On the 6th of July, 1944 Barbour Street in Hartford was the place to be as thousands of eager and excited fans made their way to Connecticut for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. The show was billed as the greatest show on earth, one that would go down in history. Unfortunately, that night did go down in history but not for the reason expected. Rather than being remembered as a night of amazement and fun is now remembered as not only the most infamous circus disaster of all time but one of the worst disasters in the history of Connecticut. This is the story of the Hartford Circus Disaster.