The show didn’t want to pay him, but with a flaw like that, how did this not happen sooner? “Paul Michael Larson (May 10, 1949 – February 16, 1999) was an American contestant on the television game show Press Your Luck in 1984. Larson is notable for winning $110,237 (equivalent […]
The bodies on the frozen slopes are spread out in disarray, but what caused the panic? Some succumbed to the cold, but others have inexplicable injuries… “The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова) was an event in which nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between 1 […]
If you’ve ever played GTA you’ll know that getting a tank is pretty much the ultimate thing you can do. Well it turns out, getting one in real life plays out pretty similarly… “Shawn Timothy Nelson (August 21, 1959 – May 17, 1995) was an American plumber and U.S. Army […]
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 […]
Can you really steal an aircraft and fly it straight to the White House? No, but back in the seventies you could! They were better times… “On February 17, 1974, U.S. Army Private Robert K. Preston took off in a stolen Bell UH-1B Iroquois “Huey” helicopter from Tipton Field, Maryland, […]
A fascinating tale of deception, guilt and madness at sea. Unusually, it was all captured in logbooks and tapes, but the man behind them all disappeared forever. “Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times […]
We hear about “Stockholm Syndrome” a lot (despite it being a fairly rare condition, and not actually officially recognized as a disorder), but did you know the reason it’s called “Stockholm Syndrome” originates from a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden? “The Norrmalmstorg robbery was a bank robbery and hostage crisis […]
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It sounds like a bad dream – the nightclub is on fire and when you reach the exits, they’re locked. “The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours of 14 February (Valentine’s Day) 1981. Some 800 […]
We all love to see some instant karma. Here’s some terrorists trying to kill a bunch of people and getting their asses whooped. “The Glasgow Airport attack was a terrorist ramming attack which occurred on 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane […]
