He currently holds membership in several -  Titanic societies worldwide and in 1997 became a foundation member of the Titanic & Steamship Historical Society Of Australia Inc. Although he could be termed as a Titanic Historian, he sees himself more a researcher. His first book (with Bruce Beveridge), Olympic Titanic: The Truth Behind The Conspiracy explores’ the Titanic / Olympic switch theory; that being Titanic’s elder sister ship, Olympic struck the iceberg in April 1912 and sank, not Titanic ! The Olympic was involved in a collision with the H.M.S. Hawke in the Solent in September 1911 and conspiracy theorists suggested that she sustained, as a result of this collision, a bend and twisted keel. The White Star Line suspected early that they’d be unable to successfully sue the Admiralty for recovery of repairs and loss of earnings through cancelled voyages. Having already assumed this verdict, the WSL had deliberately elected to conceal the vessels true damage, a structurally weakened keel (the Hull was beyond economical repair, a ‘write-off’). A planed was hatched to switch the two ships several months later when Olympic would return back to Belfast for an alleged propeller blade replacement. It's an interesting theory, but could it be true ? In 2006 the two authors appeared in the UK television program 'Titanic The Ship That Didn't Sink'. Today, almost eight years after its release, it remains consistently in the top 20 Titanic titles listed through Amazon UK Books.

  In April 2008, Titanic: The Ship Magnificent was co-authored by Beveridge, Hall, Andrews, Klistorner, and Braunschweiger and published through The History Press. Released in two volumes, Vol. 1 covering Titanic's design and construction, the Vol. 2, the ships interior design and fitting out. Titanic The Ship Magnificent is a comprehensive book about all aspects of the ship itself. However, it does not delve into accounts of her crew or passengers, nor does it detail the sinking. Many books have done that well, and in great detail. Since the day Titanic passed into history, people have been writing books about the circumstances surrounding the loss of this great  ship. And yet, little has been written about the ship herself - the design, structural details, interiors, fittings -

and engineering of what is arguably the most famous ship ever built. While it is true that certain technical journals at the time featured articles on Olympic and Titanic, they only covered the major technical aspects of the ship in detail. Featuring over 1,550 drawings, plans, builder’s photographs and other images illustrate the text. The book is considered the most authoritative published work on the ship itself ! Book reviews: Titanic International Society & British Titanic Society. For 2012, The publisher is producing Limited edition (250) leather-bound slip-cased set. This special leather slip-cased box set edition will contain both stunning volumes (hand signed by all authors) with an expected price of £179.10 per set.

  Titanic In Photographs brings together many little-known and unpublished photographs. This hardcover, coffee-table size book focus's principally on Titanic’s photographic record; comprehensive accompanying text for each individual image and colour section. Through a chronological sequence, the book follows the ships construction, launch, outfitting, trials and -

departure from Queenstown. The book is 10in x 10in in size (25cm x 25cm), hardcover, and totals 176 pages (including a 16 page color section), using almost 300 black-and-white photographs, some printed across two pages. Hall and Klistorner have sourced original prints or scans from original glass-plate negatives for many of the images, which means that many appear in this book in a higher resolution than have ever been seen in print – such as the well-known Cork Examiner photos, for example. Some have never been seen before, and where several similar views were taken aboard ship by different photographers and identify their sources. Authors: Daniel Klistorner, Steve Hall, Bruce Beveridge, Art Braunschweiger and Scott Andrews; Foreword by Ken Marschall. Book reviews by Mark Chirnside, Jonathan Smith and Mike Poirier.

  Report Into The Loss Of The S.S. Titanic, A Centennial Reappraisal. What began as a collaborative undertaking by a group of researchers from all parts of the world in 2010 has culminated into a new book, Report Into the Loss of the SS Titanic – A Centennial Reappraisal, The History Press, 2011. The book is the result of many years spent researching, evaluating and analyzing the wealth of evidence that has come to light in the hundred years since 1912. This 400 page book, written by eleven co-authors, follows the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission report into loss of Titanic, providing fascinating sights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey insights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey and ice warnings received, the collision, damage and sinking, taking to the boats and rescue by Carpathia, the circumstances in connection with the SS Californian and SS Mount Temple, and the ramifications that followed the disaster.

  It is extensively referenced with 830 separate endnotes, contains 127 photos and illustrations, as well as numerous tables. The 10 appendices contain a wealth of information including the name of every crewmember by department who was on board for the transatlantic crossing, and the name of every transatlantic passenger who was on board by passenger class. It has an extensively detailed and fully referenced chronology with 245 separate time entries starting from the morning of 10 April 1912 to the evening of 15 April 1912. Authors: Sam Halpern, Cathy Akers-Jordan, Bill Wormstedt, Steve Hall, Dave Gittins, Charles Weeks, George Behe, Bruce Beveridge, Mark Chirnside, Lester Mitcham & Tad Fitch. Listen to an interview with Sam Halpern.

legacy. Features include: Detailed deck plans that can be expanded and explored, Rare archive footage, archive photographs of construction, launch and the interior. Narrated survivor accounts and historical detail. Information on the ship’s crossing, the disaster and -  the aftermath of the tragedy, biographies of the ship’s key figures, a sinking timeline and survivor accounts that vividly retell what happened as the ship sank and a unique insights into the build and design of the vessel. This new app. was produced by The History Press and is now Available Here.

Olympic Titanic: The Truth Behind The Conspiracy — Beveridge & Hall: 2004.  Titanic The Ship Magnificent Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 — Beveridge, Andrews, Hall, Klistorner & Braunschweiger: 2008.  Titanic In Photographs — Klistorner, Hall, Beveridge, Braunschweiger & Andrews. Foreword Ken Marchall: 2011.  The Loss Of The SS TITANIC: A Centennial Reappraisal — Halpern, Akers-Jordan, Behe, Beveridge, Chirnside, Fitch, Gittins, Hall,  Mitcham, Weeks & Wormstedt: 2011.  Titanic Or Olympic: Which Ship Sank ? — Hall & Beveridge: 2012.