Welcome to Wreckage & Ruins! Each week we investigate disasters: man-made and natural, legendary last stands, medical mishaps, and everything in between. Each of the ruins unfold into a story, and we're here to understand why it happened and what came after.
Wreckage & Ruins
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Welcome to Wreckage & Ruins! Each week we investigate disasters: man-made and natural, legendary last stands, medical mishaps, and everything in between. Each of the ruins unfold into a story, and we're here to understand why it happened and what came after.
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June 24, 2026
Episode 26: Tri-State Tornado of 1925
<p>On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State Tornado crossed Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and becoming the deadliest single tornado in recorded U.S. history. CC and Kitty follow its 219-mile path, the devastation left behind, and the era before modern tornado warnings.</p><p>SOURCES:</p><p><a href="https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/severe-weather/what-causes-thunderstorm"><u>https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/severe-weather/what-causes-thunderstorm</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbuMm0gxFeE"><u>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbuMm0gxFeE</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/severe-weather/what-causes-lightning-and-thunder"><u>https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/severe-weather/what-causes-lightning-and-thunder</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.weather.gov/ilx/swop-springtopics"><u>https://www.weather.gov/ilx/swop-springtopics</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/faq/#:~:text=They%20are%20most%20frequently%20isolated,the%20updraft%20to%20begin%20rotating"><u>https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/faq/#:~:text=They%20are%20most%20frequently%20isolated,the%20updraft%20to%20begin%20rotating</u></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.weather.gov/ama/supercell"><u>https://www.weather.gov/ama/supercell</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=does+a+tornado+form+when+the+rear+flank+down+draft+gets+pulled+into+the+updraft&oq=does+a+tornado+form+when+the+rear+flank+down+draft+gets+pulled+into+the+updraft&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAtIBCTEzMjc4ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8"><u>https://www.google.com/search?q=does+a+tornado+form+when+the+rear+flank+down+draft+gets+pulled+into+the+updraft&oq=does+a+tornado+form+when+the+rear+flank+down+draft+gets+pulled+into+the+updraft&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAtIBCTEzMjc4ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8</u></a></p><p><a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/anatomy-of-a-supercell-tornado"><u>https://nationalpost.com/news/anatomy-of-a-supercell-tornado</u></a></p><p><a href="https://sites.psu.edu/pmarkowski/how-tornadoes-form/"><u>https://sites.psu.edu/pmarkowski/how-tornadoes-form/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.weather.gov/pah/1925tornado"><u>https://www.weather.gov/pah/1925tornado</u></a></p><p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/weather-forecasting-through-the-ages/"><u>https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/weather-forecasting-through-the-ages/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/14/deadly-tri-state-tornado-changed-weather-forecasting-forever"><u>https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/14/deadly-tri-state-tornado-changed-weather-forecasting-forever</u></a></p><p><a href="https://current.org/2016/04/radios-first-spoken-weather-forecast-brought-to-you-by-st-louis-university/?wallit_nosession=1"><u>https://current.org/2016/04/radios-first-spoken-weather-forecast-brought-to-you-by-st-louis-university/?wallit_nosession=1</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.history.com/articles/deadliest-tornado-tri-state-1925-united-states"><u>https://www.history.com/articles/deadliest-tornado-tri-state-1925-united-states</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.weather.gov/ffc/fujita"><u>https://www.weather.gov/ffc/fujita</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/online-exhibits/100-documents/1925-tristate-tornado.html"><u>https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/online-exhibits/100-documents/1925-tristate-tornado.html</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/100-years-ago-this-week-nearly-700-people-were-killed-in-the-deadliest-u-s-tornado"><u>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/100-years-ago-this-week-nearly-700-people-were-killed-in-the-deadliest-u-s-tornado</u></a></p><p><a href="https://thesouthern.com/news/one-century-later-accounts-of-americas-deadliest-tornado/article_3c796acc-9196-5ab8-8fa8-5b87e6bfc3d2.html"><u>https://thesouthern.com/news/one-century-later-accounts-of-americas-deadliest-tornado/article_3c796acc-9196-5ab8-8fa8-5b87e6bfc3d2.html</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268801867_The_1925_Tri-State_Tornado_Damage_Path_and_Associated_Storm_System"><u>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268801867_The_1925_Tri-State_Tornado_Damage_Path_and_Associated_Storm_System</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.americanheritage.com/great-tri-state-tornado"><u>https://www.americanheritage.com/great-tri-state-tornado</u></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@david.frigault/blown-away-the-horrors-of-the-tri-state-tornado-d605a6a8cf65"><u>https://medium.com/@david.frigault/blown-away-the-horrors-of-the-tri-state-tornado-d605a6a8cf65</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/"><u>https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/</u></a></p>
