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Dec 2023
30m 55s

Douglas Spedden and Polar the Titanic Be...

L.A. Beadles
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This is the first of two holiday-inspired December episodes. Join me AT the Titanic Museum Attraction as Emily Densky and I discuss the haunting beauty in recognizing the lives of Titanic's children, both those who survived and those lost. We tell the story of Douglas Spedden, whose survival that night (alongside his family) inspired his mother Daisy to wri ... Show More
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