Mary Celeste

Mary Celeste (/səˈlɛst/; often erroneously referred to as Marie Celeste) was a Canadian-built, American-registered merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. The Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia found her in a dishevelled but seaworthy condition under partial sail and with her lifeboat missing. The last entry in her log was dated ten days earlier. She had left New York City for Genoa on November 7 and was still amply provisioned when found. Her cargo of alcohol was intact, and the captain's and crew's personal belongings were undisturbed. None of those who had been on board were ever seen or heard from again.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Eighteen seventy two is the year we're heading back to
for this. Well that happened. The English boat named the
Mary Celeste Oh Yes, eighteen seventy two found deserted in
the Atlantic Sea. Nobody was on board, was as populated
as the ASDA refunds counter. They left the port of
New York on the seventh of November and it was

(00:20):
spotted by one more boat on December fourth, but everybody
and everything had evaporated. There just wasn't a sign of
a single soul, just a boat floating in the middle
of nowhere with its for eight and group supplies absolutely unblemished.
The stocks were still there, sir, ready to be plundered.
The secret regarding will actually befell the crew has never

(00:41):
actually been addressed or uncovered, and nobody can work out
exactly what happened. Was it an insurance job, in which case,
why didn't they take the stuff? Seems a bit anyway.
Different speculations have been proposed going on, from a privateer
assault to a water spout. There's damn water spouts. They
should be made illegal. Our draft legislation is very Some

(01:04):
think that the team terrified and deserted the boat after
feeling the dread towards a fire, whilst others postulate and
perhaps there was an otherworldly explanation aliens, but nobody actually
knows the reason. The strange vanishing of the crew of
the Marciless has been an entertaining wellspring of interest for
nearly two hundred years, and it'll continue to be so

(01:28):
because nobody knows what's happened. I saw a documentary with
it once. They made this big fuss about somebody not
finishing their porridge. I've got to be honest. I sample
porridge and the reason why somebody would leave three quarters
of a bowl of it is no mystery