Catastrophic Explosion at Glendale Cemetery How Did This Happen?

In 1977 a massive explosion occurred at Glendale Cemetery in Akron, Ohio.

[@Moolarkey]

The Akron Beacon Journal (15 Jan 1980, Tue · Page 40) identifies the vandal as Dale A. Gauder and states that he plead guilty and was sentenced to 2 to 10 years but was released on "shock parole" after serving just 60 days. His release date was in October 1977. I did a bit (a couple of minutes) more digging, I believe he is still alive and which city, or state he resides in - NO, I'm not going to stalk him or anything like that. My curiosity is more about what he did with his life after release and why he would be released after just 60 days when he caused so much damage and the fact it could have been so much worse. Did he really do it or did someone else, was he paid to do it (possibly someone using a disgruntled former employee for their dirty work?) It just seems very odd and will probably never be known if it was just his sudden idea to do this or if someone else was really behind it. Maybe he really acted on his own but only served 60 days? Another article (The Akron Beacon Journal 27 Jun 1977, Mon · Page 1) quotes a union spokesman as saying Gauder was suspended from his job for refusing to unload a truck, saying it wasn't in his job description but his job description was "general utility man" and he had worked there for 2 years, this article includes a picture of Gauder. The plant, at that time, only had 4 employees and a supervisor. They made solvents and adhesives. Part of Gauder's job was to label cans. His 21-year-old brother also worked at the plant. Their father had worked there for 20 years until the previous July when he'd been laid off. Both brothers had picketed the company that night with the break-in occurring after 9:30 PM. The NY Times (June 28, 1977, Page 16) reported he had been suspended from his job on May 17, 1977. This article, The Akron Beacon Journal 08 Jul 1977, Fri · Page 20, reports on the trial and that Gauder only had an 8th-grade education. The judge had him read the charges and he had stumbled over some words (voluntarily, imprisonment, punishment). Gauder stated he worked alone on the explosion. The judge asked him if he realized the chemicals were harmless. Gauder responded that he didn't think the chemicals would go anywhere and that they were in the building as they were there anyway. This hearing was the first time Gauder commented on the incident, he'd never made a statement to the police. Gauder stated he went by the strikebound plant on the evening of June 22. Saw a truck and a deputy so he stopped. After the truck and deputy left, he and the picketers stood and talked about what they could do to stop the trucks. 30 minutes later he told the picketers he'd be right back, he went to the back of the plant and entered the building through a broken window. He turned on the valves and left. He further told the judge he did it to stop production as he thought it would help the union. The judge asked him if he'd thought realized it would actually do more harm to the union and to their collective bargaining. "No, I just didn't think of it." The judge ordered it put out to pre-sentence investigation. Gauder had no police record so he was released free on bond. The same Judge, Barbuto, that sentenced him to 2-10 years in prison also released him on "shock probation" after just 60 days in prison. Upon release, this article The Akron Beacon Journal 17 Oct 1977, Mon · Page 16 states he was placed on 5 years probation and was to go to work with his dad at a meat packing plant. He also was ordered to stay away from any area engaged in a labor dispute. When the judge asked him why he should release him, Gauder responded that he'd had enough of jail, and he wanted to go home to his wife and child (Gauder was 18 at this time). The amount of petroleum naphtha he released was 3,000 gallons, btw. And this is probably all more than anyone wanted to know.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Awesome! Thanks for finding this!

[@davidpawson7393]

Appreciate you doing that. Hopefully he stayed out of trouble.

[@DominicNJ73]

Nice summary of the other side of the story. Being a little speculative, perhaps the judge let him out because he recognized his lack of education, the fact he was only 18 and lacked a criminal record and the fact he was working, thus making him a contributing member to society and the fact that Gauder didn't seem to recognize that the chemicals would go into a sewer drain that snaked through the city. These are all mitigating factors, not to mention it was 1977, well before the criminal justice system's obsessive need to impose cruel and unnecessary jail sentences.

[@ducknorris233]

Thanks for that. I’ve read that until about 20 years old humans don’t aren’t biologically matured enough to consider consequences of their actions. An adult would think of where a rock might land before throwing it where a juvenile wouldn’t. We often ask kids “what were you thinking!” When the answer is they weren’t thinking.

[@bluecollar58]

Nope , that was great , thanks.

