Introducing...Crowd Network Presents: The Secret History of the Estonia

We are partnering with Crowd Network, so that we can continue to bring our listeners brilliant investigations like Pig Iron. You can join Tortoise as a member to get access to more of our stories, support our investigations and get invites to exclusive newsroom events, using the code Slow60 at www.tortoisemedia.com/invite Introducing Crowd Network Presents: The Secret History of the EstoniaA tale of secrets, smugglers, and spies. Journalist Stephen Davis investigates the mystery behind why a passenger ferry sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994, killing 852 people, and becoming Europe's worst peacetime shipping disaster since the sinking of the Titanic. To this day, the wreck lies on the seabed… the bodies were never recovered, attempts were made to bury the wreck in rubble, and laws were introduced to make it illegal to dive there. It's raised the question of whether there's something down there which authorities don't want to be found...Listen to the podcast here: https://podfollow.com/the-secret-history-of-the-estonia, and subscribe to Crowd Stories on Apple Podcasts to listen to full series, ad-free today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Christopher Allen was trying to make it as a war reporter when, aged just 26, he was shot and killed on the frontline in South Sudan. But as news of his death began to spread, suspicion grew. Some claimed he was really there as a mercenary, a fighter. Others said he was a reckless freelancer, in over his head. And there was another question: was he killed on purpose, or was this another accident of war? From Tortoise and the team behind Sweet Bobby, Pig Iron is a dark adventure in war and journalism – and into what really happened to Christopher Allen. Listen to the full series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.