Historic disasters in about a minute: what happened, why it happened, and what changed afterwards. Floods, explosions, fires and collapses, told from the record and with respect for the people who died.
Each episode is a Short of about a minute on our YouTube channel @MacabreChronicle. Its companion article on this site holds what a minute cannot: the sources, a timeline and a “Documented / Disputed” box.
What this series covers
- Industrial and urban disasters
- Explosions, fires and floods
- The investigations and reforms that followed
- The names of the people involved, not just the numbers
Episodes and articles
Oldest first. This list updates automatically as new episodes and articles are published. You can also browse the Disaster Minute archive, newest first.
Case pages
All case pages: Case pages index.
How we work
Every claim in this series is tied to a cited source. Read our Editorial Standards, and see the Corrections page for anything we have fixed.
More series in Dark History, Documented: Dark Medicine · Death Customs · Desperate Measures · Strange Justice.
