Episode

Ep 252: Things Could Be Worse! - 536 CE

Podcast: Doomed to Fail
Published: Jun 29, 2026
Duration seconds: 2356
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Summary

Let's talk about the 'worst year to be alive,' it's not this one - it's 536 CE! Of course, that's just a guess, but it's an educated guess because we know that there was a volcano that blotted out the sun - and THAT was the beginning of a mini-ice age that ushered in famine, mass migration, wars, and the plague!