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Go to http://lectricebikes.com to give the gift of adventure for Father’s Day! Today we continue the tale of the RMS Titanic. When we left off, the ill fated ship was approaching Newfoundland on her (so far) uneventful voyage. What happened next has reverberated throughout histor ... Show More

Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! April 14th, 1912, the pride of the White Star line collides with an iceberg and the largest, luxury liner sank to the depths taking thousands of lives with her. You may have heard of it. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lot ... Show More

Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! August 16, 1918, a ragtag group of men in a rowboat manage to rescue an entire steamship crew from a flaming wreck. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need ... Show More

As passengers of Southampton embarked for the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage in 1912, a crew member commented to a traveler, "God himself could not sink this ship." But a young stewardess named Violet Jessop wasn't so sure. She'd already survived a shipwreck on the Titanic's sister ... Show More

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca sits down with returning Guest Expert Sal Mercogliano to revisit The Alarmist's maiden episode about the maiden voyage of the tragically doomed Titanic. Initially recorded in the early days of The Alarmist pre-Aftermath, this is ... Show More

In the year 1961, a tragic boat accident claimed the lives of 6 people and left only survivor... at least, that's what the Captain who escaped the accident thought. As it turned out, only a few days after Captain Julian Harvey would be discovered floating at sea and would explain ... Show More

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering submarines and submarine disasters including how they are rescued, we will cover the Squalus rescue from 1937 and the very recent OceanGate Titan ... Show More

This 2014 episode - originally a two-parter - covers a perfect storm of nautical carnage: There's a shipwreck, a mutiny and a massacre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

We've got so many great stories in the JTG back catalogue, but a few really stand out as Greatest Hits. And with so many new Gisteners joining us every day, we thought we'd occasionally revisit some of the old faves. We told the story of the 'Trashman' yacht sinking way back in 2 ... Show More

This episode continues the story of emigration and Irish Coffin Ships during the Great Famine. Dr Cian T. McMahon, the author of The Coffin Ship - Life and Death at Sea during the Great Famine discusses The death rate onboard coffin ships What factors determined whether someone l ... Show More