On the 15th of September, 1896, around 40,000 people gathered in the temporary town of Crush in Texas. The crowds were there to witness a unique spectacle – two trains would, for the sole purpose of entertaining the masses – be driven head first into one another at high speed. The staged train wreck would be a once in a lifetime sight for many in the crowd… and for a small number of onlookers, the very last thing they would ever see.