# DOM Ep358 - The I-44 Tri-State Truck Explosion

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Podcast: [Dawn of Mantis: True Crime, Mysteries and More](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dawn-of-mantis-true-crime-mysteries-and-more-2993341)
Published: 2025-12-19T14:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the I-44 Tri-State Truck Explosion. In September of 1970, the Tri-State trucking company and the Teamsters Local 823 Union were locked in a heated battle. Union truckers had been on strike for weeks, but their demands were being ignored. Instead, Tri-State had simply hired more non-union workers to fill the void. In retaliation, a few union drivers decided to set up along Interstate 44 near Springfield, Missouri to shoot and disable passing Tri-Sta...

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