and claimed the lives of four competent, experienced divers...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:57 - Background► 02:57 - The Mount Gambier Cave Diving Disaster► 09:29 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "The Shaft" by Wallace Budd, published by Police Diving, August 1991. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20210927001006/cavedivers.com.au/sites/default/files/TheShaft.pdf► "Cave divers flock to South Australian farms to explore what lies beneath" by Kerry Straight, published by ABC News, June 2015. Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-19/cave-divers-flock-south-australian-farms-what-lies-beneath/6558140► "4 Divers Disappear in Huge SA Cave" published by The Sydney Morning Herald, May 1973. Available via: newspapers.com/newspage/120763013► "The Shaft, a surprising sight hidden in South Australia" by Kate Schneider, published by News AU, April 2022. Link: https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/travel-stories/the-shaft-a-surprising-sight-hidden-in-south-australia/news-story/e55be0045bf239f60f65441a0118a2dd► "Nitrogen Narcosis: What Divers Should Know" by Ana Gotter and Gerhard Whitworth, published by Healthline, June 2018. Link: healthline.com/health/nitrogen-narcosis► "Inside 'bottomless hole' where four divers drowned in over 130 feet of darkness" by Charles Wade-Palmer, published by The Mirror, July 2021. Link: mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-bottomless-hole-four-divers-24494317#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #cavediving #diving
Waterpark Goes Up In Flames: The Formosa Fun Coast Fireball | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-07-22 | This short documentary tells the story of a 2015 accident at a popular waterpark in Taiwan. During an evening event there, a series of bad decisions lead to a swimming pool packed with revellers being consumed by a sudden fireball...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:59 - Background► 02:24 - The Formosa Fun Coast Fireball► 07:08 - Aftermath and Investigation*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Taiwan Formosa Water Park explosion injures hundreds" published by BBC News, June 2015. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33300970► Formosa Fun Coast Website, published by Formosa Fun Coast, 2010. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20130518125702/http://www.formosafuncoast.com.tw► "Time for Speedos and bikinis" by Diana Freundl, published by Taipei Times, August 2004. Link: taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/08/21/2003199669► "Color Play Asia fire claims another life, after five months" published by Taipei Times, November 2015. Link: taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/30/2003633680► "New Taipei ordered to pay restitution over 2015 water park explosion" by Yang Kuo-wen and Lery Hiciano, published by Taipei Times, February 2025. Link: taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/02/26/2003832549► "New Taipei Water Park Explosion" published by Dust Safety Science. Link: dustsafetyscience.com/new-taipei-water-park-explosion► "Accidental explosion at Taiwan water park injures over 500" published by The Indian Express, June 2015. Link: indianexpress.com/photos/picture-gallery-others/accidental-explosion-at-taiwan-water-park-injures-nearly-500► "Almost 500 injured in explosion at Taiwan water park" by Kimberly Hutcherson, published by CNN World, June 2015. Link: edition.cnn.com/2015/06/28/asia/taiwan-water-park-explosion► "A Coordinated Emergency Response: A Color Dust Explosion at a 2015 Concert in Taiwan" by Chih-Ching Yang and Chung-Liang Shih, published by the American Journal of Public Health, September 2016. Available via: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4981786#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #waterpark #fire
Inexplicable Actions: The Valhalla Crossing Crash | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-07-15 | This short documentary covers the story of the Valhalla Grade Crossing Crash - a collision between a train and a car that took place in New York State in 2015, and which was caused by the inexplicable actions of one person...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:03 - The Valhalla Crossing Crash► 07:19 - The Investigation► 11:16 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Ellen Brody, S.U.V. Driver in Metro-North Crash, Is Mourned" by Lisa W Foderaro, published by the New York Times, February 2015. Link: nytimes.com/2015/02/07/nyregion/ellen-brody-suv-driver-in-metro-north-crash-is-mourned.html► "Metro-North Crash Inquiry Delves Into Behavior of Woman Killed on Tracks" by Emma G Fitzsimmons, published by The New York Times, December 2015. Link: nytimes.com/2015/12/17/nyregion/metro-north-crash-inquiry-delves-into-behavior-of-woman-killed-on-tracks.html► "How the Metro-North Crash Unfolded" published by The New York Times, February 2015. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20150205060321/nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/04/us/2015-02-04-metro-north-crash.htmlNTSB Accident Report, published by the NTSB, July 2017. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20240721062402/ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR1701.pdf► "Metro-North train crash survivor marks 10 years since disaster in Valhalla" by Tony Aiello, published by CBS, February 2025. Link: cbsnews.com/newyork/news/metro-north-crash-valhalla-10-years-later► "Ten years ago, a Metro-North train struck an SUV in Valhalla, killing six. What's changed?" by Thomas C Zambito, published by Lohud. Link: eu.lohud.com/story/news/ny-news/2025/02/03/valhalla-ny-metro-north-train-crash-was-10-years-ago-killing-6/78182513007► "Alan Brody: Why I fight for Ellen Schaeffer Brody" by Alan Brody, published by Lohud, July 2017. Available via: eu.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/07/31/alan-brody-ellen-brody-valhalla/524951001#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #valhalla #trains
What Was Pokemon Shock? | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-07-11 | In 1997, an episode of the animated TV series Pokemon caused thousands of children in Japan to be hospitalised...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "‘There was an explosion, and I had to close my eyes’: how TV left 12,000 children needing a doctor" by Benjie Goodhart, published by The Guardian, December 2022. Link: theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/16/pokemon-explosion-tv-japan-children-hospital► "It’s Been 25 Years Since Pokémon Accidentally Gave Hundreds of People Seizures" by James Whitbrook, published by Gizmodo, December 2022. Link: gizmodo.com/pokemon-porygon-seizures-pikachu-shock-25th-anniversary-1849900785#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #pokemon #tv
Tourism on an Active Volcano: The White Island Eruption | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-07-08 | Until 2019, a handful of tour companies based in New Zealand offered trips to the unique island of Whakaari - a beautiful, active cone volcano that's in a constant state of unrest. In 2019, after years of close calls, this volcano erupted while multiple tour groups were still on the island...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:48 - Background► 04:14 - The White Island Eruption► 10:09 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "The True Story of the White Island Eruption" by Alex Perry, published by Outside Online, April 2020. Link: outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/news-analysis/whakaari-white-island-new-zealand-volcano-eruption-2019► "Couple who survived White Island volcano tell court they weren’t warned of danger" by Charlotte Graham-McLay, published by The Guardian, July 2023. Link: theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/12/couple-who-survived-white-island-volcano-tell-court-they-werent-warned-of-danger► "‘Like an oven but 1,000 times worse’: Tourists describe horror of White Island eruption" by Hilary Whiteman, published by CNN, July 2023. Link: edition.cnn.com/2023/07/13/asia/new-zealand-whakaari-white-island-eruption-trial-intl-hnk► "White Island: Company found guilty over New Zealand volcano disaster" by Nicholas Yong published by BBC News, October 2023. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67270033► "The Whakaari/White Island disaster. An analysis informed by sociological theories of risk" by Silvia Zanini and Dr Simon A Bennett, published by The New Zealand Journal of Health and Safety Practises, 2024. Available via: ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzjhsp/article/view/9074► "White Island volcano erupts in Bay of Plenty: six dead, eight missing, 30 in hospital" published by the New Zealand Herald, December 2019. Link: nzherald.co.nz/nz/white-island-volcano-erupts-in-bay-of-plenty-six-dead-eight-missing-30-in-hospital/GKASCTWJQHOPOYDKIRCPRYAQHI/?c_id=1&objectid=12292240► "White Island eruption: Dead guide Hayden Marshall-Inman was a hero who had previously saved two tourists' lives" by Kim Moodie, published by the New Zealand Herald, December 2019. Link: nzherald.co.nz/nz/white-island-eruption-dead-guide-hayden-marshall-inman-was-a-hero-who-had-previously-saved-two-tourists-lives/V4DW2QOI4IW4QVQU6V7CLHRQGQ#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #volcano #nature
