Doomed to Fail

We've said it before, and we'll say it again - divorce is an option. It's not great, people will be sad, kids will be traumatized, but it's WORSE to be the child of a murderer and not have a mom. Today, Farz tells us about how Helle Crafts's husband, Eastern Airlines pilot Richard Crafts, thought that the best way to keep sleeping with floight attendents would be to get rid of his wife, and her body. We won't spoil it here, but it's gross (not goopy though!). Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Episodes:Ep 7 - Part 1: Dorian Gray-t Expectations - Oscar Wilde's wild rideOscar Wilde’s wit, scandal, and downfall - the wild ride of one of literature’s sharpest voices. Ep 23 - Part 1: Our Lady of the Night - Mary ShelleyMary Shelley, teenage author of Frankenstein, inventor of science fiction, and survivor of endless tragedy. Ep 79 - Germany's love affair w/ 1st Nation culture: The story of Karl MayThe strange case of Karl May - Germany’s most popular writer who inspired a national obsession with the American West. Ep 97 - A Famous British Woman is Missing!!!: It's Agatha Christie this timeAgatha Christie disappears for eleven days, sparking a real-life mystery worthy of her novels. Ep 125 - Book Hunting in The Renaissance: Poggio BraccioliniPoggio Bracciolini, the humanist who scoured Europe’s monasteries to rescue lost classical texts. Ep 149 - The Fairytale Man: Hans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen, the oddball genius who gave us The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and more. Ep 152 - Grammar Nerds for the Ages: The Brothers GrimmThe Brothers Grimm weren’t just about fairytale - they were obsessed with cataloging language itself. Ep 153 - Silly Rhymes, Serious Messages: Dr. SeussDr. Seuss, beloved for his whimsical rhymes but deeply political at heart. Ep 174: We're men, we're men in tights (Tight tights!) - Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer, courtier and chronicler, and the bawdy brilliance of The Canterbury Tales. Ep 195: The men who wrote the Dictionary - Professor James Murray & Dr. W. C. MinorProfessor James Murray and Dr. W. C. Minor are unlikely partners who built the Oxford English Dictionary. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

It's 1976 - thousands of US Veterans in the American Foreign Legion meet up in Philly for a few days of meetings and camaraderie (and we assume not talking about trauma because it was the 70s). Staying at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, hundreds of men would get sick when they returned home, and over 30 would be dead in the next few days. What caused the Legionnaires (and some people who just walked by the hotel) to get sick? Send in the CDC (Rest in Power), shock your hot tub, and throw away your humidifiers for this medical mystery! Forensic Files - Season 1, Episode 7 - Legionnaires' Disease - Full Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5fh4opyUU8 Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Ep. 47: Doomed to fail species? The story of the passenger pigeonOnce the most abundant bird in North America, they darkened the skies in flocks of millions—until humans hunted them into extinction.Ep 179: A Friend Till The End & Beyond - HachikōThe dog who waited at a Tokyo train station every day for his owner, even years after the man had died.Ep 215: Nowhere to Echo - Whale EntrapmentWhen whales become trapped in icy waters, it’s a race between nature and human intervention to save them. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

