December 7th & 14th...The Winecoff Fire and Sandy Hook

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 198/199. This time we examine the days December 7th, and December 14-and the years 1946 as the Winecoff Hotel Fire starts and 2012 as there is a school shooting at Sandy Hook..

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winecoff_Hotel_fire

https://library.massasoit.edu/americanfires/winecoff

https://www.firehouse.com/home/news/10568390/the-winecoff-fire-our-nations-deadliest-hotel-fire

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-winecoff-hotel-fire-75-years-later-still-deadliest-us-hotel-blaze-in-history

http://southernghoststories.com/georgia-ghost-stories-the-winecoff-hotel

https://time.com/5168272/how-many-school-shootings/

https://news.yahoo.com/got-grow-little-brothers-never-231138580.html?guccounter=1

https://news.yahoo.com/got-grow-little-brothers-never-231138580.html?guccounter=1

https://www.britannica.com/event/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-shooting

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunman-kills-students-and-adults-at-newtown-connecticut-elementary-school

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Photo: 

By Eoghanacht - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3122935