It took systemic problems, design flaws and good old-fashioned human error to turn a minor mechanical function into an accident that could have wiped out the entire eastern seaboard of the United States.<br /><br />Catastrophic Calamities is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. <br /><br />We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast <b><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN </a></b>with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism.<br /><br />If disaster is more your jam, check out <b><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/catastrophic-calamities--4605892" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES</a></b>, telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything!<br /><br />For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pulp-magazines--6583444" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>PULP MAGAZINES</b></a> with two new stories every week.<br />