Ep. 02 - Simply, Vanished: The Mary Celeste
10/30/21 • 19 min
On December 4th of 1872, just off the coast of the Azores Islands in the Atlantic, a Canadian brigantine ship captained by David Morehouse, spotted another vessel about 6 miles out.
This in of itself is not an uncommon occurrence on the open ocean. But as Captain Morehouse took a closer look, he noticed something unusual. The ship was moving back and forth in a very unstable manor. This was an immediate red flag which led Morehouse to suspect something might be wrong with the sailors.
As the 2 ships grew closer together, Morehouse noticed there seemed to be no crew on deck, or captain at the helm. It was at this moment he sent two members of his crew to further investigate the unknown vessel.
What these two men would soon come to find out, would capture a spark of imagination across the world. The ship was The Mary Celeste. Oh and the captain and passengers? There were none to be found.
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On December 4th of 1872, just off the coast of the Azores Islands in the Atlantic, a Canadian brigantine ship captained by David Morehouse, spotted another vessel about 6 miles out.
This in of itself is not an uncommon occurrence on the open ocean. But as Captain Morehouse took a closer look, he noticed something unusual. The ship was moving back and forth in a very unstable manor. This was an immediate red flag which led Morehouse to suspect something might be wrong with the sailors.
As the 2 ships grew closer together, Morehouse noticed there seemed to be no crew on deck, or captain at the helm. It was at this moment he sent two members of his crew to further investigate the unknown vessel.
What these two men would soon come to find out, would capture a spark of imagination across the world. The ship was The Mary Celeste. Oh and the captain and passengers? There were none to be found.
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1 RecommendationsIn 1996 off the shore of a North Carolina beach, a private researching firm discovered wreckage of what appeared to be from an old ship. It was discovered in approximately 28’ of water about one mile off the shoreline. The researchers had no way of knowing that what they had just uncovered would be groundbreaking world news. The ship? The Queen Anne’s Revenge. The Captain? Edward Teach. And just who is Edward Teach you might ask? Well that would be the world famous legendary pirate of the 18th century, Blackbeard.
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But on New Years Eve of 2007, one would wash up and immediately question everything we thought we knew.
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