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Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThis Won't Hurt a Bit: Funeral PotluckThis week, Oprah is wrong, Brianne drives the horse, Madison's grandma loves Jurassic Park, Lisa delivers the funeral kidnapping tea, Meagan's Grammy has a tramp stamp, Taylor has the best wedding gift, Serena is her granddad's favorite but not a limo driver's, Kaitlyn has a funeral crasher, Brianne keeps a list of Melanie's enemies, Sarah pours one (Dr. Pepper) out for a lost loved one, Bea makes an unpleasant discovery, Melanie is employed by Philip Morris, Riley's grandmother can't avoid the golf ball forever, a shitty uncle hires some muscle, Allison needs some gloves, Ann is not marked safe...2024-08-261h 13
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastEat Windex, Ya Dirty Food Swipers: InfestationsThis week, Melanie gets all of you naked for an announcement, we may have found the ultimate meeting spot, Brianne and Abby don't really want to dive in, we compromise on haunted dolls, Brianne is unperturbed by horrifying quantities of pterodactyl-sized bats, Melanie receives a permit to take liberties with the French language, we get interrupted by a very on-theme daddy short-legs, and scales on sheetrock make terrible white noise for bedtime.Content warnings: intense descriptions of infestations (bats, fire ants, and snakes).2024-06-061h 11
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastBodies, Legs, Eyelashes, Noses: Switched at Birth Part 1This week, Melanie curates a perfectly-Melanie date night experience, Brianne threatens the integrity of the bracket, Fuckboy Frederick sees an opening, a tall flower cannot be denounced, and DNA is just like one of many games.Content warnings: alcohol, orphanage life, mild discussion of traumatic labor and delivery, surprising DNA test results.2024-05-081h 10Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Foregone Conclusion: The Life & Death of Christine Chubbuck, Part 2Content warnings: very extensive discussion of depression, bipolar disorder, and suicidal ideation that culminates in death by suicide. Discussion of the emotional state and inner reasoning leading to death by suicide, as well as its impact on family and friends, is the full content of the episode. This week is very difficult to listen to and we ask that you take extra care choosing whether to engage with this episode. If you need more specific content information to decide if this is safe for you, please reach out and we will help. We love you, ghouls, and you...2024-04-171h 02
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastNo Time to Do Anything: Fireman's WeddingThis week, Brianne blames it on space, Melanie introduces the neighborhood kids to gambling, Brianne loses her nerve at the laundromat, Melanie is a classic 90s cigarette mom, what amounts to an old timey disaster drag show goes incredibly wrong, and Cody’s lack of chaos forced Melanie to start an in-house chaotic man factory.Content warnings: discuss of adults’/teens’/adolescents’/children's deaths in a fire in moderate detail throughout.2024-04-0450 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastCold Laws of Aerodynamics: Japan Airlines Flight 123This week, vegemite belongs toward the back end, Brianne has a grilled cheese plug, Melanie’s thirst is quenched, a plane has surgery, Brianne is rapidly aging, and we want the best for the makers of Cosmic Yoga.Content warnings: plane crash, mass fatalities, final notes written to family, the presence of infants as fatalities is mentioned without detail, delayed rescue, mother and child in very near-death experiences, mention of suicide at 53:00.2024-03-201h 10Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastRight Here, in Zanesville Ohio: Ohio Compilation Part 2This week, Brianne brings you more Buckeye bullshit, Melanie is still vertical, we contemplate a bracket brought to you in partnership with Sandwich Daddy, Brianne’s cucumber terrorizes the world, the bracket ends with a controversial winner, you could put anything in a wiggler, Melanie is sending out a lumberjack fantasy kit, and the math ain’t mathin’ but that’s what happened.Content warnings: gross discussion of dead rats and possum, fire, serious alcoholism and associated behaviors, knocked out tooth, death while detoxing from alcohol, crowd crushing/stampede deaths.From 27:15-55:30: Vietnam atrociti...2024-02-241h 01Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastSillysad: Birthday CharcuterieThis week, we hear from the man with the world’s largest collection of Titanic VHS tapes, Brianne cannot stop the wind, Melanie and Cody are both tax tops, the Kruse family presents a disaster charcuterie, we unpack the possibility that Australia is a hoax, we’re all personally responsible for thwarting ants, Melanie finds the silliest tornado ever, Brianne’s origin story gets leaked, your cult robes are in the mail, and Squonk ruins Brianne’s birthday.Content warnings: plane incident, child in peril who survives, 28:15 tornado that kills a lot of sheep and ducks.2024-02-0955 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastOhio is for Haters: Ohio Compilation Part 1This week, Brianne plans for her next cohost, we finally identify Carmen Sandiego’s location, we begin an inquiry into Ohio’s lesbian farming, Brianne punches sideways, we get a crossover villain from the previous episode, Melanie is owed a chaotic man next week, Brianne will not be reading any car maintenance books, and Melanie is completely, totally, infallibly correct.Content warnings: fire and crushing involving hundreds of children, upsetting story about a child dying attempting to rescue a sibling from 17:10-19:20, displacement following disaster, spread of infectious disease, flooding, drowning, racism.2024-02-0458 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastJohn’s Version: 1992 North Dakota Farming AccidentThis week, we’re having another baby, Melanie is getting blown, Brianne’s brain gremlin is running things, we would like to discuss what our partners are wearing, and jokesters gotta joke.Content warnings: gory description of farm accident involving amputations and very intense survival situation, wound care, depression.2024-01-0656 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Reason Somebody’s Papaw is Like That: Recalled Toys Part 3This week, Squonk’s gotta Squonk, your grief is invited to our holiday party, Melanie believes that lighters are a recalled children’s toy, toy manufacturers need a visit from HR, Melanie inquires about a potential career in pole vaulting/magic, radioactive materials are perfectly safe, Brianne will do anything for the story but not driving a Power Wheels on meth, and Furbies are a threat.Content warnings: discussion of nonfatal injuries to children throughout, mildly detailed discussion of serious genital trauma to children who survive 20:15-27:50, vague mention of SBS, injuries from razors, brief but gross ment...2023-12-2452 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastFast Action Finger Fun: Recalled Toys Part 2This week, the ghouls deliver on tea (but not the usual kind), Brianne’s kid is a poser, the bracket choice is unexpectedly easy, Melanie loves sipping clams, people scoot like seals, Brianne is haunted by violent Sky Dancers, and Melanie gets some foot pics.Content warnings: intense descriptions of children in danger who survive 38:00-48:00, various less-descriptive or minor injuries discussed throughout.2023-12-011h 04Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Toy Ad Doth Protest Too Much: Recalled ToysThis week, Brianne loves geese, Melanie doesn’t understand that raccoons are a blessing, Brianne never wants to wear pants again, Adelaide has the perfect topic, we wonder whether rubber cement girls are a real thing, and everyone knows Melanie would eat a koala.Content warnings: not very graphic discussion of burn injuries, asbestos, extremely upsetting discussion of the death of a 7 year old 38:00-49:00.2023-11-1054 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastDolls Be Havin’ Dolls: Haunted Dolls & Spooky StoriesThis week, Brianne and Melanie are each other for Halloween, Squonk asserts dominance over viruses, Brianne loves buttless animals, Melanie loves wet socks, two haunted dolls are going to kiss soon, hiding cursed objects in attics doesn’t solve the problem, Brianne wishes to be unknowable, Danica is a necromancer, we hold a shared passion for speakin’, Kaitlyn’s grandma