I have heard of the Cocoanut Grove Club fire in the past. However, this is the first time I am hearing it with so much detail of the prior to, during, and aftermath of the fire. Thank you for all the research you put into your narrations. You add much to the historical perspectives of the events you describe.
Hi Paul. Your research and care in narrating these horrific disasters was a testament to your channel being a true class act. Thank you for helping us appreciate what we have.
I agree with you. This I’d is one of the better programs of this nature. Yes , Paul is one of the best narrators out there. I do think he truly cares about the material he puts out there.👍
I can't remember the exact quote, but I remember hearing something about how you should always pay careful attention to safety rules because they have been written in blood. These stories outline that statement in a truly chilling way--for real, I've been getting chills the whole time I've been listening to this.
My parents were 14 and 10 y.o. at the time of the Cocoanut Grove fire, and I think reading about the incident really affected them. They always told us -- when on school trips, out with friends, etc. -- to always know where the Other exit is, from the one you came in. To this day, I find it when I first walk into an unfamiliar place.
@@eatiegourmet1015 this so true, and great advice! Most people rush for the door they came in, even if there’s an exit right near them. Same for hotel rooms: look at the little map to see where the fire exit is!
Excellent video. Today, Prince William and Catherine paid respects to the Aberfan mining tragedy in South Wales. In 1966, 116 children and another 28 lost their lives when a mudslide destroyed their school.
Yes, that was featured on an episode of The Crown. I'm pretty sure that was the first I'd heard of that event but I do live in the U.S. I know quite a lot about English and UK history but mostly much older history. That was such an awful thing. I used to teach and I can't imagine what the teachers and students went through and the absolute devastation the entire town went through. All for such an avoidable disaster.
Those kids who survived the school explosion were incredibly insightful in their appraisal of the mourning parents. They offered a grace that wasn’t extended to them. They were blamed for being victims, suffered survivors guilt, yet still didn’t lash out publicly at those who hated them. I hope they eventually found some closure and solace
@@VenomousIncisors No, absolutely not. That is utterly absurd and ignorant. There are and always have been great people, awful people and middling people in every single generation.
Yes, I have never lost a child but I also could never hate children that survived when mine didn't or say such awful things about them. They were children and none it it was their fault. I can imagine thinking if they survived why couldn't my child but that is it. I know I would never wish death upon the kids that did survive. I can say that with certainty. Grief and anger only goes so far and was not an excuse for the behavior or comments of those parents. It really disgusted me to my core to hear that.
Starting in 1974 I worked with a dear friend who survived the Texas city disaster.40 years later he couldn't talk of the tragedy. He would have a grim look.My Dear friend named Tony. RIP
Paul. Once again, just want to say thank you for the *quality* of your uploads. Your moderate pacing cuts to the quick, yet your stories feel complete and un-rushed. Thank you so much for your professionalism and presence on RUclips.
My journey watching this channel started with the documentary about Fanny Adams, a story that I've rewatched several times already. Professional narrative, filled with historical facts and empathy, together with gentleman style, coherent language and accent. Hats off, Mr. Brodie!
I've see a few documentaries about Cocoanut Grove fire but you've uncovered some new facts for me. I did not know about the ac/refrigeration chemicals. All well-researched and well-presented.
Extremely well-done disaster compilation. I very much appreciate the time you put into researching the cases. Not just a fly-by-night, copy & paste video presentation, you seem to actually do some digging, and thank you for that.
I feel a little weird about how excited I was to watch something that boasts “over an HOUR of disasters”, but I appreciate knowing that I’m obviously not alone.
Thank you so much for the stories you bring us. My grandmother lived in Texas City when that disaster hit, I was surprised to hear that coverage. There was a moment during that, from stories I was told, they didn't know at one point where everyone one was in that moment in time, I couldn't imagine that feeling. Thank you.
My husband's mother was pre-school age at the time of the New London School explosion. She lost a brother & sister and another sister, one of those thrown from the building, never walked without assistance again. Their father was one of the oilfield workers helping dig through the rubble. I learned all this from my husband after making an offhand remark about the smell of natural gas. He asked if I knew why it was there, told me his family story, and I investigated further online. I cannot imagine what it was like for my MIL, growing up in the shadow of that horror.
R.I.P to all those who died in Aberfan. My family is from Wales and my grandmother mentioned this story to me. As I got older I looked into it further and it's always stayed in my mind.
I was 4 when it happened so have no memories of it but I do remember my mum and dad telling of watching the news as it unfolded. Having 3 young children themselves the tragedy made a lasting mark on them. To send your children off to school and never see them again. So sad.
My family was a mining family in Staffordshire. I was only two at the time but I remember Mum telling me how horrified the little village was at what happened in Aberfan.
