No Crash, but 500 Dead: The Balvano Train Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

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A short documentary about the Balvano Train Disaster of 1944 - one of the most deadly accidents ever to take place on any railway in the world... 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: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:38 - Background ► 04:31 - The Balvano Train Disaster ► 08:36 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► “Titanic of train disasters: Italy finally commemorates hushed-up wartime tragedy that killed more than 600 people” by Nick Squires, published by the Telegraph, March 2017. Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/02/titanic-train-disasters-italy-finally-commemorates-hushed-up/ ► “Italy: Death Train” published by Time Magazine, April 1951. Link: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,814495,00.html ► “The Fate of the Black Market Express” by John Wolford, published by HubPages, April 2019. Link: https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Fate-of-the-Black-Market-Express ► “Balvano” by Antonio Bruno, published by Terredamare, June 2022. Link: https://terredamare.com/comuni/balvano ► “The Balvano Disaster” published by Italy on This Day, March 2021. Link: https://www.italyonthisday.com/2021/03/the-balvano-disaster.html ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #italy #railway #trains ​