In the summer of 1966, the construction of the Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa didn’t go exactly to plan. A […]
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Episode 23.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Hartford Circus Fire
In 1805, a man bought an elephant in a bar. Little did he know, this would lead to a legacy […]
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Episode 22.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Jim Sullivan vs The UFO
Tell us if this sounds familiar: Popular in highschool, folk musician, disastrous ending. The 1960s weren’t kind to aspiring acoustic […]
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Episode 21.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Chernobyl’s Mental Health Fallout
Following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the threat of radiation was ubiquitous. While radiation took its toll physically, it took an […]
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Episode 19.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Le Mans 1955
The pinnacle of endurance motorsport is the 24 hours of Le Mans. In 1955, Mercedez had an excellent shot at […]
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Episode 18.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] GG Allin
Leigh tells us about a man named Jesus and raised under threat of death, with the graves dug in the […]
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Episode 16.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Killing Joke: Escaping the Apocalypse
Leigh’s favorite band has had their ups and downs. Aleister Crowley, the occult, magik, summoning bandmates using the dark arts, […]
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Episode 15.5: Tragedy Tuesday – The Smalls Lighthouse
If you’re looking to get away… from everything… consider taking a job as a wickie in a lighthouse. Come with […]
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Episode 14.5: Tragedy Tuesday – Cerebus the Aardvark
In 1977, Dave Sim created a new kind of comic book anti-hero: a three-foot-tall, bipedal, anthropomorphic aardvark. Over the course […]
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Episode 13.5: Tragedy Tuesday – Apollo One
The path to any great success is paved in failure… it’s about what you do in the face of that […]