What would you do if you accidentally threw away a fortune? In this episode, we dig into the story of James Howells — the IT worker who tossed out a hard drive holding thousands of Bitcoins, worth hundreds of millions of dollars today. From the rise of cryptocurrency to the landfill treasure hunt that captured global headlines, we explore how one mistake turned into one of the most expensive “oops” moments in history. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Ep 2 - Part 2: Nero: The Fiddling TyrantRome’s most infamous emperor, accused of burning his own city and fiddling while it fell into chaos.Ep 12 - Part 2: Ancient Sport Rivalries - The Nika RiotsWhat started as a sports rivalry in Constantinople exploded into a massacre, leaving thousands dead in the Hippodrome.Ep 38: Volcanoes Pt 1 - Mt. Toba's Echo: Journey into Earth's Cataclysmic PastA volcanic eruption so massive it nearly wiped out humanity. Prehistoric disaster at an unimaginable scale.Ep 42: Volcanoes Pt 2 - Time Capsule of Tragedy: Exploring Pompeii's Frozen HistoryWhen Vesuvius erupted, it destroyed—and preserved—an entire Roman city in a single day.Ep 62: Mother of the Antichrist - Nero's mum, Agrippina the YoungerNero’s mother, power-hungry and ruthless. Some called her the “Mother of the Antichrist.”Ep 101 - The Immortal Persian King: Cyrus The GreatThe Persian king who built one of the largest empires in history—and a legacy that still echoes today.Ep 105 - Examining the Great Thinker: SocratesThe philosopher who annoyed Athens so much, they put him on trial and made him drink poison.Ep 114 - The Olympics Pt 1 - Ancient Origins to Parisian PottiesFrom naked athletes to chamber-pot disasters in Paris, the Games have always been a little messy.Ep 122 - Fire & Brimstone: NostradamusThe mystic who saw plagues, prophecies, and maybe your TikTok feed centuries in advance.Ep 207: Hey Ladies!!! - SapphoThe original rock star poet of ancient Greece. Queer icon, lyrical genius, and survivor through fragments.Ep 216: Ancient Incendiaries - Greek FireA weapon so terrifying it burned on water. Byzantine napalm that changed naval warfare forever. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's go back to ancient warfare, shall we? We'll talk about all the things you can fill a clay pot with to throw at enemies—spikes, bees, boiling hot sand—use your imagination! Then, we will discuss the mysterious Byzantine weapon, Greek Fire. From a siphon, it could shoot white hot fire onto enemy ships, causing pain, devastation, and setting the water aflame. How Greek Fire was Used to Target Enemy Ships - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUgvYZ5UDkThe UnXplained: Greek Fire Is Every Sailor's Deadly NIGHTMARE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CvNL4k140What Do We Know about “Medieval Flame Throwers” Known as "Greek Fire"? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQt9nBh3ceM "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World" by Adrienne Mayor Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Ep 68 - You're Cleared for Disaster: The Tenerife Airport Crash of 1977 The world’s deadliest aviation disaster didn’t happen in the air—it happened on the runway. Two jumbo jets, thick fog, and a fatal misunderstanding.Ep 77 - Cloudy with a Chance of Terror: Cumulonimbus Towering thunderclouds that can tear planes apart. Pilots fear them, passengers don’t see them coming.Ep 80 - Stratospheric Secrets: SR-71's Classified History The fastest jet ever built, shrouded in Cold War secrecy. We peek inside its classified missions.Ep 90 - Echoes of the Sky: Amelia Earhart's Enduring Influence Her disappearance remains a mystery, but her influence on aviation—and women in flight—is undeniable.Ep 116 - Off by a Milli-something: How Tiny Mistakes Doomed Space Exploration The smallest measurement errors can doom billion-dollar space missions. The details will make you triple-check your math.Ep 138 - Touching the Face of God: Challenger A cold morning, ignored warnings, and a tragedy broadcast live. The shuttle disaster that changed NASA forever.Ep 140 - Foggy with a Chance of Disaster: When Planes Hit Buildings in NYC Before 9/11, there were still collisions. Fog, skyscrapers, and pilots flying blind.Ep 161: Flight to Oblivion - The Lockerbie Bombing A mid-air explosion over Scotland that became an international terrorism case.Ep 170: Another reason to fear flying - the Überlingen disaster Two jets collide over Germany in the dead of night—while air traffic control is running on skeleton staff.Ep 186: Flying the Skies above India & Breaking Barriers - Sarla Thukral India’s Amelia Earhart - Sarla broke barriers in pre-WWII India with the support of her husband, who died in a plane crash.Ep 190: Suicidal pilots: Germanwings Flight 9525 A pilot locks his co-pilot out of the cockpit. Minutes later, the plane is gone.Ep 192: A Scenic Crash in Antarctica - Air New Zealand Flight 901 A sightseeing trip over Antarctica turns deadly when whiteout conditions hide a mountain until it’s too late.Ep 205: Under Pressure - Japan Airlines Flight 123 The deadliest single-aircraft crash in history. A blown repair job and a crew fighting for control until the end. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's talk about whales, from what we do and do not know about mammals, to the incredible things that animals have to endure! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

