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True Scary Stories
Read true scary stories and first-person accounts of frightening encounters, unexplained events and real moments that still resist an ordinary explanation.
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Researched reporting
Lake Nyos Disaster: The Night a Quiet Lake Released Death
Understand the Lake Nyos disaster through the 1986 carbon dioxide release, the science of a limnic eruption and the engineering response in…
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Researched reporting
Radium Girls: The Deadly Work Behind the Glowing Dials
Read the Radium Girls story through dial-painting work, internal radiation exposure, scientific evidence and the fight to recognise occupational disease.
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Researched reporting
Titanic Sinking: The Night Modern Confidence Met the Atlantic
Trace the Titanic sinking from the 1912 collision to lifeboat capacity, survivor testimony and the maritime safety response to more than 1,500…
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Researched reporting
Halifax Explosion: The Burning Ship That Shattered a City
Read the Halifax Explosion through the 1917 harbour collision, Mont-Blanc’s fire, Vincent Coleman’s warning and the communities devastated by the blast.
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Researched reporting
Hillsborough Disaster: The Crush and the Long Fight for Truth
Understand the Hillsborough disaster through the 97 victims, official findings that cleared supporters and the families’ long struggle for an accurate account.
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Researched reporting
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Morning the Sea Crossed Nations
Explore the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami through the Sumatra earthquake, the missing warning system, the enormous losses and the scientific lessons that…