In 2015, for a single day, the possession and use of over 100 drugs was completely legal in Ireland. But why? “The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984, Misuse of Drugs Act 2015 and the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 are the acts of […]
What happens when a big ol’ train runs rampant with no one to operate it? How do you stop it? And how the hell did this happen in the first place? Qxir answers all in this episode of ‘Tales From the Bottle’! “The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the […]
For this video we’re taking a trip down under the sea. And staying there… “The nuclear-powered Oscar-class submarine Kursk (Russian: Project 949A Антей Atomnaya Podvodnaya Lodka “Kursk” (APL “Kursk”)) sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, during the first major Russian naval exercise in more […]
What does high-impact claustrophobia look like? “The Moorgate tube crash occurred on 28 February 1975 at 8:46 am on the London Underground’s Northern City Line; 43 people died and 74 were injured after a train failed to stop at the line’s southern terminus, Moorgate station, and crashed into its end […]
From the script to the screen to reality; this is true horror. “On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, United States, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed three people on the ground and injured […]
Will a jet be destroyed when it crashes into the cable car system, or will it shear through the cable and destroy the cable car? Perhaps neither will survive the encounter? “The Cavalese cable car crash, also known as the Cermis massacre (Italian: Strage del Cermis), occurred on February 3, […]
Breaking world records is sometimes a dangerous endeavor, especially when you don’t take the necessary precautions… “Verrückt (German meaning “crazy” or “insane”, listen) was a water slide located at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City water park in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. At a height of 168 feet 7 inches (51.38 […]
It’s the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history – and there’s a picture from a passenger’s point of view. “Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (JAL123) was a scheduled domestic Japan Air Lines passenger flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Itami International Airport in Osaka. On August 12, 1985, the […]
This train driver’s carelessness cost many lives, but did he deserve the death penalty? “In the early morning of 27 February 2019, in Cairo’s main train station, Ramses Station, a locomotive hit the buffers at the end of the track at platform 6 at high speed, causing an explosion that […]
Methanol burns with an invisible flame, making accidents involving it absolutely terrifying. “Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). It is […]