[@johnkelley6278]

I remember my Grandma telling me about a gas line explosion which happened in Cleveland during the 30's or 40's which caused many many deaths. Thanks for another great history lesson! You should have a weekly program on PBS , it would be an Ohio favorite!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you John! 😊😊😊

[@shirleyleichliter4487]

My mom was 12 when this happened she played hookie and got nosy she never forgot the things she saw

[@jananderson672]

Can't believe the punishment was so little for such a crime. Glad you're doing well. One viewer said it beautifully. You deserve to be a public television host for Ohio's history. Keep up the great work!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Jan! 😊😊😊

[@garylefevers]

I bet dollars to doughnut that the young creep is related to some higher up. Probably a politician or something.

[@richsackett3423]

Then you must be new to white America.

[@Lewman211]

Hi John, yet once again, another awesome video about history that probably few people know about or have never heard of. I am so glad that no one got hurt in this explosion. It's interesting that the 18 year old who caused this only spent such a short time in Mansfield Reformatory, (that is very odd, and I'm sure there's more to that story as well). I just could not image a sound that loud at night. It's truly a miracle that none of the mausoleums nor the gravestones were damaged in the explosion. Glad to see you all back out on the road bringing us new and exciting videos for 2023. As always, please be safe in all your travels, and may God bless you all my friend! 🙂

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you my friend. Good to be back! 😊😊😊

[@chesterharvey5425]

Hi John glad to see you back :) thanks for another awesome video . Chet from Michigan

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for the continued support Chet! 😊😊😊

[@CallMeWiggles]

I lived in Akron for 4 years and never heard about this until I moved away from the city. Great place to be. Thank you for the local history! Your channel is absolutely amazing

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you! 😊

[@davidlancaster8152]

Intense story made more compelling by the photos. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Many lessons to learn from this.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

My pleasure David. Thank you for watching!

[@kiwisunshine9631]

Wow. What an interesting story that was! Imagine if that explosion had happened in the city. It would have no doubt killed people and done major damage. It's scary to think that i was done deliberately. What a shame the men that did it only got 60 day in jail. Really?? That was no where near long enough for what they did and the damage they caused. It gave me goosebumps when you were explaining how loud the noise would have been. The loudest noise I have ever heard was a crack of lightning one day, that was directly overhead. I was on the phone at the time and my friend heard it and thought it was some kind of explosion outside. My hearing was not right for several days afterwards, but slowly came back over the next couple of weeks. You tell these tales so well, it has me totally absorbed from beginning to end! Thank you so much - stay well!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Kiwi!!! 😊😊😊

[@kittytimes6]

That was really interesting! You are a great storyteller!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you kittytimes6! Very nice of you to say! 😊😊😊

[@roserobertson7181]

So good to see you back again!! This is a cool cemetery! I appreciate the fact that it's cold up there! I live in Rockford, OH, just north of Celina. It's snowing right now! I've visited some awesome cemeteries, including in Virginia City, NV!! Boston and the area have ones well worth visiting, too!! Thanks again for your fun and informative videos!

[@roserobertson7181]

Boston, Mass!! I think there's a Boston in OH!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Boston Mass would be an awesome experience! The Virginia City cemetery was amazing! Found an eerie grave there. Might share that someday. Thank you for watching Rose! 😊😊

[@Callie83]

A few years ago a house 5.5 miles from my house, across the empty winter farm fields, exploded. It shot me straight up out of bed and I heard the explosion echo off the hills for the next few minutes. Within about 2 minutes scanner traffic explained the explosion. Uninhabited home with a propane leak. No severe injuries. There was debris in the trees for nearly a mile and a 20 foot crater where the house had been. Old trees were laid flat. It was crazy!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Holy cow! I can’t imagine!

[@tuxitalk1World]

That happened near my mom's house when newly built houses were receiving their first occupants. There was nobody living in this house, thankfully. The day it happened, my mom said she heard this very loud explosion and saw a fire. The fire company came and when the fire was out, the house was a huge mound of vinyl siding, shingles, windows and the contents of the house (pipes, water tank, etc.).

[@michaelastandley8531]

Good evening to you from a frosty Clowne, near Chesterfield, G.B. Love this podcast, fabulous job as always. Please get a job with the BBC !!!lol.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

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[@lisad476]

Wow. Thoughtless person. I'm glad no one died. Thanks for the fascinating story!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank YOU Lisa! 😊😊😊

[@lisad476]

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[@garycordle5295]

Wow this is a sad story,he should of served the sentence, it's a shame what these bad people and criminals get away with,thank you for the real history video 👍🙏

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

My pleasure Gary! Thank you for watching! 😊😊

[@jimrossi7708]

I agree to a point about the jail sentence but would like to know the whole story about the 18 year old, did he have a terminal disease and order things that if we knew we change our mind

[@one8088]

60 days is fine

[@TheSeraphimEmeraldGemGypsy]

💚 You’re so well spoken and written. I really enjoy these! “Imagine.” So good with words! This story is wild!

