Sometimes, the most dangerous thing around you isn’t a storm or a serial killer—it’s the air itself.

In this episode of Waywut, Darrell walks us through several terrifying real-life events where people looked out their windows and saw nothing but thick, choking fog—and didn’t realize they were breathing in death. From factory towns to volcano fallout, we explore the moments when the atmosphere turned into an invisible threat.

Included:

• Belgium, 1930: A quiet town suddenly goes eerily silent… and stays that way
• Denora, Pennsylvania: Four days of trapped smog take down dozens of people
• The Great London Smog: 12,000 dead and one of the worst urban air disasters in history
• Iceland’s Laki eruption (1783): A volcano erupt ...