Episode 10: The Sultana Part 2

Join us for the highly anticipated conclusion to the case of the Steamboat Sultana. This week we return to the Mississippi River for the investigations that followed the explosion, fire, and sinking of the Steamboat Sultana that was carrying over 2,000 Union POWs following the Civil War. Was this negligence? Was it a terrible accident? Or was it sabotage and intentional murder? We'll give you the evidence for you to decide. 

Visit the Sultana Museum and consider contributing to their current brick drive here: https://www.sultanadisastermuseum.com/

 

Book Sources:

Sultana, A Case for Sabotage by D. H. Rule

The Sultana Tragedy by Jerry O. Potter

Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors compiled by Rev. Chester D. Berry. 

Documentary Sources:

History Detectives Special Investigations: Civil War Sabotage (PBS)

In Search of History - Sultana: Mississippi's Titanic (The History Channel)