says goodbye, an anonymous writer dies at church camp and does not tell us about it, not all huffers have recovered, Ducky doesn’t check, Sarah writes me a paragraph of words I can’t say, Ann’s dad runs a haunt...2023-10-311h 25Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThose Who Are About to Die Salute You: 13 SuperstitionsThis week, Goat Granny sets up a trail cam, Tinky is in the will, Brianne finds out about Dennis Rodman, Melanie doesn’t want illegitimate Crocs, we’re all spared a week of existential terror, Melanie isn’t noble enough for a baller umbrella, black cats must be protected, Melanie loves to touch wood, Brianne realizes the Romans were onto something, Melanie figures out the origin story for a band name, and we want your scary stories.Content warnings: hanging death, brief and vague mention of mistreatment of cats, racism in #12.2023-10-1358 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastOverlapping Failures: Seoul Halloween Crowd CrushThis week, some shit’s always going down on the east side, petting zoo rules are implemented at Brianne’s sole discretion, Melanie’s decanter collects dust, and Brianne is clear in her feelings on South Korea and its people.Content warnings: intense descriptions of crowd crushings, discussion of suicide from approximately 43:00 through disaster relief, including one with more detailed discussion of suicide note, PTSD, and survivor’s guilt.2023-10-0757 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastAll of the Residents Got Wings: Wilmer Bus FireThis week, Melanie is a wholesome dad joke, the TV theme show bracket comes to a close, Melanie finds a comrade in morbid graphic design, Brianne is not impulse buying crickets, and we should all get an oil change.Content warnings: bus fire and explosion leading the the deaths of many elderly people, gross discussion of umbilical cords.Links:24 nursing home evacuees...24 Sep 2005, 624 Sep 2005, 7Ada DahlAdrian FlakeBus company guilty...Deadly Bus Fire...Eldon BoudreauxElsie Ruth NicelyEvacuation TragedyEvelyn...2023-09-2951 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastPink Party Hats: Circus ElephantsThis week, we add to our vault of cursed episodes, we plan No Thought November, Brianne gets her giggles where she can, Melanie refuses to change topics mid-episode, Myrtle doesn’t read the room, and Brianne lets the intrusive thoughts win.Content warnings: extremely graphic and upsetting descriptions of animal suffering and inhumane euthanasia. Also: alcohol, death and injury of humans in animal attacks, very brief reference to catholic sex abuse, children seeing traumatic things.Links:https://www.newspapers.com/image/936790995/?terms=Mary%20the%20elephant&match=1https://ww...2023-09-2255 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastIt’s A Wiener, To Be Honest: The Lake Michigan TriangleThis week, Melanie makes her children ride in the cargo hold, Christy exceeds expectations, Bermuda is not the only triangle in town, Melanie loves to give hugs, the arrogance of white men was the real supernatural mystery all along, Brianne loves nerds and experts and expert nerds, and Michigan is ready to get aliens over with.Content warnings: historically poor treatment of Native Americans, deaths by shipwreck, brief speculation about suicide or murder, presumed death by plane crash2023-09-1551 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastStop Jabbering, Start Gesticulating: CelluloidThis week, Brianne awards a half-assed bracket advancement, all mistakes are just glitches in the matrix, boundaries are set regarding relaxy time, Melanie loves a factory incident, and technology is in retrograde.Content warnings: gross-sounding slime noise, death by burning, death by drowning, very sad story about couple dying together in a fire, very brief mention of deaths of children in fire, brief and non-graphic mention of vomit in disaster relief.Links:https://www.newspapers.com/image/891003142/?terms=Celluloid%20comb%20fire&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/154703005/?terms=Celluloid%20...2023-08-2349 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Comment is We Will Have No Comment: Alusuisse ExplosionThis week, Melanie has unexpected responsibilities as the adultiest adult, Bay is marked safe, Melanie forgets to have self-preservation instincts, Jacob gets bonked with some undies, Brianne is ONCE AGAIN right, and Melanie enjoys creating art.Content warnings: death by explosion.2023-08-0255 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastHell! Ain’t This a Mess?: Vernon, FLThis week, we were never off our bullshit, Brianne wants to go to the Dixie Dandy Supermarket, it’s prudent to carry a tourniquet when you’re passing through Nub City, we question the difficulty level of hunting possum, Brianne threatens Melanie with a crowbar, the bloopers get left in, and the gobble of a turkey makes everything else go away.Content warnings: self-inflicted amputations.2023-07-1951 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastAbsolutely No Dillying & Dallying: Tham Luang Cave RescueThis week, Melanie is walking trauma, the British a-team of weird dudes arrives, cops probably aren’t the goodest boys, Melanie finally takes a turn being a shitbag, a farmer is thrilled to lose his crops, we pioneer new SAR techniques, and Brianne is feral now.Content warnings: children in extreme peril who survive, extreme survival situation, low oxygen, drowning, ketamine, brief mention of Xanax, statelessness, death of teenager from head injury (brief and non-graphic).2023-07-121h 16
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA YOLO Scenario: The Melanie EpisodeThis week, TimBits lead to a courtroom, Lawrence feels a lot of different emotions, people are unsafe in orchards, Melanie brazenly robs Lowes, Transylvania Little League Safety Officer is a real job title, Brianne calls for a little circumspection around haunted dolls, Natasha puts on her heelies, and we get a cameo from a chaotic dad.Content warnings: graphic description of accidental amputation, fire, helicopter crash, deaths of babies in the context of a ghost story, ableism, vomit2023-06-281h 25
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastCave of Wonders: Union Park Flood with REMelations!This week, we make friends with alternate reality versions of ourselves, we try to make it right with Big Shark, Brianne is changed by the Hat Man, Melanie pulls a shot out of her gills, the Virgo apology tour never ends, electricity is a hard sell, Mindy and Brooke learn about the power of nope, Melanie is dicks-lexic, there’s vodka and VD behind the carousel, it’s a jerky ride in the cave of wonders, dinosaur measurements return, we have an established tragedy to dick joke ratio, and we look for (and find) the naked helpers.Co...2023-06-0750 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Nature of the Game: IndyCar Disasters Pt. 2This week, Melanie provides no context, traffic gets avoided, Brianne is willing to deploy anti-bird measures, Melanie finally regrets googling something, and we plan a petty obituary.Content warnings: kitchen accident leading to blood loss and partially severed fingertip, alcoholism, stabbing, plane crash, intense descriptions of car accident deaths, survivor's guilt, and PTSD.2023-06-041h 19
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastDeath Has Waved the Checkered Flag: IndyCar DisastersThis week, Ann has a tool to survive the grief blender, Brianne has the hottest bracket take so far, Melanie plans racecar drivers' cute birthday parties, Brianne goes to hospitals with the stars, there is an important distinction between bfs and bffs, and we pour some strong racing tea.Content warnings: dry drowning, burn injuries, decapitation, broken bones, intense descriptions of car accident deaths, description of gore 57:30-59:00.2023-05-171h 05
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Home for Every Kind of Villain and Misfit: London Beer FloodThis week, the next bracket begins, Melanie loves to talk about butts, Brianne is plagued by artificial intelligence, human complexities make an appearance, and beer is canceled.Content warnings: crushing/drowning deaths, funeral for toddler, deaths of children in the 1800s, anti-immigrant sentiment.Links:https://www.newspapers.com/image/392086750/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/795265274/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/393221600/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/393221715/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1https://www...2023-05-1049 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastInches Away from Catastrophe!: IZOD IndyCar World ChampionshipThis week, the smell bracket comes to a close, Melanie wants pure pandemonium, Brianne is going to receive Melanie's box, Randy didn't get here through charm, wolves do not go to the track, we have opinions on the Randy to NASCAR pipeline, and we're gestating but not a baby.Content warnings: racing accidents, loss of legs in car accident, intense descriptions of someone's experience with her husband's death2023-05-031h 04
