The Chernobyl Disaster – Aftermath, Myths, & Legends

Strange Matters Podcast

Campfire Audio Productions

Science, History, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.4 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Sean & Eric of Strange Matters team up with The Eastern Border Podcast, hosted by Kristaps Andrejsons, to delve into all the strange events and urban legends that surround the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. The incident at the Chernobyl Power Plant is the worst nuclear disaster in human history so far, as dozens of workers and emergency helpers died from lethal radiation poisoning and the entire population of Chernobyl and Pripyat were ordered to evacuate. One of the most disturbing facts to come out of this event is that it could have all been avoided if the proper safety measures had been taken, along with the fact the men in charge of the power station were not competent in their duties.
In the first part of this episode we go over the background, causes, and aftermath of the disaster. Then for the second half of the episode we of course cover our favorite myths and urban legends that have come from Chernobyl. Ranging from mutated men, government conspiracies, strange creatures, and even alien intervention, we discuss the stranger side of this nuclear disaster. We hope you enjoy learning and hearing all about the dark history and legends of Chernobyl and its tragic story.
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0:00.0	And the Hello everyone and welcome to a special collaborative episode between the Strange Matters
0:23.9	podcast and the Eastern Border Podcast. Hosting for Strange Matters I am
0:28.3	Sean joined by my fellow co-host Eric. What's up guys?
0:33.0	And we are joined today by fellow podcaster and host of the Eastern Border Podcast, Christops.
0:38.0	Three things comrades.
0:40.0	All right, so, here at Strange Matters, we discuss everything that is strange, bizarre, mysterious.
0:45.6	Chris Daps, you want to talk a little bit about your show, introduce yourself?
0:48.6	Yeah, I can do that.
0:50.6	I do a show about the history of and life and the Soviet Union and I
0:55.8	specialize in the fact that I collect the stories of the people who live there.
0:59.1	I give the personal experiences of this and apparently I'm useful for you too guys happy to be here
1:06.3	yeah man thanks for joining us happy to have you on board on today's episode we'll be discussing the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster,
1:14.8	looking at the real world impacts it had on the people and the surrounding environment,
1:20.1	and also looking into some of the strange myths and legends that surround the event.
1:24.8	Now I'm sure a lot of people here are at least somewhat familiar with Chernobyl,
1:28.3	the worst nuclear disaster in human history.
1:31.1	Yeah, definitely.
1:32.1	For those who don't know, Christops just did an entire episode on their Chernobyl disaster,
1:37.0	basically giving the background and what happened during the disaster.
1:40.0	So you just want to give a quick summary of the events that led up to the disaster?
1:44.0	Well, I'm not going to repeat everything right now, but what people have to know is that
1:49.0	due to huge amounts of nepotism and corruption and
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