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Picture generated with AI Location: The Horse Shoe Brewery, London, England, United Kingdom Dates Active: October 17, 1814 Category: Mass Deaths, Unnatural Disasters Cause: Porter Beer Status: Closed Entry ID: 012924A-00054 Summery:   7,664 barrels of porter flooded a rookery in London, killing 8 people. In Depth: The Horse Shoe Brewery was built in 1764 at the end of Tottenham Street at the junction of Oxford Street, in London, England, the site which is currently occupied by the Dominion Theater. It wasn't the best neighborhood at the time, being smack dab in the middle of a "rookery": tightly packed slums and houses around nearby St. Giles's Church, which housed many poor families, the majority of whom were Irish immigrants. Despite it's surroundings the brewery was very well off. Though it changed ownership several times over the course of several decades, it still managed to produce over 100,000 barrels of porter in the year 1811. However,...

Picture generated with AI Location: Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1881 to Present Category: Ghost Ship, Mass Deaths Cause: Shipwreck Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 012824I-00053 Summery:   The Lupatia went down with all hands on deck in a thick fog between the Tillamook Rock Light and the shore, but has been seen during foul weather here ever since. In Depth: In 1881 during the construction of the Tillamook Rock Light a sailing ship named the Lupatia got stuck in a thick fog bank near shoreline. Workers on the lighthouse heard the panicked sailors and tried to use lanterns to signal the ship from the highest point of the tower in order to let them known where to go. It appeared that the ship was able to correct its course at first, but the next day the bodies of all 16 of the Lupatia's crew washed up onshore. There was one survivor of the wreck though, and that was the crew's dog. Ever since that day, locals in Cannon Beach have witnessed a s...

Picture generated with AI Location: The RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, United States of America Dates Active: 1934 to Present Category: Haunting, Mass Deaths, Mysterious Sounds, Nice Spirits Cause: Multiple Deaths Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 012824A-00045 Summery:   The Queen Mary is considered by many to be one of the most haunted locations in the United States. In Depth: This British passenger ship was constructed from 1930 to 1934 for the Cunard Line, and was considered one of the most luxurious ocean liners at the time. She had numerous amenities, including seven different dining rooms and cocktail bars, two indoor swimming pools, beauty salons, libraries, a music studio, a squash court, and a grand ballroom. She even had its own hospital. She ran passenger cruises from 1936 to 1939, during which time she captured the Blue Riband (an unofficial for crossing the Atlantic Ocean with the highest average speed), and carried famous passengers such as Clark Gable and Bob...

Picture generated with AI Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Dates Active: January 15, 1919 Category: Mass Deaths, Unnatural Disasters Cause: Structural Failure Status: Closed Entry ID: 011724E-00038 Summery:   21 people were killed when a tank of molasses in Boston burst. In Depth: A holding tank at the Purity Distilling Company burst open at its base, resulting in a warm, sticky wave of fermenting molasses to come cascading through the busy afternoon streets of Boston. The wave enveloped everything in its path at a blistering 35 miles per hour, destroying an elevated train track and encasing dozens of people in brown goo. Because of the frigid weather, the surface of the molasses quickly hardened, dooming anyone unlucky enough to have been swept underneath to suffocation. In total, 21 people were killed and over 150 people were injured. Related Entries and Connections : Connections: Mass Deaths Connections: Unnatural Disasters Last Update: Ma...

Picture generated with AI Location: Salem, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: November 12, 1942 Category: Mass Deaths Cause: Accidental Poisoning Status: Closed Entry ID: 011724D-00037 Summery:   The accidental poisoning of a batch of scrambled eggs by a patient resulted in 47 deaths of both patients and staff. In Depth: The Oregon State Hospital in its earlier days served as a mental hospital, and staff and patients alike would often eat meals served up by the hospital's cafeteria. On the morning of November 18, 1942, a large number of patients and staff had gathered to have breakfast. During the meal, however, those that had eaten began to display signs of illness: vomiting blood, becoming paralyzed, and having intense pain. Several died quickly, while others perished after hours of agonizing pain. In total, 47 patients and staff died, with a total of 467 people getting sick. During the investigation, it was determined that one of the patients that was h...

Picture generated with AI Location: Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom Dates Active: June 18, 1875 Category: Mass Deaths, Unnatural Disasters Cause: Fire Status: Closed Entry ID: 011724C-00036 Summery:   A fire at a malt house caused the death of 13 people, but not in the way you'd think. In Depth: When Malone's Malt House and storehouse caught fire and caused some 5,000 barrels of whiskey to burst into streets along Chamber Street in Dublin. The whiskey spread around the area, ankle deep in many places, attracting the attention of Dublin's citizens. Many people started collecting the spirit using whatever they could find, even scooping it up in their own boots and drinking it right then and there. The fire itself didn't hurt anyone, but in the aftermath of it all 13 people ended up dying because of the event. All 13 of those deaths were attributed to alcohol poisoning. Related Events and Connections : Connections: Mass Deaths Connections: Unnatural Disasters Last ...

Picture generated with AI Location: Kholat Syakhl, Northern Urals, Russian SFSR, Russia Dates Active: February 1 - February 2, 1959 Category: Conspiracies, Mass Deaths, Unexplained Deaths Cause: Various possible Status: Closed Entry ID: 010624D-00005 Summery:   Russian hikers die under mysterious circumstances in the Ural Mountains. In Depth: Ten hikers set out on an extreme, several week hike in the Ural Mountains. One of the hikers comes down with a sickness, leading him to return home while the remaining nine continue on without him. They are never heard from again. Investigators were sent up to the mountain when the hikers did not report back, finding their tent in a state of disarray with holes cut out of the side of the tent from the inside. Inside the tent they found that the hikers had left significant portions of their clothing, which could be lethal in the severe winter cold. Over the next month the bodies of the hikers are found. All nine had died, six from what ap...