Episode 4: Eastland Disaster by High Spirits Chicago PODCAST published on 2016-09-10T00:32:59Z Episode 4: Eastland Disaster Jay walks us through the Eastland Disaster – in Chicago, 844 people lost their lives on Saturday, July 24, 1915. This story contains: 1. Details of the Eastland Disaster (Clark Street Bridge!) 2. A poem written by outraged journalist/poet Carl Sandburg (Poem!) 3. Temporary Morgues (floating Morgue under Wells St. Bridge!) 4. The ghosts at Harpo Studio (Lady in Gray!) 5. SPOILER ALERT: Excalibur has been debunked as a morgue for the Eastland Disaster (It’s just a nightclub maybe haunted by other old-timey ghosts!) Sweet Dreams! Genre Storytelling
