The Day the Clowns Cried at the Worst Circus Fire in U.S. History
EpisodeJun 3, 202230m
It was a hot, humid July afternoon in 1944. Families flocked to the Barnum & Bailey circus in Hartford. Fire somehow lit the tent of the main grandstand. It went up breathtakingly fast. 186 patrons killed. Mostly women and children. The worst circus fire in U.S. history. Who started it?
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