The history of medicine is equal parts miracle and nightmare. These episodes prove it.Ep 98 - The Never-ending Story: Henrietta Lacks Her cancer cells were taken without her consent and became the most important cell line in medical research—changing science forever.Ep 135 - Useless Harbinger of Death?: The Appendix A tiny organ with no clear purpose… except when it tries to kill you. We explore its strange history and evolutionary mystery.Ep 141 - Look for The Helpers: Thalidomide Babies A “miracle drug” for morning sickness turns into a global tragedy, leaving thousands of children with severe birth defects.​​Ep 146 - Fatal Insomnia: New Fear Unlocked A rare genetic disorder where you stop sleeping—ever—until it kills you. New fear: unlocked.Ep 158: Frostbite and Forceps - Self Surgery in Antarctica A Soviet doctor gets appendicitis at the South Pole. The only available surgeon? Himself.Ep 162: Sugar Cubes for the Masses - The Polio Vaccine From iron lungs to sugar cubes, how science took on one of the 20th century’s most feared diseases.BONUS: Real Life Stories - Getting the Polio Vaccine with Taylor's Dad, Mark! A first-hand account from someone who was there when the sugar cube arrived.Ep 198: I'll take one of those! - Organ Transplants pt 1 The early days of transplant surgery—full of bold experiments, ethical dilemmas, and plenty of failures.Ep 201: The Living Market - Organ Transplants Pt 2 From black markets to life-saving breakthroughs, the complicated story of organ donation today.🎧 Listen now—just maybe not while eating lunch. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb - by James M. Scott - https://www.amazon.com/Black-Snow-Curtis-Firebombing-Atomic/dp/1324002999The Brutal Bombing of Tokyo 1945 | The Deadliest Bombing in History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-iS8ZQjr1cUnauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast - The Firebombing of Tokyo - Episode 416 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkWVi5s85lo Today, let's talk about Operation Meetinghouse - the overnight firebombing of Tokyo on March 9-10, 1945. USAAF General Curtis LeMay orchestrated hundreds of B-29 Superfortress bombers to bring thousands of pounds of incendiary bombs to Tokyo. He knew that he was targeting civilians, but believed this campaign of "terror bombing" would push Japan to surrender. It didn't. You know it didn't. The firebombing of Tokyo killed over 100,000 people, more people than the Atomic Bombs in their respective cities. Families burned to death in piles, people boiled to death in cisterns and rivers. It's a harrowing, awful story. Taylor cries. War is stupid. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Ep 27: Cruising through History: The Rise and Fall of the EdselFord’s flashy new car was supposed to be the future. Instead, it became the most famous flop in automotive history.Ep 33: Getting rich quick always works: The story of Charles Ponzi Before “Ponzi scheme” was a term, there was Ponzi himself—running the ultimate get-rich-quick con until it all collapsed.Ep 112 - Squeeze your Juice and have it too: Juicero A $400 juicer that couldn’t survive the realization you could squeeze the packets by hand. Peak Silicon Valley absurdity.Ep 128 - Cash, Check, or COD?: The PayPal Mafia - Part 1 From scrappy startup to online payments giant, the early PayPal crew would go on to run the tech world. But first, chaos.Ep 131 - Titans of Tech: The PayPal Mafia - Part 2 Power struggles, big buyouts, and billion-dollar egos. The PayPal story only gets messier.Ep 133 - Revenge: The PayPal Mafia - Part 3 The alumni club that went on to shape modern tech—for better, worse, and everything in between.Ep 137 - Birds of a Feather, Stolen Together: Edwin Rist A prodigy flutist who pulled off one of the strangest heists in history: stealing rare bird skins for fly-tying fanatics.Ep 193: How fast can this go? Più veloce!! - Enzo FerrariFast cars, fiery temper, and a brand built on speed and spectacle. Ferrari’s legacy isn’t all shiny red paint.Ep 199: Missed the "Mark" to Market Accounting - Enron Cooking the books with “mark-to-market” accounting until the entire house of cards collapsed in scandal.Ep 210: Do Whatever You Want!! - Action Park, New Jersey The most dangerous amusement park in America. When the business model is “let them get hurt,” lawsuits are inevitable.🎧 Stream these cautionary tales wherever you get your podcasts. Preferably not while investing in questionable startups. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, in good news, Farz tells the story of San Antonio's kindest philanthropist, Gordon Hartman! Gordon created Morgan's Wonderland - an amusement park that makes attending amusement parks possible for people with disabilities. We'll talk about the mission of the park, the cool rides they created to make sure that everyone can ride safely. Learn even more at https://morgans.org/ Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

When people go wrong, the spotlight melts them faster. These episodes explore crimes, courtroom chaos, PR disasters, and unforgettable headlines.Ep 10 Part 1 – OJ & Nicole SimpsonA brutal double murder, a televised Bronco chase, and the most infamous trial of the 20th century. Whether he did it or if he did it—America was never the same.Ep 18 - Part 1: BFFs Gone Wrong - Bernie Tiede A friendly funeral director in a small Texas town becomes a beloved companion… and then a murderer. But the town still kind of loves him?Ep 18 - Part 2: Our Favorite Demon Hunters - Ed & Lorraine WarrenAre they paranormal pioneers or con artists with crucifixes? We dive into the legends—and lawsuits—of America’s most famous demonologists.Ep 24 - Part 1: Impossible that she did it, Impossible that she DIDN'T do it - Lizzie BordenShe definitely didn’t do it. Or she definitely did. Either way, she changed true crime forever.Ep 36: Bruiser Brody: Beyond the Ring - Unraveling the Legend of Wrestling's WildmanA pro wrestling legend murdered in the locker room. Was it a beef gone bad—or a cover-up by the wrestling world?Ep 155: Don't go chasing waterfalls in Honduras - Lisa Left Eye LopesFrom platinum hits to house fires to waterfalls, Left Eye lived—and died—on her own chaotic terms.Ep 165: Hot Coffee Comin' Up - Poor Stella LiebeckA spilled cup of McDonald's coffee became the most misunderstood lawsuit in America. Here’s what really happened.Ep 168: Everybody's Baby - Baby Jessica & her WellA toddler trapped in a well for over two days. The whole country held its breath—and the cameras kept rolling.Ep 175: Just stop watching award shows - Psychology of celebrity obsessionWhy do we care so much about famous people? Parasocial relationships, public meltdowns, and what award shows reveal about us.Ep 189: The worst/best time making a movie - The Island of Dr. MoreauThe behind-the-scenes meltdown of this film is more unhinged than anything in the movie. Brando, Kilmer, and chaos in the jungle.Ep 197: Gotta Have High Hopes - The DeFeo FamilyBefore The Amityville Horror, there was the real-life massacre. One night. Six dead. One son who claimed he heard voices.Ep 203: Couple Breaks in the chain! - Hands Across AmericaAn attempt to form a human chain across the U.S. to fight poverty. Cue: confusion, sunburns, and a lot of people standing alone in fields.Ep 206: Our new departure time is in 18 years - Mehran Karimi NasseriHe lived in an airport for 18 years. His story inspired The Terminal, but the real tale is stranger, sadder, and more bureaucratic. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's go back to a time when trains weren't automated and there was A LOT of room for human error. We talk about the 'Swiss Cheese Model' of disasters all the time and this is a classic case. Late trains, overcrowded passenger cars, neglecting to look at a log book, having the "go" sign up when it should have been "stop" - this case has it all. We'll also talk about how the story was lost in the ends of WWI and the Jim Crow south. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

From molasses tsunamis to space shuttle tragedies, here are some of history’s most infamous engineering disasters.Ep 20 - Part 2: Oh The Humanity!!! - The HindenburgA luxury airship explodes mid-air in front of a live radio broadcast. Hydrogen, hubris, and horrific design come together in one fiery crash.Ep 26 - Part 1: Under Pressure - The Byford Dolphin & The Titan SubmersibleWhat happens when pressurization systems fail under extreme ocean depths? People don’t just die—they implode.Ep 61: Engineering Disasters Part 1 - The 1981 Kansas City Hyatt Skywalk CollapseTwo walkways, a design shortcut, and one horrific ballroom disaster. A case study in load-bearing failure and engineering denial.Ep 65 - Engineering Disasters Part 2: Tragedy in BhopalA leak at a pesticide plant in India became one of the worst industrial disasters in history—with long-term effects still felt today.Ep 69 - Click in and Buckle up: Roller Coaster AccidentsWhen thrill rides go wrong, it’s never a fun ending. We ride through the history of bolts, brakes, and very bad decisionsEp 72 - Shopping for Disaster - The Sampoong Department Store CollapseA luxury mall built on shaky shortcuts. Spoiler: it literally collapses during a shopping day.Ep 93 - Disaster at Shift's End: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FireLocked doors. No fire escapes. Young women burned alive while trying to flee. A disaster that sparked labor reform—at a horrific cost.Ep 96 - Doomed to Sink: The Olympic Class Ships of The White Star LineThe Titanic wasn’t the only one. The whole fleet was a floating disaster factory, with design flaws and bad luck baked in.Ep 126 - A Sticky Situation: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919Yes, a 15-foot wave of molasses tore through Boston’s North End. It sounds funny—until you realize how many people it drowned.Ep 132 - Swimming in the Sub-Basement: The Great Chicago Flood of 1992A forgotten utility tunnel, a slow leak, and a very flooded downtown. Oops.Ep 130 - Come One, Come All!: The Hammond Circus Train WreckTwo trains, one sleepy engineer, and a whole circus trapped in a fireball. This one’s as tragic as it is surreal.Ep 138 - Touching the Face of God: ChallengerA cold morning. A rushed schedule. And an o-ring failure that broke the world’s heart on live TV.Ep 156: We chased waterfalls - Niagara FallsHumans have tried to harness the power of the falls—and sometimes failed very dramatically.Ep 167: Blood on the Water - The USS IndianapolisA secret mission ends in disaster when the ship is torpedoed—and sharks move in. A haunting failure of communication and rescue.Ep 200: Disaster on the Graveyard Shift - ChernobylA test gone wrong leads to the worst nuclear disaster in history. A chilling lesson in human error and systemic denial.Ep 202: Ok Place, Totally Wrong Time - Not so Lucky Dragon #5A Japanese fishing boat sails into a U.S. nuclear test site—without knowing it. The fallout changes lives and policy.Ep 210: Do Whatever You Want!! - Action Park, New JerseyThe most dangerous theme park in America. Rides with no rules, employees with no training, and patrons with no idea what’s coming. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Post WWII, where did all the Rocket Scientists go? Specifically, where did all the GERMAN Rocket Scientests go? Essentially, they went to the highest bidder; some, like Werner von Braun, went to the US, and others went to Russia. Today, we'll tell the story of the race to get a bigger and better ICBM - and how, in a rush to show strength, an undetermined number of people were reduced to ash in The Nedelin Catastrophe. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Traditionally, the Middle Ages (which is easier to spell) is the time from the 5th century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. We could also pull it a little later into the birth of the Renaissance, and we might as well bookend this with the Mona Lisa.The space between the Nika Riots and the Mona Lisa is about 1000 years, and a lot happened.