Sources for today's episode:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-aggie-bonfire-tragedy/

https://www.tamu.edu/campus-community/traditions/remembrance/bonfire-memorial.html

https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/aggies/2024/11/26/texas-am-bonfire-tragedy-1999-aggies/76602805007/

This week, we're talking about the heartbreaking and horrifying tale that shook a small Ohio town: The Zanesville Exotic Animal Massacre.

Resources:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/10/18/zanesville-wild-animal-release-2011-terry-thompson/75732591007/

https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2021/10/18/zanesville-exotic-animal-massacre-10-years-later

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Zanesville,_Ohio_animal_escape

Settle in! We're headed to Chicago this week to discuss the deadly Iroquois Theater Fire.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire

This episode will scare the pants off of you if you hate earthquakes, spontaneous quicksand, and meandering diary entries. Listen up to learn about the New Madrid earthquakes.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%931812_New_Madrid_earthquakes
• http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/132/Strange-Happenings-during-the-Earthquake
• https://www.britannica.com/science/plate-tectonics

We're baaaaaaack.

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_tornado_outbreak
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Tri-State-Tornado-of-1925
• https://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/c/iswsc-103.pdf