1,000,000 People Trapped in a Tunnel: The Loveparade Crush | Fascinating Horror

In July, 2010, over a million people descended on the German city of Duisburg to attend a free dance music festival. Due to mistakes made during planning and policing of the event, the parade would ultimately end in disaster, costing 21 people their lives... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:42 - Background ► 03:43 - The Loveparade Concert Crush ► 10:29 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Inside a life-threatening crowd: Analysis of the Love Parade disaster from the perspective of eyewitnesses" by Anna Sieben and Armin Seyfried, published by Safety Science, October 2023. Available via: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753523001716 ► "Festivalgoers killed in stampede at Love Parade in Germany" by Kate Connolly, published by The Guardian, July 2010. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/24/love-parade-festival-tunnel-stampede ► "Love Parade: Living with pain" by Andrea Grunau, published be Deutsche Welle, December 2018. Link: https://www.dw.com/en/survivors-describe-painful-memories-of-love-parade-disaster/a-42132818 ► "Love parade disaster: Families seek justice" by Wolfgang Dick, published by Deutsche Welle, August 2017. Link: https://www.dw.com/en/love-parade-disaster-looking-those-responsible-in-the-eye/a-41704172 ► "Nineteen Die in Love Parade Stampede" by Daniel Kreps, published by Rolling Stone, July 2010. Link: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nineteen-die-in-love-parade-stampede-174239/ ► "Organisers blamed for German Love Parade deaths" published by BBC News, July 2010. Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-10753448 ► "Funeral procession through the tunnel - Kraft indirectly calls for resignation" published by Spiegel Panorama, July 2010. Link: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/duisburg-ticker-trauerzug-durch-den-tunnel-kraft-fordert-indirekt-ruecktritt-a-708478.html ► Loveparade Website, published by Lopavent, 2008. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20080929133500/http://www.loveparade.com/index_en.php ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #germany #music