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Signal Lost

Signal Lost

By: Goldie Media Works
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Signal Lost is a documentary-style podcast about the warnings systems fail to see. Each episode traces the hidden signals behind historic disasters, financial collapses, technological failures, and unexplained transmissions, moments where something went wrong long before anyone realized it had. From aviation black boxes to nuclear control rooms… from market data to signals from deep space… The pattern is always the same: the signal was there. It just wasn’t understood in time.Goldie Media Works World
Episodes
  • The Batavia: Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder
    Jun 18 2026

    In 1629, the Dutch East India Company's flagship Batavia struck a reef off the remote coast of Western Australia. Hundreds survived the wreck and reached shore believing the worst was behind them.

    They were wrong.


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    52 mins
  • The Goiânia Radiation Incident: The Glow in the Dark
    Jun 12 2026

    In September 1987, an abandoned cancer treatment machine was removed from a forgotten clinic in Goiânia, Brazil. Hidden inside was a small capsule containing a glowing blue substance that seemed harmless, even beautiful.

    Neighbors gathered to see it. Families passed it around. Children played with it.

    No one knew they were handling one of the worst radiological accidents in history.

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    25 mins
  • Byford Dolphin: The Worst Decompression Accident in History
    Jun 10 2026

    In November 1983, a routine saturation diving operation aboard the Byford Dolphin drilling rig in the North Sea ended in catastrophe. In a matter of seconds, a single procedural failure exposed divers to an extreme pressure differential, resulting in one of the most devastating industrial accidents ever recorded.

    In this episode of Signal Lost, we examine the dangerous world of saturation diving, the events that unfolded aboard the Byford Dolphin, and the lasting impact the tragedy had on commercial diving safety.

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    27 mins
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