Ep #9: When the American Dream Goes Up in Flames: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | Dark History Podcast

The fact that this woman is using her platform to crowdfund for a Rosewood museum 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. This is how you ally, people.

Some more facts: 1) most of the immigrant employees were relatives. Mother’s and ALL her daughters were frequently hired together. 2) remember the escape option to the roof? Nay nay. Isaac and Max not only used the staircase to the roof, AND locked it, but kept the key in one of their pockets. 3) Women were leaping to their deaths before the fire department came. 4) some survivors kept diaries which were shared publicly. More than one wrote about watching their friends and relatives literally melt. One made it to the elevator and closed the door on her sister. She never forgave herself. 5) When the bodies of the dead were brought to the pier, they were laid on the ground squished next to one another and were displayed in their grotesque burnt remains. Husbands and families came day after day hoping to find their loved ones by jewelry that hadn’t been destroyed, unique shoes, or ahead of its time: dental work or missing teeth. 6) There were actually 4 elevators. Only 1 worked. 7) 36 people died in the elevator shaft just jumping down to avoid the heat. 8) As people were jumping to try to survive, many fell on hoses and slowed down the firefighters trying to do anything. 9)Some of the dead on the pier had been grave robbed -had their jewelry stolen before their families could claim them. 10) There are lots of sites and lists of the dead, but the PBS Documentary I felt was the most informative and had tons of photographs and newspaper images to expand on Bailey’s story. About 14 years ago, I worked on a college research project about this tragedy. I still feel connected to it. Thanks Bailey for informing a new generation.

So, downloaded and bleeped the f word !! My high schoolers LOVED it. They said that this was the best video they have watched all year! They are actually interested in learning more. After 16 months online, they have lost the will to live, this video may have come in the nick of time! You are a hit Bailey!! Keep it coming!

The term gilded actually refers to a covering of gold paint in order to transform a material like metal or iron into a prettier alternative. The gilded age is supposed to mean that there was an illusion of great wealth and prosperity at this time in society because of industrialization, but in reality the quality of life for most people was very poor.

If I was a History teacher I would literally just put on Bailey’s Dark History and hand out popcorn

All of Bailey's Dark History hairstyles give me serious 90s vibes...

"Dream big, even if you can't say words, you can accomplish things in life" - Keeping this quote to motivate every 8 yr old out in the world.

Bailey's a real hero for doing the ads herself so we can fast forward them if we want. I still watch them though cause she's adorbs

I was NOT expecting that hair-do 💀 kinda living for this Medusa vibes tho

I would love an episode of dark history about the “radium girls”

And this kids is why we have unions :) There are tons of stories like this. My great grandpa was actually killed on his way home from union organizing. The "thugs" often Pinkerton's were also common. Thanks for sharing Bailey. You are one of the best story tellers!

Can we all just appreciate Bailey, and her fabulous 90's hair for a moment?! 👏👏👏🔥

We are going to start needing tutorials on the hairstyles cause, they are too cute.

As soon as she said "shirtwaist" I got excited...I did a paper about this tragedy during my undergrad studies...my wife just rolled her eyes and said "Let Bailey tell it!!!"...and I was surprisingly ok with this...lol

Can’t sleep anymore without Bailey reading me bedtime stories 😂

The moment your oldest son in Junior year gets an assignment in school and he knows all about it. To the point the teacher was impressed. When she asked how do you know so much about this. "Well I know it because of Bailey Sarian My Dark History Teacher". Now helping kids in High School with their assignments. lol Thank you for everything you do. I have never seen him so excited about history.

Hi! I actually studied this case specifically in college and wrote a thesis paper on it as well! This was an amazing episode, probably my favorite yet. Just a couple of things to add on for those extra interested history junkies :) ... 1) children from ages 5-15 were often urged (practically forced) to work in these factories as well to 'build character, respect, and obedience' 2) a majority of the women who were targeted for work were unmarried, young women. Often, their fathers would be contacted and offered an 'opportunity' for their daughters...as you can guess, the majority of them happily agreed to send off their little girls (12-22 years) and the women were unable to get out unless they married a man (women weren't allowed to work when they were married back then) 3) The fire escapes were closed out of paranoia that the women would steal the textiles and supplies for their personal use at home...they were also closed so that women couldn't use a cigarette smoke break as an excuse to escape their work duties 4) the women (and a few progressive men) who protested were actually brutally harassed, beaten, and even killed by police & other authority figures who were HIRED to do so by Harris and Blanck so they could speed up the process of 'coming to an agreement' for work conditions 5) during the fire, workers crammed large groups of people into the elevator to try and escape. Sadly, the power to the elevator was cut (either on accident by the fire or on purpose by the security guards, we are still unsure) and tens of workers were burned alive. when recovery efforts proceeded the fire, groups of workers were found in the elevator box and at the bottom of the elevator shaft holding hands and hugging each other

My history teacher actually said something pretty interesting about the name “gilded age”. Gilding something means to cover something in gold to make it seem nicer, so on the surface it look all nice and shiny, but on the inside it was anything but.

Unrelated to most this episode. Thank you so much for owning your flaws. I have a crippling fear of failure and you saying things like "I thought it was Izayick until YESTERDAY" makes me face the fact I can mess up sometimes and still do great things. 💙💙💙

I love how Americans have always hated "immigrants" when they are all basically immigrants haha also, I love this woman, she makes everything extremely interesting, only channel I don't watch on x2 speed