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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: What really sank the Kursk?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

More than 500 feet long and carrying missiles the size of small planes, the giant, nuclear-powered Kursk submarine was an apex predator of the high seas. At least, that is, until it was destroyed in one of the most catastrophic peacetime submarine accidents in history. The entire crew was lost and, decades later, some still believe this 'accident' was no accident at all.

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0:00.0

Fellow conspiracy realist, it is the end of the calendar year, and we're going to take a break to get with our families, our loved entities.

0:09.8

And while we're doing that, we wanted to share some of our favorite classic episodes.

0:16.8

This one is another episode about the high seas, you guys, the Kersk Submarine.

0:24.6

Oh, the mighty Kersk and how it fell.

0:28.0

Yes, more than 500 feet long carrying missiles the size of small aeroplanes.

0:34.2

It's a big boy.

0:35.3

And here's the thing.

0:36.7

Even if you're a big boy nuclear sub, you're still very small in comparison

0:42.2

to the system that we call the ocean. So it was destroyed. One of the most catastrophic

0:50.4

submarine disasters in history, the entire crew was lost, and even now, decades later,

0:56.4

as we learned back in 2020, you'll find plenty of people who believe this accident was not

1:02.9

an accident after all. This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human. One quick note note before we dive in today.

1:12.7

We had a few grimlins in the proverbial machine during this recording.

1:17.7

As a result, you may notice a little bit of strangeness with the microphones in this episode, especially my own.

1:25.3

However, we managed to keep those audio shenanigans to a minimum. We hope you enjoy the show.

1:32.2

From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.

1:39.1

You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

1:44.1

A production of IHeart Radio.

1:56.2

Hello, welcome back to the show.

1:58.2

My name is Matt.

1:59.3

My name is Noel.

2:00.4

They call me Ben. We are joined as always with our super producer, Paul Mission Control Deccant.

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