Chapter Eight | Call Me Back

Firebug

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Almost thirty years after their first conversation, Kary tracks down America's most notorious serial arsonist, hoping to answer the question of 'why?' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's May 29, 1992.
0:10.0	Do you remember the first fire you fought?
0:19.0	Yeah.
0:20.0	It was a middle of the day.
0:21.0	It was like just afternoon or something.
0:23.0	We were probably out in a roof sundae thing or something when it came in.
0:28.0	And as soon as we heard the bells, we looked around.
0:30.0	We could see the column of smoke and knew it was going good.
0:34.0	I happened to be assigned at the hydrant that day.
0:37.0	So first thing happened.
0:38.0	We get there.
0:39.0	Two blocks shy.
0:40.0	The fire and they dumped me off to hook up to the hydrant.
0:42.0	So I wasn't going to be the first one to go in.
0:47.0	I just hooked up to the hydrant and opened it up and then chased the water back to the fire truck.
0:53.0	I happened to get my breathing apparatus out before the other guy did,
0:56.0	before the other engine survived, and it doesn't work doubt I ended up going in first anyway.
1:04.0	I always remember there was a very large 30 gallon aquarium in there on the mantle.
1:10.0	The large goldfish, very large goldfish at all, expired.
1:16.0	I remember that significantly about it.
1:19.0	My first fatal fire.
1:26.0	As former fire captain John or walked in to be sentenced today,
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