S3 Ep7: The "Fireproof" Theatre: Tragedy at the Iroquois

Published: April 24, 2023, 10:15 a.m.

Chicago's state-of-the-art Iroquois Theatre was supposed to be a jewel in the rapidly expanding American arts scene of the early twentieth century.\xa0 But in an emergency, a combination of disaster management, design flaws, and construction shortcuts proved to be a deadly combination.
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\nSpecial thanks to Charlie McCarron for producing and performing the out-of-print song "Let Us Swear It By the Pale Moonlight" for this episode.
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