Episode 215: The Rhoads Opera House fire

<p>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.</p> <p>Videos:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSCGwWb9zfE" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Rhoads Opera House Fire: Legacy Of A Tragedy</a></li> </ul> <p>Articles and books:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://boyertownhistory.org/product/midwinter-mourning/" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Midwinter Mourning and A Town in Tragedy</a>, by Mary Jane Schneider</li> <li><a href= "https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/trapped-third-act-rhoads-opera-house-fire" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Trapped in the Third Act: The Rhoads Opera House Fire, Boyertown 1908</a></li> </ul>