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Jan 2023
1h 31m

Rainmaker Charles Hatfield (San Diego Fl...

JIMMY AKIN
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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.

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