COMPILATION: Fascinating Horror Shorts 01 - 30 | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-07-04 | This is a long compilation of thirty Fascinating Horror shorts - each of which introduces a true story from the world of the strange, macabre or bizarre...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - The St. Francis Dam "Tombstone"► 00:58 - Juliana The Great Dane► 01:54 - The Invention of Safety Coffins► 02:51 - The Story of Nicholas White► 03:53 - The Vital British Boiling Vessel► 04:53 - The Fate of Harry Houdini► 05:52 - The Story of Brian Robson► 06:51 - The Unluckiest Survivor► 07:44 - The Deadliest Toys (Part One)► 08:45 - The Pear of Anguish► 09:41 - The Makeup That Killed► 10:43 - The Iron Harvest► 11:46 - The Nightmare Fish► 12:43 - The Village of Scarecrows► 13:38 - Gustave The Crocodile► 14:40 - The Deadliest Toys (Part Two)► 15:37 - The Story of Protect and Survive► 16:31 - Europe's Hidden Hunger Stones► 17:26 - Crow Funerals► 18:19 - The Secret of Pirates of the Caribbean► 19:20 - The Chernobyl Elephant's Foot► 20:21 - The Origin of Rollercoasters ► 21:22 - The Most Terrifying Film Ever Made► 22:20 - Mad Hatter Disease► 23:18 - The Man With a Plant in His Lung► 24:15 - The Shortest Search and Rescue► 25:10 - The Story of Anthrax Island► 26:10 - The Deadliest Toys (Part Three)► 27:06 - Is Lucid Decapitation Real?► 28:04 - The Truth About Laika► 28:56 - The Catacombs Beneath Paris*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #mystery #longvideo
Ride Designed by Trial and Error - The Verruckt Accident | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-07-01 | This short documentary tells the story of Verrückt - an ambitious, record-breaking waterslide which opened in 2014 to rave reviews, and then closed in 2016 after one of its riders was killed in a gruesome accident...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:49 - Background: Verrückt► 03:44 - The Verrückt Accident► 06:53 - Investigation*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► Verruckt Official Website, published by Schlitterbahn Kansas City, 2016. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20160402145749/http://theverruckt.com► "Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide" by Skip Hollandsworth, published by TexasMonthly, August 2018. Link: texasmonthly.com/true-crime/jeff-henry-verruckt-schlitterbahns-tragic-slide► "How a Freak Accident Happens" by Timothy Bella, published by Esquire, January 2019. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20201101055957/esquire.com/news-politics/a23568619/schlitterbahn-freak-accident-caleb-schwab► Indictment of Jeff Henry, John Schooley and Construction Company, published by District Court of Wynadotte County Kansas, March 2018. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20180328021007/wycocourtks.org/uploads/4/4/1/2/4412070/indictment.pdf► "What We Know About the Young Boy Decapitated on the World’s Tallest Water Slide" by Amanda Calvo, published by Time, August 2016. Link: time.com/4444447/caleb-schwab-verruckt-water-slide-death► "Son of Kansas lawmaker dies on Verrückt slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City" by Matt Campbell, published by the Kansas City Star, April 2018. Link: kansascity.com/news/local/article94254507.html► "I Survived the World's Tallest Water Slide" by William Powell, published by Outside, August 2014. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20180411164421/outsideonline.com/1925351/i-survived-worlds-tallest-water-slide#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #themepark #rollercoaster
Perfect Weather, Plenty of Warning, Still a Direct Collision: The George Prince | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-06-24 | This short documentary covers the story of the sinking of the George Prince - a passenger ferry which was hit by a tanker on a river in Louisiana in 1976...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:46 - Background► 01:51 - The Sinking of the George Prince► 08:08 - The Investigation*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► US Coast Guard Accident Report, published by the US Coast Guard, April 1978. Available via: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/frosta.pdf► "George Prince Ferry Disaster" published by St Charles Parish. Link: stcharlesparish.gov/residents/economic-development-and-tourism/parish-history/george-prince-ferry-disaster► "30 years ago, the River Parishes were stunned by the deaths of 77 people in the worst ferry disaster in US history" by Matt Scalan, October 2006. Text available via: groups.google.com/g/alt.obituaries/c/jXBJwNn_hXE► "Flashback in history: Sinking of ferry George Prince, with 76 lives lost – 20 October 1976" published by Maritime Cyprus, November 2016. Link: maritimecyprus.com/2016/11/05/flashback-in-history-sinking-of-ferry-george-prince-with-76-lives-lost-20-october-1976► "Ferry Accident – 1976" by Marilyn Richoux, Joan Becnel and Suzanne Friloux, published by SCP History, 2010. Link: scphistory.org/ferry-accident► "46 years since deadly ferry crash" published by WGNO-TV / ABC26 / WNOL38, 2023. Available via: youtube.com/watch?v=kvI7R6FEEAk#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #maritime #boats
Dying for Views: Two Influencer Accidents | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-06-17 | This short documentary covers two stories of fatal accidents that befell influencers carrying out dangerous stunts in pursuit of views...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:44 - The Death of Pedro Ruiz► 05:30 - The Death of Greg Plitt► 09:52 - Conclusion*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "The Bible That Stopped a Bullet" by Robert Pushkar, published by Smithsonian Magazine, September 2023. Link: smithsonianmag.com/history/the-bible-that-stopped-a-bullet-180982965► "YouTube prankster jailed for shooting boyfriend dead" published by BBC News, March 2018. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43410816► "How Monalisa Perez found peace after a YouTube stunt turned deadly in Minnesota" by CS Hagen, published by InForum, January 2021. Link: inforum.com/business/how-monalisa-perez-found-peace-after-a-youtube-stunt-turned-deadly-in-minnesota► "Girlfriend cried, pleaded for end to fatal YouTube stunt, video and transcripts show" by Chao Xiong, published by the Star Tribune, June 2018. Link: startribune.com/girlfriend-cried-pleaded-for-end-to-fatal-youtube-stunt-video-and-transcripts-show/486275011► "Beverage company says it bears no fault in Greg Plitt’s Metrolink death in Burbank" by Brenda Gazzar, published by Los Angeles Daily News, August 2017. Link: dailynews.com/2015/02/04/beverage-company-says-it-bears-no-fault-in-greg-plitts-metrolink-death-in-burbank► "More details surface about death of Greg Plitt" published by CBS News, January 2015. Link: cbsnews.com/news/greg-plitt-more-details-surface-about-death► "Fitness Model Struck and Killed by Train in California" published by the New York Times, January 2015. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/01/18/us/ap-us-man-killed-by-train.html► "Greg Plitt: Engineer, conductor undergoing trauma counseling after fitness model train death" by Jennifer Velez, published by LAist, January 2015. Link: laist.com/news/kpcc-archive/engineer-and-conductor-undergoing-trauma-counselin► "Greg Plitt May Have Been Trying to Outrun Train Before Being Fatally Struck in Burbank" by Erin Myers, Tracy Bloom and Steve Kuzj, published by KTLA, January 2015. Link: ktla.com/news/local-news/photo-shows-greg-plitt-moments-before-he-was-fatally-struck-by-train-in-burbank#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #influencer #stunt
You Can Still be Prescribed Leeches | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-06-13 | Did you think that bloodletting with live leeches was a thing of the past? Well... think again...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Medieval medicine: the return to maggots and leeches to treat ailments" by Amelia Tait, published by The Guardian, February 2023. Link: theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/26/the-return-to-medieval-medicine-to-treat-ailments► "The man who breeds tens of thousands of leeches for the NHS from a tiny Welsh farm" by Ffion Lewis, published by Wales Online, September 2022. Link: walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-who-breeds-tens-thousands-24922788#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #leeches #medicine
Nobody Knows Why: The Taconic State Parkway Crash | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-06-10 | This short documentary covers the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash - a deadly disaster caused by the inexplicable actions of one individual...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:02 - Background► 02:20 - The Taconic State Parkway Crash► 09:08 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "No Criminal Charges in Taconic Crash" by Christine Hauser and Matthew Warren, published by The New York Times, August 2009. Link: nytimes.com/2009/08/19/nyregion/19taconic.html► "She Seemed Like 'the Perfect Mom' Before Driving Her Minivan Into Highway Traffic and Killing 8. Why?" by Johnny Dodd, published by People Magazine, February 2025. Link: people.com/never-know-why-diane-schuler-drove-minivan-into-taconic-traffic-killing-8-says-investigator-11679897► "Crash Mom Was Fully ‘Loaded’" by Reuven Fenton, published by The New York Post, August 2009. Link: nypost.com/2009/08/05/crash-mom-was-fully-loaded► "Victims identified in Taconic Parkway crash" published by News12 Westchester, July 2009. Link: westchester.news12.com/victims-identified-in-taconic-parkway-crash-34909937► "8 Die in Wrong-Way Crash on New York Parkway" by James Barron, published by The New York Times. Link: nytimes.com/2009/07/27/nyregion/27crash.html► "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane" directed by Liz Garbus, distributed by HBO, July 2011. More info: imdb.com/title/tt2011325#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #crash #crime
