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History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Terror under the Big Top - The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Tim Scott

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4619 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2015

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The Hartford circus fire was one of the worst fire disasters in the U.S. history. The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that was attended by 6,000 to 8,000 people. More than 168 people died and more than 700 were injured.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome everyone once again to History Dweaves. I am Tim, and today's topic. It's a little bit a serious topic today. A little bit more depressing than our usual, fun-filled topics. Today we're going to talk about the...

0:19.0

Yesterday, we did babyface Nelson, a pretty boy Floyd who killed policemen. I don't know what's so happy about that.

0:25.7

Well, this one is even worse than that. Today's topic is the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944, in which at least 165 people died.

0:36.8

Because when you get the circus, you go to for fun,

0:39.3

you get some cotton candy, you get balloons,

0:41.3

you don't expect to burn to death.

0:43.3

But 165 people died in the Hartford, Connecticut,

0:47.3

Circus Fire in 1944, over 700 were injured.

0:50.3

We'll get into that story in a moment,

0:52.3

but before, let me introduce our panel.

0:55.5

And with me today is the very talented, wise, and gracious. Brandy, how are you today, Brandy?

1:04.5

I'm well, Tim. How are you today?

1:06.9

Oh, I'm doing okay. And I'm also joined by the very distinguished, honorable, debonair, and surprisingly coherent, Colonel Charles Bolrigard, Hawk Waters, the third, affectionately known as the Southern

1:28.6

gentlemen.

1:29.1

How are you today, Colonel?

1:30.7

I'm doing excellent today.

1:32.2

Timmy, I noticed that after our last podcast fiasco, you have, and maybe you could put

1:39.2

this up on history page, history dwey page, we have an actual script today. Yeah. Looks like we got an actual outline telling us what we should. Well, and I'm not really sure if this is your way of trying to gain control of the show. Well, considering I'm the one. Me and Brandy down. What you're trying to do. I think it is a man trying to keep this guy. It is. Considering I'm the one... Trying to keep me and Brandy down. What you're trying to do. It is a man trying to keep his guys.

2:02.4

Considering I'm the one that edits, uploads,

2:08.6

this podcast.

2:12.5

So you're saying there'd be no podcast if it wasn't for you?

2:15.3

I don't want to say that, but yeah, pretty much. I don't see you guys taking much initiative. I don't know what you're talking about. We're here, ain't we? Right. That's about it. I was gone for two weeks, and I don't remember. You know, I looked every day from that podcast on my feed, but it never came up.

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