Episode 215: The Rhoads Opera House fire

In a small Pennsylvania town, the play set to be performed on a cold Monday night in January drew hundreds of people to the Rhoads Opera House. One hundred and seventy of them would never make it home alive.

Videos:

• The Rhoads Opera House Fire: Legacy Of A Tragedy

Articles and books:

• Midwinter Mourning and A Town in Tragedy, by Mary Jane Schneider
• Trapped in the Third Act: The Rhoads Opera House Fire, Boyertown 1908