The sky is not supposed to be a threat. But every day, objects fall from it—some natural, some man-made, and some that defy explanation entirely. A schoolgirl in Seattle nearly crushed by a chunk of aluminum that tore off a jetliner. A teacher in California whose classroom was destroyed by a block of frozen sewage falling from 30,000 feet. A meteorite that killed a man in Iraq in 1888—the earliest documented death by a falling star. And a rain of fish, frogs, and spiders that has fallen on cities from Australia to Brazil. This is the terror from the sky.

In this episode, we explore the terrifying reality of what falls from above. We investigate the phenomenon of aircraft debris—the doors, engine cones, turbine blades, and frozen waste that periodically plunge from commercial jets, punching holes in roofs, crushing cars, and nearly killing people on the ground . We examine the science of "raining animals"—the fish, frogs, and spiders that have fallen from the heavens throughout history, often explained by waterspouts and storms but sometimes defying all logic . And we uncover the story of the only confirmed meteorite death in recorded history—a man killed in what is now Iraq in 1888 by a rock from space, a tragedy that scientists only recently confirmed through archival research . The sky is not empty. And sometimes, what falls from it is not rain.

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