Just a playlist of every disaster video I've ever made
Curated by: Fascinating Horror (333 videos)
This short documentary covers the collapse of the Alexander Kielland oil platform, which took place in March, 1980, and resulted in the death of 123 workers... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHistoric ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:47 - Background ► 02:23 - The Kielland Platform Collapse ► 08:47 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Kielland disaster: Families seeking answers 44 years on" by Duncan Leatherdale and Mark McAlindon, published by BBC News, March 2024. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68488424 ► "Families welcome Norway rig deaths compensation" by Duncan Leatherdale, published by BBC News, June 2025. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y67zed1n2o ► "Norway to set up compensation scheme for 1980 oil rig disaster victims’ families" by Jon Henley, published by The Guardian, June 2025. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/norway-compensation-scheme-1980-kielland-oil-rig-disaster ► "The Alexander L Kielland Disaster Revisited: A Review by an Experienced Welding Engineer of the Catastrophic North Sea Platform Collapse" by EJ France, published by the Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, July 2019. Available via: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11668-019-00680-4 ► Ministry of Justice Commission of Inquiry into the Alexander Kielland accident. Available via: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/105532/1 ► "The Rig: Alexander Kielland Memorial Book" published by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum, 2024. Available via: https://kielland.industriminne.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2025/01/Alexander-Kielland-English-med-siste-bildet-1.pdf #documentary #history #truestories #disaster #oil #maritime
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