Miscellaneous
Host Kelly Burdick discusses the 1889 Potsdam circus train wreck, in which a train carrying Barnum and Bailey’s circus, animals and all, barreled down the tracks toward Montreal before meeting its dreadful demise, derailing just north of Potsdam. Listen and hear why this train wreck made such a mark on north country history. This episode is edited by Christina Knott. Intro music is "Nobody Calls It San Fran" by Coyote Hearing. Outro music is "The Papergirl" by The Whole Other. Browse our new merch at Society 6. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram; email us at secondlook@jnc.media. To subscribe to the Watertown Daily Times at NNY360, visit nny360.com. You can also follow our affiliate link to get a free audio book from Audible.com and try it out for 30 days. Enter our promo code "secondlook" at Audible.com or visit www.audibletrial.com/secondlook Links for more: Great Circus Train Wreck of 1889 a rich part of Potsdam's History Facing fact from folklore Circus train wrecks in history Historical marker commemorates Potsdam circus train wreck