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370 - The Mary Celeste (with Nick Mason)

Ep. 370

Our second most voted for topic for Block 2022 is the mysterious story of the Mary Celeste; a ship found abandoned in the middle of nowhere.


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 10:16 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

 

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://museumhack.com/mary-celeste/#easy-footnote-bottom-10-14127

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EPR4Ux-U6k

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/curiv_rubidoux_ver01/data/sn85042462/00175035898/1910103001/1391.pdf

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/may/solved-mystery-mary-celeste

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