Disaster documentaries that'll keep you up at night

Investigative documentaries on real catastrophes — nuclear disasters, oil spills, aviation crashes, and survival stories that'll keep you up at night.

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The Insane Story of Japan's Chernobyl
5.7
fern
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The Church Rock Incident - America’s Largest Nuclear Disaster
5.9
Wendigoon
Video
The Deepwater Horizon Disaster
5.6
neo
Video
The BIGGEST Plane Crash in History - Tenerife Disaster
5
Wyngx
Video
The Only Antarctic Crash With Survivors
5.2
Primal Space
Video
The Worst Oil Disaster Ever
5.3
Real Engineering
Video
The Insane Waterpark That Killed 6 People
5.4
fern
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Why the World's Biggest Aquarium Broke
5.5
fern
Video
The Submarine That Destroyed a School Ship
4.8
Fathom
Video
The Last 4 Survivors of 9/11
5.3
Uncovering
Video
The Disturbing Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
5.4
Scary Interesting
Video
Chernobyl 2.0 - The Kyshtym Disaster
5
Solve
Video
The Impossible Rescue of The Kursk Submarine
5
Spds
Video
The Sinking No One Could Explain
5.9
Mustard
Video
The Impossible Landing
5.3
neo
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Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion Disaster Explained (Hour by Hour)
5.4
The Infographics Show
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Britain's Chernobyl Disaster
5.1
Louped
Video
The WORST Diving Accident in History - The Paria Diving Incident
5.2
Dr Ben Miles
Video
Sucked into an oil pipe | The Paria Diving Disaster
5.4
FatalBreakdown
Video
The Most Terrifying Survival Story Ever
4.9
YESTERDAY
Video
How Did a Tiny Hole Kill 4 Divers?
4.9
Waterline Stories
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Australia's Secret Chernobyl
5.4
fern
Video
Everything We Thought About Titanic Was Wrong
5.2
Today I Learned Science
Video
The Worst Tornado Disaster in 70 years - The Joplin EF5
5.3
Swegle Studios
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