Скачать или смотреть The Last Shift in Ohio 1988: 18 Factory Workers Killed After a Promise No One Planned to Keep

One night in 1988, a fading factory town on the Ohio River watched what everyone knew was its last shift walk through the gates of Riverpoint Casting Works. By dawn, eighteen workers were gone, a furnace line had turned into a blast of fire and poisoned air, and a quiet maintenance foreman named Amos Ritchie was being whispered about as the man who might’ve caused the blaze that killed his own son. What first looked like a tragic industrial accident slowly unraveled into a tale of stolen legacy, altered safety records, and a mountain‑raised worker who chose to fight back with notebooks and evidence instead of a gun.

Warning: This educational content presents a fictionalized dramatization inspired by real industrial disasters, labor conflicts, oral histories, and long‑circulated community accounts from Rust Belt and Appalachian border regions. Although the narrative includes references to negligence, systemic failure, and fatal workplace events, it does not promote, glorify, or encourage harmful behavior of any kind.

Its sole purpose is historical, cultural, and documentary — exploring how factory deaths, local honor codes, and generational stories reflect broader economic decline and structural pressure on working families. Viewer discretion is advised.