Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

Are you Marked Safe? Join friends Brianne and Melanie as they explore the world's darkest calamities & delve into the fallout from them

Recent Episodes

March 6, 2024

Big Ass Daddy Deer: Baby Jessica

This week, we are all personally responsible for the deer overpopulation problem, Melanie is finally desensitized to shafts, Brianne is a curious cat when it comes to water drills and industrial balloons, and Jessica is off t...

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Feb. 24, 2024

Right Here, in Zanesville Ohio: Ohio Compilation Part 2

This week, Brianne brings you more Buckeye bullshit, Melanie is still vertical, we contemplate a bracket brought to you in partnership with Sandwich Daddy, Brianne’s cucumber terrorizes the world, the bracket ends with a cont...

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Feb. 9, 2024

Sillysad: Birthday Charcuterie

This week, we hear from the man with the world’s largest collection of Titanic VHS tapes, Brianne cannot stop the wind, Melanie and Cody are both tax tops, the Kruse family presents a disaster charcuterie, we unpack the possi...

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Feb. 4, 2024

Ohio is for Haters: Ohio Compilation Part 1

This week, Brianne plans for her next cohost, we finally identify Carmen Sandiego’s location, we begin an inquiry into Ohio’s lesbian farming, Brianne punches sideways, we get a crossover villain from the previous episode, Me...

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Jan. 27, 2024

The Price That Was Paid for Fish: The Johnstown Flood Part 2

This week, Marley enters her piranha era, Brianne must continually reckon with Froot Loops, we discover that there are two kinds of people, Melanie has a certain amount of knowledge about grave robbing, and we have a guest sp...

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Jan. 27, 2024

The Price That Was Paid for Fish: The Johnstown Flood Part 2

This week, Marley enters her piranha era, Brianne must continually reckon with Froot Loops, we discover that there are two kinds of people, Melanie has a certain amount of knowledge about grave robbing, and we have a guest sp...

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Jan. 19, 2024

No Danger From Our Enterprise: The Johnstown Flood

This week, we give lumberjacks a break from the female gaze, Melanie finally admits that she’s the bottom, Brianne is actually the river planner for the city, we try to appease Ohio, it really is all about that bass, and …

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Jan. 12, 2024

Everything Goes Away, You’re Flying Now: Shane McConkey

This week, Adelaide is over the hill of childhood, sphincters are puckered, Shane has monstrous cojones, Melanie gets a package that would make either of us cry, and Brianne has a confession about Ohio. Content warnings: extr...

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Jan. 5, 2024

John’s Version: 1992 North Dakota Farming Accident

This week, we’re having another baby, Melanie is getting blown, Brianne’s brain gremlin is running things, we would like to discuss what our partners are wearing, and jokesters gotta joke. Content warnings: gory description o...

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Dec. 24, 2023

The Reason Somebody’s Papaw is Like That: Recalled Toys Part 3

This week, Squonk’s gotta Squonk, your grief is invited to our holiday party, Melanie believes that lighters are a recalled children’s toy, toy manufacturers need a visit from HR, Melanie inquires about a potential career in ...

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Dec. 9, 2023

Alive With Fire: Babbs Switch Fire

This week, the Froot Loops are malicious, Grace is back on her bullshit, not everyone understands how certifying things works, the story includes an unexpected amount of family tea and fantasy nose punching, and Melanie has a...

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Dec. 1, 2023

Fact Action Finger Fun: Recalled Toys

This week, the ghouls deliver on tea (but not the usual kind), Brianne’s kid is a poser, the bracket choice is unexpectedly easy, Melanie loves sipping clams, people scoot like seals, Brianne is haunted by violent Sky Dancers...

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About the Hosts

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Brianne Garrett

Co-host

Titanic aficionado and compilation queen Brianne is slinging disasters and hot takes on anything from blobfish to wendigos. She is always seeking out rollercoaster doom, plane crashes, and sinking ships.

Having successfully angled for the perfect cohost, Brianne is dedicated to spinning you disaster narratives from 1912 to today.

In her “free” time Brianne is an avid Fortnite player, dabbler in watercolors, and reader. She’s a mother of two and nurse’s wife. She spends her days attempting to stay marked safe and her nights telling tales of peril.

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Melanie Kruse

Co-host

Melanie is a mother of five and aviation wife who fancies an odd disaster, loves Vienna Sausages, and a has a penchant for turning anything into a dirty joke.