Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

This week, Cody's future is uncertain, Melanie is more German than expected, Brianne doesn't want to stay the night, and we hear the stories of some good boys and girls. Content warnings: pet loss throughout episode, pets and humans in SAR situations, including 9/11.

This week, Brianne is a reluctant snake advocate, the Reuben finally gets the exit it deserved all along, Melanie is bringing a delicious and trustworthy muffuletta, the US Military is roughly the size of a barge, Rock Lobster breaks down walls, and Subaru execs buy gay yachts. Content warnings: snakes, homophobia ranging from subtle to murderous, homophobic slurs, beating deaths, 35:00-41:25 and 50:20-52:30 have particularly graphic descriptions of violence and resulting injuries, 54:00-56:00 discusses rape and resulting suicide.

This week, Melanie is a tour guide on the River Styx, we identify our gas station item love languages, we are old-timey brakemen, Melanie gets rammed, rollercoaster ghosts live on in original flooring, , the mayor and only the mayor cares, Walt Disney has a bad day, we get new nicknames, and Brianne has seen enough. Content warnings: death of a parent, hospice, cancer, rollercoaster derailment, injuries, brief and non-specific mention of suicide, brief graphic description of scalp injury, deaths of teenagers Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_coaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_roller_coaster https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43186453/dorney-scenic-railway-accident/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/274669129/?terms=dorney%20park%20scenic%20railway&match=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGsEZJThMs https://rcdb.com/2862.htm https://www.newspapers.com/image/274616367/?terms=dorney%20park%20scenic%20railway&match=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderhawk_(Dorney_Park) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48286643/the-morning-call/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/279400864/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/159750855/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/279409019/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/274860142/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1 https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2991&context=studentwork https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/matterhorn-ride-deaths-disneyland-fatal-accidents-16285220.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn_Bobsleds https://www.newspapers.com/image/705454591/?terms=mark%20maples%20disneyland&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/705453792/?terms=mark%20maples%20disneyland&match=1

This week, we reach climax, Heather is probably banging, Brianne is willing to lecture anyone at all, Melanie plays a reverse Uno card, we're tired of groaning and creaking, Melanie is gonna get her wets whisked, and we are sexy vampires. Content warnings: Structural collapse with fatalities, death/injury of teenagers, coma, serious injuries. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Aggie_Bonfire_collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggie_Bonfire https://web.archive.org/web/20070826164127/http://traditions.tamu.edu/new/index.php?q=traditions https://www.newspapers.com/image/760122278/?terms=Aggie%20bonfire%20collapse&match=1 https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2019/11/12/the-13th-man-revisits-1999-texas-am-bonfire-collapse/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-aggie-bonfire-tragedy/ https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-133.pdf https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/before-tragedy-texas-ams-bonfire-tradition-withstood-test-of-time https://www.deseret.com/2000/5/3/19558527/causes-of-fatal-bonfire-collapse-detailed https://myaggienation.com/archive/bonfire-lawsuit-settled/article_9b56ce78-f3c1-11e2-8b9a-001a4bcf887a.html#:~:text=A%20%242.1%20million%20settlement%20was,the%20funds%20would%20be%20disbursed. https://bonfire.tamu.edu/memorial/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bx_uQ7S790 https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/remembrance/bonfire-memorial/index.html https://www.overlandpartners.com/projects/atm-bonfire-memorial/ https://bonfire.tamu.edu/memorialdesign/ https://www.studentbonfire.com/ https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/13th-Man-John-Comstock-reflects-on-20th-anniversary-of-bonfire-collapse-565091942.html

This week, Melanie curates a playlist, Brianne has cheese-based anxiety, Melanie is still on her normalization bullshit, we explore portals, Brianne is a connoisseur of victim blaming, and Melanie eats her pet. Content warnings: gambling, hypothetical damage to body in fall from cruise ship, drowning, decomposition, autopsy/visual identification of loved one, suicidal ideation/possible suicide from 47:00-1:03:34, depression, mental illness, pregnancy loss/hospitalization. Links: https://internationalcruisevictims.org/stories/andy-wallis/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1003097.html https://www.useakayak.org/references/hypothermia_table.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/399980144/ https://www.jhmoncrieff.com/unsolved-mysteries-whatever-happened-to-merrian-carver/ https://internationalcruisevictims.org/stories/merrian-carver/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210492511/merrian-lynn-carver https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=Merrian%20Carver

This week, Melanie curates a playlist, Brianne has cheese-based anxiety, Melanie is still on her normalization bullshit, we explore portals, Brianne is a connoisseur of victim blaming, and Melanie eats her pet. Content warnings: gambling, hypothetical damage to body in fall from cruise ship, drowning, decomposition, autopsy/visual identification of loved one, suicidal ideation/possible suicide from 47:00-1:03:34, depression, mental illness, pregnancy...

