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At 1.23 a.m. on the morning of April 26 1986 the world was seconds away from its worst ever nuclear accident. Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union exploded. Zero Hour s1e1: Disaster at Chernobyl, Discovery 2004
Many see it as the first step in break up of the communist regime. ibid.
On this night Chernobyl is harbouring two deadly secrets: the first is a potentially fatal flaw in the reactor’s design which the engineers are not aware of. The flaw that makes it highly unstable when run at low power; the second secret concerns the man in charge Anatoli Dyatlov’s own history is scarred by the very technology he is seeking to dominate. ibid.
The water shortage continues to set off alarms. But none of these engineers believes a serious accident is possible. ibid.
They are the victims of years of cover-ups and negligence. ibid.
Safety came second. Accidents were common and hushed-up. ibid.
The few boron control rods still in the reactor are only partially inserted at the top. So power is building into a hotspot at the bottom of the core, where the sensors don’t always detect it. ibid.
Every year as many as 400 North Americans drown in their cars. Strange Evidence s2e5, 2018
Each year sharks attack about 80 people, killing 6. Strange Evidence s2e6
In the United States about 15 people are killed by icicle-related accidents each year. Strange Evidence s2e10
Kyshtym, Siberia, September 1957 : ‘Several hundred villages, several hundreds thousand people and they’re all being evacuated … The entire area was contaminated.’ Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny s1e2: Black Sites, comment, History 2025
Medvedev reveals that the Kyshtym disaster was caused by an accident at the top-secret nuclear processing plant called Mayak, just eight miles away. ibid.
It’s constructed at breakneck speed by an unconventional workforce: prisoners. ibid.
Declassified documents show that the CIA knew all along and kept it secret. ibid.
[comment]:The real question is, was this a horrific accident? Or was this murder? The Crash, Netflix 2026
But the timing seemed really perfect. I don’t uderstand how you amnesia just lasted the exact right amount of time to not be able to help the police with their investigations. ibid.
Based on my calculations the Toyota averaged 97.8 miles per hour. ibid. rozzer
They did find THC … she has no psilicybin in her system. ibid.
The evidence we had in this case was compelling. 100% gas pedal. No attempt at using the break. The car didn’t fail. ibid.
Bessemer, Alabama, August 3rd 2017: [911 call]: I got a little girl drowned. Fell in the pool. Accused: Guilty or Innocent? s3e8: Careless Adult or Swimming Pool Tragedy?
This tragic tragic accident has left this child permanently injured. Her life will never be normal. ibid. Defence brief
They’re trying to take an accident and turn it into a crime. ibid.
At the time of the incident, Jerry had worked as a paramedic for 13 years. ibid. caption
While Jerry was performing CPR on the child, a neighbour called 911. ibid.
Jerry served in the US Army as a paramedic for 8 years. He saw active duty in Afghanistan. ibid.
The Defense need to establish why Jerry changed his story during his interview with the police. ibid.
The Prosecution is offering Jerry a plea deal. ibid. Brief
There’s no way in hell I would hurt my kid. ibid. Jerry
Iron County, Michigan, January 13th 2021: [defence brief]: He just ploughed right into them. He immediately said, I fell asleep, and only woke up after the collision happened. The question then is, What caused that to happen? Accused: Guilty or Innocent? s4e3: Killer Driver or Medical Emergency
January of 2021 Jerry was driving his vehicle on the way to work, broad daylight, about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and as he approached a construction area where the workers were cutting trees and shrubbery on the side of the highway he just ploughed right into them, and killed the front guy, the flagger [56-year-old Lawrence Leonarduzzi]. ibid.
There’s no obvious reason why he would have fallen asleep. ibid.
My theory is that Jerry wasn’t asleep but that he fell unconscious for some other reason. ibid.
The Defense wants to understand Jerry’s medical history leading up to the crash in January 2021. ibid. caption
In the first week of December 2020 which I was at work, and when I slid under the machine on my stomach, I could not breathe. I got under the machine and I could not take a breath … She [nurse] examined me and gave me a breath treatment, they call it, and then she listened to my lungs again, and came back with a referral to see the pulmonary specialist in Marquette. ibid. Jerry
Doctors diagnosed Jerry with a paralyzed diaphragm. A condition that reduces lung capacity. This could cause a blackout. ibid. caption
After the crash, doctors continued to investigate Jerry’s breathing issues. He was referred to an expert who undertook a sleep study. ibid.
The jury finds the defendant not guilty. ibid.
Lake Charles, Louisiana, November 13th 2021: A teenage couple. A vintage gun. Fatal accident or teen killer? Accused: Guilty or Innocent s7e3: Killer Teen or Fatal Accident
I represent Emmalou Johnson. She is charged with second-degree murder. ibid. brief
Emmalou is now 18 years old. At the time of the shooting she was 16 and still a minor. Emmalou and Jayden had been in a relationship for two years. ibid. captions
Following the shooting, Jayden was initially responsive and spoke to paramedics in the back of the ambulance. ibid.
The Defense maintains there is nothing to prove the shooting was anything more than an accident. ibid.
With no jury, the Judge alone will decide the verdict. ibid.
Emmalou is found not guilty of Second-Degree murder. ibid.