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Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing death by mushroom, we will cover the recent Australia Leongatha Beef Wellington deaths by Erin Patterson, but we will also deep dive into mushrooms themselves - how do they kill, how common is it and how do we make sure not to eat one?!  Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. You can buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/whenitgoeswrongpod   Sources: Podcast - The trial: Australia  Deathcap: the mushroom murders on netflix https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g93rlxwklo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx554n1x0wo https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/fungi-and-lichens/deathcap/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/03/mushroom-cook-erin-patterson-court-murder-charges-australia-suspected-poisoning-deaths-leongatha-victoria-ntwnfb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/things-to-do/foraging/ https://www.nature.scot/plants-animals-and-fungi/fungi  

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. 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 

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. 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/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the Deepwater Horizon explosion. On the 20th of April 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon hit a series of issues which resulted in the rig exploding, killing 11 on board. It also resulted in the largest oil leak and spill in history which would take almost 5 months to contain and resulted in huge numbers of wildlife dying.  Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: A Sea in Flames - Carl Safinahttps://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/offshore-drilling.htmhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/how-to-drill-a-relief-wellhttps://www.resilience.org/stories/2010-05-21/what-caused-deepwater-horizon-disaster/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCVCOWejlaghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowout_preventerhttps://www.pogo.org/investigation/2018/12/when-all-hell-breaks-loose-years-after-deepwater-horizon-offshore-drilling-hazards-persisthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spillhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/16/bps-deepwater-horizon-bill-tops-65bn

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the case of Jose Salvador Alvarenga, a man whose boat was caught in a storm that resulted in him being adrift in the Pacific ocean for 438 days until he washed up on shore in the Marshall Islands.  Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea - Jonathan Franklin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Salvador_Alvarenga https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost-at-sea-436-days-book-extract https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/04/438-days-lost-at-sea-jose-salvador-alvarenga.html

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two drug smuggling cases. First we will cover Schapelle Corby who was caught smuggling marijuana into Bali 2005, resulting in a life sentence. Then the Bali 9, where 9 people were convicted of smuggling heroin out of Indonesia, resulting in two members being put to death by firing squad. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: Schapelle Corby: The Zest is history - S1E14 - Schapelle Corby  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schapelle_Corby https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/news/latest-news/schapelle-corby-timeline-everything-you-need-to-know-32629 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-39997092 Bali 9: Fair Dinkum Freaks - Bali 9 part 1 and 2 Red Handed - Hotel K https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali_Nine Youtube doc -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRP4Ru-t8gQ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/01/three-members-of-australias-bali-nine-deserve-to-walk-free-one-day-jail-officials-say https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/left-behind-to-rot-five-bali-9-men-to-die-in-jail/QXR2T54T24MJGNS4PN5NH64L4I/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss technical rock climbing including free solo climbing such as up El Capitan in Yosemite. I then cover the story of summitting the Ogre, where peril and challenge will hit the climbers as they make their journey. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: The Dawn Wall Free Solo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(climbing) https://www.yosemite.com/alex-honnold-and-climbing-el-capitan/ https://www.climbingshoereview.com/how-many-people-have-climbed-the-dawn-wall/ https://www.advnture.com/features/el-capitan https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/witness-describes-death-plunge-of-two-yosemite-climbers/ https://www.climbing.com/people/tommy-caldwell-dominant-force-in-big-wall-free-sport-and-alpine-climbing/ The Ogre - Doug Scott

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss Cave Disasters. Starting with the Nutty Putty Cave Disaster where John Jones will get stuck in the cave and unable to be freed. I then cover the Thai Cave Rescue where 13 boys got stuck in a flooded cave and it would take a miracle to get them out alive. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins https://nuttyputtytragedy.blogspot.com/ https://cavehaven.com/nutty-putty-cave-accident/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Putty_Cave Against all odds - Thai Cave Rescue 4 episodes The Rescue - documentary on Disney+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/146FC/production/_102380738_thai_cave_detailed_mapv2_976-nc.png https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44791998 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-accident-cave-timeline-idUSKCN1TP1GB

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the  the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster in which the reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant suffered a full meltdown and explosion resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history both in terms of cost and number of lives impacted. This is episode 2 of 2. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: Scott Manley on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3d3rzFTrLg&t=5s Chernobyl, TV series Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higgenbotham https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/2019/05/chernobyl-disaster-what-happened-and-long-term-impact https://www.nei.org/resources/fact-sheets/chernobyl-accident-and-its-consequences https://www.history.com/news/chernobyl-disaster-timeline#:~:text=April%2026%2C%201986%2C%201%3A23%3A40%20a.m.%3A,high%20into%20the%20night%20sky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Test_execution https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20377061 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-08-mn-2679-story.html