https://www.spreaker.com/show/catastrophic-calamities
What could go wrong? Everything!

Dedicated to the memory of Founding Producer Susan Ferman.]]>enHistoryCopyright Pulpular Mediahttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3860bfbd626719d75e8e0e49ba03924d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/catastrophic-calamitiesTue, 07 Apr 2026 08:01:38 +0000Pulpular MediaPulpular Mediafeeds@spreaker.comTelling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! Dedicated to the memory of Founding Producer Susan Ferman.
What could go wrong? Everything!

Dedicated to the memory of Founding Producer Susan Ferman.]]>falsetrueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wreck-of-the-iolaire--41272050
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/BQJbJSWUPYfhvwzqFmHgllXaSSYzzj8z6ki-_zqN2RgTue, 24 Mar 2026 04:04:00 +0000Pulpular MediaAn exploration of the tragic wreck of the Iolaire, a wealthy man’s yacht turned into a transport ship that went aground on the rocks of the Outer Hebrides, killing at least 201 sailors as they approached their home port.
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>5154beasts of holm,iolaire,outer hebrides,scotland,sea disaster,ship disaster,shipwreck,world war i,wwifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tragedy-in-kenner-the-crash-of-pan-am-flight-759--41272049
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>3e85b5ea-c9dc-11e9-a1d4-8b99fb8e1341Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000Pulpular MediaOn the afternoon of July 9th, 1982, Pam Am Flight 759 suddenly fell from the sky into a residential subdivision in Kenner, LA, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the ground.
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>3525felipe esparza,fluffyguy,gabriel iglesias,george lopez,immigrant,joey diaz,last comic standing,latino comedian,long hair comedian,long haired guy superstore,mexican comedianfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-mile-island--41272052
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>3e7d43ec-c9dc-11e9-a1d4-dbeafee00877Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000Pulpular MediaIt took systemic problems, design flaws and good old-fashioned human error to turn a minor mechanical function into an accident that could have wiped out the entire eastern seaboard of the United States.
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>4021felipe esparza,fluffyguy,gabriel iglesias,george lopez,immigrant,joey diaz,last comic standing,latino comedian,long hair comedian,long haired guy superstore,mexican comedianfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-northridge-earthquake--41272054NBCLA First Reports Retrospective Full Show
NBCLA Northridge Earthquake Day Two Full Show
Northridge Earthquake Raw Footage, USGS No sound but some things you just have to see to believe
LAist 25th Anniversary Article Has pictures you can’t find anywhere else
Learning From Earthquakes Daniel Pendrick’s full article, on the Savage earth blog. Includes links to more information.
Seismology: The Northridge Earthquake and its Aftershocks Excellent article from the Southern California Earthquake Center, by Erik Hauksson and Lucy Jones

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>3e72950a-c9dc-11e9-a1d4-83dfeb6f1e3bWed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000Pulpular MediaThe 6.7 Northridge Earthquake, followed by a 6.0 aftershock, less than a minute later, wasn't the biggest earthquake to hit Southern California, but it was one of the worst, because the epicenter was directly under a populated area. It did over $20...NBCLA First Reports Retrospective Full Show
NBCLA Northridge Earthquake Day Two Full Show
Northridge Earthquake Raw Footage, USGS No sound but some things you just have to see to believe
LAist 25th Anniversary Article Has pictures you can’t find anywhere else
Learning From Earthquakes Daniel Pendrick’s full article, on the Savage earth blog. Includes links to more information.
Seismology: The Northridge Earthquake and its Aftershocks Excellent article from the Southern California Earthquake Center, by Erik Hauksson and Lucy Jones

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>3406felipe esparza,fluffyguy,gabriel iglesias,george lopez,immigrant,joey diaz,last comic standing,latino comedian,long hair comedian,long haired guy superstore,mexican comedianfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1871-chicago-fire--68885708 Ashes and Ambition

In October 1871, Chicago was America's fastest-growing city—and a tinderbox waiting to ignite. When flames erupted in a small barn on DeKoven Street, a perfect storm of drought, wind, and wooden infrastructure transformed a neighborhood fire into an urban apocalypse. Through the eyes of eyewitness Frank Loesch, we follow 100,000 refugees fleeing through darkness as their city burns, watch limestone melt like paste, and hear a courthouse bell scream its death song. But this isn't just a story of destruction—it's the birth of the modern American city. From the ashes rose steel skyscrapers, professional fire codes, and a new vision of urban life. The mystery of how it started remains unsolved. How it changed everything is undeniable.

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.


This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68885708Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:07 +0000truePulpular Media Ashes and Ambition In October 1871, Chicago was America's fastest-growing city—and a tinderbox waiting to ignite. When flames erupted in a small barn on DeKoven Street, a perfect storm of drought, wind, and wooden infrastructure transformed a... Ashes and Ambition

In October 1871, Chicago was America's fastest-growing city—and a tinderbox waiting to ignite. When flames erupted in a small barn on DeKoven Street, a perfect storm of drought, wind, and wooden infrastructure transformed a neighborhood fire into an urban apocalypse. Through the eyes of eyewitness Frank Loesch, we follow 100,000 refugees fleeing through darkness as their city burns, watch limestone melt like paste, and hear a courthouse bell scream its death song. But this isn't just a story of destruction—it's the birth of the modern American city. From the ashes rose steel skyscrapers, professional fire codes, and a new vision of urban life. The mystery of how it started remains unsolved. How it changed everything is undeniable.

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.


This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>3308calamity,catastrope,chicago,disaster,history,podcastfalse9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1984-bhopal-gas-tragedy--68617654December 3, 1984. Midnight. A toxic cloud escapes from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, and drifts over sleeping neighborhoods. Within hours, thousands are dead. By dawn, bodies litter the streets. This is the Bhopal Gas Tragedy—the worst industrial disaster in human history. But the dying didn't stop that night. Forty years later, the poison continues to kill. Corporate negligence, cost-cutting measures, and a conscious decision to hide critical safety warnings turned a chemical plant into a death factory. Justice remains elusive. The victims are still dying. And the lessons remain unlearned. This is their story.



Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68617654Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:48:55 +0000Pulpular MediaDecember 3, 1984. Midnight. A toxic cloud escapes from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, and drifts over sleeping neighborhoods. Within hours, thousands are dead. By dawn, bodies litter the streets. This is the Bhopal Gas Tragedy—the worst...December 3, 1984. Midnight. A toxic cloud escapes from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, and drifts over sleeping neighborhoods. Within hours, thousands are dead. By dawn, bodies litter the streets. This is the Bhopal Gas Tragedy—the worst industrial disaster in human history. But the dying didn't stop that night. Forty years later, the poison continues to kill. Corporate negligence, cost-cutting measures, and a conscious decision to hide critical safety warnings turned a chemical plant into a death factory. Justice remains elusive. The victims are still dying. And the lessons remain unlearned. This is their story.



Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>3695false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1915-sultana-steamboat-disaster--68563403
This is the story of how bureaucratic greed turned a rescue mission into a mass grave. 

This is the story of the Sultana.

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.


This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68563403Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:08:00 +0000truePulpular MediaEpisode 7 examines the deadliest maritime disaster in American history—a tragedy that killed more people than the Titanic, but one you've probably never heard of. The explosion and sinking of the steamboat Sultana on April 27, 1865 claimed between...
This is the story of how bureaucratic greed turned a rescue mission into a mass grave. 

This is the story of the Sultana.

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.


This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>3210false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1938-yellow-river-flood--68535035A Strategic Catastrophe

Episode 6

The 1938 Yellow River Flood was a deliberate act by the Chinese Nationalist government to halt the Japanese advance. This "scorched earth" tactic caused a catastrophic "long death" for hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians through drowning, famine, and disease, lasting nine years. It remains one of history's deadliest man-made environmental disasters.

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.


This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68535035Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:56:14 +0000truePulpular MediaA Strategic Catastrophe Episode 6 The 1938 Yellow River Flood was a deliberate act by the Chinese Nationalist government to halt the Japanese advance. This "scorched earth" tactic caused a catastrophic "long death" for hundreds of thousands of...A Strategic Catastrophe

Episode 6

The 1938 Yellow River Flood was a deliberate act by the Chinese Nationalist government to halt the Japanese advance. This "scorched earth" tactic caused a catastrophic "long death" for hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians through drowning, famine, and disease, lasting nine years. It remains one of history's deadliest man-made environmental disasters.

Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.


This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>3234false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1944-hartford-circus-fire--41272048
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
]]>gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Igk7Z4AJn5Khy6BW2Qhk6QVqZTXu3B3SQSFdMqxO9DAThu, 13 Aug 2020 18:54:42 +0000Pulpular MediaDetails of the tragic Hartford Circus Fire, 1944.
Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. 

We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.

If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!

For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.
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