🏛 Early Medieval (c. 500–1000 CE)532 - The Nika Riots: In Constantinople, under Emperor Justinian, what starts as a sports riot turns into a full-blown class riot with many people being hacked to death in the hippodrome. It’s a bloody start to this brutal time period.Ep 12 - Part 2: Ancient Sport Rivalries - The Nika Riots890 - Olga of Kiev Born: The future Saint Olga doesn’t suffer fools—or murderers. She’ll go on to take spectacular revenge for her husband's death with fire, pit traps, and a touch of mass slaughter.Ep 129 - Mother of Sparrows: The Vengeance of Saint Olga of Kiev🏰 High Medieval (c. 1000–1300 CE)1066 - Battle of Hastings: William the Bastard becomes William the Conqueror by crushing the Anglo-Saxons. Spoiler: there’s a lot of eye-stabbing and arrow-to-the-face action.Ep 39: "I'm Alive!": William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings1078 - Construction begins on The Tower of London (by William the Conqueror): Built by William to intimidate Londoners, the Tower goes on to be a prison, zoo, and execution site. It’s the most iconic “doomed to fail” Airbnb of all time.Ep 157: Beheading the Myths - The Tower of LondonLet’s pop in to talk about executions here! The racks, the spikes, the dungeons - imagine Robin Hood Prince of Thieves + The Princess Bride. Ep 154: Off With Their Heads! - Medieval Executioners🕯 Late Medieval (c. 1300–1500 CE)1343 - Geoffrey Chaucer Born: The father of English literature will write The Canterbury Tales, packed with horny nuns, fart jokes, and death. Middle English never sounded so messy.Ep 174: We're men, we're men in tights (Tight tights!) - Geoffrey Chaucer 1380 - Poggio Bracciolini Born: This book-hunting humanist saves ancient texts from oblivion—right before Europe burns them again. A hero of the Renaissance, with a side of spicy gossip.Ep 125 - Book Hunting in The Renaissance: Poggio Bracciolini1381 - Peasants’ Revolt: Fed up with taxes and plague-era inequality, English peasants rise up and nearly overthrow the king. It ends, of course, with heads on pikes.Ep 172: What do you mean I can't wear drip? The Peasants' Revolt 1393 - A fiery mistake at the Ball: When the king of France and his friends dress up as “wild men” with flammable costumes, one torch turns the party into a deadly inferno.Ep 102 - The Fatal Masquerade: Bal des Ardents 1410 - First Battle of Jan Žižka: Blind in one eye and armed with war wagons, Žižka kicks off a string of battles that make him one of the only undefeated generals in history.Ep 22 - Part 2: Czech this guy out - Medieval General Jan Žižka 1496 - The Guanches Defeated: The last resistance of the Indigenous Guanches of the Canary Islands is crushed by the Spanish, marking an early and bloody step in European imperialism.Ep 70 - The People of Tenerife - The Lost Civilization of The Guanches🌅 Medieval-to-Renaissance Cusp (c. 1500–1517)1503 - Nostradamus Born: He’s born during plagues and portents—and grows up to write cryptic rhymes that somehow predict everything from Hitler to TikTok (allegedly).Ep 122 - Fire & Brimstone: Nostradamus1503 - Mona Lisa Started: Leonardo da Vinci begins painting a mysterious woman with an even more mysterious smile. Centuries later, we still can’t stop staring.Ep 85 - Mona Lisa's Journey: From Workshop to World IconTake a listen, and let us know what you think! [email protected]! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Oh, the sweet simplicity of an unregulated water park in the 1980s! You 100% would get injured, you might die, but you'd have an awesome time. Let's discuss Gene Mulvihill and his obsession with creating bigger, better, more dangerous water park attractions! We'll dig into the details and the danger. Strap in (actually, there are no straps, so just hang on) for a wild ride!Sources:Calss Action Park - https://www.classactionpark.com/Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement ParkBy Andy Mulvihill and Jake Rossen - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/action-park-fast-times-wild-rides-and-the-untold-story-of-americas-most-dangerous-amusement-park_jake-rossen_andy-mulvihill/23943413/?#edition=25571824&idiq=43605203 Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's dive into the history between Iran, Israel, and Iraq. You probably won't be surprised to know that there has been conflict in the Middle East as long as there have been humans. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

