Titanic's Biggest Myths Debunked

About this episode

Anthony and Gareth Russell debunk popular myths surrounding the Titanic disaster.

Is it true that third-class passengers were locked below decks? Or that more lifeboats would have saved more lives? Did the band really play as the Titanic went down? Anthony is joined once again by the marvellous Gareth Russell to debunk the myths around the disaster. Gareth's book is The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era . Research by Phoebe Joyce. Edited by Hannah Feodorov. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick. For tickets to see Anthony and Maddy talking about her new book, Hoax, click here: https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event/hoax/ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anthony

Guest: Gareth Russell

Topics covered

• Titanic
• myths
• disaster
• history
• true crime

Keywords

• Titanic
• myths
• lifeboats
• third-class passengers
• band

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Acast

Books & works: The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era

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