Single Malt History with Gareth Russell

The temperature's dropping but the "Titanic's" speed is rising. Exactly the same story in a science fiction novel, printed 14 years earlier. So, did a psychic really predict the coming disaster?

Discover the sights, splendours, and serving sizes of First Class on the "Titanic," as well as an eyewitness account from a crew member, read by Belfast actress Ashley Montgomery.

A stopover in Ireland and life in Second Class where we meet a Haitian engineer with a powerful relative, an Australian miner with a dark secret, a German baron with a shocking passport, and a Cambridge scientist with a new religion.

Actors read eyewitness testimonies from 1912 and historian Gareth Russell gives a day-by-day account of the "Titanic's" fatal first and final voyage. In this episode, hear about the excitement, bustle, and unexpected drama of an Edwardian travel day - and the surprising reason why the "Titanic" very nearly didn't leave England. 

How incest, murder, deceit, and war brought an ancient emperor to a very undignified end