Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster | Netflix Doc Recap & Breakdown

This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we dive deep into Netflix's new documentary, Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster — the true story behind the 2023 implosion that left five passengers dead and the entire world watching. We're breaking down the sub's flawed tech, ignored safety warnings, and the billionaire bravado that led to catastrophe.

Featuring:
• Who was on board the Titan submersible
• The final dive timeline — and what went wrong
• Stockton Rush's ego and the carbon-fiber gamble
• Acoustic pings, fiber cracks, and Dive 80's "pop"
• Our "You couldn't pay me to do this even if…" segment 😅
• What Netflix got right — and what they left out

This is Fatal Innovation at its worst: when cutting corners meets crushing pressure.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome to Killer Queens, a true crime podcast. I'm your host, Terella, and like most
0:09.5	millennials, I've always had an obsession with true crime. On KQ, you'll find light true crime
0:14.8	stories, millennial hypes and gripes, some adult language, and maybe a special guest here
0:20.2	and there.
0:24.4	Just like a 90s sleepover, we're just a couple BFFs hanging out.
0:27.5	So gather around and let's launch right into it.
0:39.2	Hey guys, welcome to another episode of Killer Queens, and we have a theme week.
0:40.0	Oh, yeah.
0:41.7	Yay, we love it.
0:45.3	This week, our theme is fatal innovation, okay?
0:48.7	And this is when ambition outpaces safety.
0:51.0	Oh, we don't like that.
0:52.5	We don't like that.
0:54.2	We do not like that. And we are going to really focus on catastrophic tech hubris.
1:01.3	Yeah.
1:02.3	You just can't even begin.
1:04.8	It's scary times over at KQ this week.
1:07.6	It really is.
1:09.1	We're both now terrified of travel.
1:13.1	Yeah. All forms of travel. Yeah. And I already wasn't doing great there. And now I'm like,
1:20.7	well, that's the end of that for me. And I just will live on the ground on dry land forever now.
1:27.0	Yes. Tennessee, I don't need to see anything else. Tennessee has got everything I need now.
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