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14 Strange And Terrifying Crowd Crushes Throughout History That Were Heartbreakingly Fatal

By Victoria Vouloumanos

October 28, 2025

14 Strange And Terrifying Crowd Crushes Throughout History That Were Heartbreakingly Fatal

14 Deadliest Crowd Crushes In History

Across centuries and continents, dense human gatherings have ended in sudden, suffocating tragedy — not simply from “panic,” but from physics and planning failure. While panic can sometimes trigger the initial surge, it is the underlying design flaws and physics that cause the lethal compression. When space runs out and pressure builds, crowds behave like fluid: a single obstacle or counterflow can turn motion into catastrophe. From pilgrimages to music festivals, these 14 events reveal how systemic errors, not human chaos, keep repeating:

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