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A Mourning Veil and a Missing Address — After the Eastland
A Mourning Veil and a Missing Address — After the Eastland

Season 4 Episode 152

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In this episode, I bring to a close my journey through Edna, His Wife by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Margaret Ayer Barnes, a novel …

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From Page to Stage: A Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author, an Actor, and the Eastland Disaster
From Page to Stage: A Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author, an Actor, and the Eastland Disaster

Season 4 Episode 151

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A single newspaper review from 1938 turned this story on its head.
Digging through Chronicling America, I stumbled upon a mention of C…

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“Catastrophe on the Chicago River” - the Cermak Connection
“Catastrophe on the Chicago River” - the Cermak Connection

Season 4 Episode 150

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In this episode, I finish reading “Catastrophe on the Chicago River,” a Czech-language article by Josef Mach Sr. from 1916. The piece…

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Catastrophe on the Chicago River — Part 2: The Archive Finds Keep Coming
Catastrophe on the Chicago River — Part 2: The Archive Finds Keep Coming

Season 4 Episode 149

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We journey deeper into "Catastrophe on the Chicago River," a century-old chronicle of the Eastland Disaster as seen through the eyes …

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When Research Starts Talking Back
When Research Starts Talking Back

Season 4 Episode 148

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When Research Starts Talking Back

What happens when your research doesn’t just sit there quietly… but starts nudging you, whispering, …

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The Search Goes On — Coincidence. Clarity. Resolve.
The Search Goes On — Coincidence. Clarity. Resolve.

Season 4 Episode 147

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A single number can shape how we remember—until new evidence asks us to look again. This episode takes you inside another year of res…

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Pages, Faces, and Names Restored - A Czech Eastland Breakthrough
Pages, Faces, and Names Restored - A Czech Eastland Breakthrough

Season 4 Episode 146

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In this episode, we return to Chicago's Czech community and uncover something extraordinary: an original 1916 Czech-language publicat…

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One Family, Two Losses, and a Voice That Went On
One Family, Two Losses, and a Voice That Went On

Season 4 Episode 145

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A century-old trade journal shouldn’t be the most gripping thing you’ll hear about this week, but here we are: a 1915 issue of The Am…

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The River Remained in Her Bones: A Recovered Eastland Story
The River Remained in Her Bones: A Recovered Eastland Story

Season 4 Episode 144

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The River Remained in Her Bones: A Recovered Eastland Story 

A single line in a 1922 obituary can change the shape of history. We foll…

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A Hero at the Porthole:  The Rabe Family’s Story
A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family’s Story

Season 4 Episode 143

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A forgotten headline. A crowded dock. A father who turns back to a capsized  ship and pulls a family friend through a porthole. In th…

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