[@Knight-of-Sarcasm]

That is so cool and tragic though that the culprit was given a slap on the wrist. It is peculiar. Do you know if the caretaker house was able to be repaired and the Warrens could return to live in it again, or was the damage so bad the building couldn't be fixed? And how bad was the office? I'm glad they were able to repair the windows on the chapel; my heart sank when I saw the photos of the shattered portions. I saw the post on Patreon and have been waiting excited for your release. I'm glad you're able to be up and about--hopefully that means the health issues are abaiting? Sadly, it's not the first creek/storm system that was buried in Ohio. In Perry, the home I grew up in had a creek that ran a few blocks away that the kids would play in an exposed portion, but a huge chunk of the water flowed from the ground under/around the schools and ran awhile before tumbling into the wider natural basin. A great many a rock was chucked in while we waited for the elementary bus beside it. In another exposed portion I would catch frogs! In the years since I moved to Akron before I returned post-birth of the eldest, the township buried the rest of the creek; I'm not sure how much is accessible now. It dumps into Sippo Lake's south side. I can easily imagine because of this exactly what happened when you mentioned blue smoke and storm sewer having lived in Akron surrounded by the factories and such. I mean, Summit Lake was unable to be swam in (so they built the Olympic pool beside it) and the Cuyahoga caught fire around the same time! Sadly things we did back then are still taking years to counteract today the damage we caused w/o knowing what we were doing (or in some cases, ignoring the warning signs).

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

It’s so true. We have covered up so many natural parts of our communities for the sake of progress. Very sad.

[@kdrapertrucker]

Well.....considering that he shows a new picture of the caretaker's house right at the beginning of the video so.....

[@pisceanx8382]

That would be a blessing that I'd not considered: that it happened at the time it did. You also make a good point about only serving 60 days for what he pled guilty to. Suspicious! Sounds like a scapegoat. I don't really do social media, so I've missed you guys, it was great to wake up to a new video. Take care!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching Piscean X! Glad to be back!

[@rickymeadows5176]

Very professionally narrated, thanks for sharing a bit of history that normally only locals would know of. It's fascinating how at the blink of an eye fates can be changed forever.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

My pleasure Ricky. Thank you for watching!

[@sweettart130]

I'm so excited to have found your channel. I'm moving to Portage county in 2 weeks and am going to binge all your videos and soak up all the history of the area!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Love it! Thank you Sweet Tart!

[@greggbaker7120]

Thanks John. I hope things start straightening out, for you and yours...

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Gregg 😊😊

[@gregoryclayton8287]

The fireworks of 4th of July and the new year coming in can be pretty loud brother...thanks John, a great story, and a very good presentation..

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Greg!

[@BlueberryGirl723]

Such an interesting piece of history, John. Thank you for all the hard work you and the team put into this historical video. I remember hearing briefly about this in the news. Very unsettling to think of what can occur due to something that leaked into the sewer system. Good to see you back again! Blue.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Blue! 😊😊😊

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

it was--and remains--the loudest sound I ever heard! I was living over the hill in West Akron.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I can’t even imagine Elizabeth! What a shock it must have been!

[@lucyterrier7905]

I don't remember this happening at all. Thank you for the good video.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching Lucy! 😊😊😊

[@robertrhodessr3664]

Thank you for a great video on this unusual catastrophe that happened near my home town of Copley Ohio. It was very surprising to hear the actual cause of the explosion. Mr. Warren expresses it so correctly, Thank God it happened when it did. Both the lives of his family, the Rubber Co. Employees, and anyone nearby could have been killed or seriously injured. Thank you for the thorough report and the explanation. Very interesting.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

My pleasure Robert. Thank YOU for watching!

[@retiredfirefighter415]

So glad you posted hope all is well with you and your family 😊

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

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[@dleland71]

Excellent report. You are a very good orator and I like you addition of 'personal' observations. Thank you.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Dave!

[@SandyWolf-]

I grew up in Cincinnati I remember this faintly on the news but definitely considering a weekend trip to this cemetery! I love exploring old cemeteries!

[@barryallenflash1]

Great video John! Thanks for making and sharing. Yeah, the "kid" that did this should've served more than 60 days...that's ridiculous! So, IF (glad he didn't) he had killed someone what then? 1 year? Seems the laws haven't changed that much over time! This is one of those "quiet" stories, one that most locals talk about, but no one else. Glad you found it and retold it.

