Hello, listeners. Thank you so much for your patience while I was out sick. I was dealing with a rather

virulent virus, not COVID, but another virus. I had sinusitis, tonsillitis, and I lost my voice.

So thank you for being patient. It's great to be back with you all. This episode contains discussions

of mass accidental death, including the deaths of women and children.

If that's not something you want to hear about, this may be a good episode to skip.

The Sinking of the Titanic has been meticulously studied for over 100 years. I'm not an expert,

but I have read the work of experts in order to provide you with a

summary of the incident. I'll also touch briefly on the construction of the ship, the first part of

the voyage, the court proceedings after the sinking, and the psychological impact of the incident.

If you'd like to hear about the search, discovery, and excavation of the Titanic

wreckage, I did a whole episode about the find and the archaeology for Patreon, so if you'd like

to hear it, you can become a patron on Patreon for $2 a month. This gets you access to two ad-free

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Go to Bitley-slash-Morbid patron to sign up.

That's b-it.ly-l-Y-slash-morbid patron. Human. 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.

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