Unaware They Were Falling: The Penzance Helicopter Crash | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-06-03 | This short documentary covers one of the worst passenger helicopter crashes in UK history: the Penzance helicopter crash of 1983...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:43 - Background► 02:19 - The Penzance Helicopter Crash► 06:33 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SPECIAL THANKS:* 🙏Many thanks to Kris A for suggesting this story, and helpful notes on where to find sources.*SOURCES:* 📑► "Scilly games: the islands’ battle of the choppers" by Will Coldwell, published by The Guardian, February 2018. Link: theguardian.com/travel/2018/feb/15/isles-of-scilly-new-helicopter-service-rival-chopper-companies► "The Loss of British Airways Sikorsky S-61 in the Celtic Sea" by Penwith Local History Group, published by Penwith Local History Group. Link: penwithlocalhistorygroup.co.uk/on-this-day/?id=345► "Divers recovered pieces of a British Airways helicopter Monday..." published by UPI, July 1983. Link: upi.com/Archives/1983/07/18/Divers-recovered-pieces-of-a-British-Airways-helicopter-Monday/6928427348800► "Maintenance cloud over S61's Disaster Flight" by Paul Keel, published by The Guardian, July 1983. Available via: newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-maintenance-cloud-over-s61/16492730► AAIB Report, published by the AAIB, January, 1985. Available via: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eca3e5274a1317000133/8-1984_G-BEON.pdf► "Helicopter crash is remembered" published by the BBC, July 2008. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7508979.stm#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #aviation #helicopters
An Entire Street Explodes Without Warning: The Clarkston Gas Explosion | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-05-27 | This short documentary tells the story of a deadly gas explosion that took place without warning in Glasgow, Scotland in October 1971...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:04 - Background► 02:24 - The Clarkston Gas Explosion► 06:46 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Remembering Glasgow's devastating Clarkston Toll disaster 50 years on" by David McLean, published by Glasgow Live, October 2021. Link: glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/remembering-glasgows-devastating-clarkston-toll-21925850► "50 years on from the Clarkston gas explosion" by Mark Smith, published by The Herald, October 2021. Link: heraldscotland.com/news/19642288.50-years-clarkston-gas-explosion► "The day a Scottish shopping street exploded" by Steven Brocklehurst, published by BBC News, October 2021. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58625427► "Formal verdict Returned on 21 Clarkston victims" by James Murphy, published by The Herald, February 1972. Available via: news.google.com/newspapers?id=HZZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5007,2094378► "The Disasters That Shocked Scotland" Series 1: Episode 6, broadcast by the BBC, August 2021. Available via: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000yn25/the-disasters-that-shocked-scotland-series-1-episode-6#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #scotland #glasgow
The Mysterious Swiss Lake Monster | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-05-23 | At the bottom of a lake in Switzerland there lurks a monstrous creature with a bizarre backstory...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Evil or Genius? The underwater shark statue that’s terrifying divers" by Ryan Grace, published by Joe.ie, October 2023. Link: https://www.joe.ie/life-style/shark-statue-underwater-784905► "Diver’s Worst Fear? Scary Shark Statue Lurking In Swiss Lake Resurfaces Online; Internet Terrified" by Surbhi Kaul, published by Times Now News, March 2025. Link: timesnownews.com/viral/divers-worst-fear-scary-shark-statue-lurking-in-swiss-lake-resurfaces-online-internet-terrified-watch-article-119524831#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #diving #switzerland
The Forgotten Film That Cost 28 Lives: The Viking | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-05-20 | This short documentary tells the story of the film The Viking, in the making of which 28 lives were lost...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:51 - Background► 04:52 - The Viking's Last Voyage► 09:02 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "The Viking's Last Cruise" by Clayton L King, published by The Evening Telegram, 1936. Available via: collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns/id/102332► "Lights! Camera! Disaster! The Viking Tragedy" by Robert Hiscock, published by Product of Newfoundland, March 2022. Link: productofnewfoundland.ca/articles/the-viking► "Frissell Eulogized By Grenfell In Church" published by The New York Times, April 1931. Link: nytimes.com/1931/04/23/archives/frissell-eulogized-by-grenfell-in-church-st-bartholomews-crowded-at.htmlGrenfell Family History Site, published by Arthur Grenfell Coomb, 2002 - 2005. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20110527043619/http://grenfell.history.users.btopenworld.com/Biographies/wilfred_thomason_grenfell.htm► "Viking Survivors Estimated at 118" published by The Evening Telegram, March 1931. Available via: http://newfoundlandshipwrecks.com/Viking/documents/viking_survivors_estimated_at_118.htm#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #movies #maritime
The Deadliest Hayride in History: The Cormier-Village Hayride Accident | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-05-13 | This short documentary covers the Cormier-Village hayride accident of 1989 - a deadly accident which claimed the lives of thirteen people...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:42 - Background► 02:35 - The Cormier-Village Hayride Accident► 06:28 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Cormier Village tragedy leaves a legacy" by Adam Huras, published by the Telegraph-Journal, October 2009. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20091011070451/http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/817416► "Families mark anniversary of fatal N.B. hayride" published by CBC, October 2009. Link: cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/families-mark-anniversary-of-fatal-n-b-hayride-1.832341► "Mounties investigate truck-hayride collision" published by UPI, October 1989. Link: upi.com/Archives/1989/10/09/Mounties-investigate-truck-hayride-collision/3993623908800► "Villagers Deal With Tragedy" published by the Calgary Herald, October 1989. Available via: newspapers.com/newspage/484142556► "Two US boys die in separate Halloween hayride tractor accidents" by Victoria Bekiempis, published by The Guardian, October 2024. Link: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/15/halloween-haunted-hayride-tractor-deaths► "Hayride Ends in Tragedy" published by The Prince George Citizen, October 1989. Available via: http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc%3A1989-10-10-06/OCR/Full%20Text%20OCR► "Tragedy on Canada Hayride: 12 Killed" published by the Los Angeles Times, October 1989. Link: latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-09-mn-116-story.html► "Tribute to the victims of Cormier-Village" by Jean-Marc Doiron, published by Acadie Nouvelle, October 2014. Link: acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2014/10/13/hommage-aux-victimes-cormier-village#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #hayride #canada
Magic Trick Gone Wrong Kills Eleven: The Great Lafayette | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-05-06 | This short documentary tells the story of the Great Lafayette - a magician whose final trick resulted in the deaths of eleven people...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:44 - The Great Lafayette► 03:36 - The Death of The Great Lafayette► 10:34 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Celebrating The Great Lafayette" published by The Festival Theatre. Link: capitaltheatres.com/about/stories/celebrating-the-great-lafayette► "Fire/Safety Curtain Research" by Mike Hume, published by Historical Theatre Photos. Link: historictheatrephotos.com/Research/Fire-Safety-Curtains► "The bizarre tale of the blaze that claimed the life of The Great Lafayette not once, but twice, at what is now Edinburgh's Festival Theatre" by Liam Rudden, published by Edinburgh Evening News, April 2020. Link: edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/the-bizarre-tale-of-the-blaze-that-claimed-the-life-of-the-great-lafayette-not-once-but-twice-at-what-is-now-edinburghs-festival-theatre-2537215► "The Great Lafayette and the Sheffield Midgets - May 1911" by Chris Hobbs, published by ChrisHobbs.com, June 2011. Link: chrishobbs.com/sheffield/greatlafayette2.htm► "Lost Edinburgh: The death of the Great Lafayette" by David McLean, published by The Scotsman, October 2014. Link: scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/lost-edinburgh-the-death-of-the-great-lafayette-1524022► "The Magical Life and Curious Death of the Great Lafayette" by Miriam Bibby, published by Historic UK. Link: historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Great-Lafayette#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #magic #fire
He Forgot The Most Important Thing | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-05-02 | Ivan McGuire was an experienced skydiver... who passed away after making a surprisingly elementary mistake...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Expert skydiver's tragic final words seconds before he plummeted to his death" by Matthew Dooley, published by The Express, December 2023. Link: express.co.uk/news/us/1846983/expert-skydiver-last-words-no-parachute-death► "Skydiver's haunting four-word sentence as he realises he's jumped without parachute" by Gemma Jones and Rachel Hagan, published by The Mirror, December 2023. Link: mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/skydivers-haunting-four-word-sentence-31702180#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #skydiving #parachute
