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I was born with a special gift.

The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario.

In my own brain, my therapist calls my gift catastrophizing.

And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters

and find out who's to blame.

They say history repeats itself.

Not on my watch.

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and I am the alarmist.

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into the alarmist,

a comedy podcast where we talk about history's greatest tragedies and figure out who's to blame.

Today we're discussing the Kiss Night Club Fire of 2013.

Here's what you need to know.

Real Grande de Soule is one of the wealthiest, most industrious and culturally distinct regions

in Brazil. At its center is the city of Santa Maria, a southern Brazilian college town with a

population of over 260,000. But in 2013, Santa Maria bore witness to one of Brazil's most devastating

fires. It was the last weekend of summer break for students in Santa Maria, many of whom were

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