Coast Files

By Coast Files

Welcome to Coast Files! A podcast where three best friends dive deep into the mysteries of the sea, unravel oceanic secrets, and delve into true crime stories lurking beneath the waves. Let's dive in!... more

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The podcast currently has 122 episodes available.

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June 24, 2026 LOST & FOUND: The Vasa Ship
In this episode, Lindsay takes into the fascinating and ridiculously tragic history of the Swedish warship Vasa. Intended to be the crown jewel of King Gustav II Adolphus’s 17th-century navy, the ship instead achieved legendary status for a completely different reason: sinking almost immediately on its maiden voyage. Listen this week to learn what went wrong with the most prized ship of its time.
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56min
June 17, 2026 UFO: The Falcon Lake Incident
What began as a routine prospecting trip for amateur geologist Stefan Michalak quickly spiraled into chaos after a face-to-face encounter with a mysterious craft in the Manitoba woods in 1967.

Afterwards, Stefan was left to deal with unexplainable, reoccurring health issues and a sudden media circus that completely upended his life.

Tune in this week as Chantel takes us on a wild ride through one of the most thoroughly documented and investigated UFO sightings in North American history and decide for yourself - was this a Hoax - or did Stefan truly encounter the unknown.

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55min
June 10, 2026 UNSOLVED MYSTERY: The Boys on the Tracks
In this episode, Meg takes us back to early summer 1970 to investigate the heartbreaking and deeply unsettling case of three young friends from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. When the boys set off on a secret hitchhiking trip, it would end in tragedy and leave questions that are still unanswered to this day.
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52min
June 03, 2026 TRUE CRIME: Murder aboard the Herbert Fuller
All aboard for a shocking voyage into the past as we unpack the 1896 maritime murder mystery of the Herbert Fuller. What began as a standard trading journey quickly morphed into a brutal triple homicide on the high seas, leaving a terrified crew isolated with a killer and a heavily contaminated crime scene. Join us as we theorize what really happened, the aftermath, and how this case changed the law forever.
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1h 15min
May 27, 2026 LOST & Found: Sunken Treasure
Three stories, three centuries, and fortunes lost to the sea.

Lindsay dives into San José, the legendary 17th-century Spanish galleon whose discovery sparked a modern treasure war. Meg explores Jeff MacKinnon’s Death Coast shipwreck finds, where Atlantic waters still give up long-buried secrets. And Chantel uncovers the legend of Captain “Black Sam” Bellamy—the pirate whose lost fortune still lures treasure hunters today.

Gold, ghosts, and mysteries from the deep—what’s lost beneath the waves never stays buried for long.
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1h 3min
May 20, 2026 DEADLY DIVES: Sterkfontein Caves Tragedy
Come with us this week as we explore South Africa’s world-renowned Sterkfontein Cave. This cave is an anthropological goldmine, famous for redefining our understanding of human evolution. But, beneath the famous fossil beds lies a flooded labyrinth that became a survival nightmare for Pieter Verhulsel in 1984. Dive in with us as we discuss evolutionary breakthroughs and tragic endings that changed rescue protocols forever.
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52min
May 13, 2026 OCEAN MYSTERY: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Far out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, lies something so massive that it dwarfs entire countries — yet most people sailing through it would never even realize it’s there. In this episode of Coast Files, we uncover the disturbing truth behind the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a swirling graveyard of plastic, ghost nets, and microscopic pollution that is silently invading marine life… and eventually, us.
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46min
May 06, 2026 HISTORY: Dark Stories from the Tower of London
This week on Coast Files, Lindsay takes us along the River Thames, passing through the infamous Traitors’ Gate and into the dark history of the Tower of London. From a doomed young queen to a defiant martyr and a conspirator behind a foiled plot, their stories are as tragic as they are chilling. Some were wrongly accused, others undeniably guilty; but they all shared the same fate… once they entered, they never came back.
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1h 9min
April 29, 2026 CREEPY LAKE: Lake Simcoe Cryptids and UFOs
This week, Chantel takes us to Lake Simcoe - a seemingly peaceful lake, but with a seriously eerie reputation. From sightings of a mysterious cryptid known as “Igopogo” to waves of unexplained UFO activity, this episode dives into the strange, the unsettling, and the downright bizarre.

Lake Simcoe might be one of Canada’s most underrated hotspots for the unexplained.

But is something lurking beneath the surface… or above it?
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58min
April 22, 2026 Group Episode: Newly Found Shipwrecks
This week on Coast Files, we’re diving into newly discovered shipwrecks that prove the past is still being uncovered. From a “ghost ship” found after nearly 140 years, to a vessel plagued by disaster, to a warship whose missing piece was only just located—these stories reveal how the ocean is still giving up its secrets.
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59min

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