Rinse, Lather, Repeat the Evidence: When Lists Overtake the History

Send us Fan Mail When someone survives the 1915 Eastland disaster, gives a firsthand newspaper account just days later, and, years later, both she and her story disappear from later retellings, a big disconnect emerges. And the disconnect may be because the research didn't go deep enough before the broader Eastland story was repackaged and repeated. In this episode, I go back to the July 28, 1915 Hudson Observer and use newspaper accounts published at the time to show what happens when docume...