Nine Firefighters Lost: The Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-04-29 | This video tells the story of the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire - a fire which resulted in the loss of the largest number of firefighters from a single event since September 11th, 2001...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:03 - Background► 03:44 - The Sofa Super Store Fire► 09:25 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "The Sofa Super Store fire: The blaze that reshaped the Charleston Fire Department" by Greg Rogers, published by Fire Rescue 1, June 2024. Link: firerescue1.com/major-incidents-in-fire-service-history/the-sofa-super-store-fire-the-blaze-that-reshaped-the-charleston-fire-department► "13th Anniversary of the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire: Remembering the Charleston 9" published by the International Association of Fire Fighters, June 2020. Link: iaff.org/news/13th-anniversary-of-the-charleston-sofa-super-store-fire-remembering-the-charleston-9Firefighter Fatality Investigative Report published by the City of Charleston, May 2008. Available via: dam.clarionengage.com/downloads.pennnet.com/fe/misc/20080515charlestonreport.pdf► "Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire, South Carolina" by Nelson Bryner, Stephen Fuss, Bryan Klein and Anthony Putorti, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, March 2011. Available via: nist.gov/publications/technical-study-sofa-super-store-fire-south-carolina-june-18-2007-volume-i?pub_id=908200► "Remembering the Charleston 9: Tuesday marks 17 years since the Sofa Super Store fire" by Abigail Quinn, published by ABC 4 News, June 2024. Link: abcnews4.com/news/local/remembering-the-charleston-9-tuesday-marks-17-years-since-the-sofa-super-store-fire-wciv-abc-news-4-west-ashley-savannah-highway-nine-firefighters-killed-new-york-city-fire-depart-911-city-of-charleston► "The Fires That Forged Us: Sofa Super Store Fire" by Peter Prochilo, published by Fire Engineering, June 2020. Link: fireengineering.com/firefighting/the-fires-that-forged-us-sofa-super-store-fire#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #fire #southcarolina
In Hiding for 27 Years: The North Pond Hermit | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-04-22 | This video tells the story of Christopher Thomas Knight - a man better known as the North Pond Hermit - who walked away from his life one day to spend 27 years hiding in the woods...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:00 - The Hermit's Early Life► 02:31 - The North Pond Hermit► 08:43 - The Hermit's Capture*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Lessons of the Hermit" by Nathaniel Rich, published by The Atlantic, April 2017. Link: theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/lessons-of-the-hermit/517770► "Why the North Pond Hermit Hid From People for 27 Years" by Simon Worrall, published by National Geographic, April 2017. Link: https://archive.ph/20210319004424/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/north-pond-hermit-maine-knight-stranger-woods-finkel#selection-555.0-555.54► "A Q&A with The Stranger in the Woods author Michael Finkel" published by Down East, 2017. Link: downeast.com/arts-leisure/hermit► "The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit" by Michael Finkel, published by GQ, August 2014. Link: gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit► "Hermit caught after 27 years in Maine woods" published by The Guardian, April 2013. Link: theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/11/american-hermit-caught-27-years► "‘He’s surreal’: Officers amazed at ‘hermit’ burglar’s survival in Maine woods for 27 years" by Christopher Cousins, published by Bangor Daily News, April 2013. Link: bangordailynews.com/2013/04/10/news/its-surreal-hes-surreal-officers-amazed-at-hermit-burglars-ability-to-survive-in-maine-woods-for-27-years► "‘North Pond Hermit’ balks at paying costs for removal of campsite" by Betty Adams, published by Portland Press Herald, March 2017. Link: pressherald.com/2016/04/26/north-pond-hermit-knight-balks-at-paying-costs-related-to-his-remote-campsite► "The Stranger in the Woods" by Michael Finkel, published by Knopf Doubleday, January 2018. Link: google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Stranger_in_the_Woods/BYxIDwAAQBAJ#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #missing #mystery
A Fatal Miscommunication: The Buttevant Rail Disaster | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-04-15 | This video tells the story of Ireland's worst rail disaster: the Buttevant rail crash of 1980...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:00 - Background► 01:29 - The Buttevant Rail Crash► 06:44 - Aftermath and Investigation*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "How the Buttevant rail disaster changed lives forever" by Ray Ryan, published by The Irish Examiner, July 2021. Link: irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-40345610.htmlOfficial Accident Report, published by the Minister for Transport, April 1981. Available via: https://www.iaemo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/accident_buttevant.pdf► "Families recall heroism of rail driver who prevented second crash during Buttevant rail disaster" by Pádraig Hoare, published by The Irish Examiner, August 2021. Link: irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40350926.html► "The rural town that can never forget Irish rails' darkest day" by Graham Clifford, published by The Irish Independent, August 2015. Link: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-rural-town-that-can-never-forget-irish-rails-darkest-day/31412802.html► "Retired firefighter Billy recalls Buttevant rail disaster 40 years on" by Bill Browne, published by The Irish Independent, August 2020. Link: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/retired-firefighter-billy-recalls-buttevant-rail-disaster-40-years-on/39409889.html► "Rail Disaster In Cork" published by RTE. Link: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0801/718273-buttevant-train-crash/#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #trains #ireland
This Poodle Killed Three People | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-04-11 | Cachi the poodle was a beloved pet... who would go on to become world-famous for their surprisingly high kill-count...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Three Dead After Dog Falls 13 Floors" published by The Canberra Times, October 1988. Available via: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102017012► "A dog fell from a 13th floor and killed a woman" published by Clarin, October 1988. Available via: tapas.clarin.com/tapa.html#19881022#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #poodle #animals
Exploring the Cave of Death Kills Four | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-04-08 | This video covers a caving disaster that took place in a tiny cave in Utah, and which resulted in the loss of four young lives...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:48 - Background► 02:25 - The "Cave of Death" Disaster► 10:24 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Gollum's Cave (The Cave of Death)" by Israel Niederhauser, November 2021. Link: israelniederhauser.blogspot.com/2021/11/gollums-cave.html?m=1► Gollum's Cave (Water Mine) Survey by Kevin Dickerson, Dave Bennett, Shay Lelegren, August 2005. Available via: http://www.jonjasper.com/MapGallery/Gollums.pdf?i=1► "Four Hikers Found Dead Inside Provo Cave" published by KSL.com, August 2005. Link: ksl.com/article/95690/four-hikers-found-dead-inside-provo-cave► "4 drown in cave" by Sara Israelsen and Jeremy Twitchell, published by Deseret News, August 2005. Link: deseret.com/2005/8/23/19908025/4-drown-in-cave► "Daredevil cave trip ends in tragedy" by Mark Eddington and Todd Hollingshead, published by The Salt Lake Tribune, August 2005. Link: archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2955309&itype=NGPSID► "BYU climbs a mountain — to buy Y Mountain" by Annie Knox, published by The Salt Lake Tribune, April 2016. Link: archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3703399&itype=CMSID#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #caving #diving
The Finger of God: The 1996 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-04-01 | This video tells the story of a tornado outbreak that struck the US state of Oklahoma in 1996, and one researcher's struggle to deploy a vital new technology during it...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:49 - Background: Tornado Outbreaks► 02:12 - The Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak► 08:17 - The "Finger of God"*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Twister" written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin, directed by Jan de Bont, distributed by Warner Bros, May 1996. More info: imdb.com/title/tt0117998#documentary #history #truestories #disaster
The Race That Killed 21 Runners: The Gansu Ultramarathon Disaster | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-03-25 | This short documentary covers the 2021 Gansu Ultramarathon in China - a race which resulted in the death of 21 of its runners... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:54 - Background► 05:07 - The Gansu Ultramarathon Disaster► 11:24 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "An ultramarathon ends in tragedy: runners describe horror of Gansu race" by Helenn Davidson, published by The Guardian. May 2021. Link: theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/an-ultramarathon-ends-in-tragedy-runners-describe-horror-of-gansu-race► "China ultramarathon disaster: what happened during the storm that killed 21 runners?" by Pavel Toropov, published by The South China Morning Post, May 2021. Link: scmp.com/sport/outdoor/trail-running/article/3135226/china-ultramarathon-disaster-what-happened-during-storm► "‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’" by Matthew Futterman, published by The New York Times, May 2021. Link: nytimes.com/2021/05/25/sports/ultramarathon-china-runners.html► "21 Runners Dead After Extreme Weather Hits Chinese Ultramarathon by Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li" published by The New York Times, May 2021. Link: nytimes.com/2021/05/23/world/asia/china-ultramarathon-deaths.html► "21 Deaths, and 1 Suicide: The Story of an Ultramarathon Gone Very Wrong" by Viola Zhu, published by Vice, June 2021. Link: vice.com/en/article/china-gansu-ultramarathon► "Marathon boom sweeps China as thousands hit the streets on 'Super Marathon Weekend'" by He Leijing, published by People's Daily Online, November 2024. Link: http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/1104/c90000-20236908.html► "Why the Ultra-Race Tragedy in China Wasn’t Surprising" by Will Ford, published by Outside Magazine, May 2021. Link: outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/china-gansu-ultramarathon-deaths-tragedy/?scope=anon#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #marathon #running
