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NEW DOCUMENTARY: The Civil War Submarine Missing for 136 Years (Patreon)

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2024-05-24 16:04:55

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Hey folks,

Were you starting to think we'd never make a full-length documentary again? Well you're not alone–some days I thought that, too. But the siren song of just the right topic got the whole darn team back together.

I don't even remember when I first heard about the HL Hunley submarine (a good bet would be an interesting aside, deep in some academic's paper on Titanic). But I do remember my increasingly frantic reaction–– "a submarine....from the Civil War? Lit by candelight? Killed THREE of her crews? They found their bodies perfectly placed in the submarine 136 years later? Why have I never heard about this?!?" As it turns out, a lot of people haven't heard about the Hunley.

Fortunately her caretakers in South Carolina and the maritime archeologist Nick DeLong from Clemson University gave us fantastic access and help to make this documentary its best self.

Just because I'm working on the Titanic book, doesn't mean that EVERY video from now on will be a maritime-death-deep water-hubris-corpse recovery-horror show. But what can I say, the heart wants what it wants at this moment in time. Following my dreams. Even if they are sort of like nightmares.

I hope you enjoy this video, we're extremely proud of it,

Caitlin

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This Civil War Submarine Vanished for 136 Years

A Civil War submarine powered by hand cranks and lit by candlelight. What could possibly go wrong? Meet the HL Hunley. Support the production of these videos through our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath Thank you to Nick DeLong from Clemson University and Kellen Butler from Friends of the Hunley at Warren Lasch Conservation Center. PRODUCTION CREDITS Writer & Host: Caitlin Doughty Writer & Researcher: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Producer: Sarah Chavez Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) MORE CAITLIN DOUGHTY Read My Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books Face Your Mortality Course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Podcast: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ WAYS TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT Donate and become a member: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Advocacy Wear Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ SELECTED SOURCES/FURTHER READING Chaffin, Tom.The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy Hill and Wang, 2010. Hicks, Brian. Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley Spry Publishing LLC, 2015. Hicks, Brian, and Kropf, Schuyler. Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate SubmarinePresidio Press, 2003 Lance, RachelIn the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine. Dutton, 2020 The Friends of the Hunley https://www.hunley.org/ "H. L. Hunley: Recovery Operations "https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/recovery-report.html "H.L. Hunley Site Assessment "https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/maritime/hunley.pdf "Humanitarian Exhumation at the Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium" https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=sciaa_staffpub "HUNLEY (C.S.S)"https://numa.net/expeditions/hunley-c-s-s/ "Crewmen of Recovered Confederate Sub Are Honored at Burial" https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/national/crewmen-of-recovered-confederate-sub-are-honored-at-burial.html "Putting a Face on Storied Subs Crew" https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/04/17/putting-a-face-on-storied-subs-crew/516a24dd-e157-49fa-a601-2d1dc7571daa/