Random Shipwreck Podcasts

A daily (5-day-a-week) podcast feed of true Oregon stories — of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold. Stories of shanghaied sailors a1512nd Skid Road bordellos and pirates and robbers and unsolved mysteries. An exploding whale, a couple shockingly scary cults, a 19th-century serial killer, several very naughty ladies, a handful of solid-brass con artists and some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of the universe. From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column. Source citations are included with the text version on the Web site at https://offbeatoregon.com.

Categories: History, Society & Culture

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Here is ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe in its entirety as a weekly podcast. Widely regarded as marking the start of the english novel, this book is a grand and moving adventure. If your impression of this story comes from a movie, perhaps you should listen. The book is much better. For more audio from CandlelightStories.com, try the Sound Story Club at our web site. You can also listen to a pirate novel at the ‘Pirate Jack’ podcast.

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

Tags: Adventure, audio, audiobook, book, candlelight, Crusoe, Defoe, english, island, Literature, novel, ocean, pirate, robinson, sea, shipwreck

The goal of The Forgotten and Found is simple: To investigate the stories of the lesser-known shipwrecks of the 19th and 20th century. But a simple retelling of why a ship met with disaster is not what drives us. You probably have heard of the well-known shipwrecks, the Titanic and Lusitania; perhaps even the Andrea Doria, Edmund Fitzgerald or Mary Rose. They have been written about extensively, incorporated into verse or even scripted for the silver screen. But what happened to the greater number of ships lost on the high seas for the last two centuries? What of the passenger ships lost transporting emigrants from Europe to the Americas or Australia? Or how about the convict ships leaving England for the penal colonies? And what about the cargo ships and the crews lost in the Atlantic? There were many causes of disaster: some man-made, others by the wrath of Mother Nature. A storm, navigational error, collision with an iceberg or another vessel, or could there have been an explosion or a failure of the ship’s superstructure? If there were passengers, why did they leave the safety of the mainland? For emigrants, what conditions forced them from their homeland? The most important question for us is: “Who were they?” The goal of The Forgotten and Found is to find the important but overlooked disasters of the last two centuries, share the personal stories of those aboard and answer the questions posed above. Only then can we understand the individuals behind the tragedies. We invite you to leave comments and suggestions about shipwrecks you recommend we should research and podcast. Please contact us at info@TheForgottenandFound.com and see our website TheForgottenandFound.com for more details and images of the podcasts in this show. Thanks!

Categories: History, Society & Culture

Tags: 1846, 19thcentury, atlanticocean, disaster, emigrants, johnminturn, lusitania, morrocastle, newjersey, newyork, shipwreck, titanic