History WebVideo / FascinatingHorror

* LighterAndSofter: At least one episode released around the winter holidays each year will feature a gentler topic, such as an accident that didn't result in loss of life.

** For 2024, they [[https://youtu.be/MTGUwBsAfbQ?feature=shared covered]] [[Film/TheToweringInferno The Glass Tower Disaster]].

* AnAesop: "Safety rules are written in blood." Sometimes stated outright, this applies to most of the episodes that feature disasters that occurred due to safety standards that were ignored or just simply didn't exist at the time.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The public domain track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78qalYbG4Lw "Glass Pond"]] by Public Memory has been used as background music since the Zeebrugge Ferry episode from May 2020, and is considered the unofficial theme of the channel as a whole.

[[https://www.youtube.com/c/FascinatingHorror/ Fascinating Horror]] is a Website/{{YouTube}}r from the UK who produces short documentaries primarily focused on historical accidents, disasters, and other tragedies. A key feature of the channel is doing away with the sort of sensationalism that might be present in other videos of the same type, instead putting emphasis on respectful presentation and thorough research. New episodes are released on Tuesdays.

Since the channel's debut in January 2019, it has gained 660,000 subscribers as of October 2021.

* KarmaHoudini: Conrail brakeman Edward Cromwell avoided prosecution for operating a freight train stoned and crashing it into a passenger train by testifying against engineer Ricky Gates, who was also stoned on the job. Gates himself only got four years in prison; however, he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone showed remorse]] for his role in the accident and, upon release, started working to prevent others from making the same mistake he did.

** The Mount Erebus disaster, rather than negligence, can be traced to genuine transcription errors, first in the initial flight pattern being input incorrectly, then in a pilot incorrectly inputting a change, inexperience pilots trusting the route they were given, and whiteout affecting their judgement. That Air New Zealand failed to catch this, and tried to blame the pilots of the crash for this disaster, though, ''was'' negligence.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first year or so of videos used different intro music than the well-known "Glass Pond". Also, a few episodes fall outside of the theme of accidents and disasters, like one about the disappearance of tourist Lars Mittank or a feature about serial killer Ed Gein. He began to use "Glass Pond" from the Zeebrudge Ferry video onwards.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first year or so of videos used different intro music than the well-known "Glass Pond". Also, a few episodes fall outside of the theme of accidents and disasters, like one about the disappearance of tourist Lars Mittank or a feature about serial killer Ed Gein. He began to use "Glass Pond" from the Nutty Putty Cave video onwards.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first year or so of videos used different intro music than the well-known "Glass Pond". Also, a few episodes fall outside of the theme of accidents and disasters, like one about the disappearance of tourist Lars Mittank or a feature about serial killer Ed Gein.