Today's mini episode is a listener request. In 1942, the devastating Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston entered the books as one of the deadliest fires in United States history. How did it all go down?

SOURCES

“All Articles on Page 8.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), November 30, 1942. www.newspapers.com.

“Cocoanut Grove Fire.” Wikipedia, July 23, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire.

“The Cocoanut Grove Revisited.” National Archives andRecords Administration. Accessed July 30, 2025.https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2017/fall/cocoanut-grove.

“The Story of the Cocoanut Grove Fire.” Boston FireHistorical Society, April 21, 2024. https://bostonfirehistory.org/the-story-of-the-cocoanut-grove-fire/.

United Press. “391 Die in Boston Night Club Fire.” TimesHerald (Washington D.C., November 29, 1942. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.