Episode 29 - It Was A Dark And Stormy Night, Literally
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In this one year anniversary hallmark episode, Haley and Jillian talk about the big news of the week -- Shackleton's Endurance has been found! Then Jillian gets into two lighthouse related story, the very creepy story of the Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy and the heroic deeds of Ida Lewis of Lime Rock Lighthouse.
Sources:
Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship found in Antarctic, Jonathan Amos, BBC
The disturbing story of death and insanity at Wales’ most remote lighthouse, Robert Harries, Wales Online
The tragedy of Smalls Lighthouse, Stephen Liddell
Lime Rock Lighthouse (Ida Lewis Lighthouse), Rhode Island Lighthouses
Ida Lewis, The Bravest Woman in America, New England Historical Society
Ida Lewis: The Legendary Lady Light Keeper of Lime Rock, Brian L. Wallin, Small State Big History
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