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastEveryone Got Quiet: Hot Springs Duck Boat AccidentThis week, Brianne experiences a glitch in the matrix, Melanie is thirsty and begging, Arkansas and the gay community are not on the same page, Melanie plans to explore bathhouses for the podcast, there's no crime in a gangster's paradise, Brianne lacks self-preservation, and the NTSB never gets invited to parties.Content warnings: intense descriptions of drowning deaths, including multiple children, throughout the content of the episode.Links:https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR0201.pdfhttps://www.missourinet.com/2018/07/24/victim-of-arkansas-duck-boat-tragedy-20-years-ago-frustrated-changes-havent-been-made/https://www.news-leader.com/story...2023-04-2652 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastCryptid Weather: Rare & Bizarre Meteorological PhenomenaThis week, M & B make some M & B friends, smells deserve precision, Brianne doesn't want her tiny ship tossed, fire whirls aren't as whimsical as they sound, Melanie brings up the greatest betrayal of our friendship, blue balls last ages, we unpack the psychology of Australians, and Melanie wants to get punked by an alien.Content warnings: tornado deaths, spiders, storms, wildfires.2023-04-0554 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastWhat Could Be Safer Than a Mine in Libby?: Montana Asbestos CloudsThis week, we are a banquet hall, we may or may not be bonding, Brianne has a grudge, Melanie likes it wet, mines are bastions of safety, a hospital system finds its love language, someone considers cooperating fully, a labia does not get diagnosed, Brianne should not sell insurance, and a decision is made about Montana.Content warnings: mesothelima, lung disease, animal testing, childhood hamster trauma, anxiety about childrens' wellbeing, cancer.2023-03-2954 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastIt is Not Nice: Exotic Pet AttacksThis week, the grief blender is too loud for Josey, Melanie says the worst two words since "funny hop," Brianne wants to make "Oof" the episode title, Indiana is the land of opportunity to start a wildebeest farm, Cathie is a Florida woman both in geography and in spirit, Melanie likes her snakes huge, and a medical examiner goes above and beyond his job description. Content warnings: death and grisly burial of bunny, children's grief, death by wildebeest, death by wolf hybrid, euthanasia of 9 wolf hybrids, death by camel, death by snake, mistreatment of chimpanzee...2023-03-221h 15
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Jack of All Felonies: David RiggsThis week, Brianne's big spoon antics have consequences for Melanie, trust issues are still a problem, brass is ass, Pisces men can go f*ck themselves, Brianne is a sucker for a conman, we consider panties as a packing material, a bingo card of chaos is completed, Melanie loves whorey movies, David collects a full set of crimes, Melanie tries to get back into Australia, Brianne wouldn't want to be a bad boy in China, a cultural reference finally means something, and Brianne may be willing to wake up and pee in a tuba.Content warnings: 2023-03-151h 08
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastWe're Worse Than Dingos Now: The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain Part 2This week, we are having days, Melanie takes issue with the week's bracket winner, we want to be sour bitches, Brianne attacks Hans and Melanie attacks Cody, an armchair detective saves the day, Katelyn catches her dad, Brianne sides with the raccoons, Danica floats away, we plan a ghoul vacation at Finger Lakes, Mary has a bug-out group ready, Taylor is a strong independent five year old, and Melanie plots how to crash an OSHA training.Content warnings: scratched eyeball, death of a 9 week old infant is the topic of the episode and is discussed...2023-03-011h 14
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastOl' Dingaling: The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain Part 1This week, Melanie is new to the show, Squonk returns to his natural habitat, Melanie has a question for a dingo, Brianne is left on tenterhooks, Katelyn almost goes to prison, and there's a new cult leader in town.Content warnings: children in peril who mostly survive, death of a 9 week old infant is the topic of the episode and is discussed in fairly graphic detail throughout.Links:https://www.newspapers.com/image/784713209/?terms=Azaria%20Chamberlain&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/123878378/?terms=Azaria%20Chamberlain&match=1https://www...2023-02-2250 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastJust All Mothmen, Women, & Children: Nursery Rhyme OriginsThis week, Brianne confesses to a heist at the zoo, Melanie taunts us with a potential cameo, Cody is a not-yet recovering huffer, Brianne victim-blames children from the 1500s, leeches have an unconventional application, Brianne wants to live on Pudding Lane, Melanie is the queen of wild notions, we would like to interview Mothman, Brianne still has trust issues from the lightning strike episode, and we begin planning our post-mortem mischief.Content warnings: harm to zoo animals, deaths of children in the context of nursery rhyme origin stories, cockroaches, choking death, leeches, plague, human sacrifice.2023-02-0153 minMarked Safe: A Disaster PodcastButthole on an Icebox: Magic Show Disasters Part 2This week, Melanie is a mama bear and angers the internet, Brianne has advice for would-be criminals, Cody isn't real, Melanie is the little spoon, and we cover problematic magicians.Content warnings: burn injury, racism, minstrel shows, guns, speculation about the possibility of suicide, death from being hit by a car, children in peril who survive, reptiles, slavery, death from heart attackLinks:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soohttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-chung-ling-soo-the-bullet-trick-that-went-horribly-wronghttps://www.amusingplanet.com/2022/09/chung-ling-soo-magician-who-led-double.htmlhttps://hornseyhistorical.org.uk...2023-01-2542 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastShrek Would Never: The Rana Plaza CollapseThis week, Melanie tells oil rig men about her period, a brand new bracket starts, Brianne whips out the puppy eyes, Melanie is Moth Man, someone - maybe everyone - looks the other way, Melanie reveals her endgame, and Walmart falls on hard times.Content warnings: guns, children in peril, DIY amputation, birth during a disaster (baby survives), dire survival situations with mixed outcomes, police brutality, urine, death by burning, mass burial, grief.Links:https://www.newspapers.com/image/711752082/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/579168132...2023-01-111h 02
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Gentle Rear-Ending: Automotive Recalls Part 3This week, we're not changing for anyone including ourselves, Brianne will not change her oil, it's Ford's turn to get in the pond, Melanie won't permit herself to be laid in a Pinto, and spiders are expected to be your palate cleanser.Content warnings: cars without brakes, non-graphic mention of burn injuries, burning car accident death, seriously injured 13 year old, deaths of 3 teenage girls, upsetting description of burning death.Links:https://chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/73396https://www.novaresource.org/history/recall.jpghttps://www.chevyhardcore.com...2023-01-041h 05
