Flower in the River: A Family Tale Finally Told
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Flower in the River: A Family Tale Finally Told

by Natalie Zett

"Flower in the River" podcast, inspired by my book of the same name, explores the 1915 Eastland Disaster in Chicago and its enduring impact, particularly on my family's history. We'll explore the intertwining narratives of others impacted by this tragedy as well, and we'll dive into writing and genealogy and uncover the surprising supernatural elements that surface in family history research. Come along with me on this journey of discovery. 

100 episodes
EN-US language
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1
The Ship That Rolled, the Stories That Didn't: More Voices from the Eastland
27:46 Apr 9, 2026
2
The Return of the Omitted: History Strikes Back!
34:29 Apr 2, 2026
3
Still Black and Blue: Eastland Survivors Speak - A Lost Magazine Recovered
29:20 Mar 26, 2026
4
The Teen Deckhand and the Pastor: Two Restored Eastland Accounts
33:36 Mar 19, 2026
5
Bolts & Bylines: Frankenstein’s Ghost in the Eastland Story
31:03 Mar 12, 2026
6
Rescuers in the Shadows: A Milestone, a Mystery Photo, and the Brothers Petroskey
40:31 Mar 5, 2026
7
A Beautiful Magazine and a Missing Hero - Selective History at Work
28:13 Feb 26, 2026
8
From the Iroquois to the Eastland: One Firefighter, Two Catastrophes
27:37 Feb 19, 2026
9
Checklist History vs. a Life Remembered
29:59 Feb 12, 2026
10
A Mourning Veil and a Missing Address — After the Eastland
32:48 Feb 5, 2026
11
From Page to Stage: A Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author, an Actor, and the Eastland Disaster
1:06:21 Jan 29, 2026
12
“Catastrophe on the Chicago River” - the Cermak Connection
30:13 Jan 22, 2026
13
Catastrophe on the Chicago River — Part 2: The Archive Finds Keep Coming
37:01 Jan 15, 2026
14
When Research Starts Talking Back
21:42 Jan 8, 2026
15
The Search Goes On — Coincidence. Clarity. Resolve.
30:45 Jan 1, 2026
16
Pages, Faces, and Names Restored - A Czech Eastland Breakthrough
28:42 Dec 25, 2025
17
One Family, Two Losses, and a Voice That Went On
40:57 Dec 18, 2025
18
The River Remained in Her Bones: A Recovered Eastland Story
33:13 Dec 11, 2025
19
A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family’s Story
31:58 Dec 4, 2025
20
Fissures in the Archive: Behind the Curtain of the Eastland Disaster
33:44 Nov 27, 2025
21
Capsized. Kicked. Survived.
28:03 Nov 20, 2025
22
The Rosetta Stone of the Eastland Disaster
44:37 Nov 13, 2025
23
She Stayed on the Line: From the Eastland Disaster to the Front Lines of France
38:58 Nov 6, 2025
24
The Afterlife of a Story
34:32 Oct 30, 2025
25
From Sea to City: A Mariner’s Journey into Chicago’s Past
42:08 Oct 23, 2025
26
The Eastland Survivors and the Case of the Missing Bylines
34:36 Oct 16, 2025
27
Excursion to Death — The Witness Who Finally Spoke
29:57 Oct 9, 2025
28
Visiting Every Grave -  George Hilton’s  Eastland Legacy
39:13 Oct 2, 2025
29
Buried by Omission: The Eastland Victim Who Disappeared
34:08 Sep 25, 2025
30
True Tales from the Eastland: Admiral Rickover Remembers, Survivors Battle for Redress
39:14 Sep 18, 2025
31
Shoeless in Chicago: A Rusyn Teen Hero of the Eastland
36:43 Sep 11, 2025
32
Erased by a Typo — Meet the Man Who Saved Lives and Legacies
40:08 Sep 4, 2025
33
Honeymoon Interrupted: The Groom Says "I Do" to Disaster
25:50 Aug 28, 2025
34
The Sleepyhead Who Dodged Death - Another Untold Eastland Story
27:48 Aug 21, 2025
35
Lost in Translation: How a Name Hid a Hero
32:33 Aug 14, 2025
36
Who Speaks for Dwight Boyer? The Storyteller Who Remembered Them All
45:25 Aug 7, 2025
37
Dwight Boyer: Forgotten Chronicler of the Eastland Disaster
46:26 Jul 31, 2025
38
Inside the Eastland Morgue - Where Death Wasn't Silent
43:10 Jul 24, 2025
39
Late for Death: Stranger Things--Eastland Edition
25:38 Jul 17, 2025
40
Wired for Rescue: The Unsung Telephone Heroes of 1915
32:25 Jul 11, 2025
41
She Took the Call. He Dove for the Lost. She Wrote Their Story.
45:21 Jul 4, 2025
42
One Saved Lives. One Survived Twice. One Drew the Truth: Recovered Stories of the Eastland
35:29 Jun 27, 2025
43
Three Stories. One Disaster. A Century of Silence
39:03 Jun 20, 2025
44
BONUS: The Night Nobody Came Knocking – A Father’s Day Story
6:37 Jun 14, 2025
45
Remember the Eastland… and Sell More Insurance!
37:04 Jun 13, 2025
46
From Gettysburg Grit to Eastland Survival
35:15 Jun 6, 2025
47
Letters, Ledgers, and Lost Lives
37:59 May 31, 2025
48
A Jeweler, a Woman Diver, a Candy Butcher: Eastland’s Unlikely Trio
34:58 May 25, 2025
49
A Tsar, A Serial Killer (??), and a Cabinetmaker from Myjava
43:26 May 17, 2025
50
Santa Fe Railway's Eastland Victims
40:14 May 10, 2025
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