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#153: The Demon Core
June 28th, 2022 · 12 minutes
In the wake of World War II, the U.S. continued its nuclear research. In that period, a single nuclear core was at the center of two fatal accidents.
#152: Six Flags
May 31st, 2022 · 8 minutes
From a small park in Texas to a sprawling corporation that then underwent bankruptcy, this is the story of Six Flags.
#151: Six Flags New Orleans
May 17th, 2022 · 15 minutes
In 2005, Six Flags New Orleans closed ahead of Hurricane Katrina. It would never reopen.
#150: Thingmaker
May 3rd, 2022 · 11 minutes
If the Easy-Bake Oven wasn't your jam in the 1960s (or 90s), Thingmaker was ready for you, giving you the chance to make bug-like creatures named Creepy Crawlers.
#149: The Easy-Bake Oven & Juicero
April 19th, 2022 · 10 minutes
One cooked treats with lightbulbs, the other made pressed juice for rich people. Both had their issues.
#148: False Memory
April 5th, 2022 · 10 minutes
You may remember hearing this episode. Or you may not.
#147: Another Trio of Weird Sports
March 22nd, 2022 · 11 minutes
It's time for some more weird sports: combat juggling, deep-water soloing and land sailing.
#146: Memphis Tanker Truck Disaster
March 8th, 2022 · 8 minutes
In 1988, almost a dozen people were killed, with many more injured, when a truck carrying liquefied propane crashed and exploded in Memphis, TN.
#145: The Spacecraft Cemetery
February 22nd, 2022 · 9 minutes
On occasion, a large, remote area of the Pacific Ocean will catch a falling satellite or spacecraft.
#144: The Costa Concordia Disaster
January 25th, 2022 · 15 minutes
In January of 2012, the capitan of the Costa Concordia went off-course, striking a reef and sinking his cruise ship with over 4,000 people on board.