224: The Wreck of the Christmas Tree Ship w/ Cris Kohl & Joan Forsberg

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Happy Holidays everyone! In late November of 1912, a schooner named the Rouse Simmons, heavily laden with Christmas trees, made its way across Lake Michigan with Chicago as its final destination. Once there, Captain Herman Schuenemann and his family planned, as they had in years past, to decorate the ship with festive lights and sell their trees to eager Chicagoans.

Unfortunately the ship never arrived. It met with a violent winter storm and sunk to the bottom of the lake, along with its captain and crew. My guests are Joan Forsberg and Cris Kohl, maritime historians who specialize in Great Lakes shipwrecks. They share details from their book, "The Christmas Tree Ship", which has recently been released in audiobook format.

More information about the authors' work here: https://www.seawolfcommunications.com/books

The Christmas Tree Ship audiobook: https://www.amazon.com/The-Christmas-Tree-Ship/dp/B08QDRCDXC/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1639683708&sr=1-1

Charles Huddleston's Narrator Page: https://narrator.page/n/charles_huddleston

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0:00.0	Introducing Christmas on Disney Plus with the latest releases like Amsterdam.
0:05.2	This is all turning out to be a lot larger than any of us.
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0:11.0	I share the claws.
0:12.1	Have decided to retire.
0:14.2	Festive family viewing like Strange World.
0:16.8	I've never seen anything like it.
0:18.6	All for $7.99 a month.
0:20.6	This is Christmas on Disney Plus.
0:23.3	There's more where this came from.
0:24.8	All these plus more streaming this Christmas.
0:27.3	18 plus subscription required TCC supply.
0:57.3	Home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
1:27.3	From the front of the ship to the back of the ship or to maneuver or work any of the
1:33.7	sales or any of the lines on board.
1:36.2	They had difficulty doing that.
1:38.4	But what happened was that the ship started leaking.
2:08.4	Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the most notorious podc.
2:38.4	I'm very pleased to have my guests today.
2:54.0	Chris Cole and Joan Forsberg.
2:57.6	They are well known maritime historians, scuba divers, lecturers, photographers and videographers.
3:06.5	They are a husband and wife team who love to explore shipwrecks, especially great lakes
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