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Doomed to Fail

Taylor Pineiro, Farz Sokhansanj

We bring you stories of history"s most notorious disasters and epic failures. Join us as we analyze the red flags and ask the important questions. How did things go so wrong? Could these disasters have been avoided? Join us as we laugh, learn, and explore the most epic failures of all time.

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00:51:05

Re-Release: The Atlanta Olypmic Bombing

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2026/02/23

We're travelling this week so one more Olympics Episode for you! This one is wild - it's 1996, and the Atlanta Olympic Centennial Park is open late. Security guard Richard Jewel is on the lookout for shenanigans and finds himself the first responder to a horrible attack that leaves one dead and many shaken.Jewell is a dork - he's the kind of guy who takes his security role super seriously. You kind of want to make fun of him, but then you get to know him and realize he was the best man for the

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00:52:43

Re-Release: Terror in Munich - Olympics 1972

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2026/02/18

Part 3 of our Olympics Episodes is here for re-release! We're back in Germany (well, West Germany now) for the 1972 Summer Olympics. A team from Israel is held hostage by the Palestinian group "Black September." It ended in deaths, heartbreak, and a forever changed Global Stage.Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/ Facebook:

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00:51:56

Ep 237: Real Life Super-Villain? - Carlos the Jackal

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2026/02/16

When does someone turn into a super villain? Let's talk about Carlos the Jackal - part serial killer, part terrorist, full guy who just wants to make a mess. We'll walk through his childhood in South America and his adulthood in literally any organization that needed a murderer. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/ Facebook:

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00:43:02

Re-Release: Lucy Letby - Who would harm a baby?

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2026/02/15

Netflix just released 'The Investigation of Lucy Letby' so let's re-relase our episode on this horrible story! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.podEmail: doomedtofailpod@gmail.com

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00:58:02

Re-Release: Berlin 1936 - The Olympics under the...

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2026/02/13

In 1936, the Olympics were hosted in Berlin, Germany. You guessed it - things were not great. We'll talk about the wonderfully talented American Jesse Owens, the invention of Basketball, and the propaganda of Leni Riefenstahl. It was a scary time to be in Europe - Hitler thought that every Olympics would be in Berlin for the rest of time, but they did not. The basketball courts would later be hanging fields. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for

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00:38:25

Ep 236: A Stolen Ship to Freedom - Robert Smalls

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2026/02/09

It's Black History Month! Today, we're talking about Robert Smalls. Smalls was born enslaved, worked on ships for the confederacy whilst enslaved, and then took it upon himself to steal a steam ship, save his family & others, sail past Ft Sumter in the middle of the night, and provide the Union with guns & info. Later, he went back south, invested in his community, and represented them in Congress. Join us for this heroic tale! Some

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00:43:38

Re-Release: The Ancient History of the Modern Olympics

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2026/02/06

Here we go! Happy Olympics 2026! Let's re-visit our episode where we went over how it started in Ancient Greece, & how it got to be a modern event! Greece still gets special bonus treatment in the Olympics! They get to go out first & they get special access for tickets. Good for them. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/ Facebook:

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Ep 235: Fallacies of logic - Second Order Thinking...

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2026/02/02

Today we have a guest!! Juan Carlos Pineiro - the creator of the Re:Mind Mental Model set (and also Taylor's husband) is here to walk us through three examples of doomed scenarios that used 'Second Order Thinking' to the detriment of many! Second Order Thinking is only thinking about immediate consequences and not thinking in the long term. Like when the city of Cleveland released millions of balloons into the air in 1986, the cultural treasure that is the Biosphere 2, and when doctors set out to

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00:31:15

Ep 234: 911 - From Switchboards to Text Messages,...

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2026/01/27

Let's talk the invention of 911 (that's 999 or 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 if you're British). Did you know it wasn't full adopted in the US until the 2000s?? We'll go over AT&T, telephone lines, and switchboards! You'll also hear Taylor list every time she's called 911 - feel free to share your 911 stories with us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram:

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00:37:12

Ep 233: FBI files - Crypto scams, family...