For our last story for Pride Month, let's talk about Harvey Milk. Harvey was only in politics for a few years but he was groundbreaking in that he was an out gay man who encouraged others to also come out and share who they are. We'll cover Harvey's early life in NY, his time in the Navy, and what ultimately led him to Castro Street in San Francisco! Source - The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life & Times of Harvey Milkhttps://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-mayor-of-castro-street-the-life-and-times-of-harvey-milk_randy-shilts/279686/? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

To continue our look at LGBTQ+ history let's talk about Sappho! While we cannot put modern definitions onto ancient people, we do assume that Sappho had relationships with women based on her love poems to women. She ran a school for women on the isle of Lesbos (you get it) and we are still discovering fragments of her work! Join us as Taylor reads Farz a love poem, and he says 'Sorry, I zoned out. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's talk about the true story behind the movie 'The Terminal' it's not nearly as romantic IRL! Mehran Karimi Nasseri was trying to get to the UK from Iran when some paperwork needed to be filled out in France... and he just, didn't do it. For 18 years. If you're like anyone else in the world, you hate being at the airport overnight - so this is actually a tragedy of mental illness and less of a bureaucratic nightmare. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Have I said before that I think that we think that talking about plane crashes would just make our deaths in one TOO ironic? So this is saving our lives. Let's talk about the horror of the short trip that was Japan Airlines Flight 123 - A fully filled, gigantic plane with over 500 people- that lost control 12 minutes into the flight, then they wobbled around in the sky for THIRTY MINUTES before crashing. Learn more about this horrible tragedy with us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today we dive into the oft-requested story of the dueling, opera singing, bi-sexual Julie d'Aubigny! We'll tell the tale of her remarkable life, from a court mistress, to dueling on the streets of Paris, to burning the body of a nun to run away with her girlfriend! Lots of twists in this one! Happy Pride! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, we dig into the 80s culture of celebrity charity work! From Live Aid to 'We Are the World', we started a trend where massive movements were spearheaded by celebrities. USA for Africa, the organization responsible for We Are the World & Hands Across America, stands for 'United Support of Artists for Africa' (we wouldn't have guessed that, because it makes no sense).What IS Hands Across America, you ask? It's exactly what you sound like, a human chain of people holding hands, for 15 mins, for $10 a person. It did end up raising money to fight hunger in America - it did not cover the entire country. Taylor argues that people in the pictures are standing WAY too close together - you need to be outstretched hand to outstretched hand, and they could have doubled their mileage. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's talk about the unlucky crew of the Tuna Fishing ship Lucky Dragon #5. Thousands of miles from Japan, the crew was laying lines when the US tested its Castle Bravo nuclear bomb in Bikini Atoll. The Lucky Dragon was well within the 'Safety Zone,' which we know is not a thing. They ended up trudging back to Japan, only to slowly succumb to all the radiation they experienced. We ALSO talk about Hisashi Ouchi, who was hit with the largest dose of radiation in history in the Tokaimura nuclear accident. Asking for a friend, why is nuclear power super safe? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today we travel to the darker side of organ transplants - when demand is greater than supply, that creates a market, right? Well, yes, but also this time people have to be cut open. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's talk about the most expensive disaster of all time! The meltdown at Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. A safety test that was anything but 'routine' ended in an explosion of radioactive material, and everything became poison. We'll talk about the USSR, Nuclear Power, the disaster itself, and the aftermath. This is episode 200!! We are so excited to have gotten this far, thank you so much for listening!! Sources:The Chernobyl Disaster [Ben Fogle] - Parts 1-3 (Documentary 2022) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsr3vxsgjnA'This is my home': Life inside Chernobyl’s exclusion zone | VOANews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MokT_Y0YDhwChernobyl: Flourishing lives in the dead zone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYxO7iGO6b0Chernobyl mini series - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/?ref_=ttch_ov_iMidnight in Chernobyl / Adam Higgenbotham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_in_ChernobylChernobyl: Minute by Minute | Full Film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGw3kRGX35sInside Chernobyl's Abandoned Ghost Town | Pripyat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_3DFTm8ioAFrequently Asked Chernobyl Questions - https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/chernobyl/faqsExploring Chernobyl: A Stalker's Unseen Journey Inside The Exclusion Zone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-ef7wi_TQThe Elephant's Foot - Corpse of Chernobyl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIWu8rbWLGo Cary Elwes's memoir, As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Sources - Movie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron:_The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_RoomBook - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room_(book) For this episode, Taylor got to read the book behind her favorite documentary of all time - 2005's "The Smartest Guys in the Room" - That's right, liars and grifters, we're stuffing money in offshore accounts and shredding the paperwork - we're talking Enron!!! From the meteoric rise of "The World's Leading Company" (whatever that means!) to stock prices tumbling and eventually jail time, this is such an interesting and multi-layered story! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, in part 1 of Organ Donations, we talk about the history and the rules behind giving someone your organs. It does get a little gross when we learn that lungs come apart into 'lobes' but it's probably still a good thing to know! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, we talk about the incident before the horror in Amityville, Long Island. 23-year-old Ronnie DeFeo murdered his entire family, parents, and four siblings, at 3:15 in the morning. He shot them in their beds while they were sleeping, then he took a bath and went to work. Ronnie would later claim it was a demon, and the grifters who moved in later would say the house was haunted. Lots of great content ensued. We'll talk about what happened to the DeFeo family, some conspiracies, the aftermath, and some dashed 'high hopes.' Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Consider, of course, the definition of 'doomed.' In 1846, several families left the Midwest in pursuit of the California Dream. Eventually, George Donner would be named their leader, and they would follow the Hastings Cutoff for a quick shortcut west. The rest is history. Of the 87 travelers, 48 will survive, mostly women & children. All will encounter incredible hunger, fear, and destitution before they reach California. Join us as we tell the stories of these families who risked everything for a better life. (There is also cannibalism, don't worry.) The Indifferent Stars Above Daniel James Brownhttps://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-indifferent-stars-above-the-harrowing-saga-of-a-donner-party-bride_daniel-james-brown/352874/item/10276420/?Last Podcast on the Lefthttps://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-331-the-donner-party-part-i-salt-of-the-earth/id437299706?i=1000419328989petticoatsandpistols.comwestfield-chorustrust.orgdonnerpartydiary.com Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Why not do a Friday Re-release!?! Let's take a break from the horrors IRL and talk about The Mary Celeste and the MV Joyita - two ships found drifting with no people... where did the people go?? Bonus bonus - you shoud watch the movie 'Ghost Ship' from 2002Bonus bonus bonus - Gabriel Byrne played Professor Bhaer in 1994's "Little Women"???? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Grab your forks, friends - we're having cake! Today, we re-release Taylor's episode on our dear Marie Antoinette. Yes, we hold her dear - she was just a kid put in a ridiculous situation, YES, she cosplayed being poor, YES, she was addicted to gambling. BUT she was also a good mother.Bonus - there's a time slip in this episode that we LOVE. In the Moberly–Jourdain incident, two teachers in 1911 saw Marie at her cottage, where she shouldn't have been (since it was 1911). Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

