Beyond the Breakers
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsBeyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters.
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Episode 132 - True North II
April 12, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB[notes to come] Support the Show.
[Preview] Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line (March 2024 Bonus)
April 01, 2024 01:00 - 3 minutes - 2.29 MBThis is a teaser containing the first few minutes of our March 2024 Bonus Episode released for patrons at the $5 (2nd Mate) Tier Patrons at the $3 tier can access one additional episode each month, and patrons at the $5 tier can access two additional episodes each month. Support the Show.
Episode 131 - RMS Carpathia
March 27, 2024 14:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBMany people are familiar with the RMS Carpathia as the vessel that picked up hundreds of Titanic survivors in the early morning of April 15th 1912. In this episode we discuss that monumental event in the Carpathia's history, in addition to what came before and after. Sources: "Arthur Henry Rostron: Captain of the RMS Carpathia." Encyclopedia Titanica. https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/carpathia-crew/arthur-henry-rostron.html "Carpathia 1903." Tyne Built Ships, https://www.ty...
Episode 130 - Please Stop Saying Weather Breeders
March 17, 2024 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBSomething different this week as we look into maritime folklore related to predicting (and maybe even altering) the weather. **we get into the lore at about 11:20** (for fans of the Loremen - yes, it's Christ-In-A-Hole!) Sources: Beck, Horace. Folklore and the Sea. Mystic Seaport, 1996. Hole, Christina. "Superstitions and Beliefs of the Sea." Folklore, vol. 78, no. 3, Autumn 1967, pp. 184 - 189. Minard, Antone. "'Like a Dying Duck in a Thunderstorm': Complex Weather Systems throug...
Episode 129 - MV Princess Victoria
March 10, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBIn this episode we go back to the early days of RORO ferries for the tale of the MV Princess Victoria, lost on a crossing of the Irish Sea's North Channel in January 1953. Sources: Bibby, Miriam. "The Loss of the Princess Victoria." Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Loss-Of-Princess-Victoria-Ferry/ Cameron, Stephen. Death in the North Channel: The Loss of the Princess Victoria, January 1953. Jackson, John. “The Loss of MV Princess Victoria.” North Iri...
"June" 2023 Bonus Episode - "Florida Slaves, the 'Saltwater Railroad' to the Bahamas, and Anglo-American Diplomacy"
February 24, 2024 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBThough recorded in July it's technically supposed to be our June 2023 bonus episode - a discussion of an alternate route to freedom for those enslaved in the coastal regions of the American South. And our much-anticipated dive into John C. Calhoun's global race-war fantasy. **this episode was originally published in July 2023. We made some minor edits and clean-ups for release on the main feed** Sources: Bolster, W. Jeffrey. Black Jacks: African-American Seamen in the Age of Sail. Harvar...
Episode 128 - USS Princeton
February 18, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBThis is the story of a ship - the USS Princeton - but it's also the story of Robert F. Stockton and his most precious brainchild - a 12-inch wrought iron naval gun affectionately nicknamed 'Peacemaker' Invite your friends, invite your co-workers, hell invite the President! Sources: Duke, Marvin L. “Robert F. Stockton Early U.S. Naval Activities in Africa.” Naval War College Review, vol. 24, no. 9, May 1972, pp. 86 - 94. O’Connell, J. Harlin. “The U.S.S. Princeton.” The Princeton Univer...
Episode 127 - USS Underwriter
February 11, 2024 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBYou've heard of Neo-Confederates, but what about Nepo-Confederates. Here's the story of the USS Underwriter and her loss during a Confederate attempt to re-capture New Bern, NC in February 1864. Sources: Coddington, Ronald S. "Civil War Sailors: From the Collections Of Our Readers." Military Images, vol. 30, no. 3, Nov - Dec 2008, pp. 25 - 37. Duppstadt, Andrew. "USS Underwriter." North Carolina History Project, 2016. https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/uss-underwriter/ Gre...
Episode 126 - Aleksandr Suvorov
February 04, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBIn our third episode of Season Four we tell the story of the Volga River cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov, and her fatal run-in with the Imperial Bridge at Ulyanovsk in June 1983. **a very small part of conversation was cut when Tanner was talking about The Others of Edenwell by Verity Holloway. The missing portion was something like 'books that are set during WWI but not in the trenches on the Western Front' Sources: Жуковскуй, Иван. "'Сверху сплошным потоком лилась кровь': 40 лет жуткой ...
Episode 126 - Aleksandr Suvorov (Александр Суворов)
February 04, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBIn our third episode of Season Four we tell the story of the Volga River cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov, and her fatal run-in with the Imperial Bridge at Ulyanovsk in June 1983. **a very small part of conversation was cut when Tanner was talking about The Others of Edenwell by Verity Holloway. The missing portion was something like 'books that are set during WWI but not in the trenches on the Western Front' Sources: Жуковскуй, Иван. "'Сверху сплошным потоком лилась кровь': 40 лет жуткой ...
Episode 125 - The West Loch Disaster
January 28, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBIn May 1944, during the buildup to Operation Forager, another shocking disaster rocked Pearl Harbor. Sources: Barger, Mel. "LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster." LST Scuttlebutt: The Official Website of the United States LST Association. https://www.uslst.org/memories/27-articles/17-lst-memories-the-second-pearl-harbor-disaster Oral history of the experience of Paul E. Cooper, “Farm Boy from Oklahoma,” in Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War, compiled and edited by Bruce ...
Episode 124 - USS Reuben James
January 14, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBTo kick off Season Four we are telling the story of the destroyer USS Reuben James, the first US Navy loss of the Second World War. Sources: Benson, Olver. “The Changing Patterns of the War.” Current History, vol. 1, no. 4, Dec 1941, pp. 297 - 302. Blower, Brooke. “From Isolationism to Neutrality.” Diplomatic History, vo. 38, no. 2, Apr 2014, pp. 345 - 376. Guerlac, Henry and Marie Boas. “The Radar War Against the U-Boat.” Military Affairs, vol. 14, no. 2, Summer 1950, pp. 99 - 111. ...
Episode 123.2 - "But Not An Eternity": The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Part Two
December 16, 2023 02:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBThis is Part Two of the tale of the Mavi Marmara and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla of 2010. This part of the episode details the raid itself, the aftermath, and where the flotilla fits in the long story of Palestine. This will also serve as the main feed finale for Season Three of the show. We will be back in the new year with a brand new season of old favorites, new fixations, and everything in between. فلسطين حرة Outro Music: Mohammed Assaf - Dammi Falastini (محمد عساف - دمي فلسطيني) Sour...
Episode 123.1 - "The World Has To Be Reminded Of Their Existence": The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Part One
December 10, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this two-part episode we discuss the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which was raided by Israeli forces resulting in the deaths of multiple participants. Part One looks at the history and context in which the Freedom Flotillas occurred, and leads into the raid itself. Part Two will deal with the details of the raid in the early morning of May 31st, 2010 and the aftermath of the attack, including the international response and connection to the current Israeli assault on Palestinians in ...
**Unlocked** Episode 85.5 - Lusitania, Part 5 (Patreon Bonus Episode)
December 02, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB**this episode was originally released a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode in December 2022** Here is an extra special Patreon bonus episode wrapping up our discussion of the Lusitania. We talk about the legal aspects of Britain's blockade and the German U-boat campaign, the Lusitania Riots of 1915, and cover a few other bits of miscellanea. Thanks so much for supporting the show, and we look forward to bringing you more next season. Sources: Dedering, Tilman. “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: Th...
Episode 122 - Inkerman and Cerisoles
November 26, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBIn the dying days of the Great War, the French navy commissioned 12 Navarin-class minesweepers, to be constructed in Canada under the direction of Wisconsin's Manitowoc Shipbuilding. Three of these minesweepers - Inkerman, Cerisoles, and Sebastopol departed Fort William, Ontario on Novembers 23, 1918 Only one would be seen again. Sources: Stonehouse, Frederick. "Ils Sont Disparu! They Are Gone: The Baffling Fate of Inkerman & Cerisoles." Lake Superior Magazine, 12 Nov 2018. https://ww...
Episode 121 - 'Heave To or I Fire': The "I'm Alone" Case
November 19, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBIn March 1929, the US Coast Guard cutters Wolcott and Dexter pursued and subsequently sank the bootlegging schooner I'm Alone, touching off an international incident and legal battle that would outlast the Prohibition laws that led to it in the first place. Sources: The American Council on Addiction & Alcohol Problems Hagen, Carrie. "The Coast Guard's Most Potent Weapon During Prohibition? Codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman." Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan 2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/h...