I'm from Texas and never heard the New London school explosion story before. How tragic, both the disaster and the aftermath. The human spirit is the strongest thing & the most fragile thing simultaneously.
Texas is a big place. New London is a tiny place. It's about an hour and a half west of Dallas. I graduated from that school. There is a big memorial in the middle of the road, in front of the school. Around here, it's called. " the day a generation died". 💔
My mother and her parents survived the Texas City Disaster. My mother was in grade school at the time, and was showered in glass when the windows blew in. My grandfather worked in one of the refineries at the docks, but fortunately was home sick that day. Many of his coworkers died. My grandmother was home taking care of my grandfather. She was very traumatized by the event, frequently bringing it up many years later.
Hello Paul! What a superb narration of all of these horrible disasters! Well done!! I now remember hearing about each one of these in the past, but it had all slipped my mind until you started to tell the stories! I could just sit here and listen to you read the phone book & I would love it bc you have a great voice for have a great voice and
For some reason, one of the nuns in my grade school thought telling us how people were burned alive in the Coconut Grove fire was an appropriate story for school kids. It was probably the first time I ever considered that something like that could happen. Thanks, Sister. I've had this sad tale in mind for decades now. eta - Along the same lines, you had a quote that God took the best kids in the New London Fire. There was a famous Catholic school fire in 1958, Our Lady of the Angels. My understanding is that child survivors were told the same thing - God took the best kids and left you. Nice.
@calendarpage, I too went to Catholic school and I believe I got an excellent education & learned values and ethics. However, some of the stories & "penny lectures" the nuns told did more harm than good. Everything was a sin and we were constantly told how we were likely out of the state of grace. I remember one penny lecture about how a boy had raised his fist in anger to his father (note: the boy didn't hit him, just raised his fist). Later the boy was playing by the railroad tracks and a train sped past cutting his arm off! Sweet Jesus. Can you imagine telling that to third graders?!
Those poor children that were told that the children that died were better than them. They would already have survivors' guilt and then to have this stupidity, from adults no less, piled on top. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them took their own lives. Heartbreaking.
7:40 pm You Sir are absolutely fantastic, my weekend soars every Friday night after I get home from work and I get my alerts for your new episode, totally makes my hard week so very worth it Love from Mississippi ❤❤😊
I just found this channel and the I love listening to you narrate them. The videos are well put together and I enjoy watching them. Keep them coming Paul!
I can't stand crowded areas because I will panic. I believe it is a result of following disasters from all over the world. It's self preservation. The Hartford Circus Fire still haunts me. The fact that they used gasoline and paraffin on the circus tent just makes me shiver in terror. I refuse to go anywhere the exits are not readily accessible in a hurry.
If ever you hear the band strike up Stars and Stripes Forever, head for the nearest exit: It's circus code for danger. Comedian Charles Nelson Reilly was a Hartford survivor.
I just want to say I agree. However disastrous the other stories are at least they were accidents though negligence did play a part. To think someone would do something that devious intentionally makes me sick to my stomach!!!
Kehoe is a mental cas, but I get his frustration. He loses his home, but has to pay school taxes when he has no kids in school. Kind of s*cks all the way around!
I’ve been wondering why, with my anxiety that I find things like this relaxing. Aside from the soothing voice, I think it may be like a recalibration of anxiety settings; realising that it’s things like this to be anxious about and not everyday tasks
Geez. Kids survived, traumatized, lost their friends, maybe even siblings, and people were threatening to kill them just because they did live and saying crud like "God took the best children and left the rest." Omg. There's a limit to what I'll accept from people in the throes of grief, and that surpasses it.
My niece and her friend were killed in a car accident. My feelings for the driver who wasn't ment to drive at night and was speeding make sense, I hate him I blame him and I can't forgive. There was one other survivor and I cannot understand my feelings for her, I'm jealous she survived, I'm jealous and saddened that she got to have kids and my niece didn't and it breaks my heart to see her. Even though this is how I feel I would never tell her any of that, it wasn't her fault, she wasn't driving. So I kinda understand why they felt this way but it should never have been said to those poor kids.
@@charliekezzaAt the risk of sounding unsympathetic it almost sounds like you're looking for someone to blame and aim some of that hurt at ? I'm sorry for your loss but it sounds like it was many years ago and you might be surprised what forgiving that driver might do for you. ✌️
Absolutely love watching your videos ❤ i also love the fact that you took the time into truely reasurching the cases properly, and being able to show us the many photos . ❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤
Very nicely done video. I deeply appreciated your professional presence, informative voice quality, and effective integration of pictures and video clips. I saw a clip on the San Bernadino rail disaster, but you provided far more detail in your version here. Look forward to other video clips.
Wow the comments from those parents to the children who survived the new London school explosion were disturbing! Who speaks like that to a traumatised child?!
