Calibeliever Posted December 5, 2013 #26 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Or, they stopped at an island and improperly anchored/moored the ship and it floated away on them, leaving them stranded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted December 5, 2013 #27 Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) Brian Dunning did a episode on the Mary Celeste a couple of years ago. Podcast and transcript available at the linke: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4289 I lean towards the alcohol theory myself. The information about the 9 empty barrels and the fact that they were the wrong types of barrels for carrying liquids is pretty significant. Edited December 5, 2013 by Rafterman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted December 7, 2013 #28 Share Posted December 7, 2013 It was the Daleks who did it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted December 11, 2013 #29 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Ok. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle really messed up with this. His account is as real as Sherlock Holmes. Fiction based on fact. Here are some facts which I forget the source, sorry. Some barrels had popped. The captain was a teetotaller. So they panicked and got into a lifeboat. There was an axe mark where the rope was cut to the life boat on the gunwale, big mistake but he had never transported alcohol before. The ship sailed faster than they could row. No mystery, just a boof head captain, of which there are dozens in history such as the captains of the Batavia, Costa Concordia, Titanic Etc Etc. Edited December 11, 2013 by Chooky88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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