About this season
From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius resolutions to get things back on track.
Episodes (10)
1. Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse
Aired 18 October 2023 • 41 min
Residents along the Pacific Coast Highway are cut off from the outside world after a storm causes a bridge to buckle. Experts reveal how the construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the steep coastline
2. Island Observatory Failure
Aired 25 October 2023 • 41 min
An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.
3. Tower Crane Calamity
Aired 1 November 2023 • 41 min
A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.
4. The Fern Hollow Fiasco
Aired 8 November 2023 • 42 min
A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.
5. Nebraska Bomb Cyclone
Aired 15 November 2023 • 42 min
An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.
6. Art School Inferno
Aired 22 November 2023 • 41 min
A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.
7. Gas Leak Catastrophe
Aired 29 November 2023 • 42 min
Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.
8. The Bronx Sinkhole
Aired 6 December 2023 • 42 min
A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.
9. Shopping Center Tragedy
Aired 13 December 2023 • 42 min
Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.
10. Chemical Plant Calamity
Aired 20 December 2023 • 42 min
An explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.