This week, Brianne establishes dominance, Melanie gains a superstition, a birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard yes, cats run wild, things go hinky, the sun might be inhabited, Brianne wants to be a wealthy fruit dealer, a different birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard no, women know how to find people, no one is having an affair of the genitals, and Brianne speaks ill of the dead. Content warnings: speculation about suicide for a little while around 27:00, murder, blood, very brief mention of suicide and old-timey ableist language at 32:20, very brief implied death/dismemberment of child at 32:23, murder suicide at 42:50, suicide at 48:55, arson, drowning, broken necks, burn injuries, food insecurity. Links: https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1903/07/11/charles-a-fink-passenger-cruise-ship-death-ss-hekla-murder/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/85100869/?terms=charles%20fink%20hekla&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/542159908/?terms=charles%20fink%20hekla&match=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Vasari_(1908) https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1921/03/10/ernestine-vivian-bressel-passenger-cruise-ship-death-aboard-ss-vasari-murder-shooting/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/186665907/?terms=vivian%20bressel%20ship&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/33288455/?terms=vivian%20bressel%20ship&match=1 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/10/17/issue.html https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1929/10/14/ruby-roegge-passenger-cruise-ship-death-aboard-ss-mongolia-poison-murder/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/03/16/107010039.html?pageNumber=6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/385484799/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/49275552/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/298294236/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/413123880/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/354368071/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1 https://www.app.com/story/news/history/erik-larsen/2016/09/08/horror-morro-castle-lives/89597224/ https://maritimecyprus.com/2020/09/11/flashback-in-maritime-history-fire-on-ss-morro-castle-on-8-september-1934-video/ https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-morro-castle-shipwreck/ https://www.aphistoricalsociety.org/history/morro-castle/ https://njmaritimemuseum.org/events/presentations/morro-castle/ https://www.side-o-lamb.com/morro-castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morro_Castle_(1930) https://mashable.com/feature/morro-castle-disaster

This week, we address the pettiest things we've ever done, a bridge slithers like a snake, life is messy, someone enters the Eamon McIntyre testicular hall of fame, we complete yet another Melanie bingo board, a cryptid gets shamed, Mothman threatens our job security, Melanie wants to see a dingbat's boobs, and we wish a very special Ghoul a happy birthday. Content warnings: bridge collapse, drowning, frequent non-detailed/non-graphic mentions of child loss, body identification. Links: 01 Dec 1966, Page 6 12 Feb 1967, Page 9 16 Dec 1967, Page 1 16 Feb 1976, Page 124 30 Dec 1967, 11 30 Nov 1966, 8 31 Dec 1967, 28 Homer Smith (1914-1966) Mothman myth rooted in Messenger reporter's work Silver Bridge Silver Bridge Disaster Only A Scar Remains 1992 WCHS Silver Bridge tragedy still haunts river city residents Steel Bridge Design Handbook The Mothman Timeline The Silver Bridge Disaster

This week, Melanie starts a rumor about Brianne's death, the bat dresses come out of the closet, Melanie jinxes everyone repeatedly, the cursed Midwestern food bracket comes to a close, we have merch, Melanie tells us things to make us clutch our pearls, dinosaur length references return to the podcast, Brianne has advice for Netflix, and we complete a Melanie episode bingo board. Content warnings: deaths of family members, terminal illness/hospice care, pregnancy loss, car accidents, train accidents, orgasm/sexual desire, unusual paraphilias, brief mention of animals suffering, fire. Links: 11 Dec 1931 20 Dec 1931 27 Dec 1931 1931 Train Bomber – Pervert or Russian Agent? An Obsessive Disaster Fetish Turned This Man Into a Crazed Mass Murderer APA Dictionary of Psychology Austro-Hungarian uniforms Dictionary of Sexology Dravidosaurus Dreadnoughtus Ecrasite Hidat robbantott, halálra ítélték, majd eltűnt - a biatorbágyi rém titka Hunting Strangers Josephine Baker Journalism 1929-1940 Killing Strangers List of paraphilias Silvester Matuska Sylvestre Matuschka Sylvestre Matuschka Terrorism The Magic and Mystery of The Orient Express The railway adventures of Josephine Baker The Sex Killers The Train Bomber TRAIN WRECKER PUT ON TRIAL IN VIENNA True Crime Bullsh**

