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May 19, 2025 85 mins
Long before the skyscrapers and shipping lanes, the Delaware River carried something else—a ghost story whispered across centuries.For generations, sailors, fishermen, and riverfront families have spoken of a phantom vessel drifting silently through the mists—its sails tattered, its deck empty, and its arrival a grim omen. Wherever it was seen, sickness followed. Death lingered. And no one who tried to reach it ever returned with answers.


In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian sails into the chilling legend of the Death Ship of the Delaware, a story that straddles folklore, maritime mystery, and historical plague. Was it a cursed colonial vessel? A mass grave adrift? Or simply a story built by fear and fog?

What we do know: the sightings were real.

The consequences were deadly. And the river still runs deep with secrets.

Because not every ship sails toward the future.

Some drift endlessly in the wake of the dead.
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