Parents who have lost their own precious ones, with no other way to lash out. None of us can judge or condemn those poor parents without knowing first-hand what it feels like. None of us knows how we would truly behave.
Thank you for your work in research and care when conveying these tragic stories with such respct to the victims and responders....Your a great storyteller..Thank you again...
This was a great video. There were a few that I hadn't heard of and the ones I did offered more information. Thank you for the time you put into making it.
It is a damn shame that Monsanto (the industry, not any people) was not destroyed completely, without a means to rebuild. The damage that they have done to humanity far outweighs any and all of these sad events that are so professionally and kindly reported to us here. This is a very classy channel that deals with the horrific losses so truly humanely, and with utter decency. A great thank you for being such a good channel at a time when goodness, and great acts of heroism seem to be in deep decline. When I think of your nature, I can easily picture you to be one of the selfless first responders, willing to dig in and help his fellow man.
We studied the Bath incident in one of my security classes for my safety degree. It was awful. And the sad thing is I live in Michigan, within a couple hours drive from Bath and had never heard of it before that class.
Great production on all your stories. I am familiar with the Texas City Blast and thought I would bring up a similar one in Halifax, NS, Canada in 1917, 30-years before. It was uncannily similar. A French ship carrying large amounts of explosives (WWI) collided with a Norwegian ship, caught fire and detonated in Halifax Harbor. Almost 1,800 died, 10,000 were injured, and supposedly the biggest man-made explosion at the time. If you see the picture of the explosion, it looks like a volcano erupted. They say it even caused a tsunami in the river/channel where it detonated forcing large ships up onto ground. Pictures of buildings blown away just like Texas City went through.
10:57 Thank you for taking the time to include the photographs of those who lost their lives in this tragedy. I took care to look at each face and imagine what their lives might’ve been like before the disaster; what sort of people they were. I see many smiles, some of them almost contagious. I imagine those belonged to the entertainers- the comics, always cracking jokes around their friends and families- or maybe they just belonged to those who Loved Life. I see handsome young men, and I see beautiful women. Cherished sons; beloved daughters. I wonder how many broken hearts they left in their passing. I see older gentlemen and women. Fathers and mothers; perhaps even grandparents. Some are refined and stoic; others are grinning ear to ear. I see free spirits. Social butterflies. Studious students. Hardworking busybodies. Carefree retirees. Often times, old black and white photos can almost open up a rift between ‘people now,’ and ‘people then’. It’s important to make a conscious effort to overcome that; and look past the grainy black and white to see those within for who they were and still are; people. People just like you and me. What a heartbreaking tragedy… May they forever rest in peace.
I had heard about three of the episode examples above, but the Tennessee fireworks explosion was new to me. Very good analysis of the disasters and I have subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for the wonderful compilation. It is very interesting to hear about all those peculiar disasters in England and US. It reminds me of the stories we heard as kids about the burning of the Leiden city hall on the 12th of February 1929. It was so cold (- 15 °C) that the hoses from the firefighters froze. Even one of the firefighters froze during the event. I believe they caught the event on film if you're interested.
Such a tragic story, I have heard this one a number of times. And always leaves me choked up and full of dread knowing that anytime this could happen again somewhere. My husband burned to death on his motorcycle and in his lungs were totally charded just like the outside of his skin. What must have happened to those people I can only imagine and picture quite clearly in my mind due to the horrific event that happened to my husband. I was raised out in the southwest and we rarely have two-story buildings around here. Now I live in a little town of mining houses that are all made of wood and adobe brick. The town folks are extremely aware of the possibilities of a fire breaking out as it had happened last spring. Lucky it was in the middle of the night and no one was in the building. Thank you for your extreme subject matter on the olden days I certainly love your voice a narrative along with some really good pictures!
Completely fascinating stuff. That last one about duffy street, damn what a streak of terrible luck. Have you ever done one of these about the Halifax, NS explosion?
I grew up just minutes from Webb’s Bait Farm and I remember the accident well. Small explosions were still happening when we got there. I’ll never forget seeing half of a shin attached to a foot on the windshield of a car on the site. The river tubing company on the site is owned by the Webb family.
Absolutely incredible stories! Causes? Many. Mostly man’s carelessness and hubris. What makes me very sad was the loss of so many children.🥰love to those who lost so much.
Fantastic episode -- thanks for the longer broadcast. If you're looking for other story ideas, look up the Charles Starkweather serial murders in the Nebraska, USA areas, taking place 1957-1958.
This is exactly what people in war torn countries go through. This is so sad on every level. People in places of authority don't pay attention and don't listen. Only the innocent pay the price.
I’m from East Texas, only about an hour from New London. Everyone knows about the explosion and the story surrounding it. It’s so sad that the only reason New London is as well known as it is comes from this tragedy. I am very thankful for the odorant now added, however.
