Canada's Titanic: The Empress of Ireland - "Curse you Henny!"

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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 Park

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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 history

Adaptation of witness accounts by Denis Leblond (Virtual Museum)

Macleans - The Night the Empress Went Down

The Empress of Ireland - Crippen's Curse

The Irish Times - First Titanic, then Empress: an Irish man’s lucky escapes

Post Media News - ‘Forgotten Empress’ sank 100 years ago, took 1,012 lives

PBS - Lost Liners: The Empress of Ireland

BOAT - The Strangest of Sailor Superstitions

Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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