Episode 62: The Firestarters
In the 1940s, two Midwest families faced the same bizarre circumstance: unexplained fires that seemed to spring up from nowhere, burning all over their homes—with no clear source. Was it, as many in the small town of Odin, Indiana suspected, the work of a “fire poltergeist,” or some other supernatural force? Or could it be one of the many theories Air Force investigators floated at the second location, in Macomb Illinois?
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N/A, “The Odon Fires,” Muncie Evening Press, 1985.
N/A, “The Odon Fires, The Times Mail, 1985.
N/A, N/A, The Jackson County Banner, 1940.
N/A, “Fire Breaks Out. . . “ The Evansville Courier, 1940.
N/A, “Ghost That Starts. . .” The Evansville Courier’s 1940.
N/A, AP, “House Has 25 . .” The South Bend Tribune, 1940.
N/A, APP, “Fire Strike Farm, The Decatur Daily Review
N/A, “Mystery Fires Break. . .” The Daily Independent, 1948.
N/A, AP, “Air Force Says Mystery. . .” The Sacramento Bee, 1948.
N/A, “Fire Breaks Out Afresh. . .” The Chicago Tribune, 1948.
N/A, “12 Year Old Girl. . .” The Daily Times, 1948.
N/A, UP “Mystery Fires Destroy” The Medford Mail Tribune, 1948.
N/A, “Mysterious Brown Spots,” Santa Maria Times, 1948.