Tales From The Rep Morgue

Hundreds of people are getting the flu every day in Canton. The local Red Cross opens an emergency hospital that eventually cares for 100 patients at a time. Among those patients are the Rizzo orphans, for whom life will never be the same. Show notes at CantonRep.com/canton-podcasts

The first flu victims die in Canton, forcing health officials to admit the disease has reached the city and take action to close schools, saloons and churches. As the death toll rises, local residents are willing to try any remedy to beat the flu. Show notes at CantonRep.com/canton-podcasts

Episode 1: "Pandemic," Spanish influenza breaks out in U.S. military camps during the final year of World War 1, and the first victims from Stark County are local soldiers and sailors, including several doctors, such as Lt. Joseph C. Monnier, who is getting ill as his train pulls into his hometown of Louisville. The first of four episodes on the 1918-1919 pandemic. Show notes at CantonRep.com/canton-podcasts

With more than 200 years of archives, there are some great stories to be told from the archives of The Canton Repository and reporter Shane Hoover begins to tell those with his podcast. His first episode will look at the flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919, the lives that were lost and how the survivors went on.