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Casefile True Crime

Case 98: The Pillow Pyro

Casefile True Crime

Casefile Presents

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.741.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2018

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

On the night of October 10 1984, a fire broke out at Ole’s Home Centre in South Pasadena that claimed the lives of four victims – Ada Deal, Matthew Troidl, Carolyn Kraus and Jimmy Cetina. Glendale arson investigator John Orr suspected the blaze had been deliberately lit, but his theory was dismissed and the fire was ruled a tragic accident.

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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
Episode researched and written by Elsha McGill
Additional editing by Milly Raso
For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-98-the-pillow-pyro

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0:33.0

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0:37.0

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0:39.0

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0:41.0

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0:44.0

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0:51.0

It was relatively quiet on the night of October 10, 1984 at Oli's home centre,

0:58.0

a one-stop hardware shop located in South Pasadena, California.

1:04.0

Oli's store consisted of an 18,000 square foot building

1:08.0

situated in an outdoor shopping plaza on the corner of Fair Eggs Avenue and State Street.

1:13.0

The heavily traffic dintisection was in the northern neighbourhood of Raymond Hill,

1:18.0

a quiet suburb with panoramic views across Pasadena

1:22.0

and nearby cities seeing marino and Los Angeles.

1:27.0

The store was usually busy with a constant stream of customers

1:31.0

shopping for building, gardening and home improvement supplies.

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