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Mysteries of the Sea Vol 2: Ghost Ships & Desert Galleons | Unexplained Maritime Disappearances
🕑 Added 2025-04-30 23:03:50 +0000 UTCThroughout maritime history, ships have been found drifting with crews mysteriously vanished, leaving behind half-eaten meals and personal belongings undisturbed. The Mary Celeste in 1872, the Carroll A. Deering in 1921, and even modern vessels like the Kaz II in 2007 share the same eerie pattern β perfectly seaworthy ships abandoned in an instant.
Some ghost ships reveal more disturbing scenes, like the Ourang Medan, where an entire crew was found dead with faces frozen in terror. Others seemingly travel through time, appearing decades after their disappearance or in impossible locations.
Most fascinating is the legend of a Spanish galleon found deep in the Mojave Desert, miles from any ocean. These maritime mysteries span centuries and oceans, reminding us that despite our technology, some things remain beyond human understanding.
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Vikki Fairchild
This one was really great. π it felt more like the older vids. Glad things are getting back on track. ππ great job guys
Cynthia Graham
Interesting as always.
Renee LewisIn
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This is volume two where is volume one???
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Simon Owusu
More like a more-a-more episodes please !
Diana Owens
All your episodes are great. Haven't been here long but have caught up on all shows and listen to compilations on repeat all night. Love it. Have you thought about doing a show on omuamua?
Daniel Nye
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Crazywolf63
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PamS. Divelbiss
I love missing ship stories! There is just soooo much water and seas that the ships can be lost in! I read the book, "The Terror," and was unbelievably amazing!! I had always thought when a ship was caught in the ice, the sailors sat around on boxes waiting to be rescued... But the Captain kept the men busy. Everyday they followed the same routine as if they were afloat in the sea; they cleaned, made repairs, ate meals, and let down their rope and canvas beds each night and slept! They didn't have time to dwell on their terrifying situation!
