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When the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire in 1911, it was the worst workplace fire in New York City\u2019s history. In fact, if it weren\u2019t for September 11th, it would still hold that horrible record. In just 18 minutes, the fire took 146 lives. It was devastating, but it was also preventable. The incident inspired activists and politicians. It also encouraged workers to join unions and fight for their right to a safe work environment.

Then we discuss the most famous kidnapping in American history \u2014 that of baby Charles Lindbergh. Baby Lindbergh was taken from the second story of his family home. The kidnapper left behind a broken ladder and a poorly written ransom note.

The nearly two year old boy was the son of aviation star Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The distraught parents did everything they could to get their baby back. They paid the ransom and searched high and low for their child. But it was too late\u2026

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cRose Freedman, Last Survivor of Triangle Fire, Dies at 107,\u201d New York Times
\nTriangle: Remembering The Fire, HBO documentary
\n\u201cThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire,\u201d History.com
\n\u201cThe Triangle Fire of 1911,\u201d by John M Hoenig
\n\u201cThe 1911 Triangle Factory Fire,\u201d Cornell University

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cHauptmann Trial (1935)\u201d Famous-Trials.com
\n\u201cLindbergh Kidnapping\u201d FBI.gov