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Building Was Missing: Surfside Condominium CollapseThis week, Melanie visits the child casino, Brianne alienates everyone she loves over Skee-Ball, oysters definitely oyster, Melanie brings up Tendongate, Brianne recommends Kleenex and lotion if your bracket is going poorly, a building is(n’t) in very good shape, Barry is silly, we piss Disney off again, underwear are not priority in a crisis, Brianne has a bougie butt, and a firefighter is very shy.Content warnings: structural collapse with many fatalities, 15 year old in peril who survives, fire, deaths of pets (non-graphic), extended missing person searches.Links:ht...2022-11-0952 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastYou're Sounding Like a Demon Now: The Exorcisms of Anneliese MichelThis week, it's not Christmas, Melanie doesn't love a jump scare, Brianne bites her tongue about Virgos, demons want you to get bangs, and Brianne wants to be the judge of everything.Content warnings: spiders, epilepsy, feces, depression, brief mention of suicidal ideation, emaciation/malnutrition, eating spiders, urine, eating the head of a dead bird, mental illness/psychosis.2022-11-0252 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Best Tea Possession Can Buy: Exorcism Compilation Part 1This week, Melanie has the brain frog, Brianne's cult is almost ready to launch, Melanie can't wait for Brianne's funeral, Brianne could throw a nun, Melanie is a pioneer in the field of exorcism technology, Brianne wants a movie about jacked up nuns, and Melanie solves the mystery of a manageable possession.Content warnings: brief and non-graphic mention of vomit at 0:55, blood, religious homophobia, demonic possession and exorcism, brief and non-graphic mention of CSA at 27:25, discussion of news stories about violence against children without any detail, brief mentions of suicidal ideation, tuberculosis, brief and non-graphic...2022-10-261h 15
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastCut the Music, Turn Off the Strobe Lights: Disaster Potluck, Halloween EditionThis week, we're your little puppets, Brianne is doing it all, Melanie's kids engage in Halloween mutiny, Kassidy does what any rational person would, Meagan's mom gets the message, Sarah, Becca and Rae have a family full of mediums, Karen is lazy and sleepy, Robyn's mom has a shower encounter in a prison, Chris has to start over with a new child, Lulu finds a good use for black crayons, Amy has a wholesome ghost story, Jordan and her daughter are both spooky, Sophia gets a message in the form of a balloon, Sabryn sees Hat Man's more athletic...2022-10-1956 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Whole Ass Goose: Amusement Park Disasters Part 6This week, Melanie can see into Cody's soul, Brianne hates ocean bugs, you're gonna get fucked up on a new level, and Melanie wants to go out on Fabio's face.Content warnings: decapitation, brief and non-detailed description of deaths of young child at 18:30, plane crash, death of teenager, injury to 6 year old who survives, gun violence, drowning death of 11 year old, detailed description of domestic violence involving an infant who is in danger but survives at 29:00, wasps, falling death, stalking/harassment, hostages, suicide beginning at 37:00, facial injury, dead goose.Links:...2022-09-1452 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastBarefoot Gamblers & Good Causes: 1975 Las Vegas FloodThis month, Melanie is the puppeteer, Brianne does not receive sneaky garlic bread, one bracket ends and a new one begins, it can't hurt to be horny, Melanie highlights a good cause, and Brianne has to eat her words.Content warnings: monsoon, lightning strike, corpses, mafia, flooding, drowning, gambling addiction, homelessness, fingers being cut off, drug use, shooting death, very brief mention of CSA.Disaster begins at 7:30Links:https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/1975-las-vegas-flash-flood-caused-millions-of-dollars-in-damages-1700707/https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/350042999/?terms=Las%20Vegas%20Monsoon&match=1...2022-09-0739 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThrowing Vienna Sausages Into a Black Hole: Malaysian Airlines Flight 370This week, a field trip has a plot twist, Brianne loves skinks but Melanie loves skanks, Brianne gladly alienates 1/12-1/4 of our listeners, Melanie has a hot take about Pisces, the final petty bracket all comes down to Brianne's mood, Melanie wants to send you crab legs in the mail, your kidneys are taken by force, and Melanie simply does not receive a theory.Disaster begins at 21:00.Content warnings: alcohol/drinking, plane crash, missing relatives, grief of a mother, very vaguely mentioned death of children and infants, extensive discussion of mass murder-suicide and...2022-08-311h 24
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastBated Breasts: Resident Evil Film IncidentsThis week, Melanie is a boss babe, Brianne cannot believe the audacity, movie execs are gross, and Sandwich Daddy saves the day.Content warnings: structural collapse with injuries, car/motorcycle crash with severe injuries, severe facial injury/degloving, coma, life support, death of spouse, limb amputation.Disaster begins at 8:50.Links:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/death-injuries-amputations-is-resident-evil-hollywoods-dangerous-franchise-1244726/https://www.newspapers.com/image/843128703/?terms=Resident%20Evil%3A%20Retribution%20accident&match=1https://www.huffpost.com/entry/milla-jovovich-visits-injured-extra_n_1007395https://www.gamesradar.com/gr-asks-why-was-biohazard-renamed-resident-evil/https://www.millaj...2022-08-2444 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastRootin' Tootin' Mutiny: Film Production AccidentsThis week, we are accidentally twinning on a collaboration episode, all the skeleton horses are in a warehouse, Melanie's podcast endgame finally comes to fruition, Brianne loves receipts, Melanie is a black-hearted skunk, Brianne has murder in her heart and does not light up rooms, Ireland stays in her lane.Content warnings: poor treatment of horses while making movies, snakes, drowning, body recovery, verbal abuse by parent, brief mention of eating disorder, falling asleep at the wheel, guns, graphic discussion of fatal shooting, brief mention of suicidal ideation.Disaster begins at 14:40.2022-08-171h 09
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThat's How You Get A Haunted Zeppelin: The Hindenburg DisasterThis week, Melanie googles a boob, Brianne loses confidence in areolae, we would like answers from FCC snitches, Brianne wants a turbulent ride, no one knows about ghost kitchens, and human complexities strike again.Disaster begins at 20:49.Content warnings: transport disaster with fatalities, Nazism, death of dog, children in peril, dismemberment, graphic description of fatal and non-fatal burn injuries throughout.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101https://www.newspapers.com/image/145014553/?terms=Hindenburg%20crash&match=1https://www...2022-07-271h 18
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastHell and High Water: 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens Part 1This week, Australians are pesky, Brianne hates it all, Melanie points her victim blaming in an unusual direction, Brianne wants an upper limit, Buzzfeed chooses violence, Stanley doesn't believe in earthquakes, a governor gets excited, we get a classic chaotic man, and a massive bulge grows at a rapid rate.Content warnings: earthquakes, fatal plane crash, non-graphic mention of vomit and diarrhea around 32:40, non-fatal ferris wheel accident involving child, head injury.Links:Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster. (2020). broadcast.Thompson, D. (2000). Volcano cowboys: The rocky evolution of a dangerous...2022-06-2946 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastNo Shit, But Also Shit: Chipotle Mass Food PoisoningsThis week, toddlers fuck up, Melanie is remorseless, Brianne wants to encounter a dumb motherf***er, People.com does Brianne dirty, Ohio is on its bullshit, Brianne is promised a haunted trunk, Melanie poops on her girlfriend's couch, and we pass the Bechdel test.Content warnings: accident that leads to amputation, food poisoning discussed throughout but no graphic descriptions of vomiting and mildly graphic descriptions of diarrhea, rectal examination.Links:https://www.nrn.com/food-safety/timeline-tracking-chipotles-food-safety-crisishttps://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/12/16/chipotle-takes-out-full-page-apology-ads-globe-herald/4TFBPJPbY2WiKBlF4KBukL/story.htmlhttps...2022-06-151h 11
