The Doodlebug Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"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; Forty-Three 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/ShowNews/34931

► "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/edition/Cleveland_s_Greatest_Disasters/XB9nsH-eEo0C

► "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/local/stark-county/2023/03/06/gary-brown-off-the-rails-ohio-has-seen-many-train-derailments-throughout-history/69968403007/



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