It's a re-release! Let's revisit Episode 45, where we talked about the financial crisis of 2008—what do you remember? Taylor worked at a hedge fund, and she remembers the yearly 'work trip' moving from the Bahamas to..... the Hamptons.How did we get there, and what can we learn from the experience? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today Taylor tells the story of "The Professor and the Madman" - how the Oxford English Dictionary was created in the late 1800s. Professor James Murray took up the almost impossible task of cataloging the entire English Language, and asked for the public's help. One volunteer sent in over 10k definitions (which all include quotes and several references) - his return address was the Insane Asylum at Broadmore. Was he a Dr. or a patient?? SourcesThe professsor and the madman - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-professor-and-the-madman_simon-winchester/248697/item/5257676/? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Discover the rich history of the Papal States and the evolution of the Catholic Church in our latest episode! Learn about the intriguing interplay between politics and faith from Jesus to Napoleon. Don’t miss out on this deep dive into history! #PapalStates #CatholicChurch #HistoryPodcast Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPod We would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected]

Let's talk fast cars and family rivalries! Today, we talk through the Ferrari and Lamborghini families, and how their patriarchs worked to have the fastest engine available, and not necessarily the coolest looking car. I think that just happened to happen! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Join us for the sad tale of Air New Zealand's flight 901 that crashed in Antarctica in 1979. But first we need a little bit of context and we revisit several Doomed to Fail Episodes: The Franklin Expedition Ep 58Volcanoes - between 38 and 71Antarctica - Ep 158Mt. Everest - Ep 95 Then we get to the story of the trip, which sounds amazing until it isn't. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

This is the incredible story of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II! We'll talk a little about the history of the Navajo and how the United States really wanted them to forget their heritage, and especially their language. Navajo children were sent to boarding schools and forced to learn English, so much so that they were punished if they spoke any of their native language at school. Of course, they still spoke Navajo (an extremely complex language that you have to learn from birth or you have no chance) at home. Forward to WWII, the US needed a truly unbreakable code for its invasion of Japan. 29 Navajo men were recruited into the Marines to create the Navajo Code. They used their words (like potato for grenade), plus a Navajo word for every letter of the English alphabet—creating a 400+ word code that truly was never once cracked!Learn more with us! Sources:Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two - Joseph Bruchac - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/code-talker-a-novel-about-the-navajo-marines-of-world-war-two_joseph-bruchac/246548/item/3819967/? Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII - Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila - https://www.amazon.com/Code-Talker-Memoir-Original-Talkers/dp/0425247856/Who Were the Navajo Code Talkers? - James Buckley, Jr, - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537742/who-were-the-navajo-code-talkers-by-james-buckley-jr-illustrated-by-gregory-copeland/ Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

