You hear a buzz. It's a bee, and it's angry. Thousands more fly out of the hive. You're surrounded by the swarm.

How quickly can you run 1/4 mile to safety?

This week, Marina and Fin discuss bees (of the regular kind and of the killer kind), what to do if you get stung, and how to survive a killer bee swarm.

You see a rustle in the leaves. Is that mouse? No - it's a tiny, irritated man in green. Or maybe in red, depending on who you ask. And he's shockingly powerful and vindictive.

In this St. Patrick's Day holiday special, Marina and Fin discuss leprechauns - at times from a historical perspective and at times as if they exist.

Thunder booms all around you. Your phone sounds an alarm. Your hear the roar of a freight train.

A tornado is heading your way.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss tornadoes including recent disasters, how to spot cloud formations that could portend disaster, and why it's important to know where your fridge is when you're looking for a place to shelter.

It's a normal day. You push the button for the elevator. The doors open. You step inside, but your foot meets only open air. The elevator car is stuck 10 floors below.

Freak elevator accidents are more common than you may realize.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss elevators including real-life catastrophes and freak accidents, how to tell if an elevator may be overdue for maintenance, and what to do if you're suddenly plummeting down an elevator shaft.

The edge of the road begins to sag. A growing depression appears in the lane. Cracks begin to reach out across the pavement. Then the earth gives way under your tires.

It happens more often than you think.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss deadly sinkholes including real-life cases, how to know if you're at risk, and what to do if one collapses beneath you.

It could be an derailed train. It could be an overturned truck. It could be a mismanaged factory.

Chemical disasters can happen anywhere, to anyone.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss the recent Ohio train derailment, the Bhopal chemical tragedy, and what your options are if a toxic plume is headed your way.

When ferries capsize, the first few minutes are crucial for survival. But what if you're in a flooding cabin and the captain is telling you to stay put?

This week, Marina and Fin do a deep dive on the sinking of the. MV Sewol and discuss what we can learn from the tragedy.

It will stalk you. It will pounce when your back is turned. It will chomp onto your skull. It will drag you away into the underbrush. It will eat you.

Mountain lion attacks are rare, but they can be survivable.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss real-life survival cases, precautions that you can take, and what to do if a mountain lion has decided that you are prey.

The bridge collapses. Your car nosedives into the water below. You have minutes or seconds to get out before you drown.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss recent and historical bridge collapses including the I-35 W disaster and a deadly clown spectacle in England, why bridges collapse, and what to do if the bridge you're driving on has a catastrophic failure.

High winds. Low visibility. The snow is still coming down. You're stuck outside. Do you stay with the car or try to go out and look for help?

This week, Marina and Fin discuss blizzards from a meteorological lens, recent cases, how to prepare for blizzards, and what to do if you're caught in the middle of one.

Arsenic is all around you. It’s in the soil. It’s in the groundwater. It’s the poison in the glass of wine your neighbor just passed you.

Arsenic is known as the king of poisons for a reason.

This week, Marina and Fin cover England’s first serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton, the Borgias, the 1998 Wakayama arsenic poisoning incident, mithridatism, and how to avoid arsenic poisoning.

Moose are big. Moose are dumb. Moose can be vicious. You should fear moose.

Marina and Fin discuss a moose attack on a dogsled team, how to avoid being attacked by a moose, and what to do if one is trying to murder you.

Moose are big. Moose are dumb. Moose can be vicious. You should fear moose.

Marina and Fin discuss a moose attack on a dogsled team, how to avoid being attacked by a moose, and what to do if one is trying to murder you.

A dry slab avalanche can hit you at 80 miles per hour...and then your friends may only have minutes to dig you out.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss avalanches in their many forms -- including signs of where they might form, how to prepare for them, the 1910 Wellington train disaster, and the Dyatlov Pass incident.

Rabies is 100% fatal...or is it? Yes, yes it is. Know the symptoms of infection, but it's almost certain you will die after they start appearing. The only way to save yourself is to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

This week, Marina and Fin go on a deep dive into rabies, including their own firsthand account of an encounter where they least expected it.

Extreme heat. Flying tephra. Poisonous gasses. Pyroclastic flows. Explosions. Lahars.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss volcanoes including the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption, what would happen if Yellowstone erupted, and what to do if you're right there on the slopes when a volcano erupts.

If you fall through the ice, you may only have a few minutes to save yourself before you succumb to the icy depths.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss the Regent’s Park skating disaster of 1867, how to determine the relative safety of ice, and what to do if you plunge through the surface into the freezing water below.

Crowd collapses and crushes can happen quickly. Know the signs and keep yourself safe.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss real-life cases of crowd collapses and crushes, the physics behind them, and what to do if you find yourself in the midst of one.

Is that normal turbulence, or did something go wrong? Plane crashes are a common phobia, but many are survivable.

This week, Marina and Fin cover the Andes tragedy as well as what to do if you find yourself in a crashing plane.

You could feel a pinprick, or you could feel nothing. Then the venom hits you.

Marina and Fin discuss venomous spiders and what to do if you are bitten, including real-life horror stories.