True Unexplained Stories of Ghost Ships
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The ocean is wide and mysterious, and for hundreds of years, sailors, explorers, and merchants have disappeared beneath the waves or met mysterious ends on their ships. These tales have been passed down and become part of seafaring folklore and superstition. But they all have wild back stories that boggle the mind to this day.
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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://youtu.be/T-wQmE3jY4c?si=EhfbJkmDnmszUb4W
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Flying-Dutchman
https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Flying_Dutchman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman#Adaptations
https://youtu.be/KpQB-lirq7A?si=fpZqTSj0lAhjMs2H
https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/ghost-ships-famous-stories-list/
https://archive.org/details/dontshootalbatro0000eyer/page/70/mode/2up?q=Fokke
https://archive.org/details/sim_blackwoods-magazine_1821-05_9_50/mode/2up
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/red-sunrise-jacob-w/a/flying-dutchman-myth
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00253359.2025.2578096
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtCgZmdzWNE
https://archive.org/stream/cruiseofhermajes01albeuoft/cruiseofhermajes01albeuoft_djvu.txt
https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/trouble-prince-eddy-albert-victor-lost-king-brother-george-v-jack-ripper/
https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/el-caleuche-the-mythical-ghost-ship-haunting-chilean-seas/
https://www.gochile.cl/en/articles/6-myths-and-legends-of-chiloe-southern-chile.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilote_mythology
http://www.historydefined.net/ghost-ship-octavius/
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/in-search-of-the-origin-of-an-antarctic-ghost-ship-the-legend-of-the-jenny-reevaluated/2D88EE4809DBEB54676E3904A48C3A78
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1fn5msf/eli5_how_did_ships_keep_warm/
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014742/1828-12-18/ed-1/seq-4/ocr/
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/756
https://bermudatrianglecentral.blogspot.com/2013/11/ourang-medan.html
https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/ghost-ship-legends-the-mysterious-fate-of-the-ss-ourang-medan-ghost-ship-1940/
https://skittishlibrary.co.uk/the-myth-of-the-ourang-medan-ghost-ship-1940/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3zgzv3/pretty_sure_ive_solved_the_mystery_of_the_ss_ourang_medan/
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx?phsid=254&toxid=47
https://tragedies-of-the-sea.blogspot.com/2024/08/silvio-scherli.html
https://archive.org/details/Piccolo_1933-02-05/page/n1/mode/2up?q=%22silvio+Scherl%22
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/09/australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-04-21/abandoned-yacht-towed-to-townsville/2528348
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/ao21an/the_kaz_ii_mystery_three_men_went_missing/
https://youtu.be/QxBnaMGP2aY?si=kulRa1Ee6CtBLsFC&t=32
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/baychimo
https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/franklin-expedition-canadian-artic-1845/
https://www.hakluyt.com/downloadable_files/Journal/Rondeau_Franklin.pdf
https://maritimearchaeologytrust.org/6829-viiyrz/
https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-18823
https://explorersweb.com/exploration-mysteries-baychimo-ghost-ship/
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/12/ss-baychimo-unsinkable-ghost-ship.html
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ghost-ship-fj-king-found-lake-michigan-baileys-harbor-wisconsin-underwater-archeology-association-says/17860463/
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
2:21 – Supernatural Tales
7:54 – Legends
15:38 – Documented History
23:02 – Sponsor – Nebula

@uniqueone2731
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
So I have to ask… Why was Clark Kent sitting in a chair at your house. ? ? ?
@joelatchison7651
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
The readingd from the log sounds very similar to sad cat diaries
@lucasallerman7742
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
My mom met my dad at long John silvers in Carson City Nevada they worked together and that’s how I came into existence that’s all I guess viva la long John silvers
@AustinLEN
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Going to Captain D's feels like a fever dream now
@silentfourever
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
They dont serve LJS with crunching anymore?! That was the staple of that brand.
@RobertStewart-i3m
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Why is it that nobody can keep their ghost ship afloat? Sorry I had alot of sugar for breakfast
@CeciCaballero
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
The way you say Caleuche is very funny
@jc5445
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
We had about 14 Jenny's and Lieutenant Dan decided to invest our shrimpin money in a fruit company.
@Coconutpyro-s4x
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
I thought it was "goldship"
@rockfieldlangley1955
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Captain Bernard didn't give a fokke
@Unbound_Selrahc
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
The statement of “no ship has been lost there since gps happened” in regards to the Bermuda Triangle is just false and misleading. There have been many disappearances, but the number has dropped dramatically since gps and satellite tracking, etc etc.
However, even with all those modern implementations, all manner of craft can have issues in the triangle and its rarely coincides with weather or whatnot like a lot of the older stories about the location.
@Arc115YT
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Calling your ship the "Terror" or the "Erebus" is just asking for trouble lmao
Erebus in particular; in Greek mythology, Erebus is the personification of darkness. It is also the name of the first area of the underworld that the dead must pass through after dying.