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastBuilt on the Dumping Grounds of a Serial Killer: LEGOLAND IncidentsThis week, Melanie isn't marked safe, we find the limits of Brianne's love, the Disney songs bracket comes to a close and the Petty Pop Culture Moments bracket begins, a LEGOLAND pirate is not the job to have, and Melanie discovers the seedy underbelly of Pokemon.Content warnings: death by rollercoaster collision, murder of women/teenager/pregnant woman, gymnastics/stuntman injury, head trauma, paralysis, detailed description of physical trauma resulting from fall, ableism, depressionLinks:https://www.foxnews.com/story/legoland-employee-dies-after-being-hit-by-roller-coasterhttps://www.clickorlando.com/video/news/2019/04/05/family-files-discrimination-lawsuit-against-legoland/...2022-06-011h 10
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastPet My Head, Tell Me I'm Mysterious: Amusement Park Disasters Part 4This week, the Disney bracket comes to a close, Brianne is THE villain, Melanie is wrong about Scar, Brianne wants to be a cult leader, cats should not make out, we rethink our futures as brakemen, and Melanie is attacked by a kangaroo.Content warnings: cults, riots, police violence, derailed rollercoaster, death of children 44:30-49:43, graphic description of accident scene/blood, animal testing, animal mauling, serious injury to neck, dead bodies of animals.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Partyhttps://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/We-re-going-to-liberate-Minnie-Mouse-The-day-15872203...2022-05-181h 08
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThis Is Beyond Tea: Disaster PotluckThis week, we drop our first dummy thicc listener story episode, Brianne pulls off a long con and warms up to eating a lizard, Melanie has inspirational thoughts on being a bully at any age, Big Shark finally catches up to us, we have solid advice for angry snipers, and Brianne gets pregnant on the first date (with a podcast baby).Content warnings: depression, cooking and eating a lizard (graphic), insect swarm, non-graphic mention of poop, death of spouse, adoption (first family perspective), limb loss, death threats, very brief and non-specific mention of CSA videos...2022-05-1156 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastBut It Did Get Worse!: LEGO Origin DisastersThis week, we are disaster girls, Brianne is trying to be mysterious, Ole shows up our seven year olds, some afternoon delight ends in flames, a man wins his own contest, Brianne hatches a new conspiracy theory, both of us love a rogue wave, we make a wish on a t-rex, Melanie appreciates her bush, and we encourage you to donate a secret.Content warnings: structural fires.Links:Documentary. (2014). A Lego Brickumentary.Williams, T. (2022). Adrift: The curious tale of the lego lost at sea. Unicorn Publishing Group.https...2022-05-041h 00
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastI'm Just a Brakeman, Give Me a Break: Amusement Park Disasters Part 3This week, Melanie is a tour guide on the River Styx, we identify our gas station item love languages, we are old-timey brakemen, Melanie gets rammed, rollercoaster ghosts live on in original flooring, , the mayor and only the mayor cares, Walt Disney has a bad day, we get new nicknames, and Brianne has seen enough.Content warnings: death of a parent, hospice, cancer, rollercoaster derailment, injuries, brief and non-specific mention of suicide, brief graphic description of scalp injury, deaths of teenagersLinks:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_coaster...2022-04-271h 31
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastOur Bodies Are Haunted Houses: Aggie Bonfire CollapseThis week, we reach climax, Heather is probably banging, Brianne is willing to lecture anyone at all, Melanie plays a reverse Uno card, we're tired of groaning and creaking, Melanie is gonna get her wets whisked, and we are sexy vampires.Content warnings: Structural collapse with fatalities, death/injury of teenagers, coma, serious injuries.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Aggie_Bonfire_collapsehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggie_Bonfirehttps://web.archive.org/web/20070826164127/http://traditions.tamu.edu/new/index.php?q=traditions...2022-04-0658 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastGruesome Contingencies: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 3This week, Melanie curates a playlist, Brianne has cheese-based anxiety, Melanie is still on her normalization bullshit, we explore portals, Brianne is a connoisseur of victim blaming, and Melanie eats her pet.Content warnings: gambling, hypothetical damage to body in fall from cruise ship, drowning, decomposition, autopsy/visual identification of loved one, suicidal ideation/possible suicide from 47:00-1:03:34, depression, mental illness, pregnancy loss/hospitalization.Links:https://internationalcruisevictims.org/stories/andy-wallis/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1003097.htmlhttps://www.useakayak.org/references/hypothermia_table.htmlhttps://www...2022-03-301h 14
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastGruesome Contingencies: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 3This week, Melanie curates a playlist, Brianne has cheese-based anxiety, Melanie is still on her normalization bullshit, we explore portals, Brianne is a connoisseur of victim blaming, and Melanie eats her pet.Content warnings: gambling, hypothetical damage to body in fall from cruise ship, drowning, decomposition, autopsy/visual identification of loved one, suicidal ideation/possible suicide from 47:00-1:03:34, depression, mental illness, pregnancy loss/hospitalization.Links:https://internationalcruisevictims.org/stories/andy-wallis/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1003097.htmlhttps://www.useakayak.org/references/hypothermia_table.htmlhttps://www...2022-03-301h 02
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastOther Things We Don't Need To Normalize: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 2This week, we strike a deal with listeners, Melanie gets stroked, Brianne is infuriated by the bracket match-up, Melanie wants to normalize wiener goo and makes it weird with an angel, Brianne appeases Big Shark, we wonder if good infestations exist, Melanie plans a crime, we determine whether Cody has to get dumped, the Coast Guard is dumb, some things are poppycock, you can delegate to us, and someone else earns butthole pics.Content warnings: sexual intercourse with unclear levels of consent leaning toward likely non-consent, possible asphyxiation, seizures, vague discussion of definite sexual assault...2022-03-161h 17
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Pigeon to Uber Scale: Cruise Ship IncidentsThis week, Brianne establishes dominance, Melanie gains a superstition, a birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard yes, cats run wild, things go hinky, the sun might be inhabited, Brianne wants to be a wealthy fruit dealer, a different birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard no, women know how to find people, no one is having an affair of the genitals, and Brianne speaks ill of the dead.Content warnings: speculation about suicide for a little while around 27:00, murder, blood, very brief mention of suicide and old-timey ableist language at 32:20, very brief implied death...2022-03-021h 25
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastI Was Born in a Pair of Pants: Sylvestre Matuschka, Disaster FetishistThis week, Melanie starts a rumor about Brianne's death, the bat dresses come out of the closet, Melanie jinxes everyone repeatedly, the cursed Midwestern food bracket comes to a close, we have merch, Melanie tells us things to make us clutch our pearls, dinosaur length references return to the podcast, Brianne has advice for Netflix, and we complete a Melanie episode bingo board.Content warnings: deaths of family members, terminal illness/hospice care, pregnancy loss, car accidents, train accidents, orgasm/sexual desire, unusual paraphilias, brief mention of animals suffering, fire.Links:2022-02-1652 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastBarely Even Friends: Zoo & Aquarium Disasters Part 2This week, Melanie has a gift and a burden, we reminisce about the smells that wouldn't leave us, the Midwestern food bracket prepares for a savory-ass showdown, Melanie continues her beef with Ohio, Brianne wants a vision board, an article was clearly written by a dude, Melanie buys a book, Brianne's politeness brings Satan into the picture, Binky bites the dinky, Lil Wayne and a polar bear have things in common, we get sleepy about zoo animals, and sharks aren't being carried like princesses.Content warnings: poaching, death of a rhino around 17:45, finger being bitten...2022-01-261h 02
