The Dry Red Boot on Kellner Tower: Anniversary Returns Every September
The Dry Red Boot on Kellner Tower: Anniversary Returns Every September
A child's red rubber boot sits bone dry atop Kellner Municipal Water Tower after two inches of rain - confirmed by two materials scientists who found zero moisture on the rubber - and it appears on the same date tied to a 1973 drowning. How can a boot defy the weather and a sealed city report every September ninth?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events recorded around that dry boot, the sealed city investigation, and the personal histories that intersect with the tower; we trace maintenance logs, family records…
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