ABOUT THIS EPISODE
November 12, 2012. Fires began popping up all over Accomack County, VA. Someone seemed intent on burning down the Eastern Shore, but who? Where would the arsonist strike next? And, perhaps one of the most elusive questions, why?
Art
"Brown Wooden House" by Johannes Plenio
Music
"Tumbleweed Texas" by Chris Haugen
Sources
- U.S. Fire Administration.
- The Center for Arson Research.
- Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal.
- “Volunteer fire departments that the U.S. relies on are stretched dangerously thin” by Frank Morris, NPR.
- American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse (2017)
- “'American Fire' Tells A True Story Of Love And Arson In Rural Virginia” by Michel Martin, NPR.
- “Eastern Shore arsonist to serve 15 years in prison” by Margaret Matray, The Virginian-Pilot.
- “How a troubled romance fueled a string of nearly 80 arsons in Virginia's rural Accomack County” by Monica Hesse, The Washington Post.
- “Serial arsonist told cops fires an act of love” by Carol Vaughn, The Daily Times.
- “Records: Gas can seized from arson suspect’s home” by Brock Vergakis, The Seattle Times.
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