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  • Remembrance Day 2026: The Sinking of the SS Caribou

    Remembrance Day 2026: The Sinking of the SS Caribou
    2026/11/02
    Episode 444: On October 14, 1942, the German submarine U-69 torpedoed the passenger ferry SS Caribou in the Cabot Strait, roughly 25 miles off Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. The ferry sank in minutes. Of 237 aboard, 137 died — the largest single loss of life in Canadian-controlled waters during the Second World War, and part of the Battle of the St. Lawrence, the only WWII campaign fought inside North America. Among the dead was Nursing Sister Agnes Wilkie, the only Canadian nursing sister killed by direct enemy action in the entire war; her friend and fellow RCN nursing sister, Margaret Brooke, survived the sinking and was later named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her efforts to save her. Sources:SS Caribou — WikipediaNewspapers.com search: SS Caribou 1942Sinking of the SS Caribou — The Canadian EncyclopediaU-69 — uboat.netGerman submarine U-69 (1940) — Wikipedia"Youngest Survivor of S.S. Caribou Sinking" — Community StoriesS.S. Caribou Memorial — Veterans Affairs Canada"Only nurse killed by enemy action in WWII remembered..." — CBC NewsMargaret Brooke (Canadian naval officer) — WikipediaAgnes Wightman Wilkie — Carman Dufferin Municipal Heritage Advisory CommitteeLegion Magazine, "CP bulletin, Oct. 16, 1942: U-boat sinks SS Caribou in Cabot Strait"Nathan M. Greenfield, Battle of the St. Lawrence: The Second World War in Canada~"Ulrich Gräf and U-69" — Community StoriesThe History of the Nursing Sisters of Canada | Veterans Affairs CanadaSinking of the Caribou | Heritage.nf.caBattle of the St. Lawrence — Canadian Military HeritageCanada loses a Second World War heroine - Canadian Military Family MagazineUlrich Gräf and U-69 | The Tragic Sinking of S.S. “Caribou”
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    51 分
  • Day of Disaster - Columbia: The Last Sixteen Minutes

    Day of Disaster - Columbia: The Last Sixteen Minutes
    2026/11/02
    February 1, 2003. After 16 days in orbit, Space Shuttle Columbia was heading home. Families waited. NASA prepared for landing. Seven astronauts were just minutes from returning to Earth. Then, high above Texas, disaster struck. In this episode of Day of Disaster, Mike Browne reconstructs Columbia’s final moments, tracing the chain of events that began at launch and examining the warnings, decisions, and failures that led to the loss of seven lives. A mission that appeared to be going according to plan became one of the darkest days in space exploration. Because sometimes, the greatest disaster begins long before anyone knows it’s coming.
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    43 分
  • Day of Disaster - Bhopal: The Last Breath Before Dawn

    Day of Disaster - Bhopal: The Last Breath Before Dawn
    2026/11/02
    December 2, 1984. As night fell over the Indian city of Bhopal, families settled in for the evening. Children slept. Streets grew quiet. But inside a pesticide factory, a chain of failures was about to unleash a catastrophe. A toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from the Union Carbide plant, spreading across the city as thousands slept. People woke choking, blinded and struggling to escape. Thousands would die in the immediate aftermath, with many more suffering lasting consequences. In this episode of Day of Disaster, we reconstruct the hours leading up to the gas leak, examining the warnings, safety failures, and decisions that turned an industrial accident into one of the world's deadliest disasters.
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    37 分
  • Day of Disaster - Krakatoa: Four Minutes of Terror

    Day of Disaster - Krakatoa: Four Minutes of Terror
    2026/11/02
    August 27, 1883. For days, the island of Krakatoa had been rumbling. Across the Sunda Strait, people watched as explosions grew louder and ash darkened the sky. Then, in a matter of hours, the volcano unleashed a series of colossal eruptions that would shake the world. The explosions were heard thousands of miles away. The resulting tsunamis swept away entire coastal communities, and more than 36,000 people lost their lives. In this episode of Day of Disaster, we reconstruct the final hours of Krakatoa, following the escalating warnings, the catastrophic eruptions, and the devastating waves that followed. We examine how a volcanic island became the centre of one of history’s deadliest natural disasters. Because for those living in its shadow, it was just another day. Until the earth exploded.
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    33 分
  • Day of Disaster - 36 Hours in Chornobyl

