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Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

By: Brad Choma
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Summary
 Doomsday is a history lesson that easily disguises itself as a horror story. We explore the most traumatic, bizarre and most awe-inspiring but largely unheard-of disasters from throughout human history and around the world including the science behind every disturbing detail. If you like shipwrecks, decapitations, things that melt, living blankets of insects and people screaming for their lives, Doomsday is the podcast for you.

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Episodes
  • DOOMSDAY AFTERMATH | The St Pierre Volcanic Bio-Swarm of 1902

    DOOMSDAY AFTERMATH | The St Pierre Volcanic Bio-Swarm of 1902
    Oct 26 2026
    Well hello, and welcome to Doomsday Aftermath! A remastered retrospective update-a-sode as requested by you, the listeners. Remastered? Oh yes. We are revisiting Episode 2: The St Pierre Volcanic Bio-Swarm of 1902, and I sound like I recorded it at a summer camp on a potato I science-faired into a microphone. Also, I sound like I left my car running outside and I have somewhere I needed to be. I was just young and inexperienced. There’s not much I can do about that, but I’ve cleaned up the audio, and plumbed my brain for all the behind-the-scenes details and memories.

    I want to thank you all for your on-going support and listenership. Very long story short, I invite you to share, rate, or review the show to help it grow, and with these Aftermath episodes – obviously they are free to all, but think of purchasing an episode as a cheap and cheerful way to throw a few bucks to help keep the show moving into the future. I’ve been saying it a lot this year, but there literally is no show with you. It’s been an incredibly tough year personally, and your support re-inflates me more than you could know.

    I hope you enjoyed this retrospective. If you made it this far, you’re a true fan. And for you, this show was brought you by Patreon Supporter BreAnne Watts, and on the next episode, I believe we will be revisiting Episode 33, The Byford Dolphin Disaster of 1983. Easily one of our goriest episodes. A new regular episode will be out before you know it, so until we meet again, take care, comb your hair, and we’ll talk soon.

    If you’re able and inclined and want to pay for a "tip cup" episode, they are also availabe at Patreon and BuyMeACoffee.



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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • The Batavia Shipwreck Disaster and Massacre of 1629 | Episode 114

    The Batavia Shipwreck Disaster and Massacre of 1629 | Episode 114
    Oct 20 2026
    Imagine being nearly Tetrised to death in the throes of a massive shipwreck. Now, imagine yourself sitting on a deserted island and watching as the remains of that ship are slowly beaten to death by the waves, and thinking “well, at least things can’t get any worse”. Then you meet the surviving crew and wonder if it’s too late to swim back to the wreck.On today’s episode: we’ll debunk the notion of the romance of life at sea by revealing why every famous mariner you ever heard of probably smelled like sun-baked sewage and ripe boils; we’ll discuss the only character in this show’s history that we’ve compared with Jim Jones, Machiavelli, and Charles Manson; and we’ll answer the age-old question, “how many people would you kill for a Klondike Bar”.And if you were listening to this on Patreon: I don’t know how many people died at your summer camp, but you would hear about the most insanely dangerous sleep away camp of all time; and you would hear the tale about a dire set of circumstances that led to the world record for the most people to be killed and eaten inside an area roughly the size of a school bus.If this were any other story, the instigating shipwreck would be an incredible disaster on its own. As it happens, I barely remember there was a shipwreck. Of all the stories we have covered, this is clearly going to be one of the most unhinged. Plus, you know my rule. If I’m telling you a story more than 400 years old, you know it has to be good. It’s lawless as hell, and the record keeping wasn’t great, but the drama is unstoppable. Until the end, when some people would die terribly in this dry run of the Lord of the Flies, while others would experience a little surgery with a hammer and chisel because of it. It is with no small amount of joy that I announce we will be adding a retrospective show called Doomsday Aftermath shortly that will allow you to re-experience early episodes with remastered audio, and a load of memories and behind-the-scenes stuff from the creation of that episode, and an update on what we’ve learned about the disaster itself since originally airing it.––––– THANK YOU. Most shows survive at the whim of production companies and corporate sponsors, built from the top down. Doomsday doesn’t exist because some network exec believes in it – it exists because actual people do. It's built from the bottom up, and it’s been my privilege to bring you these stories. Just you, me, and a microphone. I don’t do this for you, so much as I do this because of you. If you'd like to support the show at Buy Me A Coffee, or join the club over at Patreon for AD-FREE EPISODES, LONGER EPISODES, EXTRA CONTENT, all that good stuff All older episodes can be found on any of your favorite channels Apple : https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdw Spotify : https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuw IHeartRadio : https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5j Podchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w Stitcher : https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vw Google : https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxatt Spreaker : https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22su RadioPublic : https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kec PocketCasts. : https://pca.st/ef1165v3 CastBox : https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdr Breaker. : https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfayt Deezer. : https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwt Follow us on the socials for more Facebook : www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcast Instagram : www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcast Twitter : www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcast TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@doomsday.the.podcast Safety google off. We'll talk soon. And thanks for listening. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast--4866335/support.
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    57 mins
  • The Cadaver Synod Legal Disaster of 897 AD | Episode 113

