The Mary Celeste is perhaps the most famous case of a "ghost
ship." However, when it was discovered adrift on December 5,
1872, no ghosts were found nor any human form for that matter,
not Captain Briggs, his wife, his two-year-old daughter, nor the
seven crew members. They remain forever missing. But what caused
them to vanish? Theories range from seaquakes to hazardous cargo,
to a giant squid attack, and even aliens... yes, aliens. We're
not saying it was aliens because we'd rather believe it was a
giant squid. No matter what it was, the ship may have been doomed
from the start, when seafaring superstitions were broken.
Tonight's Quote:
“The craft seemed possessed of the Devil to begin with, but where
she got it I don’t know. I am sure it couldn’t have been from any
of our good people.”
— Dr. John W. Dewis, son of Joshua Dewis, the builder of the Mary
Celeste, from The Story of the Mary Celeste by Charles Edey
Fay
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Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea -
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The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries (Mysteries and Secrets) -
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Capt Kirk and the Zumwalt - http://bit.do/captainkirk
The Smithsonian’s Take on the Mary Celeste -
http://bit.do/smithsonianCeleste
HMS Friday - http://bit.do/hmsFriday
Maritime Superstitions - http://bit.do/maritimesuperstition
The Captain of the Polestar by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
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Dogs know when the shakin's about to go down! -
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Credits:
Episode 042 - "The Mary Celeste - Ghost Ship (Part 1)" Produced
by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Edited by Sarah
Vorhees, Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by
Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of Astonishing
Researchers, a,k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C."
for short. Copyright Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess 2016.
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