Is that the Flying Dutchman on the horizon, waiting to doom me to Davy Jones’ locker?! Or do my eyes deceive me!? This week Emma fills us in on the history and physics of the Curse of the Flying Dutchman and her captain. Will he drag you to your doom? Fool you with a trick of the light? Or has he lured in a lady love with taffy after all? Though both hosts would prefer a chocolate covered marshmallow holiday treat, we wish the captain and his lady the best. Tune in for some great pirate sounds and yo-ho-mo!

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Sources: 

The Mother Source on the Dutch East India Company (VOC), The Flying Dutchman legend, Wagner’s Opera, and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Dutch East India Company Trade Network in the 18th Century

Flying Dutchman by Albert Pinkham Ryder at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 

Occult World

Ancient Origins

All That’s Interesting

Fata Morgana from Wired

Grunge

The World’s Most Famous Ghost Ship is an Enduring Symbol of Empire from Atlas Obscura

Sailing Superstitions