273: Chicago's Iroquois Theater Fire w/ Troy Taylor - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On December 30th, 1903, over two thousand people were packed into Chicago's brand new Iroquois Theater for a matinee performance of Mr. Bluebeard, starring comedian Eddie Foy.
Little did theatergoers know, however, that the owners of the theater cut corners in fire safety measures in an effort to open as quickly as possible. Despite billing itself as "absolutely fireproof" there were no sprinklers or fire alarms installed, the fire escapes weren't finished and some of the exit doors had been locked during the performance. When fire struck on stage in the second act, the interior of the theater became a hellish death trap, killing close to six hundred people.

My guest is Troy Taylor, author of the book, "One Afternoon at the Iroquois: America's Deadliest Theater Fire". He is a podcaster, historian, tour operator and an expert on the paranormal.

Troy's website: http://americanhauntings.net

A link to his podcast page (the American Hauntings Podcast): http://americanhauntingspodcast.com

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1:22.0	Welcome everyone to another episode of the most notorious podcast,
1:29.9	America Rivenus. Hope you are doing well. I am so pleased to introduce this week's guest,
1:36.0	Troy Taylor. He is the author of more than 120 books, mostly on ghosts and the unexplained,
1:43.2	and is the founder and owner of American Haunting's tours and events. He is also the host of the
1:49.9	American Haunting's podcast, a podcast on history, hauntings, true crime, and the paranormal.
1:57.2	And even with all of this knowledge about the paranormal, Troy still knows an awful lot about
2:03.4	history, especially Chicago history. And he has written a book about a topic that I have wanted
2:10.1	to cover on most notorious for quite a while. His book is called One Afternoon at the Iroquois,
2:17.2	America's Deadliest Theater Fire. Thanks for coming on. Great to have you.
2:23.3	Sure, no, great to be here. I love this story too, so it's been one of my long-time favorites,
2:29.4	so I'm glad that I could join you for it. Absolutely. When do you first remember hearing about
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