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S2 E2 The Mystery of the Mary Celeste


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History’s most famous ghost ship or a whole load of methylated spirits?

In 1872, the US merchant vessel Mary Celeste was found adrift off the Azores with no one onboard. The fate of the crew remains unknown, but theories abound. Come aboard the world’s most lethal transatlantic booze cruise and meet the comically named Benjamin Spooner Briggs, Frederick Solly-Flood, J. Habakuk Jephson and Abel Fosdyk as we recount the events and attempt to get to the bottom of this maritime mystery. Warning: contains irrelevant poultry.

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