The Hartford Circus fire of 1944

On a hot summer day, 7000 people gathered at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s traveling circus in Hartford, Connecticut, for what was sure to be a spectacle.  Little did any of the patrons know just how memorable that day was going to be and how absolutely tragic!  Join Hav this week as he covers this disastrous event and discusses many attendees who were forced to make split decisions not knowing what their fate truly held for them.  This is a tough one but I hope you enjoy this week’s episode (as much as one could enjoy it….)Written by: Hav MartinezResearch by: Hav MartinezProduced and Edited by: Hav MartinezEpisode Co-Host: JackieMusic By: SkaneSocials/Contact:Follow on Instagram: @seeminglyinnocuouspodEmail us! [email protected] Primary References:1. O’Nan, Stewart. The Circus Fire: A True Story of an AmericanTragedy. 20002. https://www.circusfire1944.com/3. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/08/05/85043468.pdf4. https://www.guilfordfire.com/single-post/remembering-the-tragic-hartford-circus-fire-77-years-later5. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/08/05/archives/fifty-animals-die-in-fire-at-circus-ringling-menagerie-burns-in.html6. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-rich-tragic-history-of-daredevil-wallendas/7. https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-of-us-prosperity-during-world-war-ii/8. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910310/03100173.htm9. https://youthjournalism.org/inferno-under-big-top-survivors/10.https://www.circusesandsideshows.com/circuses/ringlingbrosbbcircus.html11.  https://connecticuthistory.org/hartford-circus-fire-the-tents-on-fire-who-knew/12.  https://www.hartfordhistory.net/circusfire.html13.  https://toomuchbrudders.com/2020/07/03/the-hartford-circus-fire/14.  https://dnadoeproject.org/case/hartford-circus-fire-victims/15.  https://blog.qrfs.com/294-the-deadliest-fires-in-u-s-history-lessons-learned-from-the-hartford-circus-fire/16.  https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2024-07-01/80-years-ago-a-gas-soaked-roof-and-wwii-created-a-perfect-storm-for-the-hartford-circus-tragedy17.  https://www.thestacksreader.com/the-little-girl-in-grave-1565/