Ep. 141 - What started the Ohio Penitentiary fire?

Still one of the worst fires in U.S. history, a 1930 blaze at the Ohio Penitentiary in downtown Columbus killed 322 inmates. A century later, researchers and historians still debate the cause: Did prisoners start the fire as part of a planned jailbreak, or did prison officials frame them to divert attention from their own tragic missteps? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: "Float" by Mike Brown of New Franklin, Ohio Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch               Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices