How Sunken Ships Wound Up In Farm Fields

Today in 1856, the steamboat Arabia sank in a river - and it wouldn't be seen again until 1988, when it showed up in a cornfield in Kansas. We'll explain how sometimes ships lost at sea are found somewhere else.

By |2024-12-07T21:12:12-05:00September 5, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Violet Jessop Lived Through Three Shipwrecks, Including The Titanic

One of the more than 700 survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic was Violet Jessop, a stewardess who helped passengers get into lifeboats and wait for rescue. Amazingly, Jessop had been in one shipwreck before that, and would go on to be in another. Plus: today marks 100 years since the death of the man who patented the Ouija board. His tombstone pays special tribute to his contribution.

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