Natalie Zett
@zee1915.bsky.social
Author, podcaster, and occasional time traveler! My passion? The Eastland Disaster of 1915 in Chicago, which I turned into a book and a podcast. Plunge into the past with me for the stories that just won’t stay buried! https://linktr.ee/zettnatalie
Fred Rabe escaped the 1915 Eastland Disaster with his family—then went back into the capsizing ship to save a trapped friend. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
Listen to "A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family's Story" on Flower in the River Podcast.
Listen to "A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family's Story" on Flower in the River Podcast.
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fred Rabe escaped the 1915 Eastland Disaster with his family—then went back into the capsizing ship to save a trapped friend. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
Listen to "A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family's Story" on Flower in the River Podcast.
Listen to "A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family's Story" on Flower in the River Podcast.
New episode: “Fissures in the Archive.”
I’m walking through the insights that surfaced after two years of Eastland Disaster research and where the story is leading next. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
I’m walking through the insights that surfaced after two years of Eastland Disaster research and where the story is leading next. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
New episode: “Fissures in the Archive.”
I’m walking through the insights that surfaced after two years of Eastland Disaster research and where the story is leading next. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
I’m walking through the insights that surfaced after two years of Eastland Disaster research and where the story is leading next. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
"Capsized. Kicked. Survived." Anna Meinert couldn’t swim. The Eastland rolled. A stranger kicked her away. She survived anyway — and her story was sitting in several newspapers the whole time. Link to Episode - www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Capsized. Kicked. Survived." Anna Meinert couldn’t swim. The Eastland rolled. A stranger kicked her away. She survived anyway — and her story was sitting in several newspapers the whole time. Link to Episode - www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
New episode: “The Rosetta Stone of the Eastland Disaster.”
How the early Eastland story first went online — and how it serves as a template for historical research. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
Wayback Machine comes through again.
How the early Eastland story first went online — and how it serves as a template for historical research. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
Wayback Machine comes through again.
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
New episode: “The Rosetta Stone of the Eastland Disaster.”
How the early Eastland story first went online — and how it serves as a template for historical research. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
Wayback Machine comes through again.
How the early Eastland story first went online — and how it serves as a template for historical research. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
Wayback Machine comes through again.
🚨 Sirens. Floodwater. Shattering glass.
And a calm voice: “Just a moment, please.”
Listen to 🎧 *She Stayed on the Line: From the Eastland Disaster to the Front Lines of France*
👉 www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
And a calm voice: “Just a moment, please.”
Listen to 🎧 *She Stayed on the Line: From the Eastland Disaster to the Front Lines of France*
👉 www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🚨 Sirens. Floodwater. Shattering glass.
And a calm voice: “Just a moment, please.”
Listen to 🎧 *She Stayed on the Line: From the Eastland Disaster to the Front Lines of France*
👉 www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
And a calm voice: “Just a moment, please.”
Listen to 🎧 *She Stayed on the Line: From the Eastland Disaster to the Front Lines of France*
👉 www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
"The Afterlife of a Story"
What happens when the storyteller is gone—but the story keeps rewriting itself?
A biography once held a family’s loss and a neighborhood’s response. Over time, it slipped into paraphrase and missing attribution.
Link : www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
What happens when the storyteller is gone—but the story keeps rewriting itself?
A biography once held a family’s loss and a neighborhood’s response. Over time, it slipped into paraphrase and missing attribution.
Link : www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"The Afterlife of a Story"
What happens when the storyteller is gone—but the story keeps rewriting itself?
A biography once held a family’s loss and a neighborhood’s response. Over time, it slipped into paraphrase and missing attribution.
Link : www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
What happens when the storyteller is gone—but the story keeps rewriting itself?
A biography once held a family’s loss and a neighborhood’s response. Over time, it slipped into paraphrase and missing attribution.
Link : www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
From Sea to City: A Mariner’s Journey into Chicago’s Past 🌊
He once charted oceans—now he maps Chicago.
Designer-mariner Ryan Wilson shows how curiosity and creativity can turn archives into art—and history into a living map. Podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
He once charted oceans—now he maps Chicago.
Designer-mariner Ryan Wilson shows how curiosity and creativity can turn archives into art—and history into a living map. Podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
October 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
From Sea to City: A Mariner’s Journey into Chicago’s Past 🌊
He once charted oceans—now he maps Chicago.
Designer-mariner Ryan Wilson shows how curiosity and creativity can turn archives into art—and history into a living map. Podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
He once charted oceans—now he maps Chicago.
Designer-mariner Ryan Wilson shows how curiosity and creativity can turn archives into art—and history into a living map. Podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
🚢 In 1915, 17-year-old Peter Hardy, a Rusyn immigrant, dove into the Chicago River during the Eastland Disaster. He saved 10 lives—then walked home barefoot after looters stole his shoes. Listen to Shoeless in Chicago: A Rusyn Teen Hero of the Eastland www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
September 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚢 In 1915, 17-year-old Peter Hardy, a Rusyn immigrant, dove into the Chicago River during the Eastland Disaster. He saved 10 lives—then walked home barefoot after looters stole his shoes. Listen to Shoeless in Chicago: A Rusyn Teen Hero of the Eastland www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
🌸 Honeymoon Interrupted 🌸
July 24, 1915 — Attorney Luke Burns was honeymooning in Chicago when his brother, a physician, called: the Eastland had capsized.
His eyewitness account was published once… then lost for a century. Until now. Podcast -https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17747913
July 24, 1915 — Attorney Luke Burns was honeymooning in Chicago when his brother, a physician, called: the Eastland had capsized.
His eyewitness account was published once… then lost for a century. Until now. Podcast -https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17747913
August 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🌸 Honeymoon Interrupted 🌸
July 24, 1915 — Attorney Luke Burns was honeymooning in Chicago when his brother, a physician, called: the Eastland had capsized.
His eyewitness account was published once… then lost for a century. Until now. Podcast -https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17747913
July 24, 1915 — Attorney Luke Burns was honeymooning in Chicago when his brother, a physician, called: the Eastland had capsized.
His eyewitness account was published once… then lost for a century. Until now. Podcast -https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17747913
🎙️"Who Speaks for Dwight Boyer? The Storyteller Who Remembered Them All” (Part 2)
He’s a name you’ve likely never heard—yet he told the Eastland story back in 1971. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
He’s a name you’ve likely never heard—yet he told the Eastland story back in 1971. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
August 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🎙️"Who Speaks for Dwight Boyer? The Storyteller Who Remembered Them All” (Part 2)
He’s a name you’ve likely never heard—yet he told the Eastland story back in 1971. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
He’s a name you’ve likely never heard—yet he told the Eastland story back in 1971. www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/epis...
🎥 New episode drop:
Dwight Boyer: Forgotten Chronicler of the Eastland Disaster
Long before it was widely written about, Boyer captured the Eastland story with accuracy and depth. Complete Episode:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17592886
Dwight Boyer: Forgotten Chronicler of the Eastland Disaster
Long before it was widely written about, Boyer captured the Eastland story with accuracy and depth. Complete Episode:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17592886
August 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🎥 New episode drop:
Dwight Boyer: Forgotten Chronicler of the Eastland Disaster
Long before it was widely written about, Boyer captured the Eastland story with accuracy and depth. Complete Episode:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17592886
Dwight Boyer: Forgotten Chronicler of the Eastland Disaster
Long before it was widely written about, Boyer captured the Eastland story with accuracy and depth. Complete Episode:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2004303/episodes/17592886