In 1962 a mine fire began under Centralia, PA. Today the town is gone.
UPDATE: You can now purchase by visiting the film’s official site The documentary film Centralia, Pennsylvania’s Lost Town will be available for rent on Amazon and Vimeo on January 15, 2018! The film will...
On the afternoon of Saturday, August 19th the documentary film Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town played at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg, PA. Present at the film were many former residents of the town, as...
CENTRALIA, Pennsylvania’s Lost Town – the new feature documentary on the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania – will be released May 5, 2017. In anticipation of the film, an official trailer has been posted on...
As we’ve previously covered, a new documentary about Centralia, PA and its mine fire disaster is currently in post-production. Centralia, Pennsylvania’s Lost Town is set to be released this summer [Update: Film to be...
By 1984, the fate of Centralia, Pennsylvania was sealed. Through a combination of bureaucratic apathy and incompetence, the mine fire had burned continuously since 1962. It threatened the homes, health, and safety of the...
There’s a longstanding conspiracy theory surrounding the mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania. And, why shouldn’t there be? It’s difficult to comprehend any logic that would explain why a government would let a town be...
By early 1983, the situation was dire in Centralia, Pennsylvania. Deadly gasses like carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide spewed from numerous fissures in the ground. A few residents, like Todd Domboski and John Coddington,...
What gives a town its value and makes it worth saving? Is it the people who live there? Maybe it’s their memories and the town’s history? Perhaps it’s the value of the property and...
David DeKok’s book, Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy Of The Centralia Mine Fire , is without a doubt the most compelling look at Centralia PA available today. Published by Globe Pequot Press and recently...
Believe it or not, Centralia Pennsylvania once had a gas and service station. This was owned and operated by John Coddington and his family. Unfortunately for the Coddingtons, their gas station was located directly...
