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Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

Auteur(s): Brad Choma
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Doomsday is a history lesson that easily disguises itself as a horror story. We explore the most traumatic, bizarre and most awe-inspiring but largely unheard-of disasters from throughout human history and around the world including the science behind every disturbing detail. If you like shipwrecks, decapitations, things that melt, living blankets of insects and people screaming for their lives, Doomsday is the podcast for you.

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  • The Nevado del Ruiz Armero Volcano Disaster of 1985 | Episode 111

    The Nevado del Ruiz Armero Volcano Disaster of 1985 | Episode 111
    Aug 5 2026
    Live. Laugh. Lava (or Lahar as one Patreon listener pointed out). Except in this case, less lava, and more mud, and ash, and trees and water, and buildings, and cars, and boulders the size of cars, and bits of roadways, and people, and all kinds of debris flowing as a fast-moving river with the consistency of wet concrete.

     On today’s episode: you will learn how native Colombians were able to send European visitors scrambling to their deaths with a word, including jumping into active volcanoes; I’ll teach parents of young children the best way to threaten your kids into letting you have a nap uninterrupted; and you will learn what happens when a town is transformed into the texture of a smoothie.

    And if you were listening on Patreon… you would meet the monster who invented shrapnel; you would learn why Yogi Bear was so content to be a nihilistic basket thief; and you would learn the Vegas odds of Yellowstone kerploding and bathing the continent in a thick blanket of claustrophobia in your lifetime.

    Oh yes. We don’t get to visit volcanoes often, but when we do, we tend to kill a whole whack of people, and today’s story is a great example. I mentioned in the last episode that if you weren’t familiar with the measurement of “whack”, it means a lot. By way of an update, things have stabilized. I’ve received a lot of stories and comments of support which I appreciate more than you know, including postcards from postcards and stories from Mick from Alaska (who was nearly killed by a bear), Sonja from Australia (who is regularly almost killed by drop bears), and Jenny from Colorado Springs (Jenny, I have been, and I would love to come back to spend more time there).

    It’s nice to be putting out episodes more frequently, and I’d like to keep doing so. I’m still on some thin ice here, as many of you understand, but with the launch of our new game almost here, there is at least the promise of things beginning to turn around. For those of you who’ve gone crazy helping support me and sharing word of the campaign, that’s all I could possibly ask for, and I appreciate you to the end of the world and back. The whole thing kicks off August 11th, and I’ve already heard from four people who want to help get copies into their local game shop. To me, that’s like someone offering up a kidney, and I couldn’t be more appreciative.

    HELP SHARE THE WORD OF POO

    I know it can feel weird to share. I made the game, and I still have trouble saying the name without having a reaction. But for an independent project like this to blow up, word-of-mouth is everything. Every share and mention genuinely helps more than you could imagine. Heading to our page and signing up to be notified when it starts (even if you’re not interested) helps just as much.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nachosharkgames/pee-pee-poo-poo



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    56 min
  • The Corsican French Cup Stadium Disaster of 1992 | Episode 110

    The Corsican French Cup Stadium Disaster of 1992 | Episode 110
    Jul 17 2026
    No one shows up to work expecting to make history, but today’s story shows how one small, irreversible decision created the one of the worst days at work in US History. If that “fork in the road” moment had played out in any other way, today’s episode would mostly just be me chatting up Texans and offering up some gardening tips.

    On today’s episode:     we will be travelling to beautiful Corsica, and learning why people not from there think the locals are xenophobic, blood thirsty monsters; we’ll learn how when it comes to architecture and building quality, you can have things done cheap and fast but not safe; and you will hear the term “bleediest” used as an adjective

    And if you had been listening on Patreon…     you would learn about a few of the most debilitating, teeth-spitting, femur shattering moments in the history of European football; you would learn the mostly tragic tale of the most famous head butt in history; you would learn the unexpectedly crazy history of soccer’s favourite shoe brand; and we would discuss the kinds of things your brain can’t unsee, including the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life, which just happened last week.

    We’re back, and things are beginning to return to normal. Thank you for your support and patience. On that note, as you will notice right off the top, I've been quietly developing an unusual game idea based on an awkward conversation with a dog which is getting rave reviews from testers. It’s an odd game, based on an odd story, which you can learn all about on Kickstarter. It is my pleasure to introduce PEE PEE POO POO: The Game of Laughter, Smiles and Farts.


    CLICK HERE TO SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES



    It’s been a passion project, bringing this to life, and with your help, its success means NO MORE DELAYED DOOMSDAY EPISODES.