Beyond the Breakers Book Club No. 1 - The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
November 09, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThis is the first installment of our Beyond the Breakers Book Club episodes. We hope to get one of these in each month. This episode is being released as the main episode this week, and if you like what you hear then subsequent book club episodes will be available on Patreon at the second mate ($5) tier. Outro Music: This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, 'Jack Johnson' Sources: Berliner, Jonathan. “Jack London’s Socialistic Social Darwinism.” American Literary Realism, vol. 41, no. 1, Fall 2008, pp....
Breakerween 2023: A Red Skelton in the Closet
October 31, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBIt is once again Halloween and that means we have a round of spooky ship tales to share with you. We've got: the USS North Carolina Deaths on Hallowe'en at Fort Niagara the spectral sailors of the oil tanker Watertown 'The Phantom of the Forrestal' **As we're sharing this episode with you, the genocide in Palestine continues, with upwards of 8,000 recorded deaths in Gaza and numbers entering the hundreds in the West Bank due to escalating settler violence. We encourage you to use any...
Episode 120 - MV Material Service
October 27, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBThis is a bit of a chimera episode with welcoming Taylor back to the show, discussing some current events (including the St. Lawrence Seaway workers strike), and telling the tale of the MV Material Service. **if you just want pure unfiltered shipwreck action the story itself starts at 19:30** Sources: Kohl, Chris. 100 Best Great Lakes Shipwrecks, Vol. II. Seawolf Communications, 1998. Leathem Smith-Putnam Navigation Co. v. Osby et al. (1935) "MV Material Service." wrecksite.eu Patent...
Episode 119.2 - H.L. Hunley, Part II: We All Live in a Rebel Submarine ft. Nick Williams
October 22, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBThis is Part II of what became a two-part series on the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, with special guest host Nick Williams (@dolorousnick). It was not originally planned as such, so the break between episodes happens pretty abruptly. **Tanner's mic quality is not great in this episode, but it has been cleaned up as much as possible** ***a portion of this month's Patreon payout goes to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) https://www.map.org.uk/ - if you have the resources we urge you ...
Episode 119.2 - H.L. Hunley, Part II: We All Live in a Rebel Submarine
October 22, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBThis is Part II of what became a two-part series on the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, with special guest host Nick Williams (@dolorousnick). It was not originally planned as such, so the break between episodes happens pretty abruptly. **Tanner's mic quality is not great in this episode, but it has been cleaned up as much as possible** ***a portion of this month's Patreon payout goes to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) https://www.map.org.uk/ - if you have the resources we urge you ...
A Statement on Palestine (10/15/23) - فلسطين حرة
October 15, 2023 14:00 - 4 minutes - 2.95 MBJust a quick statement from us on the unfolding genocide in Gaza and what we feel are our responsibilities to speak out in opposition to a crime of historic magnitude. If you are looking for easily accessible information on the history of the Palestine-Israel conflict, the Institute for Middle East Understanding has wonderful resources for doing so: https://imeu.org/ This includes the podcast This Is Palestine, which provides a look into Palestine both through analysis of current event...
Episode 119.1 - H.L. Hunley, Part I: The Horace Heresy ft. Nick Williams
October 12, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBThis is Part I of what became a two-part series on the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, with special guest host Nick Williams. It was not originally planned as such, so Part I ends somewhat abruptly. **Tanner's mic quality is not great in this episode, but it has been cleaned up as much as possible** ***a portion of this month's Patreon payout goes to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) https://www.map.org.uk/ - if you have the resources we urge you to give to one of several charities wh...
Episode 115.2 - Santo Cristo de Burgos, Part Two (Interview with Craig Andes)
October 08, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBThis is Part Two of Episode 115 covering the Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos (or, The Beeswax Wreck) Be sure to check out Craig's YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@CraigAndes1 Sources referred to in Part 1: Sources: Borao Mateo, Jose Eugenio. “The arrival of the Spanish galleons in Manila from the Pacific Ocean and their departure along the Kuroshio stream (16th and 17th centuries).” Journal of Geographic Research, no. 47 La Follette, Cameron, Dennis Griffin, and Dou...
