S4 Ep45: The Hartford Circus Fire - 1944

The CRASH BANG WALLOP Podcast

It’s 1944, it’s Hartford Connecticut and this may be the most horrible episode we’ve ever done.

In what grisled old circus types are already calling the Greatest Podcast on Earth, join Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss the truly terrible Hartford Circus Fire - the awesome conflagration that descended on the good people of Connecticut one beautiful summers day in July.

Should they have used petrol to waterproof the tent. Nope. No. Absolutely not.

TRIGGER WARNING. This is a bad one, and it gave both of us a bit of a shock. Seriously, one of the worst. So proceed with caution. It involves children being burned alive.

Written by Phil Lucas
Edited by Phil Jerrod
Music by Steve Adam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_circus_fire

http://www.circusfire1944.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/07/hartford-circus-fire-1944-bodies-exhumed

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mystery-hartford-circus-fire-still-lingers-76-years-later/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Meln3N13OM

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/74219/25-things-you-should-know-about-hartford-connecticut

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut

http://www.circusfire1944.com/

https://connecticuthistory.org/the-hartford-circus-fire/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hartford-circus-fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Wallendas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Haley