[@1976smb]

They should of made him help rebuild sewer and not get any pay or anything until it was done. Let him sit in prison while ours have to toil and struggle to undo his handy work.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Brian! 😊😊😊

[@luanneriffle616]

If he was 18 he wasn’t a kid anymore. He should have been tried as an adult. Someone got him off that was corruption in city or local government.

[@johnhill8958]

Since he was 18 and prosecuted, his name should be a public record. Who was it?

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Wish I could tell you John. His name wasn’t published in any of the newspapers I found.

[@robylove9190]

Thank you, John. I truly appreciate your stories.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Roby! 😊😊😊

[@Sibes3]

Wow. That story was mesmerizing. I had to listen until the end. But, if the cemetery blew up were caskets not dislodged and sticking out of the ground? How gruesome that would have been!

[@sharong8511]

I think the depth of the burials prevented the caskets from rising above ground level? I’m not certain, but I agree that it would have been gruesome! It’s a miracle nobody was killed.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Luckily the blast shot straight up instead of out.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Well said Sharon! Thank you for watching! 😊😊

[@sandysue202]

Wow! What a story!! I'm so glad no one died or was seriously injured but how in the world could it have been ok for that 18 year old to only serve 2 months of his sentence?? All that damage caused by a young man who knew what he was doing. To me, that's the real tragedy.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I agree sandysue!

[@Pattilapeep]

Just found your channel and am really impressed. You did a wonderful job of telling the story and presenting the facts in a great manner. Take care.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Pat! I appreciate you watching and commenting! 😊

[@allen_p]

Having grown up along the Houston Chip Channel with many petrochemical refineries I have heard many explosions. One explosion made the water in a large YMCA swimming pool jump two foot straight up. A 2:00 AM explosion would scare the life out of you.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Awesome info Allen! Unreal! 😊😊😊

[@AgrippaKCsGunTime]

i am so glad i discovered your channel!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

That makes two of us! Thank you for watching! 😊😊😊

[@WthrLdy]

One of your best. And OMG the caretaker's house is amazing!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you! I would love to take a look inside someday!

[@RKusmie64]

You always put out a quality and interesting video. Thank you again! ~Robin

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Very nice of you to say Robin! Thank you for watching! 😊😊

[@BrianR2395]

I stumbled across this video by accident. When I saw the words "Glendale Cemetery" and "explosion", my memory was immediately triggered. In June 1977 I was 24, working in downtown Akron by day and attending Akron University at night. Every morning I parked my car on one of the side streets (Dart St.?) that ran right along the side of the cemetery next to the Innerbelt. Thankfully, I was nowhere near that spot when the explosion occurred. At the time, I lived in west Akron two or three miles from the cemetery, so I was never awakened that night by the explosion. I do remember that on the morning after the explosion -- before I even knew what happened -- access to my usual parking spot was blocked off by police for several days. Although this was a HUGE story locally, I was too busy at the time with work and school to follow up on the details of the investigation. Now, after 45 years -- thanks to your video -- I finally understand exactly what happened and why...and who was responsible. My parents and grandparents are buried in Glendale, and I've walked through the grounds any number of times over the years. It is truly a local treasure. Thankfully, everything that was damaged seemed to have been eventually restored. THANK YOU for an excellent video about an event that hit so close to home!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

My pleasure David! Thank you for sharing your story about that day!

[@Tom_Emody]

I appreciate your work and style. Thank you.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank YOU Tom!

[@DoloresJNurss]

Fascinating! Welcome back!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Dolores! 😊😊😊

[@gtgodbear6320]

I went to my grandma house in Lancaster OH. when a gas line exploded 1 mile away. That was the loudest noise I ever heard. It was probably120° outside

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

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[@robertdean6084]

I'm not sure how I stumbled across your channel, but I'm glad I did. You have a great narrative voice and great subject matter. Thumbs up and you have my subscrition!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for subscribing Robert! I really appreciate it!

[@bluesioux9538]

Good to see you again. I can only hope things have eased up just a bit for your family--know what you're going thru, it's happening to ALOT of us. Take your time, family first. Praying for y'all.

[@jeremyholmes7995]

I don't recall seeing they were in crisis. What did I miss? Everyone ok?

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

It’s been a tough 2023 so far Jeremy. We are on the mend health wise. Finances are the big hurdle right now. We’ll make it thru though. Thanks for asking.

[@jeremyholmes7995]

@@CuriousHistoryYT Hope things get better. Health first, then the rest.

[@michaelastandley8531]

Excellent story as always. Can hardly wait for the next one. Thank you.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Michaela! 😊

[@delzimmerli3419]

Another great video. This film would make useful safety training for those who work underground on public utilities either construction or operation. My experience was with a propane explosion investigation on a public sewer. The construction worker involved was severely burned but did live.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Wow! That must have been incredibly scary!

