The Raven's Eye

The scale of human suffering which resulted from the leak of toxic gas from the Union Carbide plant is pretty much unprecedented in the realm of industrial accidents. Poor planning, terrible maintenance and almost non-existent safety procedures led to the deaths of thousands. Forty years later the people of Bhopal are still suffering the effects of the fateful night of Dec 4th 1984. If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Channel contact: theravenseye@mail.com Image credits: Pracenaceste, Prakhar Sarwate, Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Julian Nitzsche, Danish Siddiqui, Peter Kemp, Sondeep Shankar, AP, Getty Images, Reuters, BBC, Danish Siddiqui, Daniel Berehulak, Flickr: Gas Lighting, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org, Julian Nyca, Raghu Rai, India Today, PTI, Sipa, Hamid Photography, iStock, Screengrabs from "Seconds From Disaster" and "The Railway Men" Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/201... https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbhango... https://www.opindia.com/2022/12/union... https://www.wuwm.com/podcast/lake-eff... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_... https://zeenews.india.com/photogaller... https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india... https://www.livemint.com/Multimedia/J... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_C... https://www.bhopal.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-de... Transcript

Living through the mid 1980s was a strange time. On one hand, we had great music, great movies and for someone like me, going through your teens, it was undoubtedly a great time to be alive. However, hanging over it all, was this feeling of existential dread - the very real possibility of a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR. It was in this era that the Soviet Union created Dead Hand, the ultimate nuclear weapon.... Ryan Kelly, Andrei Tienov, Time Magazine, BBC, AP, Getty Images, Matt Kenyon, https://www.wired.com/2009/09/mf-dead... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand... https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania...

At the time it was Britain's deadliest traffic accident, made all the worse by the fact that the victims were all young boys aged nine to thirteen. A dark night, a group of Sea Cadets marching in the road and a bus being driven with no headlights were the ingredients for this preventable tragedy..... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.

An ancient wooden spectator stand and a dropped cigarette - the ingredients for one of Britain's deadliest soccer tragedies. Spreading with almost unbelievable speed, a small fire under a wooden bench consumed the entire stand in under four minutes...not enough time for everyone to escape. Original TV footage: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31... theravenseye@mail.com If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye

220,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled onto the beaches of Brittany, France when the supertanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on the Portsall Rocks.... At the time it was the worst oil spill in history. An argument about payment led to a delay in assistance.... could this whole tragedy have been avoided?? theravenseye@mail.com If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye This channel is dedicated to the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of bizarre tales, unexplained events, mysterious happenings and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy our content.

History is littered with bad ideas, some famous, some more obscure and largely forgotten. Today's video is the story of one of those "Bad Ideas", an infamous medieval event known as the "Bal Des Ardents". Find out what happens when having a good time takes precedence over common sense.... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.

The coronation of Emperor Bokassa the First in 1977 was one of Africa's more bizarre spectacles. A lavish extravaganza based on the coronation of Napoleon, Jean Bedel Bokassa saw himself as the new royalty of the Central African Republic. Brutal and vain in equal measure, here is a look at one of Africa's forgotten dictators. If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye This channel is dedicated to the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of bizarre tales, unexplained events, mysterious happenings and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy our content.

From plane crashes to boat fires, train wrecks to freak accidents, some disasters just seem to fade from memory. Here are ten disasters and tragedies which deserve to be remembered. If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye This channel is dedicated to the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of bizarre tales, unexplained events, mysterious happenings and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy our content. #TrueStories #History #Disasters

Three World Press Photos from the 1970s which captured three very different moments in time. The thing in common - they all ended in tragedy. Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here. #History #Disasters

Starting in 1925 the Fastnet Race is one of sailing's big events. The 28th Fastnet Race, held in August 1979, started off like any other, but this race would end in disaster and tragedy, as 303 racing yachts sailed unaware into one of the worst storms ever to hit the Celtic Sea..... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Photo Credits: Michael Olney, Royal Navy, BoatUS, Ambrose Greenway, Matthew Sheahan, Rolex, BBC, Getty Images, yacht-archiv, Dave Rogers, Paul Wyeth, Sandra Carter, Wikimedia Commons https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/loc... https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/ar... https://www.yachtingworld.com/feature... https://www.southernstar.ie/news/flas... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-engl... Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.

Bruce Herrod was the last man to set foot on the summit of Mt Everest during the deadly 1996 climbing season. He also became the final victim of Mt Everest that year. Yet Herrod had every chance to turn back before it became too late. What pushed a rational, mature climber to take the ultimate, unnecessary risk...?? If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Sources: https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/i... https://www.climbing.co.za/2015/09/ev... https://www.enca.com/life/travel/ever... https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor... https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest... Everest - Eighty Years Of Triumph and Tragedy (Ed. Peter Gillman) Documentary - The Dark Side Of Everest https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414939/ Photo Credits - Bruce Herrod, Sue Thompson, CooCat86, Times of Israel, Pemba Sherpa, Getty Images, Hilendra Sikar, Garrett Madison, Rob Schauer, Patrick Conroy, Mirror Group Blurry screenshots taken from "The Dark Side of Everest" Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.

Forest fires are a common occurrence during the summer months in Portugal, but the fatalities from this fire were going to be unlike any other seen in Portugal... The Pedrogão Grande fire was of such speed and intensity, that it has been described as an "unprecedented" phenomenon... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here. #History #Disasters Photo Credits: Paulo Duarte (AP), Armando Franca (AP), BBC News, Portugal News, Getty Images, Miguel Riopa, Adelino Meirles, Patricia Moreira, Rui Oliveira, Global Imagens, TSF, Andar da Mota, Reuters, Renasença, Nuno Ferreira, Presedencia da Republica

BASF is one of the world's leading chemical producers. As such safety concerns are paramount, however, the history of the company is not without incident. The Oppau blast ranks as one of the largest accidental chemical explosions of all time..... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.

The Texas 1980 Heatwave. ranks as one of the deadliest natural disasters ever to have struck the USA. Yet, unless you are old enough to remember living through this, it remains one of those "silent killers" - deadly events which go relatively unnoticed by history..... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Photo Credits: Christian Science Monitor, PBS, Fort Worth Star Telegraph, St Louis Dispatch, AP, BBC World Service, MNSBC, USGS, National Weather Service Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.

The utter disregard for human life in this shocking event almost defies belief. On the night of 25th March 1990 36 year old Julio Gonzalez became America's worst mass killer, seemingly on a spur of the moment, drunken impulse.... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here. #History #Disasters

What was meant to be a joyous trip home for the Christmas holidays turned to tragedy. A combination of bad weather and a frozen pipe were all it took to create a disaster in the heart of Munich city center... Overshadowed by the 1958 Manchester United air crash, this is the story of Munich's other, forgotten air disaster...... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Photo Credits: MM Archiv, Archiv BFM, FDNY, Wikimedia, Das Bundarchiv, Manfred Hoch, US Navy, AeroCorner (Alex J), Jeff Kigma, Edwin Bude, vg-photo Sources: https://www.merkur.de/lokales/muenche... https://www.br.de/themen/bayern/inhal... https://www.ffw-muenchen.de/aktuelles... https://passportsandpedagogy.wordpres... https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/... https://simpleflying.com/usaf-convair... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Mu... 4 Minuten Flugzeit • 4 Minuten Flugzeit Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.

A tropical island run by a corrupt military dictator holds a glamorous motoring event, but with armed revolutionaries on the doorstep and playboy amateurs taking part, this Grand Prix would be remembered for all the wrong reasons..... Newsreel • Disaster At Cuban Grand Prix After Fa... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here.