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42. ANIMAL ESCAPE: Frosty The Polar Bear
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English - January 04, 2022 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 151 ratingsHistory True Crime mansions newport newportmansions providence rhode island rhodeislandhistory rihistory true crime history horror Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A mini episode this week, with another animal escape. Frosty the Polar Bear escaped from the now-closed Slater Park Zoo, twice!
Episode Source Material:
Life After Slater ParkFanny the elephant to be freedNewport Daily News Newspaper Archives, May 25, 1979, p. 13Newport Daily News Newspaper Archives, May 23, 1979, p. 13'JATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM flNAME flLOCATION CLASSIFICATION OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION