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Ghost tour guide Adam Selzer describes the 1903 Iroquois Theater Fire. | Shawn Allee
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Disaster Special Chloe Prasinos
Reporter Chloe Prasinos interviews meteorologist Victor Gensini. | Shawn Allee
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River Rising’s Megan Deiger and Tim Hazen provided the musical soundtrack to the night. | Shawn Allee
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Disasters Special Logan Jaffe
Curious City’s Logan Jaffe was the event emcee. | Shawn Allee
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Disasters Special Jesse Dukes
Curious City’s audio producer, Jesse Dukes, amuses the audience with another witty line. | Shawn Allee
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WBEZ’s Tyler Greene brings the presenters and guests back onstage for a final farewell. | Shawn Allee
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In this special podcast episode, Curious City presents three Chicago disaster stories as told at the Old Town School of Folk Music on March 30, 2016. Inspired by questions posed from Chicago-area residents, the tales range from the practically comical Loop flood of 1992, to a terrifying tornado that struck the region, to the city’s infamous Iroquois Theater fire.

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