The ghost ship Jenny is one of those eerie sea tales that gives you chills. In 1840, a whaling ship discovered Jenny frozen solid in the Drake Passage, near Antarctica. The crew was found perfectly preserved, still frozen in their last moments, with the captain’s log detailing their desperate struggle against the cold. They had been trapped in ice since 1823, drifting for 17 years. To this day, the story of Jenny serves as a haunting reminder of the ocean's unforgiving nature.
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00:00That year, the whaling ship Hope sailed through the Drake Channel in Antarctica.
00:06The crew members noticed a ship among icebergs.
00:10It was the schooner Jenny.
00:12It was floating slowly in the dark, with no signs of life.
00:16The captain of the Hope, Mr. Brighton, gave the order to approach the mysterious vessel.
00:21They thought it was some creepy ghost ship, but as they came closer, they noticed crew
00:27members on the deck!
00:29The sailors of the Hope called out to them, but received no answer.
00:34This time, it became clear that something terrible had happened to the Jenny.
00:39When Brighton boarded, he realized that the Jenny crew members weren't missing.
00:44They were here!
00:46Frozen people stood like statues.
00:49Brighton went down to the lower deck and found the captain.
00:53He was sitting frozen at the table, holding a pen.
00:58When Brighton looked at the logbook, the last record was made on May 4th, 1823.
01:04The captain wrote that he was the only living member of the crew.
01:09They spent 71 days without food.
01:12It seemed that the ship got lost in the sea because its captain went off course, or sailed
01:18into an iceberg, but no one knew for sure.
01:21After that, nobody ever saw the Jenny again.
01:26According to rumors, the crew of the Hope abandoned the frozen ship and left it to drift
01:31in the cold waters.
01:34According to other rumors, this whole story is fiction.
01:38The story of the Jenny was described in a German magazine in the middle of the 19th
01:42century.
01:43Still, there was no further evidence of the ship's existence.
01:47Already in our time, Cambridge University decided to explore the case of the Jenny.
01:53The researchers discovered that one of the crew members of the Hope, who didn't disclose
01:58his name, told someone the legend of the frozen ship.
02:02Someone shared the story with another guy, and it was published in a German magazine
02:07called Globus.
02:09And that's all.
02:10There was no other evidence.
02:13One of the most famous ghost ships was the Mary Celeste, and there's no doubt about its
02:19existence.
02:20The history of this vessel was documented in court.
02:24People wrote about it in newspapers.
02:26But the most exciting thing is that the ship continued to be used even after 10 people
02:31disappeared from its deck.
02:34The history of the Mary Celeste began in Canada in 1861.
02:40When it was first built, the ship was called the Amazon.
02:43It changed captains several times, and it also hit some rocks.
02:48The boat was sold, bought, then sold again, repaired, and sailed under the name Mary
02:54Celeste.
02:56In 1872, it had a new captain, Benjamin Briggs.
03:01He was a decent, brave man with a lot of experience in navigation.
03:06He had a beloved wife, a daughter, and a son.
03:10When he went on his last voyage, he took his wife and daughter with him, and his son stayed
03:15in America.
03:17In November of 1872, the Mary Celeste sailed from the port to New York with 10 people on
03:23board and disappeared.
03:26Eight days later, another ship, the Dei Gratia, also left New York and followed the same route.
03:33Dei Gratia's captain, David Morehouse, noticed the Mary Celeste and immediately realized
03:39something was wrong.
03:40The ship was moving too freely, as if no one was controlling it.
03:45The captain tried to contact the crew members, but no one answered him.
03:49Then, together with other sailors, he climbed aboard the Mary Celeste.
03:55The ship was in good condition.
03:57There was no damage.
03:59The hold was slightly filled with water, but it could be easily pumped out.
04:04Everything seemed fine, but one lifeboat was missing.
04:09The crew members' valuables were in their cabins.
04:12The cargo was in the hold.
04:14The supplies of water and food were untouched.
04:17Judging by the records in the logbook, the ship was caught in a storm, but it was not
04:22too strong.
04:23Other ships also sailed through this storm, but nothing bad happened to them.
04:28The last record was dated November 25th, and it claimed that everything was fine.
04:35The sails of the Mary Celeste were slightly damaged, but perhaps it happened after the
04:40crew had disappeared.
04:42The whole ship was in excellent condition, but what made the people leave it?
04:47Part of the crew of the Dei Gratia stayed on board the Mary Celeste to bring it to dry
04:52land.
04:54Everything went well.
04:55They delivered the ship to the closest port.
04:58Next, the captain of the Dei Gratia appeared before the court and told about what had happened.
05:04However, the prosecutor and the judge didn't want to believe in the story of the Mary Celeste.
05:10They were sure the captain got rid of the ship's crew to get money for its cargo.
05:15According to the maritime laws of that time, if you found a ghost ship with valuable cargo,
05:22then a substantial part of this cargo belonged to you.
05:25So, many people thought that David Morehouse decided to earn some money.
05:31This version seemed to be more valid than the one about the mysterious disappearance
05:36of ten people.
05:37Fortunately, no one accused the captain of committing a crime.
05:41They thanked him for his service and gave him a monetary reward.
05:45However, his reputation was damaged, which greatly affected his career, as many believed
05:51he attacked the crew of the Mary Celeste.
05:55But even after this terrible case, trial, and investigation, the story was not over.
06:02The Mary Celeste was still an expensive and efficient vessel.
06:06It sailed several times, but then, one captain crashed it into the reefs to get insurance.
06:13The court revealed this deception and accused the captain of intentional property damage.
06:20The story of the Mary Celeste became famous all over the world.
06:24People began to build their theories, realistic and not.
06:29Someone believed the ship had sailed through the Bermuda Triangle.
06:33This version was quickly refuted, as the route of the Mary Celeste passed thousands of miles
06:39away from the Bermuda region.
06:42Did the Kraken or another giant monster attack the ship?
06:46Nope.
06:47Since the boat was found in almost perfect condition, there were no signs of a struggle.
06:52One of the most popular versions was that the crew of the Mary Celeste stole some valuable
06:57cargo and sailed to Spain on the rescue boat.
07:01However, those who knew Captain Benjamin Briggs said he was a good, honest man.
07:07Besides, he had a son in New York, and Briggs would never leave him.
07:13A more thorough investigation revealed that a series of accidental circumstances could
07:18have caused the disappearance of the ship's crew.
07:22Before its last voyage, the vessel delivered coal.
07:25Perhaps the pump intended for pumping water got clogged with coal after that, and when
07:30the ship got into a storm, the hold filled with water and the pump broke.
07:36The captain couldn't understand the amount of water because numerous barrels in the cargo
07:41hold blocked the view.
07:44Benjamin Briggs assumed it was dangerous to stay on the ship during a storm, so he evacuated
07:49with the passengers on a lifeboat.
07:52Perhaps they were close to land and decided to sail there, but the storm intensified and
07:57overturned the boat.
08:00Also, one record in the log journal said that the chronometer was faulty.
08:05It was a device that helped to determine your location at sea using longitude.
08:10Briggs got lost and didn't know which way to sail.
08:14The storm was strong, and he couldn't determine whether the ship would sink.
08:19Perhaps Briggs decided to leave the ship in a rescue boat when he saw the coast of the
08:23Azores.
08:25The uniqueness of this ghost ship case is that, unlike many others, you can investigate
08:30it yourself.
08:31There's a lot of information about the Mary Celeste on the internet.
08:35There are documentaries and research articles.
08:39Perhaps you'll be able to notice something that others haven't seen, and solve the
08:43mystery of the disappearance of ten people.
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