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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 1d

This week's episode covers the loss of Air France Flight 296Q, which crashed during a demonstration flight in France in 1988, after being flown at an altitude of just thirty feet...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 4d

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Fascinating History @funhistorytales.bsky.social · 6d

My new video tells the story of John Darwin - a man better known as the canoe conman - who attempted to fake his own death in the early 2000s, but did so in one of the most comically inept ways possible...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 8d

In February, 1959, nine hikers died in a remote wilderness region of the USSR in a way that defied any rational explanation.

This week's video tells their story...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 10d

📅On this day in 1930, the revolutionary British R101 airship crashed to the ground and went up in flames.

It's been several years since I made my video about this particular ill-fated airship, but it's still one of my favourite stories. Here it is...

The R101: "Britain's Hindenburg" | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 5th of October, 1930, a passenger airship crashed to the ground and burst into flame, killing almost everyone on board..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this…

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 12d

For many years now severed human feet have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea. For a while it was a mystery... but we now think we know why...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 15d

Today's video is a brief history of the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan - the deadliest tunnel in the world...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 22d

This week's episode tells the story of Michael Hughes, a daring amateur stuntman who planned to fly to space in a homemade steam-powered rocket ship, but ultimately died when an early launch went wrong...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 22d

I have - in fact, I grew up seeing articles about the long aftermath of Hillsborough in the news. Definitely something I want to cover at some point, but there's a LOT of material to read on it first. Thanks for the nudge!

Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · 29d

In July, 2010, over a million people descended on the German city of Duisburg to attend a free dance music festival. For many of these people, however, the party would ultimately become a nightmare...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Sep 15

In the late 1800s deliberately crashing trains into one another was a somewhat common form of entertainment.

Here's a video I made a few years ago about one particular accident from that time...

The Crash at Crush | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/OKjH30rnpVA "On the 15th of September, 1896, around 40,000 people gathered in the temporary town of Crush in Texas..." As…

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Sep 12

Some old houses in England and Wales have a secret, hidden feature that was intended to save lives...

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Fascinating History @funhistorytales.bsky.social · Sep 11

This video tells the story of the Harvey's Hotel Resort bombing of 1980 - an absolutely LUDICROUS tale of revenge and incompetence that ultimately resulted in $18 million worth of damage...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Sep 9

In 2000, a prank on a US college campus resulted in the deaths of three people, and dozens of serious injuries. This week's video tells the story of the Boland Hall Fire...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Sep 6

On this day in 1992, a group of hunters on the Stampede Trail in Alaska discovered the body of Christopher McCandless.

It's one of the stranger stories I've ever covered on the channel. Here's the video I made about it a couple of years ago...

The Legacy of Christopher McCandless | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 6th of September, 1992, a group of hunters on the Stampede Trail near Healy in Alaska came across an abandoned city transit bus..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make…

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Sep 4

Over on my other channel this week, I cover the fascinating history of the Smoot...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Sep 2

This week's video covers the collapse of the Alexander Kielland oil platform, which took place in March, 1980, and resulted in the death of 123 workers...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 28

The making of the 1997 film Titanic was unmitigated chaos, and included injuries, arguments, a runaway budget and a deliberate mass poisoning...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 26

In 1998, pilots on board Swissair Flight 111 noticed a strange odour emanating from the air conditioning system. They thought little of it... not realising that this was the first sign of an unfolding, deadly disaster...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 22

A theme park in the Netherlands once boasted a slide which was completely underwater and required riders to hold their breath for twenty seconds...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Magdeburg Unicorn might just be the goofiest looking fossil reconstruction in history...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 19

On the 24th of November, 2006, the Kim family set off on a three-day roadtrip. Ten days later, after an extensive search, three of them would be found alive, and one dead...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 14

In 2013 London (briefly) had its very own death ray, which melted cars, bikes, a doormat and one very unlucky lemon...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 13

📅 On this day in 1981, Germany saw its worst EVER fairground disaster, when showman Norbert Witte steered a crane into a moving carousel.

Here's the video I made telling the full story...

Six Minutes Early, Seven Dead: The Hamburg Dom Skylab Disaster | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary tells the story of Germany's worst fairground disaster: the Hamburg Dom Skylab accident... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of…

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 12

In 1931 a summery day turned into a blizzard in a rural part of Colorado, stranding a school bus full of children. Though just minutes away from the nearest farm, they would remain stranded there for nearly two days, and at the cost of several lives...

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Fascinating Horror @fascinatinghorror.bsky.social · Aug 7

For a while now, I've been wanting to ramble about all the insane things Pepsi has done to try and sell more sugar water.

Now, finally, I've posted a video on my other channel covering my four favourite Pepsi shenanigans...

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