[@Rags2Itches]

What a beautiful Church (chapel) at the start of the video. Some one surely knew exactly what they were doing by dumping those two chemicals. It feels like that 18 yr old "took the rap' for it knowing he would get out early, is my thought. Closest sound I can think of was the jets screaming down the massive lake my family had land on in Maine. Or the passenger planes landing at Logan International airport in Boston back in my mush younger days. You'd get sonic booms day and night. I'm too far away to have heard this, yet this past week a meteor exploded in the air over Wagoner, Ok. Might be very comparable to what happened in that cemetery as far as sound. So amazing that no one was hurt.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Great comments Rags 2Itches! I think he may have taken the rap as well. Guess we will never know. Thank you for watching! 😊😊

[@Rags2Itches]

Just so good to see you again, John,

[@jasonbecker4049]

The downtown Canton Illinois gas explosion shook my house twelve miles away. Thank goodness nobody got hurt at that rush concert. Good show mate.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

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[@allisonmarlow184]

I just found you and immediately subscribed. Great stuff here!👍🏻

[@allisonmarlow184]

RUSH!! Yea man!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Allison! I’m so happy you’re joining us here! Welcome to the Curious History community! 😊😊❤️

[@mauricebate5069]

Very interesting ! And well narrated first time I've seen the channel thank you

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching Maurice! Much appreciated!

[@jamesholt7612]

I never knew about that John. I took a decent break from social media plus I almost died Christmas night from pneumonia and I didn't know that I was that sick but I'm doing well. They caught the pneumonia early and I was back home that Wednesday after Christmas.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Oh my gosh James! That’s so scary! I’m so glad they caught it and you’re feeling better! Please take care of yourself my friend!

[@jamesholt7612]

@@CuriousHistoryYT Thank you John.

[@davidkelly2088]

Wow. Great video

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you David! 😊

[@randywhite3958]

Great and informative as usual you are blessed to live in a place with soo much history Hope all is well with you and yours

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you my friend! Hope all is well in your world as well! 😊😊😊

[@randywhite3958]

@@CuriousHistoryYT Everything is well thanks

[@michelleboyes1873]

Wow thanks for sharing, never heard of this!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching Michelle! 😊😊

[@timmorin69]

I just stumbled on your channel today, and I think you're a pretty good narrator. The video was very interesting and kept me engaged. Great work! Consider me subscribed. 🍻

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you so much for subscribing Tim! I really appreciate it!

[@ericlify]

Great Voice, Smooth and Clear

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Eric!

[@lisasharf1442]

Hi John. I just found your channel when this video came across my feed. Very interesting. I vaguely remember hearing about this on the news (my junior year in high school). Thanks for a well-written, well-researched video. You’ve got a new subscriber! As for ideas for videos, I have two suggestions. One, the story of Peg Entwistle (she jumped from the Hollywood sign in the 1920s), who is buried in Dayton, I think. Two, for something more recent, the story of the riot at the old Ohio penitentiary in Columbus. My dad was the mediator between the prisoners and the police.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Lisa for subscribing and for the info! Love it!!! 😊😊😊

[@frankharrington4881]

Glad to see your videos again. Have missed you! I am subscribed, but this just popped up on my feed! Wow that was a HUGE explosion, it is a true God given miracle that the family didn't get hurt! Thank you,,,,, God bless,,,, Patricia Gambino Harrington

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Patricia! Glad to be back!

[@frankharrington4881]

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[@Marchgirl329]

What a story! I'm sure it had to have been on the news over here in Toledo but I don't remember it. The event was just weeks after I graduated from high school (yep, I just aged myself for you all). I might go on an archive hunt to see if The Toledo Blade covered it.

[@ianhotson6057]

I have never heard about that before, I'm somebody that likes to walk through a cemetery enjoying the quiet and the history, very informative video and nicely done, thanks for posting!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching Ian!

