Q&A with Titanic Tour Guide Dave Gardner March 27, 2017 This year we’re excited to present a brand new tour, Titanic Graves of Woodlawn Cemetery, led by Titanic tour guide Dave Gardner. We sat down for a Q&A with Dave to get inside the head of this city’s foremost expert on the Ship of Dreams.
Titanic Graves of Woodlawn Cemetery March 22, 2017 Boroughs of the Dead is excited to announce a brand new walking tour: Titanic Graves of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Ghosts of the Titanic March 18, 2017 Inspired by the uncanny and ghostly tales associated with the Ship of Dreams, “Ghosts of the Titanic” explores the more mysterious and inexplicable aspects of one of the eeriest maritime disasters in history.
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche April 14, 2016 Every year I try to highlight the stories of one or two passengers or crew who particularly fascinate me. This year, I’m fascinated by Joseph Laroche, one of only two known passengers of color aboard Titanic.
Titanic, Central Park, and Other Tours for Spring! March 7, 2016 Things are starting to look a lot like spring in this town, which at Boroughs of the Dead HQ means that our winter hiatus is officially over! We’re back to running our full roster of weekly tours starting on Saturday, March 12th, ushering in the season with our classic Manhattan tours, and presenting some of our signature seasonal and specialty tours come April and May!
Lucky Star: Violet Jessop April 7, 2015 When speaking about Titanic, phrases like “unlucky,” “ill-fated,” and even “star-crossed” get bandied around a lot. Yet for all the bad luck surrounding the boat, there were a great number of people who exhibited extraordinarily good fortune and were able to survive the sinking or even stay off the ship entirely due to one twist of fate or another. But what about the woman who survived not one but two seafaring disasters?
The Real Unsinkable Margaret “Molly” Brown April 6, 2015 I’ve been reading a lot about Titanic lately, as I do around this time every year, and one of my favorite surprising recent discoveries has been that the real “Unsinkable Molly Brown” is actually far, far more interesting than movies and TV would lead us to believe.
Titanic First Person Accounts: Lawrence Beesley April 7, 2014 Some of the most compelling Titanic first-person accounts come from Lawrence Beesley’s The Loss of the SS Titanic. Second class passenger Beesley was a scientist and author, and he’s one of those rare people who seem equally gifted in both fields. He writes crystalline clear prose that is devastating without being histrionic: “Imagine a […]
Scribes and Sailors of Woodlawn Cemetery March 22, 2014 Yesterday I headed up to Woodlawn Cemetery for a little visit with my hero Herman Melville. Anyone who knows me knows about my Melville/Moby-Dick obsession (I have one), which is why it’s a little strange that I’ve been living in New York City for ten years and hadn’t visited his grave in Woodlawn. In my […]