00:00That year, the whaling ship Hope sailed through the Drake Channel in Antarctica.
00:06The crew members noticed a ship among icebergs.
00:10It was the schooner Jenny.
00:12It was floating slowly in the dark, with no signs of life.
00:16The captain of the Hope, Mr. Brighton, gave the order to approach the mysterious vessel.
00:21They thought it was some creepy ghost ship, but as they came closer, they noticed crew
00:27members on the deck!
00:29The sailors of the Hope called out to them, but received no answer.
00:34This time, it became clear that something terrible had happened to the Jenny.
00:39When Brighton boarded, he realized that the Jenny crew members weren't missing.
00:44They were here!
00:46Frozen people stood like statues.
00:49Brighton went down to the lower deck and found the captain.
00:53He was sitting frozen at the table, holding a pen.
00:58When Brighton looked at the logbook, the last record was made on May 4th, 1823.
01:04The captain wrote that he was the only living member of the crew.
01:09They spent 71 days without food.
01:12It seemed that the ship got lost in the sea because its captain went off course, or sailed
01:18into an iceberg, but no one knew for sure.
01:21After that, nobody ever saw the Jenny again.
01:26According to rumors, the crew of the Hope abandoned the frozen ship and left it to drift
01:31in the cold waters.
01:34According to other rumors, this whole story is fiction.
01:38The story of the Jenny was described in a German magazine in the middle of the 19th
01:42century.
01:43Still, there was no further evidence of the ship's existence.
01:47Already in our time, Cambridge University decided to explore the case of the Jenny.
01:53The researchers discovered that one of the crew members of the Hope, who didn't disclose
01:58his name, told someone the legend of the frozen ship.
02:02Someone shared the story with another guy, and it was published in a German magazine
02:07called Globus.
02:09And that's all.
02:10There was no other evidence.
02:13One of the most famous ghost ships was the Mary Celeste, and there's no doubt about its
02:19existence.
02:20The history of this vessel was documented in court.
02:24People wrote about it in newspapers.
02:26But the most exciting thing is that the ship continued to be used even after 10 people
02:31disappeared from its deck.
02:34The history of the Mary Celeste began in Canada in 1861.
02:40When it was first built, the ship was called the Amazon.
02:43It changed captains several times, and it also hit some rocks.
02:48The boat was sold, bought, then sold again, repaired, and sailed under the name Mary
02:54Celeste.
02:56In 1872, it had a new captain, Benjamin Briggs.
03:01He was a decent, brave man with a lot of experience in navigation.
03:06He had a beloved wife, a daughter, and a son.
03:10When he went on his last voyage, he took his wife and daughter with him, and his son stayed
03:15in America.
03:17In November of 1872, the Mary Celeste sailed from the port to New York with 10 people on
03:23board and disappeared.
03:26Eight days later, another ship, the Dei Gratia, also left New York and followed the same route.
03:33Dei Gratia's captain, David Morehouse, noticed the Mary Celeste and immediately realized
03:39something was wrong.
03:40The ship was moving too freely, as if no one was controlling it.
03:45The captain tried to contact the crew members, but no one answered him.
03:49Then, together with other sailors, he climbed aboard the Mary Celeste.
03:55The ship was in good condition.
03:57There was no damage.
03:59The hold was slightly filled with water, but it could be easily pumped out.
04:04Everything seemed fine, but one lifeboat was missing.
04:09The crew members' valuables were in their cabins.
04:12The cargo was in the hold.
04:14The supplies of water and food were untouched.
04:17Judging by the records in the logbook, the ship was caught in a storm, but it was not
04:22too strong.
04:23Other ships also sailed through this storm, but nothing bad happened to them.
04:28The last record was dated November 25th, and it claimed that everything was fine.
04:35The sails of the Mary Celeste were slightly damaged, but perhaps it happened after the
04:40crew had disappeared.
04:42The whole ship was in excellent condition, but what made the people leave it?
04:47Part of the crew of the Dei Gratia stayed on board the Mary Celeste to bring it to dry
04:52land.
04:54Everything went well.
04:55They delivered the ship to the closest port.
04:58Next, the captain of the Dei Gratia appeared before the court and told about what had happened.
05:04However, the prosecutor and the judge didn't want to believe in the story of the Mary Celeste.
05:10They were sure the captain got rid of the ship's crew to get money for its cargo.
05:15According to the maritime laws of that time, if you found a ghost ship with valuable cargo,
05:22then a substantial part of this cargo belonged to you.
05:25So, many people thought that David Morehouse decided to earn some money.
05:31This version seemed to be more valid than the one about the mysterious disappearance
05:36of ten people.
05:37Fortunately, no one accused the captain of committing a crime.
05:41They thanked him for his service and gave him a monetary reward.
05:45However, his reputation was damaged, which greatly affected his career, as many believed
05:51he attacked the crew of the Mary Celeste.
05:55But even after this terrible case, trial, and investigation, the story was not over.
06:02The Mary Celeste was still an expensive and efficient vessel.
06:06It sailed several times, but then, one captain crashed it into the reefs to get insurance.
06:13The court revealed this deception and accused the captain of intentional property damage.
06:20The story of the Mary Celeste became famous all over the world.
06:24People began to build their theories, realistic and not.
06:29Someone believed the ship had sailed through the Bermuda Triangle.
06:33This version was quickly refuted, as the route of the Mary Celeste passed thousands of miles
06:39away from the Bermuda region.
06:42Did the Kraken or another giant monster attack the ship?
06:46Nope.
06:47Since the boat was found in almost perfect condition, there were no signs of a struggle.
06:52One of the most popular versions was that the crew of the Mary Celeste stole some valuable
06:57cargo and sailed to Spain on the rescue boat.
07:01However, those who knew Captain Benjamin Briggs said he was a good, honest man.
07:07Besides, he had a son in New York, and Briggs would never leave him.
07:13A more thorough investigation revealed that a series of accidental circumstances could
07:18have caused the disappearance of the ship's crew.
07:22Before its last voyage, the vessel delivered coal.
07:25Perhaps the pump intended for pumping water got clogged with coal after that, and when
07:30the ship got into a storm, the hold filled with water and the pump broke.
07:36The captain couldn't understand the amount of water because numerous barrels in the cargo
07:41hold blocked the view.
07:44Benjamin Briggs assumed it was dangerous to stay on the ship during a storm, so he evacuated
07:49with the passengers on a lifeboat.
07:52Perhaps they were close to land and decided to sail there, but the storm intensified and
07:57overturned the boat.
08:00Also, one record in the log journal said that the chronometer was faulty.
08:05It was a device that helped to determine your location at sea using longitude.
08:10Briggs got lost and didn't know which way to sail.
08:14The storm was strong, and he couldn't determine whether the ship would sink.
08:19Perhaps Briggs decided to leave the ship in a rescue boat when he saw the coast of the
08:23Azores.
08:25The uniqueness of this ghost ship case is that, unlike many others, you can investigate
08:30it yourself.
08:31There's a lot of information about the Mary Celeste on the internet.
08:35There are documentaries and research articles.
08:39Perhaps you'll be able to notice something that others haven't seen, and solve the
08:43mystery of the disappearance of ten people.
08:47That's it for today!
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