Episode 24: The Mary Celeste
Episode 24: The Mary Celeste
The sea is full of mysteries
We’ve all heard about the well known fact that we know less about our oceans than we do about outer space.
Most mysteries at sea can be debunked to superstition and folklore, but there are some stories that remain a enigma, puzzling the brightest of minds.
In episode 19 we talked about the Bermuda Triangle, and while it is still an odd cluster of tragic events, we can look at the science behind it and understand that the phenomena surrounding that area might not actually be so confounding.
Other mysteries include tales of underwater crop circles, disappearing submarines, and the controversial Yonaguni Monument, something we will talk about in episodes to come.
My favorite sea mysteries though, are the ones of lost ships.
Maybe that’s a bit odd coming from a sailing background, but the tales of ghost ships have always fascinated me.
On the 14th of December in 1872 the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette reported that The Mary Celeste, a ship bound from New York for Genoa carrying a cargo of alcohol was found derelict at sea.
The gazette reported three men of the ship dei Gratia brought her in to shore after finding her near the Azores.
Further details appeared in the same paper two days later, when the paper reported The Mary Celeste brigantine was in the possession of the Admiralty Court.
SHOW NOTES:
00 Mysteries at Sea
1:15 The Building of the Flor de La Mar
3:45 The Flor De la Mar’s Lost Treasure
7:06 The Mary Celeste is Discovered off of the Azores
8:04 The reports go wild
10:02 The Inquiry of the Mary Celeste
12:30 Theories on the Mary Celeste
14:30 The Mary Celeste’s Final Voyage