    Day of Disaster - 36 Hours in Chornobyl
    2026/11/02
    April 26, 1986. In the early hours of the morning, workers at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant began what should have been a routine safety test. Nearby, the city of Pripyat slept. Families had no idea that a catastrophe was unfolding just kilometres away. Then Reactor 4 exploded. A massive release of radioactive material spread across the surrounding region, while officials struggled to understand the scale of the disaster. Evacuations were delayed, warnings withheld, and thousands of lives would be changed forever. In this episode of Day of Disaster, we reconstruct the hours leading up to the explosion, examining the flawed decisions, dangerous design, and failures of communication that turned a routine test into the world's worst nuclear power plant disaster.
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    52 分
  • Day of Disaster - The Nine Minutes That Changed Aberfan

    Day of Disaster - The Nine Minutes That Changed Aberfan
    2026/11/02
    October 21, 1966. It was a Friday morning in the Welsh mining village of Aberfan. Children were arriving at school. Teachers were preparing for the day. Then, without warning, a mountain of coal waste came crashing down the hillside. A massive landslide engulfed a school and nearby homes, burying everything in its path. In this episode of Day of Disaster, we reconstruct the final moments before the Aberfan disaster, examining the warnings that went unheeded, the decisions that allowed the danger to grow, and the catastrophic consequences for an entire community. This is the story of how a regular school day became one of Britain's most devastating tragedies
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    39 分
  • New Series Coming Soon

    New Series Coming Soon
    2026/10/30
    Every disaster begins as an ordinary day. Until it isn't. Introducing DAY OF DISASTER , a new documentary podcast series by DARK POUTINE, reconstructing history's most devastating catastrophes, one day at a time. From the explosion at Chornobyl to the tragedy of Aberfan, the eruption of Krakatoa and the disaster at Bhopal, each episode takes you inside the moments, decisions and failures that changed lives, destroyed communities and altered history. The warnings. The turning points. The human cost. Because history remembers the disaster. We go back to the day it happened. DAY OF DISASTER. COMING SOON. Listen one month early, only on Amazon Music
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    1 分
  • Canada’s First Political Assassination: Thomas D’Arcy McGee

    Canada’s First Political Assassination: Thomas D’Arcy McGee
    2026/10/26
    Episode 443: Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s remarkable life took him from Irish revolutionary and political exile to journalist, celebrated orator, member of Parliament, and Father of Canadian Confederation. After rejecting armed rebellion, he became one of the Fenian movement’s fiercest public opponents, drawing condemnation and threats from former allies. In the early hours of April 7, 1868, only nine months after Confederation, McGee was shot outside his Ottawa boarding house after leaving Parliament. His death is recognized as Canada’s first political assassination. The murder shocked the new country, led to a controversial investigation and trial, and left questions that remain unresolved more than 150 years later. Sources: Thomas D’Arcy McGee — Dictionary of Canadian Biography Patrick James Whelan — Dictionary of Canadian Biography The Fenians — Dictionary of Canadian Biography The Trial of Patrick J. Whelan for the Murder of Thomas D’Arcy McGee — George Spaight, 1868 Agnes Macdonald’s Diary — Library and Archives Canada Patrick Whelan Capital Case and Respite — Library and Archives Canada The Revolver Connected to McGee’s Assassination — Canadian Museum of History Wrongful Convictions in Canada — Library of Parliament Past State Funerals: Thomas D’Arcy McGee — Canadian Heritage St. Patrick’s Basilica National Historic Site — Parks Canada Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s Speeches on British-American Union, 1865 Thomas D’Arcy McGee — Alexander Brady, 1925
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