The Worst Maritime Disaster Pre-Titanic: The General Slocum | Fascinating Horror

"On the 15th of June, 1904, the General Slocum, a sidewheel passenger steamboat, set sail up the East River in New York..." As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible.   / fascinatinghorror   SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter:   / truehorrortales   ► TikTok:   / fascinatinghorror   ► Suggestions: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Background 03:42 - The Sinking of the General Slocum 08:41 - The Aftermath MUSIC: ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: ► "The General Slocum Disaster of June 15, 1904" by Valerie Wingfield, published by the New York Public Library, June 2011. Link: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/13/... ► "Report Of The United States Commission Of Investigation Upon The Disaster To The Steamer General Slocum" published October 1904. Link: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/documents/Slocum.pdf ► "Witness to Tragedy: The Sinking of the General Slocum" by Ted Houghtaling, published by the New York Historical Society, February 2016. Link: https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witne... ► "A Spectacle of Horror – The Burning of the General Slocum" by Gilbert King, published by Smithsonian Magazine, February 2012. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor... ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​