Episode 62: The Black Bird of Chernobyl

On April 26th, 1986, one of the largest nuclear disasters in history occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.  While the Soviet Union tried to sweep this under the rug, the news of the destruction and deaths slowly reached the world news cycle.What didn't get discussed, however, were the strange phone calls and shared nightmares of many Chernobyl employees in the days leading up to the meltdown.  And stranger still, no one commented on the mysterious red-eyed man who was spotted in the very pillars of smoke that would seal the fates of everyone in the immediate area - a man who would soon be called the Black Bird of Chernobyl.  Fuck Putin.  Stand with Ukraine.