Episodes

  • The First Ascents of Everest - Mallory and Irvine
    Oct 31 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be heading back to Mount Everest and covering some of the first attempts at climbing it. We will cover Mallory's attempts in 1921, 1922 and the fateful trip in 1924 and then subsequent attempts before it was successfully climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_British_Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_expedition

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_British_Mount_Everest_expedition


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mallory

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_British_Mount_Everest_expedition

    https://aspectsofhistory.com/a-corpse-on-everest-george-mallory/

    https://malloryandirvine.com/

    https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/mystery-everest-mallory-irvine-climb-disappearance-what-happened/


    Disney+ - Lost on Everest

    Everest 1922 - Mick Conefrey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLOJAXPC_s

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    50 mins
  • Crush Disasters - Hillsborough and other Human Crushes - Part 2
    Aug 15 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering crush disasters - mainly Hillsborough where in 1989, 97 people were killed at a football game in Sheffield UK. We will then summarise some other crushes Astroworld where in 2021, 10 people were killed at a concert in Houston Texas and the Love Parade festival crush in Germany. This will be a 2 part series.

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_collapses_and_crushes

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/english-football-clubs-banned-from-europe

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/aug/10/police-uk-riots-football-postponements


    Hillsborough:

    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229038/0581.pdf

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

    https://iosh.com/news/hillsborough-30-years-on/


    Astroworld:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/what-happened-astroworld-travis-scott/

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59205840

    Astroworld - countdown to tragedy: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYREIrmHLGM


    Love Parade:

    Dark records youtube: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5bcWOjdrU

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Parade_disaster

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    47 mins
  • Crush Disasters - Hillsborough and other Human Crushes
    Aug 8 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering crush disasters - mainly Hillsborough where in 1989, 97 people were killed at a football game in Sheffield UK. We will then summarise some other crushes Astroworld where in 2021, 10 people were killed at a concert in Houston Texas and the Love Parade festival crush in Germany. This will be a 2 part series.

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_collapses_and_crushes

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/english-football-clubs-banned-from-europe

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/aug/10/police-uk-riots-football-postponements


    Hillsborough:

    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229038/0581.pdf

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

    https://iosh.com/news/hillsborough-30-years-on/


    Astroworld:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/what-happened-astroworld-travis-scott/

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59205840

    Astroworld - countdown to tragedy: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYREIrmHLGM


    Love Parade:

    Dark records youtube: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5bcWOjdrU

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Parade_disaster

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    53 mins
  • Submarine Disasters - Squalus and The Titan
    Jul 11 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering submarines and submarine disasters including how they are rescued, we will cover the Squalus rescue from 1937 and the very recent OceanGate Titan disaster from June 2023. 

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    James Camerons Deepsea Challenge - Amazon Prime

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_rescue

    Titan:

    https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen

    https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Mission-Titanic-part-3

    https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/22/timeline-oceangate-founding-expedition-history/70344305007/

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-visiting-the-most-famous-shipwreck-in-the-world/

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-27/what-happens-next-with-oceangate-titan-submersible/102523732

    https://www.reddit.com/r/OceanGateTitan/comments/14olxkh/a_rubiks_cube_thick_socks_and_giddy_anticipation/

    Squalus:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sailfish_(SS-192)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCann_Rescue_Chamber

    https://eu.fosters.com/story/news/2019/05/19/squalus-sinking-tragedy-and-triumph/5118683007/

    https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/squalus-ss-192/squalus-ss-192-sinking-rescure-of-survivors-and-salvage.html

    These Terrible Hours - Peter Maas 

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 127 Hours - Canyoning Disasters
    Apr 18 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering the story of Aron Ralston who got his arm stuck whilst canyoning in 2003. In order to free himself, we had to survive days in the desert before cutting his own arm off and getting to safety. 

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    https://canyonaccident.org/kolob-canyon-1993-07-15/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyoning

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127_Hours

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

    https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Rangers-Find-Arm-That-Climber-Amputated-7360895.php

    127 Hours - between a rock and a hard place - Aron Ralston

    127 hours the movie - on All4

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    50 mins
  • Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
    Mar 7 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering the story of the crash of the Challenger. The challenger was a space shuttle launch in 1986 which sadly exploded 76 seconds into flight in front of millions of people, killing all members of crew onboard.

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    Challenger: The Final Flight  on Netflix

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-L

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/29/us-space-shuttle-challenger-explodes-after-take-off-1986

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Challenger-disaster

    https://www.doopoll.co/post/challenger-disaster

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    42 mins
  • Lost Deep In The Amazon Jungle
    Feb 14 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering the story of Yossi Ghinsberg who went with a group into the depths of the Amazon in 1981. 4 of them would go into the jungle but after several harrowing weeks, not all of them would make it out. 7.

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Ghinsberg

    https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/the-jungle

    Jungle - Yossi Ghinsberg

    Jungle - movie, Amazon Prime

    I shouldn't be alive episode

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    45 mins
  • Shipping Disasters - MS Estonia, TEV Wahine, MS Herald of Free Enterprise
    Jan 17 2023

    Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be discussing some boat / shipping disasters. We will discuss the MS Estonia, a ferry which sank when crossing from Estonia to Sweden in 1994 and is one of the deadliest maritime disasters of all time, the TEV Wahine which sank in 1968 off the Wellington harbour and the MS Herald of the Free Enterprise, a car roll on, roll off ferry which capsized near Belgium in 1987. 

    Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.

    Sources:
    The Perfect Storm 

    https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/free-surface-effect

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Le_Joola

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roll-on/roll-off_vessel_accidents


    MS Estonia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_MS_Estonia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Viking_Sally_murder

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/05/a-sea-story/302940/

    https://maritimecyprus.com/2022/09/30/flashback-in-maritime-history-ms-estonia-sinking-on-28-september-1994-claiming-852-lives-4/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmX8seNKVQo


    Wahine

    https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/wahine-disaster

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/102846031/wahine-disaster-50-years-on-what-happened-that-day

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEV_Wahine

    https://maritimeradio.org/in-distress/wahine/



    MS Herald of Free Enterprise

    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54c1704ce5274a15b6000025/FormalInvestigation_HeraldofFreeEnterprise-MSA1894.pdf

    https://www.ukpandi.com/news-and-resources/articles/2022/the-capsizing-of-the-herald-of-free-enterprise/

    https://safety4sea.com/cm-herald-of-free-enterprise-a-wake-up-call-for-ro-ro-safety/

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    52 mins