Well considering Texas is way out of tune with what are considered Standard Safety in 49 states....and always has been. That might be why factories and chemical plants blow to this day.
@@WellINever it's hot hot here but I'm not complaining I love it and always enjoying it bbq on the grill having a few cold drinks hope you have a blessed weekend hope the weather by you stays the same
I saw one documentary that had interviews with the survivors who were now elderly. One man cried still blaming himself for death of one girl because he asked her to switch desks so he could sit by a girl he liked. It was so sad to see that he still blamed himself even though it wasn’t his fault the girl he switched desks with died.
The very saddening and tragic events that took place in NYC in 1911 followed a similar set of circumstances as The Cocoanut Grove, when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, only this was a multi-story building where most of the victims (very young female workers) jumped to their deaths. The aftermath would result in statutes in safety, fire prevention, fire escape access, etc., to a federal level; So it surprised me to hear this story in Boston 1942, where carelessness and self-serving opportunism seemed to take priority over ANY thought of the possibility of a nasty situation, and that the local or state powers that was in 1942 did not see it coming. So sad 😟
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I have heard of the Cocoanut Grove Club fire in the past. However, this is the first time I am hearing it with so much detail of the prior to, during, and aftermath of the fire. Thank you for all the research you put into your narrations. You add much to the historical perspectives of the events you describe.
Mr. Brodie, excellent work as always. Educational, captivating and always well done. Keep up the good work Mr. Brodie!
I second that! ❤
You are undoubtedly the best story teller on RUclips.
Hi Paul. Your research and care in narrating these horrific disasters was a testament to your channel being a true class act. Thank you for helping us appreciate what we have.
I agree with you. This I’d is one of the better programs of this nature. Yes , Paul is one of the best narrators out there. I do think he truly cares about the material he puts out there.👍
Nicely said 🎉❤🎉❤🎉
I am glad that the Aberfan disaster was mentioned in a couple of comments. I remember it well. It was such a shock to everyone
Let it never be forgotten and pray it never happens again 🙏
I can't remember the exact quote, but I remember hearing something about how you should always pay careful attention to safety rules because they have been written in blood. These stories outline that statement in a truly chilling way--for real, I've been getting chills the whole time I've been listening to this.
First time I've heard that quote, but it makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing.
Such an awful truth that bloodshed and tragedy prompt changes. Thanks for an interesting comment.
My parents were 14 and 10 y.o. at the time of the Cocoanut Grove fire, and I think reading about the incident really affected them. They always told us -- when on school trips, out with friends, etc. -- to always know where the Other exit is, from the one you came in. To this day, I find it when I first walk into an unfamiliar place.
@@eatiegourmet1015 this so true, and great advice! Most people rush for the door they came in, even if there’s an exit right near them. Same for hotel rooms: look at the little map to see where the fire exit is!
Safety laws are written in blood. Avoid blood.
Excellent video.
Today, Prince William and Catherine paid respects to the Aberfan mining tragedy in South Wales. In 1966, 116 children and another 28 lost their lives when a mudslide destroyed their school.
Yes, that was featured on an episode of The Crown. I'm pretty sure that was the first I'd heard of that event but I do live in the U.S. I know quite a lot about English and UK history but mostly much older history. That was such an awful thing. I used to teach and I can't imagine what the teachers and students went through and the absolute devastation the entire town went through. All for such an avoidable disaster.
Very professional. You and Mr. Ballen are both the best at presenting these happenings. Thank you
Hi Paul, I worked with you last year! I'm so glad your channel popped up, it's right up my street. Hope you're well x
Your well prepared and calm style of narration allows the the facts surrounding these stories sink deep into the learner's mind. Thank you!!
Those kids who survived the school explosion were incredibly insightful in their appraisal of the mourning parents. They offered a grace that wasn’t extended to them. They were blamed for being victims, suffered survivors guilt, yet still didn’t lash out publicly at those who hated them.
I hope they eventually found some closure and solace
The greatest generation
@@VenomousIncisors No, absolutely not. That is utterly absurd and ignorant. There are and always have been great people, awful people and middling people in every single generation.
Yes, I have never lost a child but I also could never hate children that survived when mine didn't or say such awful things about them. They were children and none it it was their fault. I can imagine thinking if they survived why couldn't my child but that is it. I know I would never wish death upon the kids that did survive. I can say that with certainty. Grief and anger only goes so far and was not an excuse for the behavior or comments of those parents. It really disgusted me to my core to hear that.
Starting in 1974 I worked with a dear friend who survived the Texas city disaster.40 years later he couldn't talk of the tragedy. He would have a grim look.My Dear friend named Tony. RIP
RIP Tony 😢
Paul. Once again, just want to say thank you for the *quality* of your uploads. Your moderate pacing cuts to the quick, yet your stories feel complete and un-rushed. Thank you so much for your professionalism and presence on RUclips.
