Flood of Toxic Sludge Consumes Two Towns | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary covers the spillage of red mud from the Ajka Alumina Plant in Hungary in 2010 - an accident that consumed two towns and cost ten 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 ► 00:48 - Background ► 02:38 - The Ajka Alumina Plant Accident ► 09:19 - Investigation and Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Red Mud Project" by Various Authors, published by The Red Mud Project, 2025. Link: https://redmud.org/ ► "The red sludge tragedy in the Danube Basin" by Jasmine Bachmann, published by ICPDR, 2010. Link: https://www.icpdr.org/publications/red-sludge-tragedy-danube-basin ► "Hungary evacuates village threatened by toxic sludge" by David Batty, published by The Guardian, October 2010. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/09/toxic-sludge-hungary-village-evacuated ► "Hungary battles to stem torrent of toxic sludge" published by BBC News, October 2010. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11475361 ► "Hungary court jails company officials over 2010 toxic spill" published by RTL Today, February 2019. Link: https://today.rtl.lu/news/science-and-environment/a/1302284.html ► "Hungary toxic sludge spill an 'ecological catastrophe' says government" by Mark Tran, published by The Guardian, October 2010. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/05/hungary-toxic-sludge-spill ► "The Hungarian Toxic Red Sludge Spill and Determining Public Accountability" by Dimmy Herard, published by Florida International University, November 2010. Available via: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=drr_student ► "Red Mud, a Divided Settlement and the Toxic Waste Poisoning Hungary" by Ian M Cook and Gabi Horn, published by Balkan Insight, August 2020. Link: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/08/07/red-mud-a-divided-settlement-and-the-toxic-waste-poisoning-hungary/ ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #industrial #hungary