June 17, 2026
Episode 25: Hammond Circus Train Wreck
<p>The Hammond Circus Train Wreck killed an estimated 86 people in 1918 when an empty troop train crashed into the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train near Hammond, Indiana. CC & Kitty cover the stopped train, the fire, the victims buried at Showmen’s Rest, and why some records still don’t line up neatly.</p><p>CC & Kitty also talk through the circus’s earlier history, Carl Hagenbeck’s human zoo-style exhibitions, and the uncomfortable reality behind a show that kept going after tragedy.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for weekly disaster investigations, and find us at wreckageandruins.com or through <a href="https://linktr.ee/WreckageAndRuins" target="_new" rel="noopener">https://linktr.ee/WreckageAndRuins</a>.</p><p>Sources:<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hammond-train-wreck-disaster-1918-killed-dozens-circus-performers-180969428/"><u>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hammond-train-wreck-disaster-1918-killed-dozens-circus-performers-180969428/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://nwitimes.com/lifestyles/chills-without-thrills-hammond-circus-train-wreck-of-recalled-in/article_4e16609f-ee95-5431-911f-7f3ff46b987c.html"><u>https://nwitimes.com/lifestyles/chills-without-thrills-hammond-circus-train-wreck-of-recalled-in/article_4e16609f-ee95-5431-911f-7f3ff46b987c.html</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2088"><u>https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2088</u></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagenbeck%E2%80%93Wallace_Circus"><u>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagenbeck%E2%80%93Wallace_Circus</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.showmensleague.org/"><u>https://www.showmensleague.org/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showmen%27s_Rest"><u>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showmen%27s_Rest</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ11vbB-xJQ&t=10s"><u>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ11vbB-xJQ&t=10s</u></a></p><p><br></p>
June 10, 2026
Episode 24: The Great Fire of London
<p>The Great Fire of London began in 1666 inside a bakery on Pudding Lane and tore through a city built like a tinderbox. CC & Kitty trace the dry weather, wooden streets, firehooks, panic, scapegoating, and rebuilding rules that changed London after the flames. Official records list six deaths, but the aftermath was much bigger than that.</p><p>This is not just a story about a bakery fire. It is a story about panic, blame, survival, and the disaster that helped reshape London.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for weekly disaster investigations from Wreckage & Ruins.</p><p><br></p><p></p><p>SOURCES:</p><p><a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Fire-of-London/"><u>https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Fire-of-London/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/PUDD1.htm"><u>https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/PUDD1.htm</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/london-fire-brigade-history-and-stories/fires-and-incidents-that-changed-history/the-great-fire-of-london/"><u>https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/london-fire-brigade-history-and-stories/fires-and-incidents-that-changed-history/the-great-fire-of-london/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.themonument.org.uk/great-fire-london-faqs#:~:text=How%20did%20the%20Great%20Fire,the%20fire%20began%20to%20spread"><u>https://www.themonument.org.uk/great-fire-london-faqs#:~:text=How%20did%20the%20Great%20Fire,the%20fire%20began%20to%20spread</u></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zph4g7h"><u>https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zph4g7h</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.littlefox.com/tw/supplement/org/C0003751"><u>https://www.littlefox.com/tw/supplement/org/C0003751</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/great-fire-london-was-blamed-religious-terrorism-180960332/"><u>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/great-fire-london-was-blamed-religious-terrorism-180960332/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall-blog/great-fire-london-350-years?ac-69654=69651"><u>https://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall-blog/great-fire-london-350-years?ac-69654=69651</u></a></p><p><a href="https://digventures.com/2016/09/the-aftermath-of-the-great-fire-of-london-was-worse-than-you-think/#:~:text=What's%20more%2C%20few%20people%20are,the%20fire%20was%20put%20out"><u>https://digventures.com/2016/09/the-aftermath-of-the-great-fire-of-london-was-worse-than-you-think/#:~:text=What's%20more%2C%20few%20people%20are,the%20fire%20was%20put%20out</u></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/5-things-the-real-story-of-bonfire-night/"><u>https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/5-things-the-real-story-of-bonfire-night/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/story/society-politics/"><u>https://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/story/society-politics/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://dantesisofo.com/the-great-fire-of-londons-influence-on-philadelphia/"><u>https://dantesisofo.com/the-great-fire-of-londons-influence-on-philadelphia/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/London-After-The-Great-Fire/"><u>https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/London-After-The-Great-Fire/</u></a></p>
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