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The Hartford Circus Fire: 167 Dead in Under Ten Minutes

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved by Darren Marlar

Jun 18, 202653:59Society & Culture

Because the canvas roof had been waterproofed with gasoline, the small flame that touched it on July 6, 1944 swept across the Hartford circus big top in seconds, and most of the 167 people it killed were children. EPISOD...

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The Hartford Circus Fire: 167 Dead in Under Ten Minutes is an episode from Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved by Darren Marlar. Because the canvas roof had been waterproofed...

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Published Jun 18, 2026, 53:59 long, audio available.

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