Society & Culture
The Empress of Ireland is a little known sea tragedy that killed more passengers than the Titanic. Kenzie takes over this episode discussing Canada's largest maritime disaster and the curse that may have doomed it.Song in episode: Empress of Ireland by Coole ParkCheck out the rest of their album!Buy the CD the old-fashioned way hereDownload the album here Sources: Please check out all of the sources for this episode out below! Virtual Museum has a wonderful in-depth look of the tragedy, as well as voice overs of witness accounts.Virtual Museum - Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père: The Empress of Ireland, a forgotten historyAdaptation of witness accounts by Denis Leblond (Virtual Museum)Macleans - The Night the Empress Went DownThe Empress of Ireland - Crippen's CurseThe Irish Times - First Titanic, then Empress: an Irish man’s lucky escapesPost Media News - ‘Forgotten Empress’ sank 100 years ago, took 1,012 livesPBS - Lost Liners: The Empress of IrelandBOAT - The Strangest of Sailor SuperstitionsOriginal Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)Additional music and SFX by Epidemic SoundFollow us!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deadmendontpodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deadmendontpodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadmendontpodAdara: @adaralynne on Twitter & InstagramKenzie: @kenzmaclaren on Twitter & InstagramContact us! deadmendontpodcast@gmail.com - Share your story!