My journey watching this channel started with the documentary about Fanny Adams, a story that I've rewatched several times already. Professional narrative, filled with historical facts and empathy, together with gentleman style, coherent language and accent. Hats off, Mr. Brodie!
That's why all pots and pans on naval ships are called Fannie's.
To this day.
Excellent Narration as you state but Brodie needs a bit of a trim though, untidy in my book.
@@sodium9920 He's sporting king Ferdinand style, bit too bushy to my liking, but his channel is not about his looks, so that's alright :)
Paul is perfectly darling! He's just right, if you ask me.
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?What a weird and negative comment for this style of RUclips channel...He looks totally fine as he is. Lighten up!
I've see a few documentaries about Cocoanut Grove fire but you've uncovered some new facts for me. I did not know about the ac/refrigeration chemicals. All well-researched and well-presented.
Extremely well-done disaster compilation. I very much appreciate the time you put into researching the cases. Not just a fly-by-night, copy & paste video presentation, you seem to actually do some digging, and thank you for that.
Over an hour of Paul telling fascinating stories? And it's not even my birthday! 😊
I feel a little weird about how excited I was to watch something that boasts “over an HOUR of disasters”, but I appreciate knowing that I’m obviously not alone.
But they do it in such an intelligent, factual way. I love Well I Never.
Thanks for your comprehensive and compassionate delivery. Hope you do more like this! 👌
Thank you so much for the stories you bring us. My grandmother lived in Texas City when that disaster hit, I was surprised to hear that coverage. There was a moment during that, from stories I was told, they didn't know at one point where everyone one was in that moment in time, I couldn't imagine that feeling. Thank you.
My husband's mother was pre-school age at the time of the New London School explosion. She lost a brother & sister and another sister, one of those thrown from the building, never walked without assistance again. Their father was one of the oilfield workers helping dig through the rubble. I learned all this from my husband after making an offhand remark about the smell of natural gas. He asked if I knew why it was there, told me his family story, and I investigated further online. I cannot imagine what it was like for my MIL, growing up in the shadow of that horror.
Thank you for sharing. God bless her. She must have a loving soul.
R.I.P to all those who died in Aberfan. My family is from Wales and my grandmother mentioned this story to me. As I got older I looked into it further and it's always stayed in my mind.
I was 4 when it happened so have no memories of it but I do remember my mum and dad telling of watching the news as it unfolded. Having 3 young children themselves the tragedy made a lasting mark on them. To send your children off to school and never see them again. So sad.
My family was a mining family in Staffordshire. I was only two at the time but I remember Mum telling me how horrified the little village was at what happened in Aberfan.
Anyone else notice how many of these were in Texas? Kind of makes me nervous to live here….
@@hurricanebubblesAberfan is in Wales.
Stumbled onto this after clicking the RUclips 'New to you' tag. What luck. Truly fascinating presentation of profoundly interesting events.
You and if you have other people working with you do such a classy job thank you for all the work. From Ontario Canada
I'm from Texas and never heard the New London school explosion story before. How tragic, both the disaster and the aftermath. The human spirit is the strongest thing & the most fragile thing simultaneously.
Also from Texas and haven't heard this disaster. I'm so proud of everyone that moved in immediately to help. And the sunset behind the memorial.
Texas is a big place. New London is a tiny place. It's about an hour and a half west of Dallas. I graduated from that school. There is a big memorial in the middle of the road, in front of the school. Around here, it's called. " the day a generation died". 💔
My mother and her parents survived the Texas City Disaster. My mother was in grade school at the time, and was showered in glass when the windows blew in. My grandfather worked in one of the refineries at the docks, but fortunately was home sick that day. Many of his coworkers died. My grandmother was home taking care of my grandfather. She was very traumatized by the event, frequently bringing it up many years later.
How have I never heard of this devastating school explosion? Horrifying. Those poor teachers are so young that they look like students, themselves.
Hello Paul! What a superb narration of all of these horrible disasters! Well done!! I now remember hearing about each one of these in the past, but it had all slipped my mind until you started to tell the stories! I could just sit here and listen to you read the phone book & I would love it bc you have a great voice for have a great voice and
Fabulous work here, Paul! Masterful craft of gathering, edit & narratives.
Peace be with you, good sir,
Lukerdog
Thank you for well researched stories and your wonderful accent!
For some reason, one of the nuns in my grade school thought telling us how people were burned alive in the Coconut Grove fire was an appropriate story for school kids. It was probably the first time I ever considered that something like that could happen. Thanks, Sister. I've had this sad tale in mind for decades now. eta - Along the same lines, you had a quote that God took the best kids in the New London Fire. There was a famous Catholic school fire in 1958, Our Lady of the Angels. My understanding is that child survivors were told the same thing - God took the best kids and left you. Nice.
