When It Goes Wrong

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  The Lost Franklin Expedition - Erebus and Terror 22.09.2026 1j 3min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing the lost Franklin expedition, where the ships Erebus and Terror set out in 1845 to find the Arctic North West passage, the ships would never return leading to a 150+ year mystery to figure out what happened. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. You ...
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  Radium Girls 31.07.2026 50min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing the Radium girls - who were women who worked in radium factories around the 1920s, they suffered horrible effects of radiation poisoning and fought for years to have their suffering recognised as caused by their working conditions. We will cover their afflictions and the court cases which followed and helped radically reform workplace laws. Please subscrib...
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  1967 Denali - Mount Mckinley Mountaineering Disaster - Part 2 16.06.2026 49min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing the 1967 mountaineering disaster on Denali - at the time called Mount Mckinley - where 7 climbers perished on the top slopes due to one of the worst blizzards in 100 years. It was one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in history. This is part 2 of 2. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgo...
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  1967 Denali - Mount Mckinley Mountaineering Disaster 10.06.2026 52min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing the 1967 mountaineering disaster on Denali - at the time called Mount Mckinley - where 7 climbers perished on the top slopes due to one of the worst blizzards in 100 years. It was one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in history. This is part 1 of 2. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on insta...
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  Angel Of Death - Harold Shipman 30.04.2026 1j 4min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing the crimes of Harold Shipman, a Hyde GP who over 30 years killed around 250 victims, mostly elderly women, by injecting them with diamorphine. We will cover his history, crimes and what this meant for the medical field. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoes...
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  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Coughing Cheating Scandal 10.03.2026 47min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be covering the so called coughing scandal, where Charles and Dianna Ingram were convicted of cheating when winning one million pounds on the TV game show, who wants to be a millionaire. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. You can buy me a coffee at: http...
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  Shackleton and the Endurance - Escape from Antarctica - Part 2 24.02.2026 45min

  *UPLOADED WITH PART 2! Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing Ernest Shackleton and his dramatic expedition to the Antarctic where he would be stranded along with his 27 crew members deep in the Weddell Sea and his attempts to get back to land. This is part 2 of 2. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrong...
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  Shackleton and the Endurance - Escape from Antarctica - Part 1 17.02.2026 44min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing Ernest Shackleton and his dramatic expedition to the Antarctic where he would be stranded along with his 27 crew members deep in the Weddell Sea and his attempts to get back to land. This is part 1 of 2. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at whenitgoeswrongpod@g...
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  Death by Mushroom 27.01.2026 51min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing death by mushroom, we will cover the recent Australia Leongatha Beef Wellington deaths by Erin Patterson, but we will also deep dive into mushrooms themselves - how do they kill, how common is it and how do we make sure not to eat one?! Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at...
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  The First Ascents of Everest - Mallory and Irvine 31.10.2023 50min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be heading back to Mount Everest and covering some of the first attempts at climbing it. We will cover Mallory's attempts in 1921, 1922 and the fateful trip in 1924 and then subsequent attempts before it was successfully climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpo...
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  Crush Disasters - Hillsborough and other Human Crushes - Part 2 15.08.2023 47min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering crush disasters - mainly Hillsborough where in 1989, 97 people were killed at a football game in Sheffield UK. We will then summarise some other crushes Astroworld where in 2021, 10 people were killed at a concert in Houston Texas and the Love Parade festival crush in Germany. This will be a 2 part series. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow t...
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  Crush Disasters - Hillsborough and other Human Crushes 08.08.2023 52min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering crush disasters - mainly Hillsborough where in 1989, 97 people were killed at a football game in Sheffield UK. We will then summarise some other crushes Astroworld where in 2021, 10 people were killed at a concert in Houston Texas and the Love Parade festival crush in Germany. This will be a 2 part series. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow ...
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  Submarine Disasters - Squalus and The Titan 11.07.2023 1j 5min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering submarines and submarine disasters including how they are rescued, we will cover the Squalus rescue from 1937 and the very recent OceanGate Titan disaster from June 2023. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: James Camerons Deepsea Chall...
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  127 Hours - Canyoning Disasters 18.04.2023 50min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering the story of Aron Ralston who got his arm stuck whilst canyoning in 2003. In order to free himself, we had to survive days in the desert before cutting his own arm off and getting to safety. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: https://...
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  Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster 07.03.2023 41min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering the story of the crash of the Challenger. The challenger was a space shuttle launch in 1986 which sadly exploded 76 seconds into flight in front of millions of people, killing all members of crew onboard. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: C...
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  Lost Deep In The Amazon Jungle 14.02.2023 44min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering the story of Yossi Ghinsberg who went with a group into the depths of the Amazon in 1981. 4 of them would go into the jungle but after several harrowing weeks, not all of them would make it out. 7. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: https:/...
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  Shipping Disasters - MS Estonia, TEV Wahine, MS Herald of Free Enterprise 17.01.2023 52min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be discussing some boat / shipping disasters. We will discuss the MS Estonia, a ferry which sank when crossing from Estonia to Sweden in 1994 and is one of the deadliest maritime disasters of all time, the TEV Wahine which sank in 1968 off the Wellington harbour and the MS Herald of the Free Enterprise, a car roll on, roll off ferry which capsized near Belgium in 1987.&nbs...
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  Deepwater Horizon - Oil Explosion Underwater 29.11.2022 47min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the Deepwater Horizon explosion. On the 20th of April 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon hit a series of issues which resulted in the rig exploding, killing 11 on board. It also resulted in the largest oil leak and spill in history which would take almost 5 months to contain and resulted in huge numbers of wildlife dying. Please subscribe and...
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  438 Days Lost At Sea 08.11.2022 41min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the case of Jose Salvador Alvarenga, a man whose boat was caught in a storm that resulted in him being adrift in the Pacific ocean for 438 days until he washed up on shore in the Marshall Islands. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected]. Sources: 4...
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  Schapelle Corby and the Bali 9 - Drug Smuggling 20.09.2022 37min

  Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two drug smuggling cases. First we will cover Schapelle Corby who was caught smuggling marijuana into Bali 2005, resulting in a life sentence. Then the Bali 9, where 9 people were convicted of smuggling heroin out of Indonesia, resulting in two members being put to death by firing squad. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @w...