Hell on Earth

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Hell on Earth

FromAmerican Shadows

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Jul 14, 2022

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Sometimes, life will change in an instant, in a flash, or... in the case of the 1944 Hartford Circus... with a spark.

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Jul 14, 2022

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American Shadows is a bi-weekly podcast from iHeartRadio and Aaron Mahnke’s Grim & Mild. The show focuses on the darker stories from American history: the people, places, and things that are hidden and forgotten in the shadows. From better-known tales like the conspiracy to steal Lincoln’s body, to less-known stories, like the rainmaker who flooded San Diego. Join host Lauren Vogelbaum as she spans two centuries of omitted lore from our country’s history books.

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Seeds of Change: One man's quest to control the weather in Southern California -- with disastrous results that would change a city forever. Weather control has always been a vestige of the gods -- or so we've always thought. But there way one man at the turn of the century who convinced people otherwise -- with disastrous results. by American Shadows
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Glow by American Shadows
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Freedom: How Madison Washington led eighteen men to the most successful slave uprising in American history. by American Shadows
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Body of Truth: It was a long time before President Abraham Lincoln would finally rest in peace -- his corpse would first have to survive counterfitters and grave-robbers. by American Shadows
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Savvy: When we think of pirates, Blackbeard comes to mind. But there's a whole other group who sailed the seas — women. by American Shadows
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War of the Currents: Thomas Edison believed direct current was the future of electricity. Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse championed alternating current. In the late 1800s, things were about to get ugly. by American Shadows
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Homeland: Italian immigrant George Sodder was living the American Dream. When his home caught fire on Christmas Eve 1945, that dream became a nightmare. by American Shadows
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Misguided: Political intrigue and murder in the aftermath of an American invasion of Canada in 1866. by American Shadows
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Prophets Over People: How one woman found God, murder, and the Anti Christ -- multiple times -- in 1850s Connecticut. by American Shadows
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Dark Skies: There was a time when hijackings in America reached epidemic proportions. by American Shadows
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Divided: Sometimes, the most inhumane acts are the ones we do to each other. The story of Red Summer and how fear became a dangerous, blinding hatred that caused unspeakable violence across the nation. by American Shadows
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Bittersweet: The story and history behind Boston's most bizarre disaster. by American Shadows
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Containment: An inoculation for smallpox should have been something to celebrate. Instead, it caused outrage and violence. by American Shadows
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Notorious by American Shadows
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Courage: How Robert Smalls went from stealing a Confederate ship to gain his freedom, to owning the very mansion he'd been enslaved in. by American Shadows
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Ladies' Choice: When life got tough, Kate Warn got tougher. She became a spy and agent at 23. And in 1861, her boss tasked her with saving the president elect's life. by American Shadows
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Murder Inc.: Prohibition, extortion, and street gangs were common in New York during the 1930s. But none caught the attention of the American public the way Murder Inc did. by American Shadows
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Expendable: On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the garment district. Within 18 minutes, 146 people were dead. Though the factory owners were acquitted of wrong doing, the fire paved the way for safety regulations. by American Shadows
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On the Trail: Believing they'd found peace on land no one else wanted, the Osage soon became more hunted than ever. by American Shadows
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Change: America's dark history of a time when society turned to eugenics in an attempt to stamp out mental illness. by American Shadows
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Firestorm: A man dedicated to keeping Boston safe from burning finds himself at the center of a firestorm when his prediction comes true. by American Shadows
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Lost: Robert E. Lee's plans laid out in Orders 191 would have won the war. Then a Union corporal finds a lost copy which should have also ended the war. Along the way to Antietam, mistakes were made. by American Shadows
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