Storm Chasers was a popular show about, well, take a wild guess. Thrusting audiences into the eye of the storm, dozens of scientists, cameramen, producers and medical personnel, risked their lives over five seasons to bring us footage unable to be captured anywhere else. That was until the biggest tornado ever recorded took the lives of three team members: Tim Samaras, his son Paul, and Carl Young. It's as thrilling as the hit movie Twister – except it's real! DIEPOD #89 EPISODE TIMELINE: 0:00 Teaser/Intro 2:20 Pop Culture Flash: May 2013 8:22 Story Begins: Invention of 'Doppler on Wheels' and Popularity of the movie Twister (1996) 11:19 Extreme Filmmaking: Tornados, Mountains and Exploitation Videos 15:56 'Storm Chasers' premieres on the Discovery Channel: Strict Safety Standards 20:15 Spam King Story (Interlude) 21:52 The Arrival of TWISTEX and Tim Samaras on the Series 28:43 'Storm Chasers' is Cancelled/Next Project 31:48 The Deadly Storm of May 2013: Tim Samaras, his son Paul, and crew member Carl Young get caught in a multi-vortex tornado. 44:28 'Storm Chaser' Updates/Final Thoughts/Mailbag #twister #stormchasers #discovery #rip #podcast #extremeweather #tornado #realitytv _________________________ Death in Entertainment is hosted by Kyle Ploof, Mark Mulkerron and Alejandro Dowling. New episodes every Wednesday! Click below to SUBSCRIBE for more compelling content: / @diepod FOLLOW US: https://linktr.ee/deathinentertainment JOIN US ON PATREON: / deathinentertainment