Circus Fire
Jun 25, 2020•1 min
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Summary
This episode recounts the tragic 1944 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut, where a tent, waterproofed with gasoline, quickly became an inferno. The disaster claimed 168 lives and injured 700, initially ruled an accident but later confessed as arson.Episode description
Have you heard about the day the clown cried?
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