[@Tiger-Baby]

What a relaxed, informative, CALM... video. I'm so glad you popped up in suggestions, I'm so tired of hyped up, over excited young people, with wrong pronunciation, inventing new words, 'hallucinisation', at least, I think that's how it's spelled... If only kids would be as grateful of such an amazing source of information, as some are. Because they're missing the point. If I'd have had the Internet at school, I'd be on my 10th PhD now, hahaha. I like enthusiasm, but reverence where it's needed. And I love history in a way I never thought I would, and it's because I had a terrible teacher. I'm from Wales, UK, if you'd like an exchange of sombre, tragic historic events, look up, " The Aberfan disaster". Some of my history. Because I was touched by yours. Thank you for the upload

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for this! And thank you for the information! I will most definitely look into it! 😊

[@Tiger-Baby]

@Curious History You're very welcome. I'm no dinosaur, but, Google has a feature where you can hear how to pronounce words. Oh my lord though, what they do to WELSH names! In fairness, we're only allowed 1 vowel per sentence hahaha. But mispronounced their place names... and the video is like speed info, 6 minutes long, and has no in-depth work. One channel literally read Wikipedia.... So, you're welcome. I use Google Earth. And I can go look for myself where these things happened. Kids are excited about all the wrong things on the Internet lol

[@asteverino8569]

Well, you're a great story teller. With facts and added drama.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you! 😊

[@PaganWizard]

Great video!!!!!! And you also have amazing taste in music!!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

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[@8tj08czwvi]

Soothing pleasant on the ears voice. Enunciates well making every word understandable. No loud music drowning words and spoiling the story. Calm tone allowing the story to carry itself instead of speaking in a crazy fake voice like he speaker at a world wrestling event. Choice of story held me captive, a true jaw-dropping what why who mystery. I've often said, "Just because you're able to talk does not mean you can speak professionally. This gentleman can make reading the Yellow Pages a pleasure to listen to. Thank you Sir💕🤗

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you so much Padebro! I’m humbled by this comment.

[@jamesrader3329]

I love this series great job.

[@patmancrowley8509]

Really well presented. Thanks.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Patman!

[@lindaloe]

UTTERLY UNBELIEVABLE!!

[@edwardkellogg1284]

Hello John, it's good to see a new video. I hope things are going well for you. This story is unreal. I'm glad there were no casualties. The culprit should have served his full sentence. Our justice system failed on this. I was just wondering if the Cival war stained glass was restored? Take care.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Edward! Yep the stained glass was restored although I couldn’t find a price tag for the restoration. They look great from the outside and even better from the inside!

[@craftyjoy9410]

Wow that was so interesting! I can’t believe he didn’t have to serve the 20 years! Maybe he he knew someone high up!?! Thank goodness all was not lost for the town! Thanks for sharing! 🙋🏼‍♀️🇺🇸🙏🏻

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching CraftyJoy! 😊

[@1976smb]

A good reminder when bad things happen, they can always be worse. Things can be rebuilt or replaced, people cannot.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Well said Shannon!

[@rivaridge7211]

This recalls to mind an especially horrific propane explosion, in Buffalo, NY (December 27, 1983). An illegally kept, 500 gallon propane gas tank (housed in a downtown warehouse) was being moved, by an employee, to a different location within the warehouse, when the tank slipped off his fork-lift and broke tank's seal. The propane gas was quickly filling the place and the Fire Department was called - sadly, within a minute of their arrival the explosion came, instantly killing five of the firefighters and two civilians. The four-story warehouse was leveled (as well as) most everything else within a four-block radius. There were at least 150 people injured - many critically (including other first responders). At the time, I lived in Buffalo (about 5 or 6 miles from the site of the explosion) and was sitting in the kitchen chatting with my mother - suddenly her large windows rattled and the curtains kind of "jumped away" from the windows for a quick second. Of course, we had no idea as to what had just occurred (I looked outside and everything was quiet). Really, just a sad happening for all of those victims. I am glad the Glendale Cemetery story had a better outcome. Thank you for the interesting post - Cheers to all!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for sharing this RivaRidge! Such a sad tale.

[@MeMe-nw9mq]

Wow. That 18 year old kid just served 60 days?? Kinda makes you wonder if he was related to someone that could pull some strings and get him out. Thankfully no lives were lost. It could have been so much worse. Another good one, John! Hope you & the fam are all doing well. ~Renee~

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Renee! We are persevering! Hope all is well for you my friend!

[@GeneSavage]

Incredible! I'd never heard about this one.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

😊😊😊

[@TheParanormalSide]

Omg, Only 60 days in Jail. Somebody payed someone off to get that 18 year old off. Something fishy happened there. Crazy stuff. Great story. Thank you.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you! 😊😊😊

[@jayjaynella4539]

Political connections. That is why his name is not mentioned.

[@queenbee3647]

More like liberal judge. Check out Barbutos rep.

[@krisdrinkwine6045]

Great story 👏👌👍thank you 😊.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank YOU for watching Kris! I really appreciate it!

[@markjolliff3668]

Great video. Thanks

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank YOU Mark!