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2026/01/20

Today (amongst Heated rivalry chatter), we're talking the FBI's most wanted! The list, which is more publicity than anything, was started by who else but J. Edgar Hoover! We highlight three current fugatives who go in and out of the top ten. Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova ran a scam called OneCoin - then she boarded a RyanAir flight and disappeared! Crappy husband Robert William Fisher murdered his family in Scottsdale, AZ - he then blew up the house and escaped into a national forest (we're hoping he's

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00:34:01

Ep 231: We remember you! - Pluto (formerly the planet)

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2026/01/12

Let's talk about space!! We do have small panic attacks thinking about how Jupiter is huge and always raining. But, we're focusing on the little guy - Pluto! We'll talk about when he was discovered, who he was named after, and how he got demoted. "Pluto is a planet" - Jerry SmithJoin our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/ Facebook:

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00:31:31

Ep 231: Wash your hands! - Typhoid Mary

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2026/01/05

Hello and welcome to 2026! Let's start it out with the story of Mary Mallon, who spread Typhoid Fever around NYC in the early 1900s. For a while, Mary didn't know that she was a 'healthy carrier' of the disease. But something started happening - every place Mary worked, people got sick. She was eventually 'caught' by investigator George Soper, quarantined, let go, started cooking AGAIN, and finally quarantined for life. Wash your hands and join us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free

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00:54:23

Re-Release - Ep 90 - Echoes of the Sky: Amelia...

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2025/12/29

Let's end the year with a re-release of our girl Amelia! Be brave. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.podEmail: doomedtofailpod@gmail.com

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00:41:21

Ep 230: Turn the music up, or else! - The Axeman of...

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2025/12/22

What was the funnest day in American history?? For your consideration - here's the story of the Axeman of New Orelnes - maybe more than one person, maybe just one? But, one very well written person wrote a letter asking everyone in NOLA to have a Jazz band playing one March night in 1919... it might have been fun. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram:

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00:31:06

Ep 229: The downfall of society - Black Friday

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2025/12/15

We love stuff, but the idea of going to a store for that stuff sounds insane. Today, Farz will talk through the history of Black Friday - why do we do Thanksgiving when we do? Why do we like sales so much? Would you murder someone for a PlayStation (say no)? Happy Franksgiving & Merry Christmas!Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/

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00:45:28

Ep 228: Pull a comb through your coal black hair -...

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2025/12/08

Hey Pachuco! It's 1943, and we're in Downtown Los Angeles! LA's population has just grown exponentially - partly with people from Mexico brought into the US specifically to address the labor shortage after all the Japanese Americans were taken into internment camps (not good!) - and partly because the US needs every young man to join the war and there are tens of thousands of 18-20 year old servicemen from a deeply segeragated American South in town. Tensions are high! The fashion among young

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00:42:40

227: Don't try the punch - Sidney Gottlieb & MKUltra

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2025/12/02

Let's do some highlights of MKUltra because it is a can of worms! We'll talk Sidney Gottlieb America's 'poisoner in chief' who used LSD (and other drugs) to try to reprogram minds. Spoiler - you cannot do

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00:42:27

Ep 226: Deadliest Mutiny Ever - Batavia

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2025/11/24

Man we love a good mutiny! This, however, is a bad one. The deadliest one in history! It's 1628, and the Dutch East India Company is up to no good... We'll talk about the syphilis-addled brain of Jeronimus Cornelisz, who staged a mutiny, killed a TON of people, and ultimately was executed for all the wildly unnecessary shenanigans. Grab a Dramamine and join us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow

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00:36:25

Ep 225: Gambling Away Millions - Terrance Watanabe

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2025/11/17

What would you do if you had millions and millions of dollars? Terrance Watanabe managed to gamble away the most money in history - he came from the family that invented the catalogue 'Oriental Trading'. If you were a kid in the 90s, you know what we're talking about! Learn about the dangers of gambling - including all the stuff you can do on your phone these days! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life!patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please

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00:36:24

Ep 224: Crowd Chaos - The Hillsborough and Happy...

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2025/11/10

Today, we have two stories of disasters at sporting events. First, we'll talk about the 1989 Crowd Crush at the Liverpool / Nottingham Forest FA Cup game at Hillsborough Stadium in the UK. Poor planning and new leadership ended in the deaths of 97 people. Then, we will go back to 1918 to the Happy Valley Racecourse Fire where over 600 people were killed when grandstands made of bamboo fell into food stands with open flames. Finally, we'll talk about how you can stay safe in a crowd, from knowing

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