Its Complicated: The Midnight Rider Accident | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-03-18 | This video tells the story of the fatal Midnight Rider accident - a 2014 tragedy that transformed attitudes to safety on film sets...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:49 - Background► 03:04 - The Midnight Rider Accident► 06:38 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Infographic: Fatal accident on movie set" by Raoul Ranoa, published by The Los Angeles Times, March 2015. Link: latimes.com/visuals/graphics/la-fatal-accident-on-movie-set-20150309-htmlstory.html► "‘Midnight Rider’ Filmmakers Raise Doubts About Trespass Charges With New Evidence" by Ted Johnson, published by Variety, October 2016. Link: variety.com/2016/biz/news/midnight-rider-randall-miller-new-york-marine-1201881733► "William Hurt describes fatal Midnight Rider train accident" by Andrew Pulver, published by The Guardian, June 2015. Link: theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/30/william-hurt-midnight-rider-train-accident-sarah-jones► "‘Midnight Rider’ 1st A.D. Wants Criminal Charges Dismissed" published by Billboard, January 2015. Link: billboard.com/music/music-news/midnight-rider-1st-ad-wants-criminal-charges-dismissed-6436692► "Convicted ‘Midnight Rider’ Director Randall Miller Completes New Movie Overseas; Lawyer Claims Disgraced Helmer Can Work Again, DGA Silent" by Anthony D'Alessandro, Dominic Patten and David Robb, published by Deadline, May 2020. Link: deadline.com/2020/05/midnight-rider-director-randall-miller-directs-new-movie-sarah-jones-manslaughter-plea-probation-dga-higher-grounds-1202943821/#comments► "Gregg Allman Begs ‘Midnight Rider’ Director Not to Resume Filming" by Hilary Lewis, published by The Hollywood Reporter, April 2014. Link: hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gregg-allman-begs-midnight-rider-698952► "Sarah Jones Set Safety App Allows You to Report Issues Anonymously" by V Renee, published by No Film School, October 2014. Link: nofilmschool.com/2014/10/free-sarah-jones-set-safety-app-report-anonymously► "Sarah Jones died on the set of ‘Midnight Rider.’ Why many are upset director is working again" by Anoushka Sakoui, published by The Los Angeles Times, June 2020. Link: latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-06-08/randall-miller-director-sarah-jones-worked-onset-again► "Sarah Jones Internship And Training Program Established In Her Memory" by David Robb, published by Deadline, April 2015. Link: deadline.com/2015/04/sarah-jones-opportunity-internship-training-program-in-memory-of-camera-assistant-killed-on-midnight-rider-location-1201414120#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #movies
Warnings Ignored: The Crescent City Tsunami | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-03-11 | This video explores the Crescent City tsunami of 1964 - an unprecedented tidal wave that resulted from the Great Alaskan Earthquake...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:51 - Background: Crescent City► 01:58 - The Crescent City Tsunami► 08:04 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "M9.2 Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964" published by the USGS. Link: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964► "Why Earthquakes Happen in Alaska" published by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center. Link: https://earthquake.alaska.edu/earthquakes/about► "The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake & Tsunami" published by Cal Poly Humboldt. Link: https://rctwg.humboldt.edu/1964-great-alaska-earthquake-tsunami► "Remembering the Deadly 75-Foot Tidal Wave that Leveled Crescent City in 1964" published by Active Norcal, October 2022. Link: activenorcal.com/remembering-the-deadly-75-foot-tidal-wave-that-leveled-crescent-city-in-1964► "Tsunami Legacy Lives with People of Crescent City" by Richard Gonzales, published by NPR, November 2005. Link: npr.org/2005/11/18/5007869/tsunami-legacy-lives-with-people-of-crescent-city► "California Town Still Scarred By 1964 Tsunami" by Richard Gonzales, published by NPR, November 2005. Link: npr.org/2005/11/17/5007860/california-town-still-scarred-by-1964-tsunami► "Crescent City's Dark Disaster" by Wallace Griffin, published by the Crescent City Print Company, 1964. More info: google.co.uk/books/edition/Crescent_City_s_Dark_Disaster/qsk_AAAAIAAJ#documentary #history #truestories #disaster
They Call It A Drowning Machine | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-03-07 | There's a feature that you'll find on many small rivers - a feature which is so dangerous it's sometimes known as a "drowning machine"...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "National Inventory of Low Head Dams" published by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Link: asce.org/communities/institutes-and-technical-groups/environmental-and-water-resources-institute/national-inventory-of-low-head-dams► "Drowning Machine: The Dangers of Low Head Dams" published by Practical Engineering, March 2019. Link: https://practical.engineering/blog/2019/3/16/drowning-machine-the-dangers-of-low-head-dams#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #river #boating
Appearance Over Safety: The Ponte Morandi Bridge Collapse | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-03-04 | This video tells the story of the 2018 collapse of the Ponte Morandi road bridge in Genoa, Italy...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:17 - Background► 05:16 - The Ponte Morandi Bridge Collapse► 07:55 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Did lack of maintenance cause the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa?" by Alessandro D'Amato, published by Next Quotidiano, August 2018. Link: https://www.nextquotidiano.it/ponte-morandi-manutenzione/► "From the scene | Collapsed Italy bridge laid bare" by Katherine Smale, published by New Civil Engineer, August 2018. Link: newcivilengineer.com/latest/from-the-scene-collapsed-italy-bridge-laid-bare-17-08-2018► "'I saved myself by a miracle': First picture of the lorry driver who avoided plunging off the collapsing Genoa bridge by mere inches" by Nick Fagge, published by The Daily Mail, August 2018. Link: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6068833/First-picture-green-lorry-driver-Luigi-Fiorillo-avoided-plunging-collapsing-Genoa-bridge.html► "What happened next? The survivors of the Genoa bridge collapse: ‘We’ve been abandoned, as if nothing happened’" by Angela Giuffrida, published by The Guardian, December 2018. Link: theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/14/genoa-bridge-collapse-weve-been-abandoned-surivivors► "Genoa bridge collapse: 'Unusual' span had seen frequent repair work" by Matthew Taylor, published by The Guardian, August 2018. Link: theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/unusual-span-of-collapsed-genoa-bridge-had-seen-frequent-repair-work► "Genoa bridge disaster: Risk of collapse 'was known for years'" by Sofia Bettiza, published by BBC News, May 2023. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65684334► "The collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct – an avoidable tragedy" by Janusz Rymsza, published by Research Outreach. Available via: researchoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Janusz-Rymsza.pdf► "The Rise, Fall and Rebuild of the Doomed Morandi Bridge" by Jeffrey Heimgartner, published by Engineering.com, August 2020. Link: engineering.com/the-rise-fall-and-rebuild-of-the-doomed-morandi-bridge► "Poor Maintenance and Construction Flaws Are Cited in Italy Bridge Collapse" by Gaia Pianigiani, published by The New York Times, December 2020. Link: nytimes.com/2020/12/22/world/europe/genoa-bridge-collapse.html#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #italy #bridge
A Prank Turns Deadly: The Banzai Pipeline Waterslide Collapse | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-02-25 | This short documentary tells the story of a deadly accident that took place as a result of a prank gone wrong at a Californian waterpark in 1997...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:43 - Background► 03:52 - The Banzai Pipeline Accident► 08:16 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Hundreds Mourn Student Killed in Water Slide Accident" published by The Los Angeles Times, June 1997. Link: latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-08-mn-1418-story.html► "20 years ago: ‘Bodies came falling out of the sky’ in Concord water park tragedy" by Gary Peterson, published by the East Bay Times, June 2017. Link: eastbaytimes.com/2017/06/04/20-years-ago-bodies-came-falling-out-of-the-sky-in-concord-water-park-tragedy► "Overloaded Water Slide Falls; 1 Is Killed and 32 Are Injured" published by The New York Times, June 1997. Link: nytimes.com/1997/06/03/us/overloaded-water-slide-falls-1-is-killed-and-32-are-injured.html► "Water Slide's Deadly Plunge / Concord ride rips apart -- girl killed, 32 hurt" by Suzanne Espinosa Solis and Kevin Fagan, published by SFGate, June 1997. Link: sfgate.com/news/article/Water-Slide-s-Deadly-Plunge-Concord-ride-rips-2836803.php► "Slide guard warned teens" by Venise Wagner, published by SFGate, August 1997. Link: sfgate.com/news/article/slide-guard-warned-teens-3103051.php► "Waterworld owner said to have good safety record" by Louis Trager, published by SFGate, June 1997. Link: sfgate.com/news/article/waterworld-owner-said-to-have-good-safety-record-3116415.php► "Expert says water slide carried too much weight" by Rusty Dornin, published by CNN, June 1997. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20150210121957/http://www.cnn.com/US/9706/05/waterslide/index.html?_s=PM:US#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #waterpark #collapse
