Calamity Janes

Calamity Janes

Mayhem enthusiasts, best friends, and sisters Bailey Brown and Madison Wendt have spent their lives pouring over stories of disaster and catastrophe while their family looked on in abject horror. Combining their love of comedy podcasts and long, late-night discussions of calamity, Bailey and Madison decided to create a podcast where they can talk about all things catastrophic without enduring their loved one's side-eye. Calamity Janes is a weekly podcast wherein hosts Bailey and Madison discuss all sorts of terrifying disasters. Engrossed by engineering failings? Titillated by tales of tornadoes and volcanoes? Searching for horror stories of spaceflight? We’ve got ya covered! Tune in each week to hear Madison tell Bailey about a different disastrous debacle.

Episodes

March 4, 2025 39 mins
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December 10, 2024 19 mins
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December 3, 2024 30 mins
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November 26, 2024 30 mins

Settle in! We're headed to Chicago this week to discuss the deadly Iroquois Theater Fire. 

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire

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November 19, 2024 30 mins

This episode will scare the pants off of you if you hate earthquakes, spontaneous quicksand, and meandering diary entries. Listen up to learn about the New Madrid earthquakes. 

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November 12, 2024 46 mins

We're baaaaaaack.

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September 6, 2022 31 mins

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about a deadly plane crash caused by a surprisingly lethal insect.

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August 30, 2022 27 mins

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission.

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Resources used in this episode:

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518 
  • https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518 
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August 23, 2022 44 secs

No episode today folks! Madison's household has fallen to illness, and Bailey is in the middle of the Great Dallas Monsoon. Please send all beverage requests* and disaster suggestions to calamityjanespod@gmail.com.

*Madison will not buy you a drink. Sorry, that was a lie. Madison will make it up to you somehow. 

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August 16, 2022 25 mins

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission. 

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August 9, 2022 34 mins

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about The Great Molasses Flood of 1919.

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In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Flugtag '88 airshow disaster -- one of the most deadly in history. 

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July 26, 2022 31 mins

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the Eiger -- a mysterious mountain with a history of catastrophe.

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Resources used in this episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Eiger_climbing_disaster 

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In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Tybee Island Mid-Air Collision. 

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Resources used in this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision#:~:text=The%20Tybee%20Island%20mid%2Dair,Savannah%2C%20Georgia%2C%20United%20Sta...

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In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about some epic lightning strikes, and all of the catastrophes they've created. 

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Resources used in this episode:
https://lightningmaster.com/the-worst-lightning-strikes-ever-recorded/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bre...

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July 4, 2022 26 mins

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the collapse of the I35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN!

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Resources used in this episode:
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=bridges 

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540669701/10-years-after-bridge-collapse-...

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In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about all sorts of gender reveals gone wrong.

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Resources used in this episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/gender-reveal-party-wildfire.html

https://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/trending/gender-reveal-parties-that-en...

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June 21, 2022 17 mins

This week, Madison shares some news along with her own personal disaster. 

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