🫨 Instilling the fear of fire and brimstone at its best.
That should of been mentioned, instead of, the Webb bait farm explosion, which is one of the most, uninteresting mishaps ever.
@calendarpage, I too went to Catholic school and I believe I got an excellent education & learned values and ethics. However, some of the stories & "penny lectures" the nuns told did more harm than good. Everything was a sin and we were constantly told how we were likely out of the state of grace. I remember one penny lecture about how a boy had raised his fist in anger to his father (note: the boy didn't hit him, just raised his fist). Later the boy was playing by the railroad tracks and a train sped past cutting his arm off! Sweet Jesus. Can you imagine telling that to third graders?!
Those poor children that were told that the children that died were better than them. They would already have survivors' guilt and then to have this stupidity, from adults no less, piled on top. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them took their own lives. Heartbreaking.
Most of my friends who got beaten by the Nuns carried the scars for years.
Thank for shining the light on these events, that are not regularly discussed
7:40 pm
You Sir are absolutely fantastic, my weekend soars every Friday night after I get home from work and I get my alerts for your new episode, totally makes my hard week so very worth it
Love from Mississippi ❤❤😊
Thank you Mr Brodie. Thoughtful, interesting and sympathetic as always.
I just found this channel and the I love listening to you narrate them. The videos are well put together and I enjoy watching them. Keep them coming Paul!
I can't stand crowded areas because I will panic. I believe it is a result of following disasters from all over the world. It's self preservation. The Hartford Circus Fire still haunts me. The fact that they used gasoline and paraffin on the circus tent just makes me shiver in terror. I refuse to go anywhere the exits are not readily accessible in a hurry.
If ever you hear the band strike up Stars and Stripes Forever, head for the nearest exit: It's circus code for danger. Comedian Charles Nelson Reilly was a Hartford survivor.
I have this affliction as well! I call it the "locusty" feeling. Too many people equals too much stupid panic if anything were to happen. I'm out.
Nothing better than a compilation of disasters to start the weekend 😊
I often say that after a day of watching or reading "the news". Let's watch a few bodies stack up and get this crime mystery Solved!
But it's only Thursday, coronation on Saturday
The Kehoe story is particularly disturbing. What an evil man. Those poor kids and those poor animals 😢
I just want to say I agree. However disastrous the other stories are at least they were accidents though negligence did play a part. To think someone would do something that devious intentionally makes me sick to my stomach!!!
animal killers deserve same treatment, what a monster
@@spudspuddyI just ate a pepperami
Kehoe is a mental cas, but I get his frustration. He loses his home, but has to pay school taxes when he has no kids in school. Kind of s*cks all the way around!
@@GaylynGrasp-gl8ejit doesn't make sense because taxes pay for a lot of infrastructure and we all benefit from education and an educated populace.
I’ve been wondering why, with my anxiety that I find things like this relaxing. Aside from the soothing voice, I think it may be like a recalibration of anxiety settings; realising that it’s things like this to be anxious about and not everyday tasks
Paul Brodie, you are the best of them all regarding communication.
Geez. Kids survived, traumatized, lost their friends, maybe even siblings, and people were threatening to kill them just because they did live and saying crud like "God took the best children and left the rest." Omg. There's a limit to what I'll accept from people in the throes of grief, and that surpasses it.
Yeah, I hate people
My niece and her friend were killed in a car accident. My feelings for the driver who wasn't ment to drive at night and was speeding make sense, I hate him I blame him and I can't forgive. There was one other survivor and I cannot understand my feelings for her, I'm jealous she survived, I'm jealous and saddened that she got to have kids and my niece didn't and it breaks my heart to see her. Even though this is how I feel I would never tell her any of that, it wasn't her fault, she wasn't driving.
So I kinda understand why they felt this way but it should never have been said to those poor kids.
@@charliekezzaWasn't meant to drive at night ??? How does that work?
@@charliekezzaAt the risk of sounding unsympathetic it almost sounds like you're looking for someone to blame and aim some of that hurt at ? I'm sorry for your loss but it sounds like it was many years ago and you might be surprised what forgiving that driver might do for you. ✌️
@@jugghead-1975 he had night blindness so was only allowed to drive during the day
Absolutely love watching your videos ❤ i also love the fact that you took the time into truely reasurching the cases properly, and being able to show us the many photos . ❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤
Very nicely done video. I deeply appreciated your professional presence, informative voice quality, and effective integration of pictures and video clips. I saw a clip on the San Bernadino rail disaster, but you provided far more detail in your version here.
Look forward to other video clips.
Wow the comments from those parents to the children who survived the new London school explosion were disturbing! Who speaks like that to a traumatised child?!
Look now how they are attacking the people doing their jobs in government. I do not understand why someone goes to this place.
