"On the 31st of July, 1940, a gasoline powered passenger rail car, commonly known as a doodlebug, set off on a routine journey between Hudson and Akron, Ohio, with 46 people on board..."

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Background
02:42 The Doodlebug Disaster
07:47 The Aftermath

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES:
► "'Human Element' Blamed for Railroad Wreck; FortyThree Killed in Crash Wednesday Night. Riders in Coach All Met Death" published by the Piqua Daily Call, August 1940. Available via: https://greenerpasture.com/Places/Sho...
► "Cleveland's Greatest Disasters: 16 Tragic True Tales of Death and Destruction an Anthology" by John Stark Bellamy, published by Gray and Company, November 2009. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
► "Coming off the rails: Ohio history filled with train crashes and derailments" by Gary Brown, published by The Canton Repository. Link: https://eu.cantonrep.com/story/news/l...

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