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The Unlit Room

Every story in here actually happened. That"s the part that should scare you.The Unlit Room explores the darkest true stories in history — unsolved mysteries, disaster reconstructions, infamous heists, daring escapes, and the events too strange to be fiction. From industrial catastrophes and vanished ships to secret government experiments and impossible prison breaks.New episodes Monday through Saturday.Content may include descriptions of death, violence, and psychological distress. Listener

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9:53

Farmington: Sealing the Mine Was Not the End

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2026/10/05

Farmington: Sealing the Mine Was Not the End Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://arlweb.msha.gov/S%26HINFO/TECHRPT/MEO/MAJORMIN.pdf; https://archive.wvculture.org/History/disasters/farmington02.html; https://archive.wvculture.org/history/disasters/farmington01.html; https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9888/cdc_9888_DS1.pdf; https://archive.wvculture.org/History/disasters/farmington04.html; https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entrie...

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9:08

Sunshine Skyway: When the Radar References Disappeared

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2026/10/03

Sunshine Skyway: When the Radar References Disappeared Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR8103.pdf; https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/566/962/2396408/; https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1980/october/anatomy-two-collisions Visual credits: - "Richard Hornbuckle Buick on the edge of the collapsed Sunshine Skyway Bridge.jpg" by Jeffrey Ly...

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10:17

Hamlet: The Fire and the Locked Exits

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2026/09/30

Hamlet: The Fire and the Locked Exits Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.mcftoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Chicken-Processing-Plant-Fires.pdf; https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=170073035; https://www.ncleg.gov/Files/Library/studies/1992/st10661.pdf; https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/09/04/Federal-state-officials-investigate-locked-fire-doors-at-tragedy-site/7268683956800/; https://ww...

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10:35

Three Mile Island: The Shutdown That Was Not Enough

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2026/09/28

Three Mile Island: The Shutdown That Was Not Enough Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.nrc.gov/regulations-legislation/fact-sheets-brochures/backgrounder-on-the-three-mile-island-accident; https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-Y3_N88-PURL-gpo177427/pdf/GOVPUB-Y3_N88-PURL-gpo177427.pdf; https://nonuclear.se/files/PresidentsCommissionThreeMileIsland197910.pdf; https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/content/uploads/50/20...

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10:21

Apollo 1: The Disaster Before Liftoff

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2026/09/26

Apollo 1: The Disaster Before Liftoff Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-1/report-of-the-apollo-204-review-board/; https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-the-apollo-1-fire-and-its-aftermath/; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/apollo-fire-50-years-180960972/; https://apnews.com/article/cd786f77a737fffc83207c7de40feea6 Visual credits: - "Apollo1-Crew 01.jpg" by NASA/pho...

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9:17

The Empire State Building Crash and the Elevator...

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2026/09/23

The Empire State Building Crash and the Elevator Survivor Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://dam.clarionengage.com/content/dam/fe/online-articles/documents/2015/FE194510EmpireStatePlane.pdf; https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2019/10/18/the-empire-state-plane-crash-july-28-1945; https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/how-an-elevator-attendant-survived-a-1-000-ft-fall-down-the-empire-state-building-759670; https://ap...

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10:40

The Safest Submarine Ever Built — And the Test That...

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2026/09/19

The Safest Submarine Ever Built — And the Test That Killed 129 Men Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/thresher-ssn-593.html; https://www.newspapers.com Visual credits: - "NH 97544 USS Thresher.png" by AnonymousUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NH 97544 USS Thresher.png; cro...

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10:00

Nine Tonnes of Margarine — The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire...

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2026/09/16

Nine Tonnes of Margarine — The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire That Burned 53 Hours Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.senat.fr/rap/l98-519/l98-519.html; https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/303507.stm; https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/686441.stm; https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/25/montblanctunnel; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711200000084; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...

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10:52

The Bank Founder Who Bankrupted Scotland

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2026/09/14

The Bank Founder Who Bankrupted Scotland Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Darien-scheme; https://www.nls.uk/collections/topics/darien/ Visual credits: - "Darien colony.png" by Modified by Hogweard; CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darien colony.png; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Paul Hardy - Scene of the departur...

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10:09

He Opened an Unlocked Case — And Stole the World's...

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2026/09/12

He Opened an Unlocked Case — And Stole the World's Largest Sapphire Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/10/31/; https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/11/01/; https://www.life.com/; https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/01/; https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/03/; https://www.amnh.org/research/physical-sciences/earth-and-planetary-sciences/...