Traumatized parents who are asking God why that child survived while theirs didn't. Not trying to excuse it, mind, but explain it.
Parents who have lost their own precious ones, with no other way to lash out. None of us can judge or condemn those poor parents without knowing first-hand what it feels like. None of us knows how we would truly behave.
@@emo7636 hmm. I think that is very reflective of character. Coming from someone who has lost a child.
Another good listen, thank you Mr Brodie. Very sad historical disasters but at the very least new laws prevented more lives lost, lessons learned.
Thank you for your work in research and care when conveying these tragic stories with such respct to the victims and responders....Your a great storyteller..Thank you again...
I kept forgetting forgetting that I wasn't watching "On Yer Bike!" I love the way you tell a story I'm glad I found you on this channel as well!
This was a great video. There were a few that I hadn't heard of and the ones I did offered more information. Thank you for the time you put into making it.
Thank you for Posting this almost never heard by todays generations Chilling Incidents but Can Not be Forgotten.
It is a damn shame that Monsanto (the industry, not any people) was not destroyed completely, without a means to rebuild. The damage that they have done to humanity far outweighs any and all of these sad events that are so professionally and kindly reported to us here. This is a very classy channel that deals with the horrific losses so truly humanely, and with utter decency. A great thank you for being such a good channel at a time when goodness, and great acts of heroism seem to be in deep decline. When I think of your nature, I can easily picture you to be one of the selfless first responders, willing to dig in and help his fellow man.
I was reminded of the Our Lady of the Angels school fire in Chicago while watching this, and the Iroquois Theater Fire.
I really love these combos . Every new show, then these for sleep! Great for work .don't have to keep checking and changing. These are great
Oopsy! didn’t finish my sentence! Lol. A great voice and a very calm demeanor! Blessings always! ❤️✝️
We studied the Bath incident in one of my security classes for my safety degree. It was awful. And the sad thing is I live in Michigan, within a couple hours drive from Bath and had never heard of it before that class.
Great production on all your stories. I am familiar with the Texas City Blast and thought I would bring up a similar one in Halifax, NS, Canada in 1917, 30-years before. It was uncannily similar. A French ship carrying large amounts of explosives (WWI) collided with a Norwegian ship, caught fire and detonated in Halifax Harbor. Almost 1,800 died, 10,000 were injured, and supposedly the biggest man-made explosion at the time. If you see the picture of the explosion, it looks like a volcano erupted. They say it even caused a tsunami in the river/channel where it detonated forcing large ships up onto ground. Pictures of buildings blown away just like Texas City went through.
10:57 Thank you for taking the time to include the photographs of those who lost their lives in this tragedy. I took care to look at each face and imagine what their lives might’ve been like before the disaster; what sort of people they were.
I see many smiles, some of them almost contagious. I imagine those belonged to the entertainers- the comics, always cracking jokes around their friends and families- or maybe they just belonged to those who Loved Life. I see handsome young men, and I see beautiful women. Cherished sons; beloved daughters. I wonder how many broken hearts they left in their passing. I see older gentlemen and women. Fathers and mothers; perhaps even grandparents. Some are refined and stoic; others are grinning ear to ear. I see free spirits. Social butterflies. Studious students. Hardworking busybodies. Carefree retirees.
Often times, old black and white photos can almost open up a rift between ‘people now,’ and ‘people then’. It’s important to make a conscious effort to overcome that; and look past the grainy black and white to see those within for who they were and still are; people. People just like you and me.
What a heartbreaking tragedy… May they forever rest in peace.
i see what you did there, with the outfit switch for the Bath segment. i see the colors of my people, Maze and Blue.
you, Sir, are one of my people.
Outstanding video. Thanks from America!
Enjoyed your presentation, Paul. The greed destruction and stupidity of people still can surprise me.
Thank you Mr. Brodie, for another well researched and narrated history presentation!
I had heard about three of the episode examples above, but the Tennessee fireworks explosion was new to me. Very good analysis of the disasters and I have subscribed to your channel.
Thank you Paul, excellent stories. Very sad, such devastating loss!
I've heard the school of the Bath school massacre before. I hope that Mr. Kehoe is having a very bad time in a very unfortunate destination right now.
I learn so much from you. Thank you. It so imperative that we don't forget these things.
Hello paul and well i never crew such a joy seeing some well i never videos sensational as always
Thank you for the compilation!
Thanks for the wonderful compilation. It is very interesting to hear about all those peculiar disasters in England and US. It reminds me of the stories we heard as kids about the burning of the Leiden city hall on the 12th of February 1929. It was so cold (- 15 °C) that the hoses from the firefighters froze. Even one of the firefighters froze during the event. I believe they caught the event on film if you're interested.
New to the channel, already enjoying it.
