Mar 1, 2018
Centralia, Pa., a small mining town, caught on fire in 1962 and that fire smolders underground today and will continue to rage after we've left the Earth. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about family, mining, a sense of place and government indifference in episode 30.
Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands
Sources used:
http://www.thedaytheearthcavedin.com/index.html
https://www.amazon.com/Day-Earth-Caved-American-Tragedy/dp/0812971302
http://www.centraliapa.org/official-trailer-centralia-pennsylvanias-lost-town/
http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20141007/NEWS/141009663
http://www.centraliapa.org/video-news-report-centralia-pa-1983/
http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-03681-6.html
https://www.iup.edu/archives/coal/people-lives-stories/a-woman-s-day--work-and-anxiety/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/story-real-canary-coal-mine-180961570/