When It Goes Wrong

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The First Ascents of Everest - Mallory and Irvine

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 t ... Show more

. 50min 22sec

Crush Disasters - Hillsborough and other Human Crushes - Part 2

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 c ... Show more

. 47min 29sec

Crush Disasters - Hillsborough and other Human Crushes

. 52min 42sec

Submarine Disasters - Squalus and The Titan

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

. 1h 5min

127 Hours - Canyoning Disasters

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 cu ... Show more

. 50min 21sec