Pilots Disable the Wrong Engine: The Kegworth Air Disaster | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-02-18 | This video covers the Kegworth Air Disaster - a devastating plane crash caused by one single, simple mistake...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:49 - Background: British Midland Airways► 02:54 - The Kegworth Air Disaster► 10:44 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Kegworth air disaster: 30th anniversary service held" published by BBC News, January 2019. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-46782519► "The Brace Position: How Has It Changed Over The Years?" by Devansh Mehta, published by Simple Flying, August 2022. Link: simpleflying.com/brace-position-changes-guide► "Kegworth air disaster: Plane crash survivors' stories" published by BBC News, January 2014. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-25548016Official Accident Report, by EJ Trimble, Inspector of Accidents, published by the Department of Transport, August 1990. Available via: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fefeed915d13710009ed/4-1990_G-OBME.pdf► "Kegworth air disaster: Remembering the 47 lives lost in UK's deadliest M1 crash" by Ciaran Fagan, published by the Leicester Mercury, January 2025. Link: leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/kegworth-air-disaster-remembering-47-9834997► "Kegworth air disaster: What happened and how did the plane crash change airline safety?" by Joe Sommerlad, published by The Telegraph, January 2019. Link: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kegworth-air-disaster-30th-anniversary-boeing-midland-737-leicestershire-plane-crash-a8717656.html#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #aviation #flying
The Unsolved Mystery of The Oakville Blobs | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-02-14 | In 1994, a small city in Washington was inundated with mysterious, slippery, gooey blobs...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "What were the ‘Oakville blobs’?" by Holly Spanner, published by BBC Science Focus. Link: sciencefocus.com/science/what-were-the-oakville-blobs► "What Were the Oakville Blobs and What Caused Them?" published by the Discovery Channel, May 2022. Link: discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #mystery #unsolvedmystery
Deadly, Disgusting, Illegal, Cruel: The Worlds Most Horrifying Foods | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-02-11 | This episode explores three different foods that are, for different reasons, considered thoroughly horrifying...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:37 - Fugu► 04:21 - Casu Marzu► 07:12 - Ortolan Bunting*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Whatever Doesn’t Kill Some Animals Can Make Them Deadly" by Sean B Carroll, published by the New York Times, December 2009. Link: nytimes.com/2009/12/22/science/22creature.html► "A Dish to Die For" by David Capel, published by The Japan Journal, January 2022. Link: japanjournal.jp/society/traditions/pt202201212169.html► "Japanese Actor Poisoned" by John Roderick, published by The Leader-Post, January 1975. Available via: news.google.com/newspapers?id=kvRUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3DwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4571,837806&hl=en► "The secret resistance behind the world’s most dangerous cheese" by Mark Hay, published by The Outline, March 2020. Link: theoutline.com/post/8843/casu-marzu-cheese-sardinia-illegal-dangerous► "Casu marzu: The world’s ‘most dangerous’ cheese" by Agostino Petroni, published by CNN, March 2021. Link: edition.cnn.com/travel/article/casu-marzu-worlds-most-dangerous-cheese/index.html► "French chefs seek to put banned songbird called ortolan back on menu" published by ABC News, September 2014. Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-17/french-chefs-seek-to-put-banned-songbird-back-on-menu/5750956► "France’s songbird delicacy is outlawed" by Susan Bell, published by The Telegraph, September 2007. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20080630072405/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1562561/Franceandrsquos-songbird-delicacy-is-outlawed.html*CORRECTIONS:* ✔️► A note and attribution are missing from this video. The image shown at 07:28 and 08:42 should include a note explaining that these are imitation Ortolan made for television, and text attributing the image to food stylist Janice Poon.#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #food #disgusting
Told To Not Evacuate: The Sinking of the Sewol | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-02-04 | This short documentary covers the catastrophic sinking of the Sewol passenger ferry off the coast of South Korea in 2014...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:49 - Background: The History of the Sewol► 02:36 - The Sinking of the Sewol► 07:56 - Aftermath and Investigation*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Sewol trial: Ferry captain sentenced to 36 years in jail" published by the BBC News, November 2014. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29999156► "Civilian Diver Dies Searching for Bodies From South Korea Ferry" by Charlie Campbell, published by Time Magazine, May 2014. Link: time.com/88957/civilian-diver-dies-searching-for-bodies-from-south-korea-ferry► "South Korean ferry disaster: Captain 'abandoned ship while passengers told to stay below'" by Malcolm Moore, published by The Telegraph, April 2014.► "Accused South Korea ferry crew say rescue was coastguard's job" by Ju-Min Park, published by Reuters, June 2014. Link: reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-ferry-idUSKBN0ES0L320140617► "More stunning evidence of government incompetence in Sewol’s 'golden moments'" by Noh Hyun-woong, published by Hankyoreh, July 2014. Link: https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/658695.html► "South Koreans mourn teen hero who made first emergency call from ferry" by Andrew Stevens, published by CNN, April 2014. Link: edition.cnn.com/2014/04/27/world/asia/ferry-south-korea-teen-remembered► "7 Years After Sewol Ferry Disaster, Bereaved Families Still Urge Government to Reveal the Truth" by Mitch Shin, published by The Diplomat, April 2021. Link: thediplomat.com/2021/04/7-years-after-sewol-ferry-disaster-bereaved-families-still-urge-government-to-reveal-the-truth► "Student survivors of Sewol ferry disaster testify at South Korea murder trial" by Jung-eun Kim, published by CNN, July 2014. Link: edition.cnn.com/2014/07/28/world/asia/south-korea-sewol-ferry-trial► "A Systemic Analysis of South Korea Sewol Ferry Accident – striking a Balance between Learning and Accountability" by Dohyung Kee, Gyuchan Thomas Jun, Patrick Waterson and Roger Haslam, published by Loughborough University, August 2016. Available via: core.ac.uk/outputs/288371334/?source=oai#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #sinking #korea
The Worlds First Nuclear Meltdown: Chalk River | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-01-28 | This short documentary tells the story of Chalk River - a research facility in Canada that was the location of the world's first ever nuclear meltdown...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:55 - Background: Chalk River Laboratories► 04:31 - The 1952 Accident► 08:44 - The 1958 Accident► 10:47 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Chalk River: The Forgotten Nuclear Accidents" by Melissa Guillemette, translated by Neil Smith, published by The Walrus, July 2022. Link: thewalrus.ca/nuclear-accidents► "Jimmy Carter and Canada’s Worst Nuclear Reactor Accident" by Ian Austen, published by The New York Times, January 2025. Link: nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/canada/jimmy-carter-nuclear-canada-chalk-river.html► 1952 Accident Report, published by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, July 1953. Available via: ncsp.llnl.gov/sites/ncsp/files/2021-11/065.ref_065.pdf► "Atomic Accidents" by James Mahaffey, published by Pegasus Books, February 2015. Link: google.co.uk/books/edition/Atomic_Accidents/cuiZAgAAQBAJ ► Eye Witness (Episode One), directed by Don Mulholland, published by the National Film Board of Canada, 1947. Available via: nfb.ca/film/eye-witness-no1► "ZEEP —Canada’s First Nuclear Reactor" published by Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation, 2014. Available via: web.archive.org/web/20140306233719/http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/whatson/zeep.cfm#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #nuclear #canada
The Biggest Aquarium Collapse in History | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-01-24 | This aquarium was the biggest freestanding tank in the world... until, very suddenly, it wasn't...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Huge cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin" by Philip Oltermann, published by The Guardian, December 2022. Link: theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/16/huge-cylindrical-aquarium-housing-1500-exotic-fish-bursts-in-berlin► "Berlin's giant AquaDom hotel aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes" by Michael Sheils McNamee, Jenny Hill and Michael Steininger, published by The BBC, December 2022. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63996982#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #aquarium #berlin