I could listen to u tell stories all day.
Such a tragic story, I have heard this one a number of times. And always leaves me choked up and full of dread knowing that anytime this could happen again somewhere. My husband burned to death on his motorcycle and in his lungs were totally charded just like the outside of his skin. What must have happened to those people I can only imagine and picture quite clearly in my mind due to the horrific event that happened to my husband. I was raised out in the southwest and we rarely have two-story buildings around here. Now I live in a little town of mining houses that are all made of wood and adobe brick. The town folks are extremely aware of the possibilities of a fire breaking out as it had happened last spring. Lucky it was in the middle of the night and no one was in the building. Thank you for your extreme subject matter on the olden days I certainly love your voice a narrative along with some really good pictures!
Completely fascinating stuff. That last one about duffy street, damn what a streak of terrible luck. Have you ever done one of these about the Halifax, NS explosion?
I’m new to your channel and I LOVE IT!!
Loved it! Great compilation & excellent research.
I've developed an admiration of you, sir. I had to admit it to ya so there- good show thanx
I grew up just minutes from Webb’s Bait Farm and I remember the accident well. Small explosions were still happening when we got there. I’ll never forget seeing half of a shin attached to a foot on the windshield of a car on the site.
The river tubing company on the site is owned by the Webb family.
Absolutely incredible stories! Causes? Many. Mostly man’s carelessness and hubris. What makes me very sad was the loss of so many children.🥰love to those who lost so much.
You do very thorough research! What horribly sad stories!.
Fantastic episode -- thanks for the longer broadcast. If you're looking for other story ideas, look up the Charles Starkweather serial murders in the Nebraska, USA areas, taking place 1957-1958.
New London, Aberfan, and the Bath school ar the historical school incidents that break my heart.
This is exactly what people in war torn countries go through. This is so sad on every level. People in places of authority don't pay attention and don't listen. Only the innocent pay the price.
Excellent video
It is worthwile watching both of you covering these cases. Yourself and Brief case. I have subscribed to both of you. :}
I too am subscribed to both; I also recommend Fascinating Horror.
Im glad i found this channel bcz the info you share is truly educational
I love this channel but as a lifelong resident of Minnesota I'm dying at the way you pronounced Duluth 😭😂 43:37
Paul, you are fabulous! You always handle sensitive issues with professionalism!! Love you!!! ❤
I love your channel ❤! Great job!
I’m from East Texas, only about an hour from New London. Everyone knows about the explosion and the story surrounding it. It’s so sad that the only reason New London is as well known as it is comes from this tragedy. I am very thankful for the odorant now added, however.
Well considering Texas is way out of tune with what are considered Standard Safety in 49 states....and always has been. That might be why factories and chemical plants blow to this day.
....all to save a buck.
@@michaelsmyth3935 not learning from history's tragedies in order to save money is truly awful. Sadly, it happens here in UK.
@@michaelsmyth3935 As Paul noted, the New London School explosion was the result of "a multitude of failings".
🐼 Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 70 yr old grandma in Texas, USA and by the way l hit Like. 🐼 ❤ 🎀
I graduated from the school in New London. It's now called West Rusk. Lots of history in our little town.
This man is always put together neat and tidy. Very good looking.
I lived in Nashville, TN at the time of the Webb's Bait Farm disaster and never even knew about it!
Hello Paul and everyone hope all is well here listening from sunny saint Lucia as always
Hello, Fernand. It's nice and sunny here in England today. Though I'm sure nowhere near as hot! Have a good weekend
@@WellINever it's hot hot here but I'm not complaining I love it and always enjoying it bbq on the grill having a few cold drinks hope you have a blessed weekend hope the weather by you stays the same
Have you ever done a story on the theater disaster, Iroquois Theater in Chicago from 1903? You would tell that one great.
I saw one documentary that had interviews with the survivors who were now elderly. One man cried still blaming himself for death of one girl because he asked her to switch desks so he could sit by a girl he liked. It was so sad to see that he still blamed himself even though it wasn’t his fault the girl he switched desks with died.
You sir are a master storyteller.
Love your channel. Thanks for what u do.
33:16 Oh my Lord. Kehoe was a “No New Taxes” guy, who completely lost his mind.
So interesting as always. Thank you Paul
Thankyou sir. Keep em coming 👍
The very saddening and tragic events that took place in NYC in 1911 followed a similar set of circumstances as The Cocoanut Grove, when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, only this was a multi-story building where most of the victims (very young female workers) jumped to their deaths. The aftermath would result in statutes in safety, fire prevention, fire escape access, etc., to a federal level; So it surprised me to hear this story in Boston 1942, where carelessness and self-serving opportunism seemed to take priority over ANY thought of the possibility of a nasty situation, and that the local or state powers that was in 1942 did not see it coming. So sad 😟