This episode contains discussions of mass accidental death, as well as the recent tragedy of the Titan submersible.

My intention is to maintain sensitivity and respect while presenting the most up-to-date information regarding the Titanic Recite and the ongoing research being done there.

Music and the ongoing research being done there. Humans are fascinated by gore and violence,

but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.

Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,

and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages.

I am one of those people.

My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast.

Music is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity Podcast. Music From the day its construction began, the luxury ocean liner RMS Titanic was thought of as legendary.

Its size and opulence, as well as its claim of being unsinkable, drew media attention as well as public interest and awe. It was proclaimed to be

the epitome of technological advancement, the height of man's achievements. This pride was shattered

when the ship sank during its first voyage across the Atlantic

on April 15, 1912.

Over 1,500 lives were lost, among them immigrants and families, as well as the rich and famous.

The previous hype was turned into a lesson in hubris by many news outlets.

Over the years, the ship and the sinking came to represent many things to many people

and inspired many works of fact and fiction as people reflected, researched, and romanticized

the tragedy. I'll be covering the loss of

the Titanic in the next podcast episode. In this episode, I'd like to talk about how it was found

years later. It's theorized that on the day of the sinking, about 375 miles south-east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the massive steel structure

of the RMS Titanic broke in two, fell two miles through the water, and hit the silty ocean floor,

the bow driving deep into the thick clay beneath. A heavy rain of debris followed, and for several hours, fragments fell

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