Today’s holiday-themed case is quite the throwback. Now, this is a story I haven’t seen covered a lot, but from what I read, it seems like many consider it to be a pretty notorious case! It happened back in 1881, almost 140 years ago.

This is the story of The Ashland Tragedy.

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Sources: 

The Ashland Tragedy Proves Evil is Nothing New 

The Ashland Tragedy: Murder, a Mob and a Militia in Kentucky (True Crime) - Pre-order 

The Ashland Tragedy - Wikipedia  

The Clio - The Ashland Tragedy 

Sword and Scale - The Ashland Tragedy 

When An Architectural Survey Reveals A Dark Past 

Appalachian History - The Ashland Tragedy 

The Ashland Tragedy (I)

The Ashland Tragedy (II)

https://theashlandtragedy.com 

’Twas The Night Before Christmas

Wind Sound Effect

Fire alarm call box 

Reporter's Guide: The consequences of fire 

CPI Inflation Calculator 

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