Episode 34: Centralia

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

The name conjures up images of the bare skeleton of a ghost town, swallowed in smoke and haunted by the spirits of its past. But Centralia was once a normal small Pennsylvania town full of hard-working Americans who just wanted to live safely in their homes. The few who still live there still feel the same way.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. This is Jen Metterese. And before I get started on the podcast today, I'd just like to say a huge thank you to everybody who has been listening on a regular basis, everybody who has recommended the podcast to their friends. I really appreciate all the support. I'd also like to toss out as per usual that if you'd like to help support the podcast
0:23.2	financially, you can do so through Patreon or through PayPal, both of which are linked on our
0:31.7	Facebook page. Now, this particular episode is the very last of the Kickstarter suggested episodes.
0:40.1	This particular episode was suggested by CJ.
0:43.7	It was a little bit difficult to research.
0:47.1	There's a lot of information and a lot of it is very dry, but it was a really fun story to read about. So thank you so much, ZJ. And I hope that everybody
0:59.7	really enjoys the episode. So with that in mind, thank you very much for listening. And welcome
1:05.7	to Disaster Area.
1:13.7	Episode 34, Centralia.
1:18.1	Man can make nothing that nature can't destroy.
1:22.4	Graffiti written on the closed section of Route 61 leading to Centralia.
1:28.4	Now, you may have noticed that I didn't start this podcast the same way that I normally do.
1:34.3	Usually I begin the podcast by noting the episode number, the name of the disaster, the date
1:40.3	the disaster happened, and the number of people who died or were injured in the tragedy.
1:47.0	Centrelia is a different story. Which date do you use to commemorate what happened in
1:52.6	Centralia? The day it was founded? The day the fire began? Or at least when they think it
1:59.0	began? The day a little boy nearly fell to his death,
2:03.6	or the day when people began to leave, turning what was simply a disaster into a notorious
2:10.6	ghost town.
2:12.6	Centralia is a big-picture disaster.
2:15.6	It didn't start at a certain moment. Nothing blew up at a certain time
2:20.3	and date. In fact, the disaster is still going on to this very day. Centralia is a ghost town.
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