    I know it can feel weird to share. I made the game, and I still have trouble saying the name without having a reaction. But for an independent project like this to blow up, word-of-mouth is everything. Every share and mention genuinely helps more than you could imagine. Heading to our page and signing up to be notified when it starts (even if you’re not interested) helps just as much.

    WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

    During the First THREE DAYS, as a listener of the show:
    • you get a copy of PEE PEE POO POO for $7 off (that’s a 20% savings)
    • you will be thrown into a draw for a chance to win three Free Doomsday T-Shirts
    • you could also win one of three PEE PEE POO POO V.I.POO Tiers (a copy of the game, one of our T-Shirts, a paw-tographed framed photo of Eve, and a Limited Edition Golden Turd Card!
    Spread the word, save the show, share the poo!

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nachosharkgames/pee-pee-poo-poo




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    59 min
  • The Eséka Train Disaster of 2016 | Episode 109

    The Eséka Train Disaster of 2016 | Episode 109
    Jun 8 2026
    We've described some pretty fairly awful commutes on this show before. On today's very special "return-to-Africa" episode, all people wanted to do was get to work, but the weather got bad to the point where the road said "you shall not pass, your life is in danger". The train took a look at all this and said, "hold my beer”.On today’s episode: you will learn how the location of today’s story sounds toasty and hot to the uninitiated, but is actually one of the wettest places on earth; we will describe a claustrophobic and unenviable situation somewhere between the roller-skating in the back of the truck stunt from Jackass combined with the trash compactor scene from Star Wars; and I will actually say that no one choo choo chooses to be in today’s kind of disaster, which I only call out early to ask for your forgiveness.And if you were listening on Patreon: you would learn about the US military’s ambitions to turn its enemies into bee-coated, gay, diarrhea fanatics, and how they inspired Mikkos Cassadine’s aims of destroying the world in the 1980s; we’ll visit a place so rainy that you will have no choice but to assume I’m lying; and we’ll walk through a list of all the different, awful things that can happen to your spine. Also, at the end of this episode, I’m going to announce the results of a naming contest we held for our hungry gorilla friend, and I will share the story behind it, which, fair warning, is extremely emotional.People describe travel by rail as a romantic way to see the landscape. Well, I don’t know so much about that, but in this very special and intimate episode, a lot of people were brought closer together. I wanted to shout out Joyce Mokou Kontcheu (ask how to pronounce) who sent me my very first fan mail from Africa! That’s a big deal for me. This was one of those rare occasions where a starter disaster perfectly sets the stage for a much worse secondary disaster. I call it a cascading infrastructure failure. She called it a careless disaster that could have been avoided with a little common sense. She truly hoped I would cover it, so yes, of course I did. Merci, Joyce.And I didn’t have time to record a quick thing for our June Birthdays, so I wanted to shout out Charles Jewell and Kerry Ann Borthwick for another year around spinning around the sun in an otherwise cold and indifferent universe, wishing them a little birthday cheer, and thanks again to Hydra Corvi again for helping me with a little research on this one. From here we’re back in my hometown just long enough to make a little fun of the World Cup before jetting off to beautiful Corsica to watch the beautiful game and have a high statical chance of getting very, very hurt. Spoiler, in the safety segment, I’m going to tell you what to do if not-only are you impaled on a pole, but suspended above the ground by it like a bug pinned to a wall. Good stuff.––––– THANK YOU. Most shows survive at the whim of production companies and corporate sponsors, built from the top down. Doomsday doesn’t exist because some network exec believes in it – it exists because actual people do. It's built from the bottom up, and it’s been my privilege to bring you these stories. Just you, me, and a microphone. I don’t do this for you, so much as I do this because of you. If you'd like to support the show at Buy Me A Coffee, or join the club over at Patreon for AD-FREE EPISODES, LONGER EPISODES, EXTRA CONTENT, all that good stuff All older episodes can be found on any of your favorite channels Apple : https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdw Spotify : https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuw IHeartRadio : https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5j Podchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w Stitcher : https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vw Google : https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxatt Spreaker : https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22su RadioPublic : https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kec PocketCasts. : https://pca.st/ef1165v3 CastBox : https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdr Breaker. : https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfayt Deezer. : https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwt Follow us on the socials for more Facebook : www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcast Instagram : www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcast Twitter : www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcast TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@doomsday.the.podcast Safety google off. We'll talk soon. And thanks for listening. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast--4866335/support.
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    54 min
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