{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c5da99a215eac406099a9c4/5c9cd625921810ce14e1c2c7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ashtabula OH/ Hammond IN","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c5da99a215eac406099a9c4/1553782365232-f61fc701a7eff9ded51f4e77bf0d46ed.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Ashtabula train disaster has many names, the Ashtabula bridge disaster, the Ashtubla Horror or the Ashtabula river railroad disaster.&nbsp;Which ever name you choose they all refer to a terrible derailment that occured in Ashtubla Ohio on December 29, 1876.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.deadohio.com/AshTrain.htm\" target=\"_blank\">www.deadohio.com/AshTrain.htm</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.deadohio.com/AshTrain.htm\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster#cite_note-25</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amasa_Stone\" target=\"_blank\">WikiPedia article about Amasa Stone</a></p><p><br></p><p>During the last months of the first world war, on June 22, 1918 a horrific accident occured near Hammond Indiana.&nbsp;The 26 cars of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus were holding the performers and other circus workers as it chugged ahead to Hammond where the circus had a show.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://the-line-up.com/showmens-rest\" target=\"_blank\">the-line-up.com/showmens-rest</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Circus_Train_Wreck\" target=\"_blank\">WikiPedia article about Hammond Circus Train Wreck</a></p><p><br></p><p>Local Headlines</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-speaks-out-on-seizing-artifacts-from-indiana-home-staggering-discovery-of-human-bones/\" target=\"_blank\">www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-speaks-out-on-seizing-artifacts-from-indiana-home-staggering-discovery-of-human-bones/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/investigation-underway-after-more-skeletal-remains-found-in-robeson-county/1819798651\" target=\"_blank\">www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/investigation-underway-after-more-skeletal-remains-found-in-robeson-county/1819798651</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Victorian-Era-Ghost-Spotted-at-Wilmington-Market-Basket-507670481.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.necn.com/news/new-england/Victorian-Era-Ghost-Spotted-at-Wilmington-Market-Basket-507670481.html</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listener Stories</p><p><a href=\"https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-stevelong/\" target=\"_blank\">www.legendsofamerica.com/we-stevelong/</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.prairieghosts.com/oh-elmo.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.prairieghosts.com/oh-elmo.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://fringeparanormal.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/the-legend-of-the-elmore-ghost-rider/\" target=\"_blank\">fringeparanormal.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/the-legend-of-the-elmore-ghost-rider/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Do you have a story to share of your small town? Then head over to&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.stscast.com/\" target=\"_blank\">STScast.com</a>&nbsp;and use the form at the bottom on the page, it may end up in a future episode.</p><p><br></p><p>You can follow the show on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/STScast\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/STScast\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>&nbsp;@stscast</p>","author_name":"Fred Knoop"}