10/19/2025
🕯️ The Dark Record – Day 49: The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste
On a cold December morning in 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift upon the Atlantic—her sails raggedly set, her hull intact, her cargo untouched. Food and water still lay in her stores, the crew’s clothing neatly folded in their quarters, the logbook closed only days before. Yet not a soul remained aboard.
Captain Benjamin Briggs, his wife, their young daughter, and the seven-man crew had vanished into the sea without a trace, leaving only the eerie silence of an abandoned vessel drifting across endless waves.
No blood, no signs of violence, no storm to blame—just a lifeboat missing, and an emptiness that chilled every sailor who stepped upon her decks. It was as if the ocean itself had swallowed the living whole, leaving behind only a phantom ship—a ghostly reminder that at sea, the line between safety and oblivion can vanish as suddenly as the wind.
Episode 49 of The Dark Record is out now. 🎧
👉 Listen on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/40C6DJqYlOXvIYvKTAGgSI?si=RLwfVG9mT8G9k4SiADkQ8w