Episode 15: The Bath School massacre

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Truecrime, Explosions, Aviationaccidents, Floods, Fires, Earthquakes, History, Shipwrecks, Volcanoes, Disaster, Hurricanes, Planecrashes, Disasters, Tornadoes, Massshootings, Society & Culture

4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2016

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

When children die in a disaster, it's the worst of tragedies. When children die due to the diabolical work of a man with dark intentions, it's even worse. May 18, 1927, was a typical spring day in Bath, Michigan, until a pair of explosions broke the day apart. One set the Kehoe farm alight. The other struck the Bath Consolidated School with devastating consequences.

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0:39.9	grateful. And I'd like to thank everybody who's listening again. I know I've done that in
0:44.1	previous podcasts, but I'm always grateful to have people listening to the podcast. The second thing
0:49.7	that I did want to do today is give out a trigger warning. This is a very sensitive subject. So if you are
1:00.1	upset or if you're triggered by descriptions of injuries, kind of gruesome descriptions of injuries
1:08.7	or deaths, you are triggered by the death of a child.
1:13.8	This might be an episode you either want to prepare yourself or just skip over.
1:20.0	And thank you very much for listening.
1:22.1	Strap in.
1:22.8	This is going to be a long episode.
1:24.8	Like I said, I'm Jennifer Madreuse.
1:26.5	And welcome to disaster.
1:50.8	Episode 15, The Bath School Massacre. May 18, 1927. 46 deceased, 58 injured. Boys, you're my friends. You better get out of here.
1:56.6	You better head down to the school. Andrew Kehoe to the men putting out the blaze at his home on the morning of May 18th. Criminals are made, not born. A statement stenciled onto a board found on the morning of May 18th. Criminals are made, not born.
2:02.3	A statement stenciled onto a board found on the Kehoe Estate after the blast which
2:07.0	destroyed the property.
2:10.6	Whenever a new school shooting happens in the United States and the issue of gun rights versus gun control comes up.
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