Over three days in the fall of 1982, seven healthy people in the Chicago area died suddenly. At first, medical examiners were baffled but soon realized all the victims had taken Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules. Public trust in the medication va
In the early 1990s, Carletta Tilousi was one of hundreds of people from the Havasupai Nation who gave blood samples to Arizona State University researchers. They hoped to discover why type 2 diabetes was an epidemic in their remote community in
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing America into World War II. Admiral Husband Kimmel, a decorated veteran and commander of the US naval fleet in Hawaii, was completely caught off guard. But it didn’t have to be a surprise
In 1986, Allan McDonald was the head of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor program at Morton Thiokol, the company that built the rocket boosters for NASA’s Challenger space shuttle. Allan warned NASA management that the Space Shuttle Challeng
In 1904, a fire broke out on a steamboat full of families enjoying a ride along New York City’s East River. The panicked passengers quickly discovered they had an even bigger problem on their hands - the ship’s life preservers. The safety equip
Welcome to a new show about trust. It takes hard work to build and a moment to break. And if that happens, you might never get it back.We’ve got five surprising stories that will help you understand why trust matters, from a tragic steamboat fi