Beyond the Breakers
Taylor and Tanner
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Beyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters.
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Episode 36 - Halloween!!!
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10/31/21 • 48 min
In honor of Halloween, we get spooky this week.
Taylor tells stories of the Black Dog of Lake Erie. Is it out for revenge on the uncaring sailors who allowed it to drown in the Welland Canal?
And Tanner relates the tales of ghostly happenings around the 1873 sinking of the steamer Ironsides in Lake Michigan, and Connecticut's steamship Atlantic disaster from 1846.
Does the spirit of young Henry Valentine still cry for help from passing mariners in Lake Michigan? Does the bell of the Atlantic still toll out in mourning for the lives she lost?
*Originally released 10/31/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/26/22
Selected Sources:
Carter, Donald. Connecticut's Seaside Ghosts, 2008, Schiffer Books, pp. 15 - 20
Lardinois, Anna. "The Ghost of Lake Michigan's Ironsides Shipwreck," Milwaukee Magazine, 2021
Further Reading:
Damned Connecticut interview with Donald Carter
Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes: Tragedies and Legacies from the Inland Seas - Anna Lardinois
WTMJ Conversations: Anna Lardinois
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Episode 40 - MV Derbyshire
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11/27/21 • 39 min
This week we discuss the loss of the MV Derbyshire, the largest British merchant vessel to be lost at sea.
*Originally released 11/27/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/25/22
Episode 67.2 - SS Edmund Fitzgerald, Pt. 2 (ft. Kaylee Matuszak)
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07/18/22 • 62 min
This week we conclude our discussion of the Edmund Fitzgerald, with special returning guest Kaylee!
Topics include
- search efforts on the night of November 10, 1975
- modern analysis of the wind and wave conditions on the night of the sinking
- literature published about the Fitzgerald since 1977
- controversy and disagreements over investigations of the wreck
Sources and further reading:
Flesher, John. "Book Photo, Video of Crewman's Remains Angers Victims' Families." AP News, 3 Nov 1995. https://apnews.com/article/a2e00a029453cf06801b1c210655bacf
Hemming, Robert J. Gales of November. Contemporary Books, 1981.
Hultquist, Thomas R., Michael R. Dutter, and David J. Schwab. “Reexamination of the 9-10 November 1975 ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ Storm Using Today’s Technology.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 87, no. 5, May 2006, pp. 607 - 622.
Justice, Jacqueline. “Classical Tragedy and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Why the Legend Lives On.” The Journal of American Culture, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 88 - 98.
Kieselburg, James R. “Midwestern Images of Labor: Wisconsin Artists and Their Portrayal of Industry.” The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology, vol. 34, no. 1-2, 2008, pp. 135 - 148.
Marine Casualty Report, United States Coast Guard. https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/edmundfitz.pdf
Rafferty, Colin. “Surfacing.” Fourth Genre: Exploration in Nonfiction, vol. 12, no. 2, Fall 2010, pp. 17 - 26.
Schumacher, Michael. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Schumacher, Michael. The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Eyewitness Accounts From the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings. University of Minnesota Press, 2019. Stonehouse, Frederick. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Avery Color Studios, 1996.
Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, 2004.
Episode 26 - Scandies Rose
Beyond the Breakers
08/09/21 • 57 min
This week we discuss the sinking of the fishing vessel Scandies Rose off of Alaska's Sutwik Island on New Year's Eve 2019.
Full public docket from the NTSB investigation
News report featuring an interview with one of the surviving deckhands
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Episode 118.2 - 'My God, Mr. Chase, what is the matter?': The Whaleship Essex, Part Two
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09/14/23 • 70 min
Part Two of our series on the whaleship Essex brings us from Nantucket all the way around Cape Horn to the Pacific whaling grounds, and the climactic showdown with 'the largest and most terrible of all created animals.'
Sources:
Dolin, Eric Jay. Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America. W.W Norton & Company, 2008.
Ellis, Richard. The Great Sperm Whale: A Natural History of the Ocean's Most Magnificent and Mysterious Creature. University Press of Kansas, 2011.
Heffernan, Thomas Farel. Stove By a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex. Wesleyan University Press, 1990.
Pappas, Stephanie. "Why Has a Group of Orcas Suddenly Started Attacking Boats?" Scientific American, 24 May 2023. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-has-a-group-of-orcas-suddenly-started-attacking-boats/
Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea. Penguin Books, 2000.
