
Rainmaker Charles Hatfield (San Diego Flood!)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Hatfield, the Rainmaker
Dr Hatfield, as the local newspapers called him, became a bigger hero than Mussolini. But this was a case of myth quickly outgrowing reality. As brother Paul later explained, we were never in Italy. So the story about him going to Italy was apparently just a myth that the newspapers printed - not something that actually happened.
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Transcript

In 1915, during a particularly bad drought, San Diego hired rainmaker Charles Hatfield, who gave them more than they bargained for. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli get to know Hatfield, how he tried to make it rain, and what happened in San Diego.
