Latest Shipwrecks Podcast Episodes
Episode 133.1 - "They Have In Their Hands The Keys To All Christendom": The Battle of Lepanto, Part I
Beyond the Breakers - April 27, 2024 14:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis is part 1 of 2 in our discussion of the naval battle at Lepanto in 1571. Before we can get to Lepanto itself, there's a good bit of background to set up first. Sources: Anievas, Alexander and Kerem Nişancioğlu. “The Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry over the Long Sixteenth Century.” How the West ...
**unlocked** Episode 103.5 - "Stall-fed with ease and gluttony" (Spanish Armada Bonus)
Beyond the Breakers - April 26, 2024 22:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis episode was released as a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode in May 2023 as the conclusion to our Spanish Armada series - now it's been unlocked for everyone in anticipation of our next main episode when we'll be returning to the 16th century and maybe even revisiting some old friends. Sourc...
Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three
Disaster Area - April 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Episode 132 - True North II
Beyond the Breakers - April 12, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings[notes to come] Support the Show.
Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two
Disaster Area - April 07, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
[Preview] Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line (March 2024 Bonus)
Beyond the Breakers - April 01, 2024 01:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis 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 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One
Disaster Area - March 31, 2024 19:19 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 711 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Episode 131 - RMS Carpathia
Beyond the Breakers - March 27, 2024 14:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsMany 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 Hen...
Episode 130 - Please Stop Saying Weather Breeders
Beyond the Breakers - March 17, 2024 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsSomething 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. ...
Episode 129 - MV Princess Victoria
Beyond the Breakers - March 10, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn 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/Historyo...
Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire
Disaster Area - March 06, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsThe deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871. Videos: Watch now: The story of the tabernacle in the Peshtigo Fire Lake Michigan shipwreck; sank during 1871 Peshtigo Fire Articl...
What's Up With White Shirts in Abandoned Car Doors?
North Carolina Rabbit Hole - March 06, 2024 12:22 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 281 ratingsOnce you’ve seen one broken-down junker with a white rag in the window, you start seeing them everywhere. Is this just a North Carolina thing? What’s it supposed to mean? Why do so many people do it? And, if so many people are doing the same thing, then where did the idea come from? Reporter Jer...
Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher
Disaster Area - February 28, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsOn April 9th, 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for depth tests in the Atlantic. It would never return. Videos: Second Saturday: The Loss of the USS Thresher Finding the Titanic | Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life Articles and books: U.S. ...
"June" 2023 Bonus Episode - "Florida Slaves, the 'Saltwater Railroad' to the Bahamas, and Anglo-American Diplomacy"
Beyond the Breakers - February 24, 2024 22:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThough 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 ...
How Much of Greenville's Economy Relies on MrBeast? (w/ Drew Harwell)
North Carolina Rabbit Hole - February 23, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 281 ratingsMrBeast (aka Jimmy Donaldson) has more than 300 million total subscribers on YouTube and some of his videos have more viewers than the Super Bowl. He’s opened restaurants. He’s launched his own food company called Feastables. The MrBeast logo is now on the jerseys of the Charlotte Hornets. Also...
Episode 128 - USS Princeton
Beyond the Breakers - February 18, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis 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, Mar...
The Greatest "I Voted" Sticker Ever
North Carolina Rabbit Hole - February 16, 2024 13:15 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 281 ratingsA sixth-grade student from the Raleigh area drew a boy riding a unicorn. It's now the official "I Voted Early" sticker for the Wake County Board of Elections. In this episode, artist Shannon Fisher explains some of the details and the background behind a sticker that's turning heads at polling p...
Episode 127 - USS Underwriter
Beyond the Breakers - February 11, 2024 17:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsYou'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." Militar...
The Dick Trickle Maneuver (w/ Ryan McGee)
North Carolina Rabbit Hole - February 08, 2024 20:08 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 281 ratingsIn this episode, host Jeremy Markovich and ESPN senior writer Ryan McGee talk about beer, old school racing, a man named Dick Trickle, and a quiet trick to to help you navigate a boisterous social situation. Read Jeremy's 2013 SB Nation story about Dick Trickle: "Elegy of a Race Car Driver" ...
Episode 126 - Aleksandr Suvorov
Beyond the Breakers - February 04, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn 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. ...
Episode 126 - Aleksandr Suvorov (Александр Суворов)
Beyond the Breakers - February 04, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn 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. ...
Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire
Disaster Area - January 31, 2024 17:05 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsThe deadliest school fire in American history took place on - of all days - Ash Wednesday, March 8th, 1908, in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood just after first period ended. Within a half hour, 172 students and three adults would be dead, or close to it. Videos: Cleveland Public Library: C...
Episode 125 - The West Loch Disaster
Beyond the Breakers - January 28, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn 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/1...
Episode 124 - USS Reuben James
Beyond the Breakers - January 14, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsTo 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 Neut...
Review: Society of the Snow
Disaster Area - January 11, 2024 06:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsJennifer stops rewatching the movie long enough to review the movie. Spoilers ahead!
Episode 228: Dan Air Flight 0034
Disaster Area - January 01, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsYou'd think if your plane crashed fifty meters from the end of the runway, you'd be saved. You'd be wrong. Videos: Disaster Breakdown: Locked into Disaster Articles and books: The Lever of Death: The crash of Dan-Air flight 0034 Department of Trade report on the accident
A Holiday Story: Deck Your Halls With Rauch Balls
North Carolina Rabbit Hole - December 21, 2023 21:33 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 281 ratingsIn this special holiday episode, host Jeremy Markovich meets the man from Gastonia who became the world's largest manufacturer of Christmas ornaments and used his power to make North Carolina more tolerant of all religions. This episode was originally released in 2018 and was adapted from: "Th...
Bonus: Society of the Snow
Disaster Area - December 19, 2023 05:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsJennifer talks about "Society of the Snow," the award-nominated adaptation of the Pablo Vierci book about the survival story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. "Society of the Snow" comes out in select theaters on December 22nd and on Netflix on January 4th. (No, Jennifer has not seen it yet. Al...
Episode 123.2 - "But Not An Eternity": The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Part Two
Beyond the Breakers - December 16, 2023 02:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis 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...
Episode 123.1 - "The World Has To Be Reminded Of Their Existence": The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Part One
Beyond the Breakers - December 10, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn 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 wit...