Episode
The Forgotten Massacre: Bath School and the Birth of the Modern Killer
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- The FOX True Crime Podcast
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- Jun 25, 2026
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- 1474
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Summary
In 1927, a disgruntled farmer detonated explosives beneath a Michigan elementary school, killing dozens in the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history. Nearly a century later, why has the Bath School disaster been forgotten? True crime historian and author of 'Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer,' Harold Schechter joins to unpack this dark, overlooked chapter of American history and the birth of the modern mass killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices