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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 Glass kept going when everything failed, what really kept him alive, and why his story still matters today.

Sources

hugh glass real story - Reddit Search!

Hugh Glass | Biography & Facts | Britannica

Mountain man Hugh Glass mauled by a grizzly bear | HISTORY

Conquering the Frontier: Homesteading Challenges & Opportunities in Westward Expansion

Quest for Revenge - The Real Story of Hugh Glass

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On July 6, 1944, what was meant to be a joyful afternoon at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus turned into one of the deadliest fires in American history. In this episode of Crash Lessons, we tell the story of the Hartford Circus Fire — how a perfect storm of unsafe practices, wartime shortages, and human error led to tragedy, and how the disaster permanently changed public safety standards in the United States.

Sources:

Hartford circus fire - Wikipedia

Inside The Hartford Circus Fire That Killed 167 People

The Hartford Circus Fire - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

How a Deadly Circus Fire on the 'Day the Clowns Cried' Traumatized a Community—and Led to Lasting Safety Reforms

Hartford Circus Fire 1944: Tragic Big Top Disaster Revealed — Northeast Legends and Stories

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Deep beneath the waters of Deer Island, one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the United States was under construction—an ambitious project meant to clean up Boston Harbor and protect the environment. But behind the engineering feat lies a much darker story.

In this episode, we explore the construction of the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant and the dangerous conditions workers faced while building massive underwater tunnels. We focus on the tragic deaths of two divers who lost their lives deep below the surface, operating in a pressurized, high-risk environment where one mistake could be fatal.

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https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=15-P13-00023&segmentID=7

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/1999/07/22/two-workers-die-in-sewage/50511841007/

https://theworld.org/stories/2015/06/10/death-tunnel

https://www.mwra.com/your-sewer-system/sewer-treatment-facilities/deer-island-wastewater-treatment-plant

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Eight climbers. One Mountain. A storm no one could escape.

In this episode we are talking about the Shatayeva Group. In 1974 Soviet mountaineer Elvira Shatayeva led an ambitious all-women’s expedition to the summit of Lenin Peak. But when a brutal storm swept across the mountain, the team became trapped at extreme altitude with no shelter and no way down.

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https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/01/sport/russian-climbers-peak-lenin-spt-intl/

https://time.com/archive/6878056/the-world-death-at-the-roof-of-the-world/

https://knapsacktreks.com/2020/11/frozen-heroines-deadly-pride/

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/14/archives/8-climbers-deaths-now-acknowledged-by-the-soviet-press.html

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The film “Roar” was dubbed the most dangerous film ever made and the most expensive home movie ever made. Join me this episode while I dive into the crazy story behind the filming of the film “Roar” and just why it exactly was given the titles.

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https://www.stage32.com/blog/surviving-roar-the-most-dangerous-film-ever-made-620

https://collider.com/roar-movie-making-of/

https://www.moviemaker.com/the-making-of-roar-lions-and-tigers-and-stitches-oh-my/

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/noel-marshalls-roar-humans-were-harmed-in-the-making-of-this-film

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On today’s episode we are talking about the Donner Party. A group of emigrants headed to the Coast from the Midwest for a better and healthier life get stuck in the mountains all because they listened to the wrong man. Many people died and the others did what they had to do to survive.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party

https://www.history.com/articles/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/donner/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty/

https://www.johndclare.net/EAW2.htm

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This is the story of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. In 1924 they attempted to be the first people to ever summit Mount Everest only to be lost on the mountain and left us with the biggest question in mountaineering. Did Mallory and Irvine summit Mount Everest? Making them the first people to ever summit?

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sandy-irvine-body-found-everest?loggedin=true&rnd=1750991040782

https://jakenorton.com/noel-odells-final-view-of-mallory-irvine-june-8th1924/

https://jakenorton.com/mallory-irvine-and-the-second-step/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/mystery/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/search/day.html#firstaudio

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In 1982, 4 men went into the Amazon seeking an adventure. Two men never made it out while one man was left to survive alone for 3 weeks with a rotting foot and facing many of the dangers within

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1998/09/06/lost-and-found/5c406cbd-6e90-469e-a018-09d806a1bd58/

https://www.mamamia.com.au/jungle-true-story/

https://mixergy.com/interviews/lost-jungle-yossi-ghinsberg/

https://amimagazine.org/2018/03/14/lost-in-the-jungle/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/a9cx4k/karl_ruprechter_marcus_stamm/

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

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