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Podcast: Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast
Episode: MoNo Encore: Chicago's SS Eastland Disaster w/ Michael McCarthy
Description: Today we revisit another one of my favorite episodes, the sinking of the Eastland.On July 15th, 1915, a steamship with a checkered past called the SS Eastland docked at a wharf on the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, ready to transport 2500 Western Electric employees and their families across Lake Michigan to a company picnic. Once boarding completed, however, terrible tragedy struck when the ship tilted over and into the river, killing over 800 people -mostly women and children- in a horrific, chaotic scene.My guest is Michael McCarthy, author of the New York...