The Ocean Monarch, captained by James Murdock, was a disciplined and safety-conscious passenger ship that should have smoothly sailed from England to the United States in 1848. Not long after its departure, however, a devastating fire broke out on board, turning the boat into a living hell on water. Close to two hundred people would die in the ensuing chaos – despite amazing acts of heroism by both passengers and crew members.
My guest, author Gill Hoffs, returns for a second time to Most Notorious to talk about her book “The Lost Story of the Ocean Monarch: Fire, Family, & Fidelity”.
More about her book can be found at her publisher’s website here.
