The Eastland Disaster

Hello again and welcome to the second episode of History Honeys! Alaina will be teaching us all about the sinking of the Eastland, a passenger steamer whose sinking was the single greatest loss of life in Great Lakes history. How can a system give rise to terrible things and nobody at fault? Can a plan to promote safety actually create danger? If ghosts aren't real, can anyone actually "lie" about being haunted?

Have some Links!

• The Eastland Disaster Historical Society
  • The 101st anniversary observances; July 24-25, 2016
• (Article about) Video of rescuers
• Eastland: A New Musical, by Lookingglass Theatre

The listener mail prompt for next episode is moral panics! Tell us which time people lost their heads over something that, in hindsight, turned out to be pointless scapegoating is your favorite and why, and we'll try to read it for the show.

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