Vajont: The Perfect Dam That Killed 2,000

<p>It was one of the tallest dams in the world, and it never failed — it is still standing today. But on a night in October nineteen sixty-three, a mountain slid into the reservoir behind it, and a wall of water a hundred and fifty metres high came over the top and erased the towns below. Nearly two thousand people died.</p><p>August Mercer tells the story of a catastrophe that everyone saw coming — measured, in writing, for years — and pressed ahead with anyway. This is Six Feet of History — five minutes of the past they'd rather you forget.</p><p><em>Follow for a new story every day. A Dark Whisper Studios production.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>#history #truehistory #truestory #truestories</em></p>