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A Flower for the Little Feller: Anastasia's Goodbye
Season 5 Episode 187
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In the days after the Eastland disaster, a little girl in Waukegan read about a boy she had never met—and could not stop thinking abo…
7 hours ago
Saloons, Scandals, and Survival: The Biehl Family and the Eastland
Season 5 Episode 186
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This week, we’re heading back to Waukegan, Illinois, where the newspapers once again lead us into a much bigger Eastland story than e…
6 days, 10 hours ago
Waukegan’s Happiest Man, a Telegram & Family Ties Across Time
Season 5 Episode 185
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What happens when the newspaper survives, but the stories inside it need reassembling? Stay with me on this one.
Amid the Eastland di…
1 week, 6 days ago
Extra! Extra! The Eastland Stories Marooned in 1915
Season 5 Episode 184
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This week, I explored the July 26, 1915 edition of the Waukegan Daily Sun, a newspaper packed with Eastland stories that have sat the…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Dorothy Missed the Boat. Fred Broke a Window: Eastland Survival Stories
Season 5 Episode 183
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Being a few minutes late can change an entire life.
Yet being thoroughly documented doesn’t guarantee anyone will keep researching.
Thi…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Martin saved lives. Edward shattered doors. Opal stepped in.
Season 5 Episode 182
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In this week’s episode:
A Chicago police officer leaps into action, rescuing lives amid the chaos of the Eastland disaster.Two undert…1 month ago
Rinse, Lather, Repeat the Evidence: When Lists Overtake the History
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When someone survives the 1915 Eastland disaster, gives a firsthand newspaper account just days later, and, years later, both she and…
1 month, 1 week ago
An Eastland Story Comes Full Circle: Martha Willig’s Eastland Survival
Season 5 Episode 180
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Picture it. A survivor, Martha Willig, wrote down what happened on the Eastland the very next day. Then, on July 28, 1915, her grippi…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A Pitiable Sight: A Postmaster Remembers the Eastland
Season 5 Episode 179
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What happens when a dramatic story is repeated often enough that people stop asking where it came from?
We begin with the curious case…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Eastland “Hero,” Vaudeville Star, Octopus Wrangler: Meet Arthur Loeb
Season 5 Episode 178
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A diamond-studded Carnegie medal. Dozens of dramatic rescues. A “king of the bell divers” who always seems to be first on the scene. …
2 months ago