    The Cadaver Synod Legal Disaster of 897 AD | Episode 113
    Sep 30 2026
    I read an awful lot so you don’t have to, so to save you some time, according to a book titled “Is Eating People Wrong”, it is. Well, on today’s story, I’m happy to say you won’t have to worry about cannibalism. There will be a body. And there will be some things that will happen to that body – the kind of stuff you wouldn’t wish on your grandmother, but no nibbling. Let me just say, this will be a very different kind of episode.On this episode: Welcome to our very first legal disastersode! We’ll see just how many people would have wanted to casually splork your freshly severed skull onto a pike during the medieval era; you will find out why Pope-Elects had the longevity of Spinal Tap drummers and what a complete bloodsport the early Papacy turned out to be; and if you thought putting a costume on a dog or cat was hard, you will find out how awkward and unwieldy it is to try and dress a half-desiccated corpse.And if you were listening to this on Patreon: You would learn about the long list of Popes that retired without putting out an autobiography, if you follow my meaning; you would hear about animals and insects that were convicted of everything from vandalism to manslaughter and publicly executed; and you would learn all the different kinds of legal alternatives paths medieval-you could opt for if you didn’t want to shell out for a lawyer.I don’t expect this episode to ruffle any feathers, but for those of your who adore the Pope, we are spending our time today looking at Popes that died, were murdered, murdered other Popes, got poisoned, got marooned, and otherwise met with an inglorious end. And two things. First, Pope on Pope violence was a real problem, and second, we’re always in the habit of ringing the church bell for victims of our story, as a way to honour or commemorate them. I didn’t count, but we ring the bell more times in this single episode than we probably do in a year under more fortuitous circumstances. I make the point, that coal miners had a safer job than early Popes.It is with the most luke-warm sadness that I tell you I’m no longer on Facebook or Instagram. The new Meta AI purged my account, so if you’d like to get in touch but could care less about social media, you can always find me at doomsdaypod@gmail.com. I may be slow to respond, but I’m honestly overjoyed by your letters. I hope you enjoy the show.P.S. Thank you to all who took part in our Kickstarter fundraiser. We achieved 165% of our funding goal and we couldn't have done it without you.––––– THANK YOU. Most shows survive at the whim of production companies and corporate sponsors, built from the top down. Doomsday doesn’t exist because some network exec believes in it – it exists because actual people do. It's built from the bottom up, and it’s been my privilege to bring you these stories. Just you, me, and a microphone. I don’t do this for you, so much as I do this because of you. If you'd like to support the show at Buy Me A Coffee, or join the club over at Patreon for AD-FREE EPISODES, LONGER EPISODES, EXTRA CONTENT, all that good stuff All older episodes can be found on any of your favorite channels Apple : https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdw Spotify : https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuw IHeartRadio : https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5j Podchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w Stitcher : https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vw Google : https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxatt Spreaker : https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22su RadioPublic : https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kec PocketCasts. : https://pca.st/ef1165v3 CastBox : https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdr Breaker. : https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfayt Deezer. : https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwt Follow us on the socials for more Facebook : www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcast Instagram : www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcast Twitter : www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcast TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@doomsday.the.podcast Safety google off. We'll talk soon. And thanks for listening. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast--4866335/support.
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    49 mins
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