Six Minutes Early, Seven Dead: The Hamburg Dom Skylab Disaster | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-01-21 | This short documentary tells the story of Germany's worst fairground disaster: the Hamburg Dom Skylab accident...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:50 - Background: Hamburg Dom► 03:12 - The Hamburg Dom Skylab Disaster► 08:03 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Accident with seven dead: 'I survived the cathedral disaster 40 years ago'" by Olaf Wunder, published by Hamburger Morgen Post, August 2021. Link: https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/historisch/dom-unglueck-vor-40-jahren-als-es-krachte-sangen-die-bee-gees-massachusetts/► "Letzte Fahrt mit dem "Skylab"-Karussell in den Tod" by Matthias Schmoock, published by Hamburger Abendblatt, August 2021. Link: https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article401497759/hamburger-dom-unglueck-skylab-karussell-sieben-menschen-gestorben-letzte-fahrt.html► "Das waren die schlimmsten Unfälle auf dem Hamburger Dom" by Andre Zand-Vakili and Daniel Herder, published by Hamburger Abendblatt, August 2015. Link: https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/hamburg-mitte/article205581067/Das-waren-die-schlimmsten-Unfaelle-auf-dem-Hamburger-Dom.html► "The Downfall of a Funfair Family" by Julia Juttner, published by Spiegel, June 2009. Link: https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/life-is-a-rollercoaster-the-downfall-of-a-funfair-family-a-632771.html► Hamburg Dom History, published by Hamburg.com. Link: hamburg.com/visitors/dom/history-20206#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #germany #themepark
The Homemade Tank That Destroyed a Town: The Killdozer | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-01-14 | This video tells the story of Marvin Heeymeyer - a man who secretly turned a bulldozer into a tank in order to carry out a mission of revenge....Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:46 - Background: Marvin Heeymeyer► 04:49 - The Killdozer► 09:13 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Martyr Without a Cause" by Martin Smith, published by the Los Angeles Times, July 2004. Link: latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-25-tm-bulldozer30-story.html► "2 1/2 years after rampage destroyed it, Granby town hall rebuilt" published by The Denver Post, February 2007. Link: denverpost.com/2007/02/21/2-12-years-after-rampage-destroyed-it-granby-town-hall-rebuilt► "Killdozer legacy lives on 20 years after bulldozer rampage in small town" by John Aguilar, published by the Tampa Bay Times, June 2024. Link: tampabay.com/news/nation-world/2024/06/03/killdozer-marvin-heemeyer-bulldozer-attack-granby-colorado► "Tread" directed by Paul Solet, distributed by Netflix, March 2019. Link: imdb.com/title/tt5807330► "'Killdozer' rampage causes $7 million of damage in small town Colorado" by Spencer McKee, published by The Denver Gazette, June 2024. Link: denvergazette.com/outtherecolorado/features/looking-back-killdozer-rampage-causes-7-million-of-damage-in-small-town-colorado/article_ecdc6332-22a1-11ef-987d-7b59cc0005c8.html#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #construction #colorado
The Giant Rotting Pink Bunny in the Middle of Nowhere | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2025-01-10 | On a mountainside in Italy lies a gigantic, rotting stuffed toy with a look of horror on its face...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► Gelitin Official Website, published by Gelitin. Link: gelitin.net/projects► "Google Maps: Giant pink rabbit lying on an Italian mountain - but why is it there?" by Harriet Mallinson, published by The Express, May 2018. Link: express.co.uk/travel/articles/966354/google-maps-italy-rabbit-art-installation#documentary #history #shorts #horror #art #italy
One Car Kills Twenty: The Schoharie Limousine Crash | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2025-01-07 | This video tells the story of the 2018 Schoharie Limousine crash - one of the deadliest road accidents to take place in years...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:47 - Background: Prestige Limousine► 01:59 - The Schoharie Limousine Crash► 08:51 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "13,000 Pounds at 118 Miles Per Hour" by Ben Ryder Howe, published by the New York Intelligencer, January 2022. Link: nymag.com/intelligencer/article/limo-crash-ny-fbi-informant.html► "Operator of Limo Service Is Convicted in 2018 Accident That Killed 20" by Jesse McKinley, published by The New York Times, May 2023. Link: nytimes.com/2023/05/17/nyregion/ny-limo-accident-verdict.html► NTSB Accident Report, published by the National Transportation Safety Board, September 2020. Available via: ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HAR2003.pdf► "State Police release names of all 20 victims in Schoharie limo crash" published by CNY Central, October 2018. Link: cnycentral.com/news/local/state-police-release-names-of-all-20-victims-in-schoharie-limo-crash► "Death at the Crossroads: A Ragged Limo, an Anxious Driver and 17 Friends" by Jesse McKinley, Luis Ferre-Sadurni and Kristi Berner, published by the New York Times, October 2018. Link: nytimes.com/2018/10/13/nyregion/limo-crash-upstate-ny.html► "What we know about the 20 victims of the Schoharie limo crash" by Jon Campbell, Georgie Silvarole and Gary Craig, published by the Democrat and Chronicle, October 2018. Link: eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/10/10/limo-crash-victims-sisters-halse-cushing-steenburg-mcgowan-james-schnurr-dyson-coons-bursese/1576948002#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #transit #crash
Trapped In Unexpected Places: Three Stories | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2024-12-31 | This video tells the story of three people who became fatally trapped in strange and unexpected places...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - The Story of the Dinosaur's Leg► 04:00 - The Story of Kendrick Johnson► 08:07 - The Story of Elizabeth Isherwood*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "A father and son noticed a stench near a stegosaurus statue. They found a corpse in one of its legs" by Lateshia Beachum, published by the Washington Post, May 2021. Link: washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/25/dinosaur-statue-spain-dead" ► "Police Found the Body of a Missing Man Inside a Giant Papier-Mache Dinosaur Sculpture in Spain" by Monica Humphries, published by Business Insider, May 2021. Link: businessinsider.com/man-found-dead-spain-inside-spanish-dinosaur-statue-2021-5► "Mum's airing cupboard death 'devastated family'" published by BBC News, June 2018. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44560959► "Woman dies after being trapped naked in airing cupboard of Welsh holiday home, hears inquest" by Lucy Pasha-Robinson, published by The Independent, October 2018. Link: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/airing-cupboard-death-welsh-holiday-home-woman-naked-trapped-inquest-a8408081.html► "A second local investigation into the death of a Georgia teen found in a rolled-up gym mat has closed with no charges filed" by Victor Blackwell and Devon M Sayer, published by CNN, January 2022. Link: edition.cnn.com/2022/01/26/us/kendrick-johnson-death-second-investigation-no-charges/index.html► "Documents, records cast doubt on KJ video" by Adam Floyd, published by The Valdosta Daily Times, November 2014. Link: valdostadailytimes.com/2014/11/19/documents-records-cast-doubt-on-kj-video► "Death of Georgia Teen Found in Gym Mat Was ‘Weird Accident,’ Sheriff Says" by Maria Cramer, published by The New York Times, January 2022. Link: nytimes.com/2022/01/27/us/kendrick-johnson-georgia-investigation.html#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #trapped #survival
The Awful Origins of Sweet FA | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2024-12-27 | The phrase "Sweet FA" has a surprisingly long and grisly history...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Local girl Fanny Adams savagely and tragically murdered" by John Hoskins, published by The Daily Echo, December 2022. Link: dailyecho.co.uk/news/23143260.local-girl-fanny-adams-savagely-tragically-murdered► "The gruesome origin of ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’" by Alicea Francis, published by History Answers, October 2015. Link: historyanswers.co.uk/people-politics/the-gruesome-origin-of-sweet-fanny-adams#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #truecrimestories #horror
Miraculously Delayed: The West Side Baptist Church Explosion | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2024-12-24 | Once a year, around the holidays, I want to share the story of a disaster that didn't happen - a tragedy that, whether through luck, the bravery of those involved, or simple good planning, was averted. In this story, everyone survives... although it's definitely a close call.Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:00 - Background: The Choir► 02:27 - A Series of Coincidences► 08:06 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "The West Side Baptist Church Explosion 1950" published by Curator135, February 2024. Link: curator135.com/2024/02/23/the-west-side-baptist-church-explosion-1950► "Gas is Blamed for Church Explosion" published by the Beatrice Daily Sun, March 1950. Available via: newspapers.com/image/507289129► "Blast Cause Still Unknown" published by The Beatrice Times, March 1950. Available via: newspapers.com/image/507057500► "Unsolved Mysteries" Season Two Episode 13, created by Cosgrove-Meurer Productions, broadcast by NBC. Link: imdb.com/title/tt0094574► "Remember the Miracle" by Luke Nichols, published by the Beatrice Daily Sun, March 2010. Link: beatricedailysun.com/news/local/remember-the-miracle/article_d75d6eb3-40df-52ca-8296-e959ab79fff5.html*CORRECTIONS:* ✔️► In this video I give the wrong date for the day of the explosion. It was actually March 1st, as opposed to May 1st.#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #miracle #christmas