This week, Melanie has a gift and a burden, we reminisce about the smells that wouldn't leave us, the Midwestern food bracket prepares for a savory-ass showdown, Melanie continues her beef with Ohio, Brianne wants a vision board, an article was clearly written by a dude, Melanie buys a book, Brianne's politeness brings Satan into the picture, Binky bites the dinky, Lil Wayne and a polar bear have things in common, we get sleepy about zoo animals, and sharks aren't being carried like princesses. Content warnings: poaching, death of a rhino around 17:45, finger being bitten off, animal attack, possible injury to male genitals, structural fire, death of many primates, vague death of turtles, exploding aquarium, death of sharks. Links: 15 injured, 3 shark dead after giant shark tank in Shanghai shopping mall exploded.. 15 injured as 33-ton shark tank bursts in shopping centre 23 PRIMATES KILLED BY SMOKE IN FIRE AT PHILADELPHIA ZOO 28 Sep 1994, 17 A killer bear - and the state that loved him Binky (polar bear) China: Shark Tank Explodes At Shopping Centre Fire at the Philadelphia Zoo Kills 23 Primates In Memory of Binky and Nuka Lil Wayne Deposition Video (Full Version TMZ) Philadelphia Zoo Fire Shark tank terror! Giant aquarium explodes in China sending predators, fish and huge shards of glass into crowd

This week, Brianne throws herself a curveball in Midwestern food brackets, Melanie matches energy, some maintenance staff have excessive job responsibilities, playful tigers are not necessarily whimsical, we float a new HGTV show, and a New Year's wish goes wrong. Content warnings: sometimes graphic death of animals from around 30:00 on, brief mention of discussion of suicide/depression 13:20-15:30, aquarium leak, inhumane zoos, tiger attack, limb loss/amputation, death by drowning, structure fire. Not One More Vet is an organization doing important work to address the suicide and depression rates among veterinary professionals. Please check out nomv.org to learn more about their work. Links: Dubai aquarium leak: The inside story Dubai Aquarium springs a leak DUBAI: Mall shoppers shocked as massive shark tank cracks Escaped zoo tiger kills man in Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia flood: Tbilisi residents warned over zoo animals after devastating flood German zoo fire: three women hand themselves in to police Leak in 2-million gallon shark tank in world’s largest mall in Dubai Krefeld zoo fire: German police suspect three women Krefeld Zoo: Overcoming the trauma of a deadly fire New Dubai Mall evacuated after cracks appear in giant aquarium Shark-filled aquarium in Dubai shopping centre cracks open Tbilisi Zookeeper Lives, Dies For Her Animals *The Night the Zoo Burned The tragedy of Tbilisi zoo – what happened next? “When they were tearing my flesh up, I felt pain that I did not know existed” - Zookeeper who survived a tiger attack tells her story Zoo Animals Escape Amid Heavy Flooding in Tbilisi, Georgia Zoo Animals on the Loose in Tbilisi After Flooding

This week, Melanie's the ho, the midwest abandons God, Brianne gets a little defensive, Melanie has advice about boning, Captain Nash saves a life, and we're all on the same page about Ohio. Content warnings: pregnancy loss, loss of pet, near-drowning, COVID-related isolation, broken bones. Links: Apple Confirms #TattooGate Problem is Real Apple Watch Apple Watch 4 Adds ECG, EKG, and More Heart-Monitoring Capabilities Apple Watch fall detection helps save life of 92-year-old farmer after fall from a ladder Apple Watch helps track down missing Victorian father and son | 7NEWS Apple Watch saves life of 92-year old Nebraska farmer who fell 21 feet from ladder Apple Watch Series 7 | 911 | Apple Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911 Florida woman meets 'angel' 911 operator Florida woman recounts moments leading up to her rescue from submerged car How An Apple Watch Saved A Paddleboarder — And Could Help You, Too How #tattoogate has highlighted a wider problem with wearables iPhone and Apple Watch Help Florida Woman Escape Flipped, Sinking Car Man who fell through ice in Somersworth was rescued Man who fell through ice saved by Apple Watch Paddleboarder rescued from ocean says Siri called 911 Salsman, 92, recovering from 21-foot fall Saved by an Apple Watch Spokane man credits Apple Watch with saving dad's life after bike crash Use Emergency SOS on your Apple Watch Victorian father and son saved from drowning b

SHOW NOTES This week, we break some news too terrible even for a bat dress, two yummy sandwiches go head to head, Melanie adds to the Quicksand Irrational Fears Hall of Fame and gets aggressive about pancakes. Content warnings: second trimester loss, grief, funeral planning, death by burning, alcoholism, animal experimentation. Links: 06 Jul 1951, 12 08 Jun 1805, 3 13 Jan 1819, 2 15 Feb 1828, 1 20 Apr 1822, 2 31 Oct 2019, T6 A fire within Burn, Baby, Burn: Understanding the Wick Effect Death of Michael Faherty 'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion HOT TOPIC Spontaneous human combustion is REAL and burns you ‘like an incendiary bomb’, top scientist claims Is spontaneous human combustion real? New light on human torch mystery Spontaneous combustion in St. Petersburg? The curious case of Mary Reeser. Spontaneous human combustion Spontaneous Human Combustion: Facts & Theories Temperance movement The Anatomy of Drunkenness

