I'm Rebecca Lavoie, and this is You Can't Make This Up.

You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take an even closer look at the Netflix documentary series, Train Rec.

You go to a concert to have fun. I never thought that I would see death.

Today we're talking to Georgia Casper, Carrie Leah, and Hannah Polter.

There are times when things don't go to plan, and there are times when they fail so spectacularly that it's a train wreck.

Like when an iconoclast fashion designer set a new standard for ethical business practices,

all while subjecting his workers to abuse and sexual predation.

And I answered the phone, and he didn't say anything other than just, I hate you.

He just said it.

He was just like, I hate you.

I fucking hate you.

And then he just hung up.

Or when Houston concert goers built a spectacular main stage, not realizing its design would lead to a crowd surge, killing 10 and injuring

hundreds. Both the police and organizers have said they didn't want to trigger crowd panic by

stopping abruptly. But people were dying. The Netflix series Train Rec looks at the scandals,

disasters, and plain old screw-ups that captivated the world.

This season covers the rise and fall of a fashion empire in the cult of American apparel.

And it explores the mistakes that led to a fatal concert performance in the astro-world tragedy.

We hear from experts, journalists, and those who live through it to explore not only what happened, but why?

Later in the show, we'll talk to Carrie Leia and Hannah Polter about the AstroWorld tragedy.

But first, we're talking to the producer of the Cult of American Apparel, Georgia Casper.

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