[@scallopohare9431]

What an interesting event. Thank you!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

😊😊😊

[@randyrobertson4686]

Hello there. Just found your channel. Thank you for your in depth and informative delivery of this event. I am always trying to educate myself on historical events and I am very grateful for people such as yourself for taking the time to make sure material. I will be looking forward to seeing more videos thank you. Oh , one final thought. The 60 days this individual served just seems outrageous. I obviously couldn’t say for certain but perhaps said criminal at his young age had relatives in high places who seen to it that this 20 year sentence was not going to happen. I know what you’re thinking, but let’s face it….it’s the reality we live in. But this is just my own personal opinion, it perhaps holds no water….just a theory. Thank you again for the video.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching Randy! Yep the reduced sentence seems outrageous to me as well!

[@stevencharlton7693]

I can remember when Bunsefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead went up with a bang on 11 December 2005. At the time, I was living in South London, and when the explosion happened, I was in bed sleeping. It was loud enough to wake me up, even though my home at the time was about 33 miles away from the site!!!

[@jdearing46]

I lived at the time on Dayton street on North Hill I was in the 8th grade at the time. It woke us up when it happened. It was the talk of our neighborhood and town for quite some time. Sure did find it strange how the person who caused this explosion was basically given a slap on the wrist. 🤔 Glendale cemetery has some other bizarre happenings that surround it also. Some more macabre than others.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for sharing your personal experience John! Love it!

[@megangreene3955]

This is crazy stuff. It seems to me that they shouldn't have been using a stream as the sewer system.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I agree Megan!

[@heathermizanin3994]

Yet another fascinating historical tidbit on my hometown. PS Being a Rush fan has raised your stock a few points! 😂

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Nice! I’ll take it! 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you Heather!

[@vinny142]

11:20 "60 days for causing a disaster, something doesn't quite add up" That's why we have a justice system and not lynchmobs. The punishment is based on what he actually did (empty the tanks) and wether the explosion is something he should have been able to foresee as a possibilty. Apparently the factory was built so that any spillage or leakage would go into the sewer and that went on for years so if the factory owner, the city etc etc did not thing this could be a danger, how then can you blame a factory worker for not assuming that the fule would go somewhere where it would not be a problem? if you can blame him for the explosion when he could not possibly know that he fuel would pool in the sewer then you can blame the person who threw the cigarette because they should have known that the factory might have spilled something flammable into the sewer, right? The blame for this accident falls on the factory owners because if a tank had ruptured by itself then the exact same thing would have happened. Anyway, these explosions continue to happen all over the world for the exact same reason: people who *do* know better, refuse to do anything about it.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Vinny! Appreciate the perspective!

[@queenbee3647]

See people? This nonsense answer defending Gauder today in 2023 should help you understand how a liberal judge gave him shock probation. It (stupidity) is all around.

[@erictroxell715]

I m surprised they just didn't make the culprits PAY for the damages. That would be more appropriate!!! You are an excellent speaker !!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Eric! 😊

[@keithperdue4993]

WOW! We need more history like this revealed. Good research done, amazing story.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Keith! 😊😊😊

[@chriswhittington294]

Really interesting video! I agree, it doesn't add up to just serve 60 days for causing all that! Perhaps a relative with a lot of pull!?? Thanks for doing this research and such a great job with your videos.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Chris! 😊

[@joywebster2678]

Or a voluntary fall guy with prearranged short sentence. Teamsters were very powerful

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

They were indeed Joy.

[@candyvance2983]

Just caught your channel and have subscribed. It would be another great vid to find out why the kid got so little jail time. All the best.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for subscribing Candy! I really appreciate it! I will see what I can find about why he didn’t serve out his sentence.

[@jmitchell5081]

I remember that when it happened.When I was a kid,we used to play across the street in the feild from the cemetary.I also remember when the blast went off in the morning,it woke all of us up and we thought that a plane had crashed in our back yard. It was unbeliveable the damage it had done.You had to be there to see it all.

[@LambentLark]

I love your story telling. When I was a kid, I was exceptionally small and could make myself all but invisible with little effort. I use to hide around the place the older men were smoking and drinking in. They would tell the most wonderful stories. I would do fine until uncle Benny would tell a tale and I would start giggling. Jig was up and they'd chase me off. You tell stuff more like uncle Kenneth or great uncle Jack. They both lived a lot of history and were front and center for much of the great events of the early to mid 20th century. Now, I am the one with the old knowledge and I wonder when that happened. That little kid that loves stories still lives inside me and so enjoys listening again.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Awesome! Your “old knowledge” is what needs to be shared! I too loved listening to the stories when growing up. Hearing the stories told from a persons perspective was so much more colorful than reading a text book.

