09/14/2026
On July 6, 1944, a fire tore through the Ringling Bros. circus tent in Hartford, Connecticut, killing 167 people in minutes. One young girl was pulled out alive, died hours later, and was never identified. Buried under a headstone that reads only "Little Miss 1565," her case has haunted investigators for over 80 years — including a disputed identification theory flatly denied by a grieving mother until her own death. This is the true story of the Hartford Circus Fire's most enduring mystery.
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