The Mysterious Life and Death (Series 1) - The Tunguska Event

In this thrilling new episode, we will journey to the remote wilderness of Siberia to explore one of the 20th century's greatest unsolved mysteries: the Tunguska Event. On a seemingly ordinary morning in 1908, a colossal explosion flattened an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 square kilometres (830 square miles) in the Siberian taiga. With the force of 1,000 Hiroshima bombs, this event generated shockwaves felt across the globe, yet mysteriously left no crater. And, Hiroshima bombs, because apparently it's the normal scale to figure out the intensity of an explosion. Dive deep with us as we dissect the theories and investigations that have attempted to piece together this puzzle. Was it a comet, an asteroid, or something more outlandish? We explore the context of early 20th-century Russia, the eyewitness accounts that have surfaced, and the scientific expeditions that have sought to explain the cause of such a devastating explosion. And this episode is a must-listen for anyone fascinated by the intersection of history, science, and mystery.

Join us as we attempt to unravel the secrets of the Tunguska Event, a true tale of cosmic intrigue that remains, over a century later, a profound enigma.