December of 1998 proved to be a deadly time in New York City. In just the span of 5 days, two fires would claim the lives of 7 people. On December 18, 1998, a fire in Brooklyn would kill three FDNY Firefighters, 5 days later on December 23, a fire broke out in the 19th floor apartment of a 51-story Manhattan high rise, that apartment belonging to the family of famed child actor Macaulay Culkin. 4 would perish there. In both instances, NYPD Detective Bill Ryan was there to investigate.
In the case of the Culkin family blaze, Detective Ryan recalls how it started and the fatal factors that ultimately led to the deaths of the 4 residents. A fascinating deep dive this was for Volume 38 of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of NYPD’s Arson & Explosion and Bomb Squad.
Outro Song: The Cure – Pictures of You (1990)
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