Philbrick, Nathaniel. "'Every Wave Is a Fortune': Nantucket Island and the Making of an American Icon." The New England Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 3, Sep 1993, pp. 434 - 447.
The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex: The True Story that Inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Warbler Classics, 2022.
Shoemaker, Nancy. "Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth." RCC Perspectives, no. 5 (New Histories of Pacific Whaling), 2019, pp. 17 - 22.
11/17/24 • 60 min
This week we begin the story of the SS Torrey Canyon, the first major oil tanker spill in history. This part of the episode has us looking into the background of the vessel itself and her captain, Pastrengo Rugiati.
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Sources:
Green, Anna and Timothy Cooper. “Community and Exclusion: The Torrey Canyon Disaster of 1967.” The Journal of Social History, vol. 48, no. 4, 2015, pp. 892 - 909.
Hassler, Bjorn. “Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies.” Ambio, vol. 40, 2011, pp. 170 - 178.
Petrow, Richard. In the Wake of Torrey Canyon: The Great Oil Disaster - Its Causes, Consequences, and Lessons for the Future. David McKay Company, 1968.
- Published in Britain as The Black Tide
Sheail, John. “Torrey Canyon: The Political Dimension.” The Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 485 - 504.
Uekotter, Frank. The Vortex. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023.
Episode 44.2 - SS Noronic, Part 2
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01/05/22 • 50 min
To kick off Season Two of the podcast, we're undertaking our first ever two-part episode to discuss the SS Noronic. Part 1 will be released on Monday, 1/3 followed by Part 2 on Wednesday 1/5.
*Originally released 1/5/22; edited and re-uploaded 3/9/22
Sources:
Bunch, Adam. "Toronto's most deadly disaster: the nightmare on the SS Noronic." Spacing, Jan 26, 2016.
"The Burning of the Noronic..." The Hamilton Spectator, 16 Aug 2003.
Dobson, Cathy. "The Hamonic Burns at Sarnia." The Sarnia Observer, 2003.
Elliott, Robert B. "The Value of Roentgenology in the Identification of Mutilated and Burnt Bodies." The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, Vol. 43, No. 5, 1953.
Fosmoe, Margaret. "SS Noronic Disaster: 63 Years Later." South Bend Tribune, 17 Sept 2012.
Hauch, Valerie. "Once Upon A City: The day the SS Noronic turned Toronto's waterfront into a deadly inferno." The Toronto Star, 19 Sept 2015.
Lachman, Ernest. " X-Ray Studies in Establishing Identity and Manner of Death." The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, Vol. 50, No. 2, 1959
"The Northern Navigation Company Limited." The Scanner, Vol 6, No. 7, Apr 1974
Rochon, John. "The sad death of the Hamonic." The Sarnia Journal, 21 Nov 2014.
"Sept. 17, 1949: Scores killed by fire aboard S.S. Noronic." The Toronto Star, 10 Sept 2016.
"S.S Noronic Fire Worst Inland Marine Disaster in Century." Fire Engineering, 1 Oct 1949.
Episode 134 - Whippoorwill ft. Nick Williams
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06/02/24 • 86 min
We're re-joined this week by Nick (@dolorousnick), who shares the story of the sternwheeler showboat Whippoorwill, struck by a tornado on Pomona Lake in June 1978.
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08/24/23 • 67 min
**this episode does contain some instances of language that would normally be edited out in the main feed, but has been kept in the episode to preserve the direct quotes reported in Casey's article**
In the first of our "current events" episodes, we discuss Susan Casey's Vanity Fair article on the Oceangate submersible incident from earlier this year.
Source:
Casey, Susan. "The Titan Submersible Disaster Was Years in the Making, New Details Reveal." Vanity Fair, 17 Aug 2023. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/titan-submersible-implosion-warnings
**Article is also posted on our Patreon (unlocked post) in PDF form**
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How many episodes does Beyond the Breakers have?
Beyond the Breakers currently has 207 episodes available.
What topics does Beyond the Breakers cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Ocean, History, Documentary and Podcasts.
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The episode title 'Episode 36 - Halloween!!!' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Beyond the Breakers?
The average episode length on Beyond the Breakers is 52 minutes.
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Episodes of Beyond the Breakers are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Beyond the Breakers?
The first episode of Beyond the Breakers was released on Feb 4, 2021.
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