Ten Years of Negligence: The Fujin Raijin II Crash | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2024-12-17 | This short documentary tells the story behind the crash of the Fujin Raijin II rollercoaster in Osaka, Japan...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:45 - Background: Osaka 1970 and Expoland► 03:30 - The Fujin Raijin II Crash► 07:45 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "A Fatal Accident Case and Lessons for Entertainment Engineering" by Kenji Iino and Masayuki Nakao, published by Proceedings of the ASME 2013 IDETC/CIE 2013, August 2013. Available via: shippai.org/shippai/html/papers/DETC2013-12133Draft.pdf► "Going Back to 1970" published by the Tower of the Sun Museum. Link: taiyounotou-expo70.jp/en/about/expo70► "Expoland forced into liquidation" by Reiji Yoshida, published by The Japan Times, February 2009. Link: japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/11/national/expoland-forced-into-liquidation► "I have been watching the present situation of "Expoland" during holidays where memories filled attractions are quietly standing" published by Gigazine, March 2009. Link: gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20090324_expoland#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #rollercoaster #japan
Dont Deep Fry Your Turkey | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2024-12-13 | Deep frying a turkey may yield a delicious Thanksgiving meal, but there are a LOT of ways this culinary feat can go wrong...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Americans warned not to deep fry whole Thanksgiving turkeys" by Alisha Rahaman Sarkar, published by The Independent, November 2023. Link: independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/thanksgiving-turkey-fry-fire-hazard-b2451485.html► "Why do frozen turkeys explode when deep-fried?" by Dr Kristine Nolin, published by Richmond University Newsroom, November 2022. Link: https://news.richmond.edu/features/article/-/20608/why-do-frozen-turkeys-explode-when-deep-fried.html#documentary #history #shorts #disaster #thanksgiving #food
As Bad As A Napalm Attack: The Sunvalley Mall Disaster | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2024-12-10 | This short documentary tells the story of the Sunvalley Mall Disaster of 1985, when a light aircraft crashed into a busy shopping mall just two days before Christmas...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:51 - Background► 03:59 - The Sunvalley Mall Disaster► 10:25 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "How many of SunValley Mall's original stores do you remember?" by Katie Dowd, published by SFGate, November 2019. Link: sfgate.com/entertainment/article/How-many-of-SunValley-mall-s-original-stores-do-14864333.php► "The Sunvalley mall plane crash: 20 years later" by Ryan Huff, published by East Bay Times, August 2016. Link: eastbaytimes.com/2010/12/21/the-sunvalley-mall-plane-crash-20-years-later► "Plane Hits Mall; 3 Die, 50 Injured : Bay Area Shoppers Panic as Wreckage Spills Flaming Fuel" by Mark A Stein and Jerry Belcher, published by the Los Angeles Times, December 1985. Link: latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-24-mn-20817-story.html► "Mall Plane Crash Was Long Feared" published by The New York Times, December 1985. Link: nytimes.com/1985/12/26/us/mall-plane-crash-was-long-feared.html► "Santa Split Quick After Plane Hit" by Herb Michelson, published by The Sacramento Bee, December 1985. Available via: newspapers.com/image/622911359► "Sun Valley Mall the Day After the Crash" by Janey Ghent, published by the Oakland Tribune, December 1985. Available via: newspapers.com/image/758512775► NTSB Accident Report, published by the NTSB. Available via: data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25276/pdf#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #aviation #christmas
Lost in the Empire of the Dead | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2024-12-03 | This short documentary covers the history of the Catacombs - a winding network on tunnels that runs under the city of Paris, and which contain the bones of more than six million people...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 01:02 - The History of the Catacombs► 07:01 - The Catacombs Today► 08:51 - Lost in the Catacombs*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Après 3 jours dans les catacombes de Paris, deux adolescents retrouvés par les pompiers" by Victor Fortunato and Céline Carez, published by The Parisien, June 2017. Link: https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-75014/paris-huit-heures-de-patrouille-pour-retrouver-deux-adolescents-perdus-dans-les-catacombes-14-06-2017-7052172.php► "Paris's new slant on underground movies" by Jon Henley, published by The Guardian, September 2004. Link: theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/11/film.franceParis Catacombs Visitor Website, published by Paris Musées. Link: https://www.catacombes.paris.fr/en/visit► "Les Catacombes: Histoire du Paris souterrain" by Gilles Thomas, published by Le Passage, 2015. Link: google.co.uk/books/edition/Catacombes_Histoire_du_Paris_souterrain/suXpEAAAQBAJ► "‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light" by Kim Willsher, published by The Guardian, October 2024. Link: theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/19/bodies-quarry-shafts-millions-buried-paris-catacombs#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #catacombs #paris
This Football Could End the World | Fascinating Horror Shorts Fascinating Horror 2024-11-29 | The so-called "nuclear football" is among the most sensitive briefcases in the world...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "Bill Clinton Lost President's Nuclear Codes and Nobody Found Out" by Christopher Woody, published by Business Insider, January 2018. businessinsider.com/bill-clinton-lost-president-nuclear-codes-and-nobody-found-out-2018-1► "The ‘nuclear football’ - the deadly briefcase that never leaves the president’s side" by Stuart Jeffries, published by The Guardian, August 2016. Link: theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/22/nuclear-football-donald-trump#documentary #history #shorts #nuclear #usa #president
Surviving a Skydive with a Sabotaged Parachute: The Story of Victoria Cilliers | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2024-11-26 | This short documentary tells the story of Victoria Cilliers who (in common with several other people throughout history) survived falling from a plane without a working parachute...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:54 - The History of the Parachute► 02:46 - The Story of Nicholas Alkemade► 04:40 - The Story of Juliane Koepcke► 05:22 - The Story of Victoria Cilliers► 10:46 - Surviving a Parachute Failure*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► "How to survive a parachute failure" by Justin Parkinson, published by BBC News, May 2018. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41883027► "Experience: I fell 6,000 feet and survived" by James Boole, published by The Guardian, December 2009. Link: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/19/fell-6000-feet-survived► "When was the first parachute jump? 1797, when Andre Garnerin got dizzy" by Amy Hubbard, published by the Los Angeles Times, October 2022. Link: latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-when-was-the-first-parachute-jump-andre-jacques-garnerin-20131022-story.html► "Who is Victoria Cilliers and how did she survive parachute murder plot? Shocking story behind Ch4’s The Fall" by Emma Guinness, published by The Independent, June 2024. Link: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/victoria-cilliers-emile-wife-channel-the-fall-skydive-b2561127.html► "I Survived" by Victoria Cilliers, published by Pan Macmillan, August 2020. Link: books.google.co.uk/books/about/I_Survived.html?id=0ma8DwAAQBAJ► “When I Fell From The Sky” by Juliane Koepcke, published by TitleTown Publishing, 2011. Link: google.co.uk/books/edition/When_I_Fell_From_The_Sky/ngt9DAAAQBAJ► "Sex, lies and payday loans: The parachute murder plot" by Bethan Bell, published by BBC News, June 2018. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44209421#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #skydiving #parachute
Trains Collide in Dense Fog: The Lewisham Train Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 2024-11-19 | This short documentary covers the Lewisham Train Disaster of 1957 - a deadly rail crash which took place in the UK in the midst of disruption caused by a dense fog...Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel!*LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: youtube.com/@KristianCrow► Support this channel: patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join► Follow me: twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | instagram.com/fascinatinghorror | facebook.com/horrorfascinating► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk*CHAPTERS:* 🔖► 00:00 - Intro► 00:40 - Background: Railway Modernisation► 03:12 - The Lewisham Train Disaster► 08:28 - The Aftermath*MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory*SOURCES:* 📑► Government Accident Report, published by the Ministry of Transport, June 1958. Available via: railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Lewisham1957.pdf► "Memoryshare: Lewisham Train Crash" published by BBC London, December 2007. Link: bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/11/30/lewisham_crash_feature.shtml► "What is the Automatic Warning System? (AWS)" by Sebastian Jensen, published by To The Trains, June 2024. Link: tothetrains.uk/automatic-warning-system► "Merrow Woman’s Memories Of The Horrific Lewisham Train Crash 60 Years Ago" published by The Guildford Dragon, December 2017. Link: guildford-dragon.com/burpham-womans-memories-horrific-lewisham-train-crash-60-years-ago► "Chadwick v British Railways Board" published by Tracking the Law, July 2022. Link: trackingthelaw.com/cases/2022-07-03-chadwick-v-british-railways-board#documentary #history #truestories #disaster #railway #trains