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastHGTV Ethical Makeovers: Zoo & Aquarium Disasters Part 1This week, Brianne throws herself a curveball in Midwestern food brackets, Melanie matches energy, some maintenance staff have excessive job responsibilities, playful tigers are not necessarily whimsical, we float a new HGTV show, and a New Year's wish goes wrong.Content warnings: sometimes graphic death of animals from around 30:00 on, brief mention of discussion of suicide/depression 13:20-15:30, aquarium leak, inhumane zoos, tiger attack, limb loss/amputation, death by drowning, structure fire.Not One More Vet is an organization doing important work to address the suicide and depression rates among veterinary professionals. Please...2022-01-191h 01
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastFigure It Out, Amanda!: Apple Watch Survival StoriesThis week, Melanie's the ho, the midwest abandons God, Brianne gets a little defensive, Melanie has advice about boning, Captain Nash saves a life, and we're all on the same page about Ohio.Content warnings: pregnancy loss, loss of pet, near-drowning, COVID-related isolation, broken bones.Links:Apple Confirms #TattooGate Problem is RealApple WatchApple Watch 4 Adds ECG, EKG, and More Heart-Monitoring CapabilitiesApple Watch fall detection helps save life of 92-year-old farmer after fall from a ladderApple Watch helps track down missing Victorian father...2022-01-121h 03
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastYou Should Be Panicking: 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore TornadoSHOW NOTESMelanie isn't nervous but Brianne has stage fright, Melanie doesn't want her sex tape released, Brianne has her most controversial hot take of all time and most upsetting episode of all time, we learn about the Fujita scale together and acknowledge that the world needs thrill-seeking bubbas.Content warnings: tornadoes, missing spouse, severe injuries, brain injury/memory loss, very sad death of mother in front of child at 44:15, injured/imperiled baby who survives, infant death 47:00, critically injured/comatose children, very sad death of mother in front of child at 50:40...2021-12-081h 18
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastHeave and Hump: Niagra Falls Ice Bridge DisasterThis week, we write wedding vows, the battle of the beef goes down, a miniature shantytown full of miniature shopkeepers appears, we briefly achieve moral superiority over Canadians, Brianne plans international crimes, Melanie makes everyone cry, and we really want your bucket lists.Content warnings: death of grandparent, postpartum depression, hypothermia, drowning death, first responder PTSD.Links:05 Feb 191205 Feb 191205 Feb 191205 Feb 191206 Feb 191206 Feb 1912A Dedication Born of TragedyEldridge StantonIn 1912, Niagara Falls ice bridge cracks, and three are swept to their...2021-12-0157 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastDry Your Tears with Piles of Cash: The Cocoanut Grove FireThis week, Ava has concerns about Black Friday, we revisit Momo and raise theories on Jerry's whereabouts, Brianne's villain origin story is finally revealed, fan favorite funeral potatoes appear on the bracket, a man whose name means fox stands up to the mafia, a sexy move with a lightbulb goes terribly wrong, we get mad at hospitals and float some alternatives to blood donation, a young man gets Final Destination-ed, Melanie loves mushy bananas in her mouth, and Brianne has on-air beef with her mom. Content warnings: alcohol, death by shooting, building fire with mass...2021-11-241h 19
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastYou're Automatically Haunted: Lighthouse DisastersThis week, Melanie does a cemetery crawl, Brianne gets inspired by pettiness beyond the grave, alligator feet present a setback for the anti-smoking lobby, green beans ruin the day, Melanie victim blames and slut shames sheep, and lightkeepers are all haunted.Content warnings: cemeteries/graves/decomposition, drugs, Hurricane Katrina deaths, drowning, boat capsizing, structural fire, burn injuries, adult jokes, depression/psych meds.Links:13 Jan 1886, 416 Tales that Make these Historic Lighthouses Unexpectedly Interesting31 Aug 2019, A9A Rock and a Hard Place: Storms, Death and Madness at the Smalls...2021-11-1752 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastWhat Boy Wouldn't?: Urban Legends Part 2AUDIO DISCLAIMER: Melanie is at it again - she attempted a new recording set-up and the audio did not work out as planned. We've learned our lesson and won't be mixing it up again, sorry for the iffy sound this week!This week, the Midwestern food bracket has two tasty contenders, Melanie forgets this is a family show and is too willing to exhume a corpse, sewer alligators get gaslit out of existence, Brianne faces her phobia head-on for the sake of research, and reptiles encounter labia yet again.Content warnings: ...2021-11-1059 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastMonstrosities Abounded: Urban LegendsThis week, Brianne throws a wrench in the Midwestern food bracket on day one, Melanie is forcibly drafted into the world of hot takes, we investigate the secret lives of farm children, Brianne has questions about necking, and we offer legal advice for anyone with a Kyle in their inbox.Content warnings: vomiting/nausea, adult jokes, murder, pigs eating people, violence, robbery, brief mention of rape, decapitation, bugs/spiders laying eggs under your skin, very gross veterinary medicine story, trypophobia, pimple popping, stalking, brief mention of threatened suicide, depression/mental health crisis....2021-11-031h 02
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastButts to Nuts: Waverly Hills SanatoriumThis week, Melanie wants to listen to the podcast in space with Jeff Bezos, Brianne aspires to chaotic good behavior, the Florida man bracket crashes to an end, TAG continues to pull strings, Melanie wants to suckle a cow, lessons are learned about rabies testing, we pause to fact-check an infamous Marilyn Manson rumor, Melanie has concerning beliefs about dentists, we rank fire safety devices, and Melanie finally misses a dirty joke opportunity.Content warnings: tuberculosis, decapitation of dogs for rabies testing, plane crash, burning death, processing of dead bodies, adult jokes, gnarly surgeries, ghosts...2021-10-271h 13
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastHappy Birthday, It's an Asylum Fire: Seacliff Insane AsylumThis week, Melanie is WRONG, a bet is made, the Wendy's alligator goes out to pasture, TAG is an evil puppeteer, miners are poetic, history loves insane asylums, gold rushes, and white men, Brianne has hot takes on lobotomies, Robert Lawson ain't shit, and Melanie is doing Count Dante. Content warnings: fictional addiction, alcoholism, housefire, deaths of children, and suicidal ideation, old-timey ableist language, sexism, domestic violence, murder to escape domestic violence, masturbation, mental illness, eugenics, graphic discussion of lobotomies, forced sterilization, fatal fire. Links:80-year-old woman sentenced to prison...2021-10-201h 33
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastHere for the Party: Yoshihiro HattoriThis week, we put on our gray business suits and campaign in Ohio, Brianne reveals herself to be a villain, an alligator in someone's pants emerges as a frontrunner, the Midwestern food bracket elicits a strong emotional response, Melanie hopes for a big snake, America is nothing to get excited about, Melanie disrespects the wishes of rougarous and gets spiderwebs in her bush, a self-proclaimed country boy is a reliable employee at Winn-Dixie and not much else, and Lex is in trouble.Content warnings: broken neck, racism, gun violence, death of teenager/grief of parents.2021-10-131h 05
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastManic Pixie Businesswoman: Hurricane IdaThis week, Tiktok changes the game, Brianne leaves the podcast a bad review, an army of turtles defeats everyone, Melanie takes it all, Brianne will flash anyone, Arby's delivers disaster concierge service, Melanie is the trashy neighbor, we court a Waffle House sponsorship, and Melanie conceals a mohawk.Content warnings: hurricane aftermath, alligator attack, loss of spouse, sinkhole, serious injuries after accident, cow in peril, near drowning of adult and child.Links:A Louisiana man is presumed dead after an alligator attacked him while he walked in floodwatersCrash...2021-09-101h 21
