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Has The Greatest Mystery of the Sea Finally Been SOLVED? The Mary Celeste and the Missing Crew

The Mystorian

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On Decemeber 5, 1872, a Canadian Brigantine known as The Mary Celeste was found abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with all of it crew's personal belongings and cargo still onboard. There was no sign of damage, fire or violence and the Mary Celeste was still seaworthy enough to be sailed into port over 1000km away.

For over a century, there has been no explanation for why the crew seemed to abandon ship in such a hurry, despite there being nothing wrong the Mary Celeste - until now (sort of)

A scientist at UCL built a replica of the ship, and demonstrated how the cargo the Mary Celeste was carrying could have been the reason the crew were in such a hurry to get off the ship.

#unsolvedmystery #maritimemysteries #maryceleste #truestory #historicalmysteries #disappearance

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Information Sources:

Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mary...

Mary Celeste Solved? By UCL
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/may/s...

History.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ce...

Daily Nautica – Mary Celeste Theories
https://dailynautica.com/en/features/...

The Clue Collective – Mary Celeste Theories
https://www.thecluecollective.com/sin...

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ce...

Waterspout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterspout

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20 Comments

@npflaum 8 months ago

Came for the Mary Celeste, stayed for the cousin-wife and cruise ship rants.

@jovenc4508 8 months ago

You forgot the possibility of alien pirates.

@GlooomyTea 8 months ago

I appreciate this channel's mix of healthy skepticism, snark, humor, and solid research.

@DefinatelyNotAI 8 months ago

I have a sea monster. She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her. She goes to another school. For sea monsters.

@alfredvickers4054 8 months ago

"Mary Celeste SOLVED???"

It's been solved since the early '60s, dude. It was the Daleks.

@katshy8811 8 months ago

This channel is becoming one of my favorites. I've been crocheting and listening for several days.

@clairelsimpson 8 months ago

Great video, as always. Please don't apologize for your accent, it's part of the charm of this channel to hear you speak, I love listening to you talk. And get the damn merch! I want a Mystorian t-shirt that says What in the blue hell...

@Steven_Andreyechen 8 months ago

4:06 See theres your problem, the ship wasn’t certified for time travel.

@steel8231 8 months ago

I remember seeing a theory that the crew evacuated to a lifeboat with the hatches open to let the hull vent, but the lifeboat was tied to the ship. Then while they were letting things air out the lifeboat came loose somehow and never caught back up.

Apparently a meter of water in the hold of this kind of boat was consistent with not getting pumped for about as long as the ship was believed to be abandoned.

@YungAns 8 months ago

Just wanna say how much I absolutely LOVE this channel. please keep uploading, I NEED MORE!!!

@brendanward2991 8 months ago

39:38 - water seeps continuously into wooden ships and has to be pumped out regularly. The three feet of water in the hold represented the nine days of seepage since the vessel had been abandoned.

@greenockscatman 8 months ago

15:05 "A device for measuring the water in the hold" the sigh of relief I breathed

@anitademeny7849 8 months ago

20cm of snow outside and a new Mystorian episode just dropped. Nothing left to do but make tea and have a grand time!

@ravelordnito6655 8 months ago

I'm actually so down for this channel focusing on maritime "mysteries" your insight is great

@deedeeream5921 8 months ago

Was doing something and thought I heard "He was born to sea fairies." Had to rewind and listen again.

@Naivuren 8 months ago

I can't hear captain Briggs' name without getting "the king of limbo" stuck in my head for days, and that may be the true curse

@Ziaberry 8 months ago

8:06 "witnessing" is basically when you tell people about why you're faithful and why it's so great

@LudosErgoSum 7 months ago

I’m pretty sure a multitude of factors conspired: Bad weather, an explosion, panic and a temporary evacuation that somehow ended in disaster because the tow line gave away or snapped. It’s hard to know the details for sure since they weren’t exactly forensic experts any of the people involved with the investigation

@dalishrogue3621 8 months ago

This channel is the only one that has managed to replace unsolved in my life ❤

@buruuberriez 8 months ago

I know this is a really out of left field thing to say, but I really appreciate this channel. Last year one of my favourite creators and a dear friend of mine Legal Vices passed away and he did a lot of maritime content being a maritime lawyer - I'm really enjoying seeing these ship related videos with the wicked humour.