**unlocked** October 2022 Bonus - The Battle of Lake Erie (more like Lake *Ego* amirite?)
September 30, 2023 20:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB**This was originally the October 2022 bonus episode, but is being released on main to fill the recording gap from Taylor's wedding/honeymoon. Enjoy!** In this bonus episode we delve into all the juicy drama - the backbiting, the snark, the controversy - that came after the American victory at the Battle of Lake Erie. It's Oliver Perry vs. Jesse Elliott in a climactic battle for fame, glory, sweet medals, and the eternal gratitude of the nation. Who will emerge victorious? Sources: Al...
Episode 118.3 - 'I like it as well as any other...': The Whaleship Essex, Part Three
September 21, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBIn this third and final part of the story, we see the men of the whaleship Essex embark on a journey of thousands of miles in open whaleboats in the hope of reaching the safety of the South American coast. Less than half of them will survive the ordeal, but for some their role in the story will continue even beyond death. Sources: Brantlinger, Patrick. “Missionaries and Cannibals in Nineteenth-century Fiji.” History and Anthropology, vol. 17, no. 1, 2006, pp. 21-38. Heffernan, Thom...
Episode 118.2 - 'My God, Mr. Chase, what is the matter?': The Whaleship Essex, Part Two
September 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBPart Two of our series on the whaleship Essex brings us from Nantucket all the way around Cape Horn to the Pacific whaling grounds, and the climactic showdown with 'the largest and most terrible of all created animals.' Sources: Dolin, Eric Jay. Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America. W.W Norton & Company, 2008. Ellis, Richard. The Great Sperm Whale: A Natural History of the Ocean's Most Magnificent and Mysterious Creature. University Press of Kansas, 2011. Heffernan, Thomas Fare...
Episode 118.1 - 'Dare the Whole World to Produce a Parallel': The Whaleship Essex, Part 1
September 07, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBThis week begins our multi-part episode on the whaleship Essex, famously 'stove by a whale' in 1820, leading to an epic tale of survival, determination, and just a bit of cannibalism. Part I focuses on the history of whaling industry in (first) Britain's American colonies and (then) the young United States, with special attention to the island of Nantucket. Sources: Bouk, Dan and D. Graham Burnett. "Knowledge of Leviathan: Charles W. Morgan Anatomizes His Whale." Journal of the Early R...
Episode 118.1 - 'Dare the Whole World to Produce a Parallel': The Whaleship Essex, Part One
September 07, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBThis week begins our multi-part episode on the whaleship Essex, famously 'stove by a whale' in 1820, leading to an epic tale of survival, determination, and just a bit of cannibalism. Part I focuses on the history of whaling industry in (first) Britain's American colonies and (then) the young United States, with special attention to the island of Nantucket. Sources: Bouk, Dan and D. Graham Burnett. "Knowledge of Leviathan: Charles W. Morgan Anatomizes His Whale." Journal of the Early R...
Episode 117 - The Whaleback Steamer Thomas Wilson ft. Kaylee Matuszak
August 31, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBKaylee (@kayleefabulous) is back this week to share a story from Duluth - the sinking of the whaleback Thomas Wilson after a collision with the George Hadley. Kaylee's Duluth dive bar write-up: https://racketmn.com/best-dive-bars-duluth-mn Sources: Duluth Evening Herald, 29 Nov 1905. Duluth Evening Herald, 7 Jun 1902. Engman, Elmer. In the Belly of a Whale. Innerspace, 1988. Stonehouse, Frederick. Haunted Lakes. Lake Superior Port Cities Inc., 1997. Miller, Al. Tin Stackers: The Histo...
Episode 116 - "The abyss doesn't care if you went to Princeton" (Current Events)
August 24, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB**this episode does contain some instances of language that would normally be edited out in the main feed, but has been kept in the episode to preserve the direct quotes reported in Casey's article** In the first of our "current events" episodes, we discuss Susan Casey's Vanity Fair article on the Oceangate submersible incident from earlier this year. Source: Casey, Susan. "The Titan Submersible Disaster Was Years in the Making, New Details Reveal." Vanity Fair, 17 Aug 2023. https://www....
Episode 115.1 - Santo Cristo de Burgos, Part 1
August 18, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBThis week we tell Part 1 of the tale of the Manila galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos - alternatively referred to as 'The Beeswax Wreck' for reasons that will be made apparent. This episode sets the background and historical context for Part Two, which will feature an interview with a special guest involved with the story of the wreck. Sources: Borao Mateo, Jose Eugenio. “The arrival of the Spanish galleons in Manila from the Pacific Ocean and their departure along the Kuroshio stream (16th...