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Fullest and Most Intentional Disrespect: Lava Lamp IncidentsThis week, MELANIE IS BACK, Brianne is haunted by a koala, Florida man bracket kicks off, Melanie loves chaotic men, everyone is naked, lava lamps cause a lot of trouble, Brianne meets a snake and tries on victim blaming for size, and Melanie permanently loses her right to judge Midwestern cuisine.Content warnings: COVID, unwanted physical contact in the form of a wet willy, passing mention of Glasgow smiles and schizophrenia, extensive and detailed discussion of having alcoholic parents, hallucinations, withdrawal symptoms, attempted murder/stabbings, vague racism, strangulation, explosion, death, gross food.If...2021-08-111h 10
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastHere is What Happened at the Natatorium: Olympic Diving Tea & TragedyThis week, Mandi is willing and even ready to fight a chicken to the death, divers attempt the "Dive of Death" with mixed results, a diver finds himself on both ends of drunk driving disasters, someone fails to read the room on a scale never seen before on this podcast, Brianne's mom spills the Olympic tea, and in Melanie's absence we fail to make one single dick joke about the name Steele Johnson.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: theoretical animal murder in the context of a would-you-rather, alcoholic parent, drunk driving accident, head trauma...2021-07-141h 28
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastI Bet I Would Have Some Nipples to Point: The Lazarus PhenomenonThis week, we have our first guest star since Melanie got her ultimate disaster relief, Atlantis wants finger nipples and to eat her cat, Marked Safe is on TikTok now, it's time for everyone to get nekkid, we evaluate whether arrhythmia is a verb, a lot of corpses do a little breathing, Brianne is not cooking dinner after six days in a coffin, and we make petty ghost plans.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: CPR/resuscitation attempts, death and near-death experiences, embalming, buried/embalmed alive situations, scary clown, fatal and near-fatal heart...2021-07-071h 32
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastDisaster Zoomies: Titanic Extravaganza Part 2This week, Melanie's labor is a disaster, Brianne makes one of the most controversial cryptid hot takes yet, a Carpathia passenger is an unapologetic gossip, the pro-Cal lobby is just three Billy Zanes in a trench coat, dogs get zoomies on the Titanic, a cat sees the writing on the wall, and we unpack two Jack Dawson conspiracy theories.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: burial at sea, death from hypothermia and drowning, fictional revenge porn, deaths of companion animals, deaths of (fictional) children at 50:20.Links:A Captain's...2021-06-231h 16
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastWe Are All Wild to Go: The Victoria Hall DisasterThis week, Brianne podcasts on nighttime cough syrup, Melanie poops her pants in Australia, the cryptid bracket gets to the final four, Brianne hates getting possessed, Melanie is aggressively unhelpful, a free gift turns out to just be death, and Melanie tells one of the most upsetting stories we've ever covered.SHOW NOTESContent warnings:Large-scale deaths of children throughout (most graphic and upsetting details are 28:00-40:00, brief mention of vomit.Links:183 Children Died in a Stampede for Toys in 1883...about The Victoria Hall...2021-06-1651 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThis is Gonna Be Awkward, Let's Break the Ice: Titanic Extravaganza Part 1This week, Melanie is gonna have a baby and the southerners are unimpressed, The Audio Guy requests a specific head in a box, Chicago Mothman battles The Jersey Devil, we embark upon the maiden voyage of a Titanic extravaganza, women care for each other, someone dies standing up, and Brianne's inner 10 year old is having the best day of her life.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: death of an adolescent and teen from their mother's perspective, loss of various spouses, death of a child 1:01:00, body shaming, drowning, near-drowning.Links:2021-06-091h 16
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastLegs Crossed, Knives Up: Labor & Delivery CompilationThis week, Melanie ventures into the worst part of 2007 internet, the wendigo finally gets his day in court, Brianne would rather get eaten than deal with someone crying but Melanie loves the aesthetics of it, we get a classic “I didn’t know I was pregnant” story at 42,000 feet, someone jumps out of a moving train, Melanie introduces a different kind of birth canal, someone has a baby up a tree with crocodiles, Brianne nearly walks out on the job over a nightmarish story, and Melanie is marked safe.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: trauma...2021-06-021h 08
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastLife is Just a String of Detour Montages: Meeley's Life and Death This week, we complete each other, dingbats go up against melon heads, a little girl wants to smash a glass ceiling, Brianne has some unresolved gifted child issues, MELANIE IS HILARY SWANK, forensic anthropologists sling mud, we maybe start a book club, and our house tools get an upgrade.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: brief mention of stillbirth at 13:50, alcoholism, transportation accident.Links contain spoilers:.........................2021-05-261h 04
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Limits of the Possible: Scuba DivingThis week, discombobulation abounds, we start the hairdo pocket revolution, cryptid teeth arrive in the mail, Brianne does not want a head in the box, the wendigo and selkie face off, Melanie has an alarming conspiracy, we struggle to be mature, and a whole bunch of scuba diving disasters happen.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: brief reference to gore from last episode, sexual innuendo, brief mention of suicide in a legend at 34:03, drowning, death of adult child from parent's perspective, decomposition, loss of spouse.Links:16 Terrifying Scuba...2021-05-121h 25
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastDescending Into Worse Stuff: Saturation DivingThis week, Melanie and Brianne contemplate mortality, Melanie crosses her legs to keep Baby John Mellencamp in, a cryptid has an elaborate backstory, we're joined in the studio by fourteen badass ghosts drinking beers, Brianne loves atmospheric trains, we all learn about saturation diving together, YouTube crowns the most gruesome death imaginable, and Melanie has disaster-themed maternity photos.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: death/mortality, claustrophobia, drowning deaths, very vague mention of suicide risk at 58:48, extremely graphic description of gore/dismemberment 1:11:10-1:21:31.Links:16 Terrifying Scuba Accidents That Will Make...2021-05-051h 28
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastDo You Have That Sinking Feeling?: The Kentucky CompilationThis week, Brianne plans a chair operation, the cryptid bracket continues with another lake snake versus an angry mountain monster, Melanie denies her taxidermy derby hat energy, a real life dryer fire crisis is averted, Brianne is underwhelmed by a drug syndicate, a villain falls from the sky, a black bear stumbles upon the stash of a lifetime, an unexpected snack rains down on Kentucky, a museum gets eaten, science and creativity win the day in Disaster Relief.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: threatened housefire, drugs, plane crash, death of adult man, abuse/murder...2021-04-211h 33
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Best Strip Mall Castle You've Ever Seen in Your Life: The Count Dante Story, Part 2This week, the true cure for hiccups is unveiled, somebody spots a flying baby, the king of animals is crowned, listeners have a chance to win a cryptid, Count Dante bankrolls his own prize money and reports his own death, the martial arts community is sick of his shit, our friendship is torn apart dream-casting Count Dante, Brianne enables Melanie to harass Mark Wahlberg, feuding dojos implement The Ten Duel Commandments, a dude gets killed, Melanie is hot for Count Dante, and a judge rules Everyone Sucks Here - reddit-style.SHOW NOTES...2021-04-071h 47