SHOW NOTES Melanie isn't nervous but Brianne has stage fright, Melanie doesn't want her sex tape released, Brianne has her most controversial hot take of all time and most upsetting episode of all time, we learn about the Fujita scale together and acknowledge that the world needs thrill-seeking bubbas. Content warnings: tornadoes, missing spouse, severe injuries, brain injury/memory loss, very sad death of mother in front of child at 44:15, injured/imperiled baby who survives, infant death 47:00, critically injured/comatose children, very sad death of mother in front of child at 50:40, graphic death of horse at 52:20, death of spouse, death of dog at 54:00, death of infant at 54:05, death of child at 54:15, death of dog at 55:25, vague mention of impalement. Links: 05 May 1999 07 Jun 1999 08 May 1999 20 Years Later: Victims Remember May 3 Tornado 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado Afterward A Paramedic Works Alone Cara Lynn Webster Deadly Tornado Sends City Into Extreme Chaos Enhanced Fujita scale F6 Tornadoes-What's the Closest We've Come? Fujita scale 'I SHOULD HAVE HELD ON' List of F6/EF6 tornadoes (TG) Man's Search for Wife's Missing Body Finally Ends May 3, 1999 — The Bridge Creek–Moore Tornado May 3, 1999 tornado deaths Overpasses prove inadequate storm shelters PROFILES OF LIFE Remembering the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak Survivors reflect on the day tornadoes hit four years ago Tornado_1999 Tornado Victim Showed Integrity In Life, Death, Loved Ones Say

This week, we write wedding vows, the battle of the beef goes down, a miniature shantytown full of miniature shopkeepers appears, we briefly achieve moral superiority over Canadians, Brianne plans international crimes, Melanie makes everyone cry, and we really want your bucket lists. Content warnings: death of grandparent, postpartum depression, hypothermia, drowning death, first responder PTSD. Links: 05 Feb 1912 05 Feb 1912 05 Feb 1912 05 Feb 1912 06 Feb 1912 06 Feb 1912 A Dedication Born of Tragedy Eldridge Stanton In 1912, Niagara Falls ice bridge cracks, and three are swept to their deaths Niagra Falls Ice Bridge Niagra Falls Info

This week, Ava has concerns about Black Friday, we revisit Momo and raise theories on Jerry's whereabouts, Brianne's villain origin story is finally revealed, fan favorite funeral potatoes appear on the bracket, a man whose name means fox stands up to the mafia, a sexy move with a lightbulb goes terribly wrong, we get mad at hospitals and float some alternatives to blood donation, a young man gets Final Destination-ed, Melanie loves mushy bananas in her mouth, and Brianne has on-air beef with her mom. Content warnings: alcohol, death by shooting, building fire with mass fatalities, very graphic burn injuries/deaths, dismemberment, respiratory failure, death of adult children. Links: A Brief History of Triage Charles Solomon (racketeer) Cocoanut Grove fire Condominiums to Rise on Site of Cocoanut Grove Fire Devastating Photos Of The Deadliest Nightclub Disaster In History History of burns: The past, present and the future Last Dance at the Cocoanut Grove Recalling Cocoanut Grove The Cocoanut Grove Fire The Cocoanut Grove inferno The Cocoanut Grove Revisited The Speakeasies of the 1920s The Story of the Cocoanut Grove Fire The Tragic Story of America’s Deadliest Nightclub Fire This Day in Jewish History | 1933: Boston Bootlegger Gunned Down

This week, Melanie does a cemetery crawl, Brianne gets inspired by pettiness beyond the grave, alligator feet present a setback for the anti-smoking lobby, green beans ruin the day, Melanie victim blames and slut shames sheep, and lightkeepers are all haunted. Content warnings: cemeteries/graves/decomposition, drugs, Hurricane Katrina deaths, drowning, boat capsizing, structural fire, burn injuries, adult jokes, depression/psych meds. Links: 13 Jan 1886, 4 16 Tales that Make these Historic Lighthouses Unexpectedly Interesting 31 Aug 2019, A9 A Rock and a Hard Place: Storms, Death and Madness at the Smalls Lighthouse Copp's Hill Burying Ground Death of a Keeper on the Eddystone Eddystone Lighthouse Fake news and Macfadden Flannan Isles Lighthouse George Worthylake Guardians of the Lights Henry Hall (lighthouse keeper) Iconography of gravestones at burying grounds Packard Humanities Institute: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Smalls Lighthouse The disappearances of the lighthouse keepers on Eilean Mor The eerie disappearance of the Eilean Mor lighthouse keepers The enduring mystery of the disappearance of Eilean Mor lighthouse keepers The Lighthouse Tragedy The mysterious disappearance of the Eilean Mor lighthouse keepers. The tragedy of Smalls Lighthouse