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The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 2: Inferno in Paradise
Tony is a kid who works at The Grove. Stanley works there too. Jimmy and Clifford are both in the armed forces and in the paradise at 17 Piedmont Street before heading...
The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 1: Wartime Paradise
November, 1942. America is at war. Mobsters still have control and influence on city inspectors, allowing them to skate past regulations and requirements. Guys getting...
The Von Duprin Game Changer, Part 2: Flight to Safety
Every minute of every day in America there are emergencies. Multiple times a day people have to get to safety in a hurry and locked doors could mean a death sentence t...
2023 Holiday Special
Fires, exits, origins, and bloopers. Lots of bloopers.In this special holiday episode, Jeff, Tyler, and Tim discuss what brought them this far, what lessons they've le...
The Von Duprin Game Changer, Part 1: The Power of Three
On December 30th 1903, thirty-three year old Carl Prinzler was in Chicago for business. With his business concluded, Carl found himself delayed in getting home. Decidi...
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 3: Out Of Fashion, Into Compliance
As firefighters, police officers, and citizens who volunteered their efforts recovered bodies and lowered them to the ground below from the eighth, ninth, and tenth fl...
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 2: Escape or Die
William Shepherd walked down the cobblestone streets in Greenwich village on the afternoon of Saturday, March 25th, 1911. It was a trendy place that any young reporter...
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 1: The Cost of Fashion
Today it’s difficult for us to imagine how a simple women’s garment, the Industrial Revolution, and labor practices could all be related. Right now, women wear t-shir...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 4: A Village in Mourning
The fire was over… but the story wasn’t. In the aftermath of the Lake View School fire of 1908, a grieving community searched for answers. How could so many children d...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 3: A Village on Fire
The fire was only the beginning.On March 4, 1908, the Lakeview School fire in Collinwood, Ohio claimed the lives of 175 children and teachers. But outside the building...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 2: School on Fire
It only took minutes.On March 4, 1908, a small fire inside the Lakeview School in Collinwood, Ohio turned into one of the deadliest school disasters in American histor...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 1: Growing Village
In 1908, the village of Collinwood, Ohio was growing fast—faster than its infrastructure could keep up. What was once farmland quickly became a crowded industrial hub ...
The Iroquois Theatre Fire, Part 3: The Aftermath
Nearly 600 people died in the Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903. But what happened after the fire is what changed everything. In Part 3 of this series, we break down how o...
The Iroquois Theatre Fire, Part 2: The Fire
At 3:15 PM, a small spark from a stage light ignited a curtain. Within minutes, it became one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history. In Part 2 of the Iroquois Theatre...
The Iroquois Theatre Fire, Part 1: The Theatre
It was called “fireproof.” In 1903, nearly 2,000 people packed into the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago for a matinee performance. Most were women and children. Within min...
S1 E30 - Lockpicking
Hello everyone, I'm Jeff Moss and along with Tim Coleman and Tyler J. Thomas, we are going to discuss lockpicking.Listen to The Three Tumblers anywhere you get your po...
S1 E29 - Pin Kits
Hello everyone I'm Tim Coleman and along with Tyler J. Thomas and Jeff Moss, we'll be the best pin ups in the trade and in podcast. It's three o'clock somewhere and th...