Crash Lessons
Journey through history's most stirring disasters.
Crash Lessons is a podcast that talks about everything that could had and did go wrong. From natural to man-made disasters. Join your host Robyn each week as she talks about all things disaster.
Crash Lessons
Latest Episodes
Terror Beneath Montreal
Description:From political violence and deadly bombings to suspicious packages, smoke-filled tunnels, and mass evacuations, Montreal's Metro has repeatedly found itself at the center of major emergencies. In this episode of
Miracle in the Andes
In October 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed high in the Andes Mountains, leaving 33 survivors stranded nearly 12,000 feet above sea level. What followed was a 72-day fight for survival against starvation, freezing temperatures, aval...
Centralia: The Disaster Beneath Their Feet
A fire that was never meant to last more than a few hours… has now been burning for over sixty years. In 1962, a routine landfill burn in Centralia, Pennsylvania ignited something no one could control — an underground coal seam fire that would ...
Therac-25: The Software that Killed
In the 1980s, a state-of-the-art radiation machine was supposed to save lives. But patients started coming back with burns that didn’t make sense… pain that shouldn’t have been possible… and symptoms doctors didn’t believe. The machine said eve...
Hugh Glass: The Man Who Refused To Die
Mauled by a grizzly bear. Abandoned by his own men. Left with nothing in the wilderness.Hugh Glass survived one of the most extreme ordeals in American frontier history — but surviving didn’t mean peace. In this episode, we explore how G...