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10:22

The Dalton Gang Robbed Their Hometown — Everyone...

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2026/09/09

The Dalton Gang Robbed Their Hometown — Everyone Recognized Them Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/dalton-gang/11754 Visual credits: - ""Gratton Dalton Again Free".jpg" by San Francisco Examiner; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:"Gratton Dalton Again Free".jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Colorized 189...

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11:36

The Stock Bubble That Corrupted Parliament — and Got...

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2026/09/07

The Stock Bubble That Corrupted Parliament — and Got Away With It Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://archive.org/details/southseabubble00cars; https://archive.org/details/greatswindle00cowl; https://www.routledge.com/The-South-Sea-Bubble-An-Economic-History-of-its-Origins-and-Consequences/Paul/p/book/9780415470988; https://archive.org/details/extraordinarypo01mack; https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transform...

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11:03

He Asked for the Greatest Storm Ever — It Came for Him

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2026/09/05

He Asked for the Greatest Storm Ever — It Came for Him Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://archive.org/details/stormorcollectio00defo; https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/eddystone-lighthouse Visual credits: - "E. W. Cooke - Great storm in the Downs, 1703.jpg" by Edward William Cooke; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E. W. Cook...

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10:49

The Dam Ate Its Own Rescue Equipment — Then the...

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2026/09/02

The Dam Ate Its Own Rescue Equipment — Then the Bureau Blamed Nature Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/teton/about.html; https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1977/0341/; https://www.usbr.gov/history/damstor/teton.html; https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/4825 Visual credits: - "Aerial View of Teton Dam Embankment Looking Downstream - DPLA - 6c38477b3900f4dd798865e3e95cf8f8 (page 1).jpg" by Departme...

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11:00

They Broadcast Their Own Bank Robbery Live — Police...

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2026/08/31

They Broadcast Their Own Bank Robbery Live — Police Still Missed It Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/sep/11/ukcrime; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_robbery Visual credits: - "Juan Pablo Viscardo Y Guzman (5026566440).jpg" by Simon Harriyott from Uckfield, England; CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan Pablo Viscardo Y G...

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11:48

Leaded Gas Had a Safe Alternative — They Chose Poison...

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2026/08/29

Leaded Gas Had a Safe Alternative — They Chose Poison for Profit Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secret-history-lead/; https://www.epa.gov/lead/lead-phaseout; https://www.who.int/news/item/31-08-2021-who-lead-free-petrol Visual credits: - "Portrait of Thomas Midgley Jr..jpg" by AnonymousUnknown author for Blank & Stoller N.Y.; No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P...

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11:49

Silver Thursday — The Hunt Brothers Built the Perfect...

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2026/08/26

Silver Thursday — The Hunt Brothers Built the Perfect Trap and Walked Into It Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/28/archives/silver-prices-plunge-on-heavy-selling.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/26/business/bunker-hunt-files-for-bankruptcy.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/business/hunt-brothers-found-liable.html Visual credits: - "Chip silver bullion bar.jpg" by Kjmonkey; CC0 http://c...

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12:12

The Station Nightclub Fire: Soundproofing Foam Killed...

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2026/08/24

The Station Nightclub Fire: Soundproofing Foam Killed 100 in Minutes Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar2.pdf; https://www.providencejournal.com; https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2004; https://www.boston.com/news Visual credits: - "20031113 Station Night Club Memorial@COMMONS.jpg" by Joe Webster (www.joewebster.net) / Joe.webster at en...

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11:41

They Declared Everyone Dead. Seven Men Were Still...

The Unlit Room ·

2026/08/22

They Declared Everyone Dead. Seven Men Were Still Singing. Every story in here actually happened. New stories every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/archives; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springhill_mine_disasters Visual credits: - "Springhill Mine 1.jpg" by RobNS at English Wikipedia; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Springhill Mine 1.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "...

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11:41

The Life Preservers That Drowned a Thousand People —...

The Unlit Room ·

2026/08/17

The Life Preservers That Drowned a Thousand People — 1904 Every story in here actually happened. New episodes Monday through Saturday. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_General_Slocum Visual credits: - "All that was left of the boat which carried over 1000 souls to destruction. General view of Slocum after being raised, Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor LCCN2009632223.jpg" by H.C. White Co.; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org...

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