At this point, maybe if we talk about plane crashes enough, the irony would be TOO intense if we actually died in one! Let's go back 10 years to March 2015, when Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz was absolutely not in the right headspace to fly a plane. We dig into the mental health of pilots, why some of them don't get help, and why those who do are stigmatized. Andreas, for example, was on a new medication, coupled with his history of depression, he took over the cockpit and crashed Germanwings flight 9525 on purpose. It's awful. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Farz started this episode with, "I don't know if people are going to be interested in this!" and then proceeded to tell the most hilarious and interesting story! In loving memory of Val Kilmer, Farz walks us through the insane 1996 production of "The Island of Dr. Moreau." From Val being the worst to the director disguising himself as an extra to whatever the hell Marlon Brandon was doing --- it's a wild ride! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, Taylor talks us through the story of Grafton, NH, and the "Free Town Project." Grafton, like much of New England, has been home to Black Bears for thousands of years (maybe longer? We're not Bear Historians). The Abenaki people hunted them and lived with them. The Europeans almost hunted them to extinction, but with some new regulations, the population revivedJoin us now in Grafton, where a gaggle of Libertarians moved in the early 2000s, looking for a life of freedom from taxation and government meddling; Live Free or Die is the state motto, after all! The folks in Grafton, however, took it a smidge too far; there was no fire department, no public works, and especially no rules on what you could do with your trash or how many bears you could feed.A utopia, it was not. Sources:https://www.fsp.org/move-to-nhHow a New Hampshire libertarian utopia was foiled by bears - https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetlingLibertarians Took Control of This Small Town. It Didn’t End Well. - https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/30/libertarians-took-control-of-this-small-town-it-didnt-end-well/A Libertarian walks into a bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-libertarian-walks-into-a-bear-the-utopian-plot-to-liberate-an-american-town-and-some-bears_matthew-hongoltz-hetling/25841331/item/45727529/? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

In our latest episode, we dissect the failures of the mental health system in America. With insights from experts and historical context, we explore how we got here and what can be done to make a change. Don't miss it! #MentalHealthReform #DoomedToFailToday we talk about the history of Mental Aslymns in the context of Ezra Klein's new book, Abundance. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, we close out Women's History month with the story of Sarla Thakral - who received her pilot's license in 1936 and was one of the first women pilots in India. Today, the average number of women pilots in India is double the global average! We'll learn about the support Sarla got from her husband, his tragic death, and her second act as an accomplished fashion designer! https://vivchavan.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/indias-first-women-in-air-indias-first-lady-pilot-sarla-thakral/ Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

We love science projects & women in STEM! Today, we're talking about a winner, Dr. Valerie L. Thomas and her contributions to science while working at NASA. Dr. Thomas broke all the barriers to lead some incredible projects. One, the Landsat Satellite Program, starting in the 1970s is still in operation taking pictures today (We're at Landsat 9), and her work with mirrors and 3D images with her 'Illusion Transmitter' is a huge part of modern 3D imaging! Learn more with us! #science Sources:https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/Helping Build the Internet: Valerie Thomas | Great Minds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE3QJvglfqI&t=16sThe Boys' First Book of Radio and Electronics - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-boys-first-book-of-radio-and-electronics/8710728/item/33556913/BHM Valerie Thomas Black History Month - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWSobWz7ZNw Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

We've all heard how Adolf Hitler was rejected from art school... today we'll dive into the details, how being a poor non-student in Vienna led him to the back rooms of rebellion - and eventually to the horrors of WWII. Did you know that Pol Pot of Cambodia was similarly rejected by the Paris elite while in college? Also, Stalin was rejected by the Church and kicked out of the seminary. Would history have been the same if these guys had found a more productive outlet in their 20s??? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

In the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter, a mansion stood as a symbol of wealth and prestige—until its horrifying secrets were exposed. Madame Delphine LaLaurie was a socialite, a woman of influence, and a monster lurking behind the grandeur. What truly happened inside her infamous home? Was she a sadistic torturer, or has history twisted her tale into something even darker?Join us as we unravel the gruesome truth, the legends, and the unanswered questions surrounding one of America's most infamous women.🔪 History, horror, and hauntings collide in this chilling episode! 🔪 Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Now, let's talk about a hero of WWII! Virginia Hall was an American woman who wanted to work in Europe, specifically France, to help the French Resistance stop the Nazis from taking over. Unfortunately, two things - she was a woman, and they only allowed women to type, and she shot her own leg off while hanging out with friends in Turkey. Well, if the US didn't want her, the Brits would take her - Virginia joined the SOE (spies!) and spent 15 months in France, messing with the Nazis, getting a huge group of supporters together -- and sharing everything with the UK! Until she had to walk over a mountain range in the winter with her fake leg! Don't worry, as soon as she could, she switched to the OSS and went BACK to France! Learn about our hero, the Limping Lady of Lyon, Virginia Hall - with us today! SourceA Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War IIBy Sonia Purnellhttps://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-woman-of-no-importance-the-untold-story-of-the-american-spy-who-helped-win-world-war-ii_sonia-purnell/19683753/#edition=20899604&idiq=42316009 Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected]