Episode Description
Paris, 1897. The Bazar de la Charité blaze killed 118 women and girls. Where were the men?
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On this episode:
- Isabelle Roughol - Host
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Jump to:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:35) - Member shout-out
- (01:55) - Upcoming guests
- (03:04) - This week's story
- (04:25) - Tuesday, May 4th, 1897: A fire at a Catholic charity sale.
- (08:13) - Cowardly Gentlemen and Working Class Heroes
- (10:43) - The "Knights Jitters"
- (11:54) - Heroes and martyrs in a political storm
- (14:32) - And women in all that?
- (16:41) - Did the behaviour of men cause more women to die?
- (17:56) - An intimate tragedy
- (18:46) - Outro
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