Episode 114 - Inside the Breakers / Catching Up / State of the Podcast
August 11, 2023 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MBNo new story this week, so this is a chat about how the podcast has developed and where we plan to take it in the future. We're back next week with your standard programming. Outro music is "Pique la baleine" as sung by the Dreadnoughts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTLqKV4q2n8 Support the Show.
Episode 113 - Phoenix
August 05, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBFor this week's episode we are back close to home for the tale of the steamer Phoenix, which burned off of Sheboygan WI in 1847, in what remains one of the worst tragedies on Lake Michigan. The music at the end of the episode is 'Nader, mijn God, bij U' (Nearer, My God, To Thee) as performed by the Martin Mans Formation. Sources: Hilty, Maya. “Remains of the Phoenix, one of the Lake Michigan’s deadliest shipwrecks, discovered 175 years after sinking off Sheboygan’s shore.” Sheboygan Pre...
Episode 112 - CSS Alabama
July 28, 2023 16:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB**a small correction to the episode - the French painter Édouard Manet did not observe the battle off Cherbourg personally, but used eyewitness and press accounts to reconstruct the events for his painting The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama. This week it's the story of the Confederate commerce raider Alabama, the terror of the US merchant fleet until she was turned into a marine archaeological site by the USS Kearsarge off of Cherbourg, France Sources: Ameur, Farid. "La guerre ...
Episode 111 - Pappy's Pride
July 21, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBWe're back in the Galveston area to discuss a very recent incident involving the fishing vessel Pappy's Pride and the chemical tanker Bow Fortune Sources: NTSB Report - Collision Between Tanker Bow Fortune and Fishing Vessel Pappy’s Pride Heath, Keri. "Pappy's Pride salvage continues, families file claims." The Daily News, 30 Jan 2020. https://www.galvnews.com/news/article_66b30e27-1479-514b-8d59-1f294ef303f4.html "Incident with Bow Fortune in Galveston, Texas." Odfjell, 2 Feb 2020. htt...
**unlocked** - "It's Better To Bingham Out Than To Fade Away" (September 2022 Bonus)
July 14, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBIn this, one of our absolute favorite bonus episodes (originally released for patrons in September 2022), we discuss the brief but eventful life of the Pensacola lumber schooner Richard A. Bingham. Sources: Heier, Jan Richard. "The Development of American Ship-Accounting Practices to 1900: A Comparative Study of Three Vessels." The Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, June 1999, pp. 27 - 52. Heier, Jan Richard. "The Short Life of the Richard A. Bingham: A Pensacola Lumber Schoo...
Episode 110 - HMT Aragon
July 06, 2023 20:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week we have a WWI story in the Mediterranean with the sinking of HMT Aragon off of Alexandria, Egypt. Sources: "100 Years Ago." Posted by fredarth09, 01 June 2014. https://fredarth.wordpress.com/tag/hmt-aragon/ "Aragon." The Yard, http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=367 "Chaplain recalls torpedoed ship drama." The Luton New, 31 Jan 1918. http://www.worldwar1luton.com/blog-entry/chaplain-recalls-torpedoed-ships-drama "The British Ship HMT Aragon." The University of Ne...
Episode 109 - FV Gaul
June 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBThis week it's the tale of the stern trawler Gaul, and the mystery of her 1974 sinking in the Barents Sea fishing grounds, leading to a decades-long search for answers. Sources: Dispatches - "Secrets of the Gaul." 1997. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=secrets+of+the+gaul Re-opened Formal Investigation Report 2004 "Sinking of stern trawler Gaul with loss of 36 lives." Marine Accident Investigation Branch, April 1999. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/sinking-of-stern-trawl...
Episode 108 - HMS Royal Oak
June 24, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week we go back to a place near and dear to us - Scapa Flow - for the story of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak. Sources: Gorbahn, Katja. "Perpetrators, victims, heroes – the Second World War and National Socialism in Danish history magazines." Commercialised History: Popular History Magazines in Europe. "Korvettenkapitän Günther Prien." uboat.net. https://uboat.net/men/prien.htm Mason, Geoffrey B. "HMS Royal Oak, British battleship, WW2." Service Histories of Royal Navy Wa...