@aaronbriggs1296
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
2:25 .."THE BLACK PEARL!"
@johnscanlon2598
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
the crew of the octavious could have used seal and whale oil to stay warm , if they had the means to get them which i’m sure they would have , edit , a human body would burn a long time as well ,
@Elcore
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
19:58 This explains why when Donnie smashes the big "Diet Coke Now" button on his desk, a perfectly chilled can of Diet Coke materialises from the ether in front of him, humming calmly until the one who wishes to pay with his soul grasps it with his tiny fingers.
My ghost ship desk is from a weak Filipino oil tanker that split in half due to corruption. I can make it conjure half a cursed pot noodle on a good day bro. Its mana is f*cking weak compared to that ice prison Victorian sh*t, homes.
@omnimover
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
I also would like some Chicken Planks with extra Crispies
@lizabee484
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
0:52 THEY TOOK AWAY THE CRUNCHIES????? Those private equity monsters. Can we have NOTHING of comfort in this late stage capitalist hellscape?!?
@Dukefazon
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Have you heard of The Flying Welshman?
North west passage? Twin Peaks?
@kereenaEm
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
In my Estonian heritage, there’s the legend of the White Ship (Valge Laev). This mystical vessel supposedly appears to those in despair, promising a journey to a better world. Many who seek it never return, yet the tale endures as a symbol of hope, escape, and the yearning for something beyond the ordinary.
@markrook6085
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
The Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos, carrying a large cargo of beeswax from Manila to Acapulco was blown off course by a storm in 1693 and wrecked along the northern Oregon coast near Manzanita. It was missing for over 300 years before chunks of beeswax, porcelain, and other items found washed up on the beach confirmed it’s identity, in 2022.
@Lightsaglowllc
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
The Baychimo is such a creepy story.
@lizahasbeenhere.836
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
4:22 😂😂😂😂😂 love your humour. Relayed that like four times. I'm going back for again.
@deborahpotgieter7774
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Watch the series called “the terror” about the Franklin expedition. It’s part history, part fantasy, but it is incredible.
@tahajiyeedwards1444
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Just found out where the singer "Caliuchi" got her name…. interesting
@Cotif11
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Nice work on using multiple AI images. Trash.
@takeyourpick4855
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
Canadian here with maritimer heritage!
I always go to visit a monument dedicated to the Caroline – a ship that was found beached in Baxter's harbour, Nova Scotia with 5 frozen bodies on board in the early 1800s. It was a ship that lead a life of misfortune. My family has a house nearby, from which we hike along the shore to read the monument at least once with every visit. I have always wondered what it was about the ship that made it so unlucky, as well as what befell the people on that tragic voyage that lead to such a tragedy.
Unfortunately, it was a small ship and not very famous, so there's not a lot more to the story, but it's personal to me and my family, and it will always be my favorite ghost ship.
@RevPirateDan
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
There was a book about the expedition of The Erebus and The Terror.
It is a very rare combination of fact and fiction.
On the one hand, it is very much based on the actual expedition.The characters — not just the officers, but all of them — bore the same names as the actual crew complement. And where facts were available from their earlier lives, they were in the book, including noting that Lieutenant Graham Gore of the Erebus has previously sailed on the HMS Beagle. Yes, with Charles Darwin.
On the other hand, in the books, the crew are stalked and many killed by a giant polar bear spirit / demon. Which evidence suggests did NOT happen.
Back on the first hand, everything but the supernatural stuff was excruciatingly well-researched (I've never read a fiction book with an acknowledgments at the end that included what was essentially a page-long bibliography. In the book, the canned emergency rations were largely contaminated with botulism. We don't know if that's true, but the company that we know supplied those cans IRL was accused (and, I think, convicted) of providing multiple other expeditions (who lived and returned with the proof) with contaminated cans.
And, in fact, though the book was written in 2007, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror were eventually FOUND in 2014 and 2016 respectively, pretty close to where author Dan Simmons had them, in the book, abandoned to be crushed by the ice and swallowed in Wilmot and Crampton Bay and Terror Bay. (You can guess which shipwreck is where, it's not a trick.)
Not normally the kind of book I read, but I really enjoyed it and, if the above sounds at all interesting to you, I recommend it. (Honestly, in a book where I'd expect the supernatural part to be the most interesting to me, it was largely the least interesting to me, much to my surprise.)
@ivoryas1696
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
4:20
Oh, so that's who that other voice is! 😂😂
@ivoryas1696
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
0:50
You were supposed to Cracker Barrel them out of doing this while the changes were hot, Joe! 😅
@shelby8101
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
I read The Terror over the course of a week sitting on a beach in St. Lucia. It was so odd to be reading about these freezing temperatures while sitting by the ocean on sunny days. I always associate The Terror with my awesome trip 😂
@jacobjones8731
October 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
DO A VID ON THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION!!