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastEveryone's the Asshole: Black Friday IncidentsThis week, Brianne will never be prepared, friend gangs are not happening, Joann Fabrics is not having a good run, Melanie is judging people, Target offers no prayers just thoughts, and Melanie wants to be a Barbie.Content warnings: COVID shortages, poop, fatal trampling, fistfight, fatal shooting, violent transphobia 30:00-39:20, graphic oral/dental injuries, suicide 39:20, domestic violence/stalking that ends in death, death from heart attack, falling asleep at the wheel, car sinking in water, violent murder and arson, death of spouse.SHOW NOTESA good Samaritan helped...Bad...2020-11-241h 14
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastFriends of Recovering Huffers: The Mississauga Train DerailmentThis week, Melanie covers the cutest disaster ever, a model has his dick out, Brianne has a zombie bite, cartographers are sneaky, Hazel plays hockey, Melanie identifies the stuff for huffers, caustic soda sucks, Brianne identifies her comfort level on the cannibalism scale, Larry has big balls, a wife is left as collateral to protect 40 racing pigeons, and the mayor gets carried like a princess.Content warnings: inhalant abuse, discussion of cannibalism, train derailment, explosions, fires.SHOW NOTES5 Cool and Curious Facts About Maps27 Facts About MapsAgloe...2020-11-171h 15
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Floor is Lava: Centralia, PennsylvaniaThis week, Melanie kicks things off with bad puns, we love Butterfingers for all the wrong reasons, Melanie strikes out on Halloween drugs, Brianne will not engage, Melanie is a hell of a fluffer, Brianne gives Melanie a surprise promotion to mayor, 36 steams of pee cannot stop an inferno, a zip code is eliminated, Melanie isn't a flat-earther, no one cares about drinking from garden hoses, and we are praying for Hot Garbage Town, USA.Content warnings: trash/bad smells, fire, urine, gruesome dead deer description, death of a cat, terminal illnesses, child in peril...2020-11-031h 00
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Good Way for Someone To Get Pregnant on a Hay Bale: The Spooky EpisodeThis week, Brianne returns from the dead, we speculate about our nemeses, Brianne coaches Melanie on how to care less, a haunted house surprise does not go according to plan, we revisit the Indiana State Fairgrounds, a prop noose isn't a prop noose, a chaotic magician's act goes wrong, a Halloween display isn't a display, a buried alive theme park attraction goes wrong, and a prop knife isn't a prop knife.Content warnings:Multiple accidental deaths by hanging including some by teenagers, multiple explosions with fatalities including children, buried alive deaths with one in...2020-10-061h 18
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastBritney Cake: The #freebritney Movement, Part 1This week, Melanie goes totally spooky with it and meets her put-together neighbors in a Britney t-shirt, Midwesterners are polite aloof little goblins, we reinvent the disaster wheel, Britney eats crawfish, Brianne courts a lawsuit from k-fed, and the Britney machine does Britney wrong.Content warnings: abuse of conservatorships, discussion of mental health and mental illness, unsafe driving with child in car, abuse by paparazzi, toxic relationship dynamics, inpatient mental health treatment, custody battle.SHOW NOTESAbout Probate conservatorshipsBritney's GramBritney Spears’ co-conservator wants a raiseBr...2020-09-221h 29
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastSpring, Summer, Fall, Halloween, & Winter: The Imperial Sugar Refinery ExplosionThis week, Brianne is cooked medium well and wants to be a freelance brain surgeon, Adelaide gives a bird presentation, Melanie gets slammed by a hurricane and joins the current millennium, sugar turns out to be combustible, we commemorate the Great Glitter Explosion of 2020, and a factory explosion changes OSHA standards.Content warnings: brain surgery, hurricanes, structure fire, death by explosion/fire.SHOW NOTES2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosionA burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura’s damage in this area of oil fields and in...2020-09-011h 02
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastYou Have The Best...Titles: The Richmond Hill ExplosionThis week, Melanie is evacuating a hurricane double-whammy, Brianne hits up Taco Bell in her wedding dress, Melanie is inspired to step up her jammy game in case she ever has to watch her house burn down in the middle of the night, firefighters don't need an address to locate a fire, a Prince Charming with bleach blond hair and a Hummer comes along, Brianne tempts litigious Indiana men, there's a derpy brother named Bob, a renowned arsonist sucks at starting fires, good henchmen are hard to find, Melanie comes up with a super lame spy name, we plan...2020-08-251h 25
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThere's Eighty Billion Gallons Headed for Us: The Teton Dam CollapseThis week, Brianne and Melanie go back to the podcast coal mines, Melanie discovers that she's a ghost, we get a Drunk Melanie Math Lesson, a 5,000 foot dam collapses, and there's an 80 foot wall of water.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: water disaster, dead cattle, drowning, multiple deaths.Links:FAMOUS FAILURES:REVISITING MAJOR DAM CATASTROPHESMuseum of Rexburg: Home of the Teton Flood ExhibitMuseum of Rexburg: Teton Flood ExhibitReport to U.S. Department of the Interior and State of Idaho on failure...2020-08-1752 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Freak Deal & A Gory Story: Russell Lee PhillipsThis week, Brianne doesn't have malaria, Melanie buys a house full of demons, a squeamish firefights meets a terrible end, Brianne is mad about college sports, an arm falls out of a car, there's a guy named Humpy Wheeler, and a decapitation fails to end a NASCAR race early.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: ghosts/demons, car accident, death, description of gore/decapitation/dismemberment with in-episode warning.Links:Crash Claims Young Race DriverRussell PhillipsSportsman Driver Killed at CharlotteThe Era's Foundation: Russell...2020-08-1153 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThe Water Turned Red with Blood: The Black December Shark AttacksThis week, Brianne finally watches Hamilton, something brushes a leg underwater, there's a whole explosives hospital, a shark turns somersaults in a few feet of water, Melanie's husband has a hammock phobia, it turns out sharks grunt, we fall in love with the name Erna, and the South African government bombs the ocean.SHOW NOTESContent warnings:Indirect reference to child loss in the context of Hamilton, sharks, severed leg, various deaths of people of varying ages, various shark-attack related gore including limb loss, racial segregation, apartheid, bad smells/decomposing...2020-07-141h 01
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastA Bad Dream I Wouldn't Have Even Thought to Have: Elevator AccidentsThis week, Brianne has to make her own daiquiri at great personal risk, Melanie plans a meeting in Japan, a welfare clerk, some gold miners, a surgery resident, and a high school student meet horrific fates, elevators operate at unnatural speeds with or without power, we offer otter and elephant and goat palate cleansers to get through the intense parts, and Melanie can't cope with the word shaft.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: mild hand cut, dangerous elevators, gore/decapitation 8:16-10:45, mining disaster, a couple semi-crass jokes, gore 23:40-24:30, decomposition, gore/decapitation 37:00...2020-06-2354 min
Marked Safe: A Disaster PodcastThis Shambling Corpse of a Rollercoaster: Amusement Park Disasters Part 2This week, Brianne offers a charcuterie board of amusement park accidents, a wholesome dad saves the day, we clarify that water is wet, teenage lifeguards have too much work ethic, Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class gets out of control, redneck dads lose their hog wild budgets, Melanie loves sandblasters, and we try to buy a rollercoaster on eBay.SHOW NOTESContent warnings:Heights/falling, vague mention of drowning, non-fatal electrocution in water, bees, life-threatening language barriers, heart attack, loss of spouse, loss of parent, vague discussion of hurricanes, rollercoaster...2020-06-091h 00