Episode 107 - KM Sinar Bangun
June 17, 2023 22:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBAs we're in a new location this week, there's a good deal of background in this episode leading up to the sinking of the ferry Sinar Bangun on Lake Toba (Sumatra, Indonesia) in June 2018. This episode is being released just before the five-year anniversary of the incident. **KM = Kapal Motor (Motor Vessel), equivalent to MV designation in English Sources: Bakkara, Binsar and Niniek Karmini. "Divers search Indonesian lake for 192 missing after sinking." AP News, 20 June 2018. https://apn...
Episode 106 - Walk-In-The-Water
June 11, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBThis week we travel back to the early days of steamers on the Great Lakes - Walk-In-The-Water. With the power of 73 horses and a little bit of a horned breeze, who knows what adventures we can have? Sources: Carroll, Francis M. "The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary along the Michigan Frontier, 1819-1827: The Boundary Commissions under Articles Six and Seven of the Treaty of Ghent." Michigan Historical Review, vol. 30 no. 2, Fall 2004, pp. 77 - 104. Palmer, Mary A. Witherell. "...
**unlocked** Dead Reckoning #2- Haunted Lights of Connecticut
June 08, 2023 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB**this was originally released on the bonus feed for Patrons in July 2022; enjoy! And consider supporting the show on Patreon!** This is the second installment in our sporadic Dead Reckoning bonus series. This episode takes us to the haunted coast of Connecticut, where spirits are said to linger at New London Ledge Light and Penfield Reef. Sources: Blake, Kevin. "Lighthouse Symbolism in the American Landscape." FOCUS on Geography, Summer 2007, pp. 9 - 15. Carter, Donald. Connecticut's...
Episode 105 - Cazador
June 04, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBWe make a return to Chile after about two years away to tell the tale of the steamship Cazador (the first such vessel to ever serve in the Chilean Navy). We were previously in Chile for the story of the Angamos wayyyy back in Episode 14; give it another listen if you need a refresher! Sources: "A 163 años del naufragio del barco 'Vapor Cazador': Así fue la peor tragedia naval en Chile". Teletrece, 30 Jan 2019. https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/Flotaban-cadaveres-de-mujeres-sosteniendo...
**unlocked** The Bounty (June 2022 Bonus Episode)
June 01, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBFor this month's bonus episode we are discussing the 1984 film The Bounty starring Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. Apologies for the delay, but we hope you enjoy our burgeoning interest in sound effects. Support the Show.
Episode 104 - Ha'aheo o Hawai'i / Cleopatra's Barge
May 27, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week Taylor brings us the story of a vessel with a short but fascinating life - Cleopatra's Barge, which would later be renamed Ha'aheo o Hawai'i (Pride of Hawai'i) after being purchased by Kamehameha II for his personal use. **This episode opens with a longer banter session than normal as we shake off the chains of the Spanish Armada series** Sources: Johnson, Paul Forsyth. "Do They Really Pay You To Do That?" Smithsonian Institution, Sept 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/201106040...
Episode 103.4 - "Lest you fall upon the island of Ireland...": The Spanish Armada, Part 4
May 20, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBHere we wrap up the main sequence of the Spanish Armada story. As all hope of a rendezvous with Parma has been lost, Medina Sidonia has no choice but to bring his ships north around Scotland and Ireland, and then back on the long journey south back to Spain. We bid farewell to Drake, Recalde, Frobisher, the Valdes cousins, and all of the other friends we've made along the way. Sources: Allingham, Hugh. "The Spanish Armada: A Spanish Captain's Experiences in Ulster in 1588: A Reminiscenc...
Episode 103.3 - "It was the most fearful day in the world...": The Spanish Armada, Part 3
May 13, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBIn Part III of our Series on the Spanish Armada, it's showtime! We cover the engagements at Portland Bill, the Isle of Wight, and Gravelines. We discuss flyboats, fireships, and timebombs. We finally criticize our boy Medina Sidonia. This episode really has it all. Sources: Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Knopf, 2003. Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982. Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988. Mattingly, Garrett. The Armad...
**Unlocked** April 2023 Bonus Episode - Carroll A. Deering & Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
May 10, 2023 22:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB**this was originally released in April of 2022 as a bonus episode; now it's yours to enjoy on the main feed!** In this bonus episode for the month of April 2022 we are delving back into some maritime mysteries and folklore with a talk about the Carroll A. Deering and the tall tales of Alfred Bulltop Stormalong. Check out our Patreon here! Support the show