[@LambentLark]

@@CuriousHistoryYT My Tales are all of Alaskan old timers. Some going back to the early 1900. I have no talent for tech. Little more than a monkey with a phone, really. Lol I don't know how to do all the video editing or have equipment. It would be fun though. I think of those stories they told quit often.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I was the same way with the tech but have found my way thru trial and error!

[@LambentLark]

@@CuriousHistoryYT lol Fail, learn, fail better?

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Every day my friend! 🤣🤣

[@darabennett4316]

Ha! Love the Rush mention. Man,..could you imagine opening your front door and the ground being gone? It literally Just missed taking their home! Also, that is one creepy cemetery. I thought those were little houses or sheds at first. Nope! Tombs.

[@Knight-of-Sarcasm]

It's actually a nice, lovely cemetery. There's so much green and foliage and it's quaint. The buildings are historical and the chapel is amazing; hopefully they can release the short videos from their trip there--you'll be able to see the beauty. At night, though, I won't deny there is a bit of a creep factor (early 1990's) :) !

[@gwendolynross1674]

Rush concert, jump jet, I've heard both sounds and they are very loud. It's wonderful that none of the graves were disturbed.

[@chrisostling805]

2.5 years ago, the propane marine heater on my sailboat exploded with my face 6" away from it. I did not hear the blast or feel the pressure wave because I was so close to ground zero. I did notice that I was in complete silence as the roof, decks, sides and transom blew away from me. The Coast Guard cannot figure out how I survived, let alone walked away with just burned hands and face.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I have heard of these dead spaces before Chris. Seems as if you were in the perfect spot for the sound waves to go around you instead of hitting you. Glad you made it okay. I take it the boat didn’t survive?

[@janjones4536]

hi CH--jan here--what a great video! Never knew of this story! My grandparents are buried in Calvery in Cleveland and it is VERY gothic! Its rolling with hills, stone bridges and tunnels--u could swear you were in the Godfather. ( and no, grandpas name wasnt Corleone) The docent showed me where the railroad tracks still are in some places where the trains would unload bodies in the 20s and 30s because there werent enough hearses and the stone buildings where they kept bodies in the winter because there were no bobcats or machinery then--only sets of hands. The sad part was where the "Childrens " section was--they were the victims of the Collinwood grade school fire 1903. Very disheartening.🙁😓😪

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks Jan! The Collinwood school fire is next on the list for filming. Planning on visiting the memorial as well as Lakeview Cemetery. Will have to check out Calvery as well!

[@barbarawright5774]

Thanks be to God the graves were not damaged.

[@htos1av]

I remember reading about this in the newspaper in Atlanta, when i was a teen.

[@Grumpy63uk]

What a beautiful caretakers house 💕💕💕🇬🇧

[@chrisofchris]

It appears the algorithm has picked this video up, sir. Enjoy the ride!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Chris!

[@Liz-cmc313]

How scary that must of been. Disgusting how that punk got away with it, essentially.

[@tammystebbins6911]

I lived down Hall a side road to the cemetery. I would ask if it was alright to walk thru the cemetery. I wasn't living in Ohio when it happened.

[@sandyalseth4550]

Whe. You drove that road and said it was completely destroyed I was shocked to see how long you drove! There still could have been some damage to Graves underneath that Noone knows about. Especially around the epicenter of the explosion. ( Earth had to have been moved a lot.) Had to have been scary! Young man or his parents should have been ordered to pay something! 😡

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Yep we needed to give some perspective on just how long the road is. It was a tremendous blast! Thank you for watching Sandy! 😊😊

[@skipd9164]

Former gas utility worker. When ever investigating a natural gas leak in the street all manhole covers are checked. They could be electric, telephone, sewer, or storm drains. This is why always report someone that uses storm drains to empty liquids. In the 90s as a tech went to a couple of calls that involved turned on stove and a candle. One drug dealer trying to get rid of competition. I was sent to a reported x and upon arrival went to find top officer in charge and had firefighters giving me the " you won't believe this " look. The old man decided to eliminate the rodents in his yard. While wife was doing dishes and watching husband. He decided to pour gasoline into each hole the rodents used in his yard. Didn't know the fumes went into basement and boom. Blew that back wall off the house and lucky no one was hurt. Old houses have balloon framing and that's how outer wall was blown off. I seen wife screaming at him and found out why. It was a freak accident. In my years we would start in one location and find leak hundreds of feet away. Never lost one but had plenty that could of but we were good at our job.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Excellent info Skip! Thanks for this!