Ghost Ship: The Mary Celeste

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
  • A great example of how legends are born, and how they deform.
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  • @jamesdreads7828
    @jamesdreads7828 2 года назад +119

    glad you've started a channel thats a bit longer format again, love casual criminalist, but sometimes im not in a horrific murder kinda mood

    • @chriswhite1761
      @chriswhite1761 2 года назад +13

      How can you ever not be in a horrific murder mood. What are you, happy or something?
      Weirdo

    • @jamesdreads7828
      @jamesdreads7828 2 года назад +6

      @@chriswhite1761 weed.

    • @chriswhite1761
      @chriswhite1761 2 года назад +3

      @@jamesdreads7828 😆

    • @bobgunter9608
      @bobgunter9608 2 года назад +2

      @@jamesdreads7828 weed and true crime is the last podcast on the left

  • @etmr
    @etmr 2 года назад +761

    Discovering a new Simon channel on RUclips is like unearthing a hidden treasure in your backyard! A mix of unknown (😉) and familiarity all at once

    • @karlbush89
      @karlbush89 2 года назад +17

      You must have found quite a few treasures in your backyard

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 2 года назад +16

      Happy Thursday to me!!!! I love that Simon is getting into True Crime and Mystery. He should just narrare everything, including news and my daily life

    • @chantellburns3070
      @chantellburns3070 2 года назад +2

      Yesssss

    • @a6o932
      @a6o932 2 года назад +3

      Sorry man but the first 3 channels were warrented. Now it's just recycling other people content. This gets a hard pass from me. It's very obvious he's in it for the money.

    • @TheMarionetteKitty
      @TheMarionetteKitty 2 года назад +4

      For me it's equal parts joy and exasperation. I so happy I've found another Simon channel... but I'm also slightly exasperated that I have yet another channel to follow.

  • @StevenLockey
    @StevenLockey 2 года назад +386

    Because Simon thought:
    "What am I missing in my life....
    Occasional sunlight? No,
    Spending some time with his kids? No,
    Spending quality time with the wife? No,
    Letting Danny out the basement? No! Of course not!
    Oh I know, another youtube channel!!!!!"

    • @CatDaddyJeff
      @CatDaddyJeff 2 года назад +27

      And it's an absolute win for us! It always makes my day when I see a new Fact Boy channel! I don't believe in Gods, but if RUclips had one it would be Simon.

    • @annemettefrederiksen7751
      @annemettefrederiksen7751 2 года назад +6

      Because the Gentleman's got his priorities straight and thank you for that..👍😂

    • @paulluce2557
      @paulluce2557 2 года назад +13

      I'm wondering how many channels Simon is away from total control of RUclips ... and then renaming it BeardTube....

    • @hairutheninja
      @hairutheninja 2 года назад +6

      May danny forever remain in simons basement

    • @Itsrainingcatsyall
      @Itsrainingcatsyall 2 года назад +1

      Maybe he does 👀 and he films a months worth of content in a single day

  • @iswordlogici7760
    @iswordlogici7760 2 года назад +200

    Katy is a very good writer and gives off some of the similar vibes of added humor that Callum and Danny provide. Definitely gonna love this channel as much as B.B And the casual criminalist!

    • @michaelelizabethcuaz9142
      @michaelelizabethcuaz9142 2 года назад +2

      Let’s Go!!!
      🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇸

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 2 года назад +2

      Yes I'm definitely enjoying her writing style. Does remind me a bit of Danny and Callum somehow having a lovechild who also writes for Simon, though her own personality definitely shines through enough that it's totally original

  • @ehizellbob6091
    @ehizellbob6091 2 года назад +316

    ah yes Simon talking about ghosts for 45 minutes. This one's gonna be good

    • @FlorianRohrweck
      @FlorianRohrweck 2 года назад +8

      Simon loves ghosts! \o/

    • @pr0xZen
      @pr0xZen 2 года назад +17

      Now if we could only get him to cover the 4 hour story of the ghost ship of the Star Wars of The Rings.

    • @sandraswannell4170
      @sandraswannell4170 2 года назад +3

      @@pr0xZen 😂😂😂💕

    • @theredwhirlwin
      @theredwhirlwin 2 года назад +2

      @@pr0xZen you crack me up!

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 2 года назад +4

      @@FlorianRohrweck Aliens too!

  • @MrThedrachen
    @MrThedrachen 2 года назад +276

    I figured out what makes Simon's casual cold read channels so compelling to me. When he drops in comments it makes him look like he's having a conversation/argument with himself. Lol ♥️

    • @decodingtheunknown2373
      @decodingtheunknown2373  2 года назад +42

      :)

    • @drewlovely2668
      @drewlovely2668 2 года назад +40

      I'm here for the tangents. I love how random they can be.

    • @terryenby2304
      @terryenby2304 2 года назад +15

      It’s the same way my brain works as I’m chatting to myself inside my head…

    • @14gears55
      @14gears55 2 года назад +12

      @@drewlovely2668 Simon has so many tangents that his tangents have tangents. It gets very confusing, though, when you get to the third order tangents

    • @milesduggan4996
      @milesduggan4996 2 года назад +1

      Maybe Briggs had a secret cargo of gold or jewelry
      Then the 2 brothers whose belongings were gone make sense

  • @christinebenson518
    @christinebenson518 2 года назад +67

    Simon: "I have other channels."
    Me: "I always wonder how many people stumble on a Brain Blaze video and click off before the intro is done."
    Granted, I watch all of Simon's channels, but I'm more consistent with Brain Blaze and all that's come since.

    • @faolanblackwolf5231
      @faolanblackwolf5231 2 года назад +3

      Agree, its funny, I do the same thing, only difference is at some point I unsubscribed to his very 1st, Top Tenz, lol

    • @annemusekamp336
      @annemusekamp336 2 года назад +6

      I got into the Whistlerverse via Biographics, I do watch all the channels but am most consistent with Casual Criminalist.

    • @thelab8799
      @thelab8799 2 года назад +1

      Brain Blaze is made for 11 year olds.

    • @blitzofchaosgaming6737
      @blitzofchaosgaming6737 2 года назад +3

      @@thelab8799 I mean you must be right. You are The Awesome Greg Dawson. And we all know people who call themselves awesome are always right... Like Trump.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 2 года назад +2

      Tbh I never really watched much outside of Bio and Geographics till Brain Blaze and now that and Criminalist are my go-to channels. And this one is getting added to that list. Though I definitely still enjoy the former, I'm more dedicated to the new shit.

  • @marqsee7948
    @marqsee7948 2 года назад +17

    in 1965, there was a dramatization called The Chase that aired on the BBC showing that it was the Daleks that scared the crew and passengers into abandoning the ship.

  • @DaniZeros
    @DaniZeros 2 года назад +176

    Simon: "that you are an alcoholic doesn't mean that you can drink poison"
    Iron Mike: "hold my funny tasting whiskey"

    • @decodingtheunknown2373
      @decodingtheunknown2373  2 года назад +49

      Iron Mike. Legend.

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 2 года назад +8

      @@decodingtheunknown2373 If I dare say Mike is a historical mad lad.

    • @cradleofgoth
      @cradleofgoth 2 года назад +7

      @@alexsmith-gn4tp he was Irish if I remember correctly.

    • @Charles_Anthony
      @Charles_Anthony 2 года назад +4

      @@cradleofgoth: Aye, that he was.

    • @ali_b_lush2
      @ali_b_lush2 2 года назад +1

      Exactly what I was thinking. 👍

  • @semaj_5022
    @semaj_5022 2 года назад +28

    I love Jen. He's going on about remembering the picture of a ship at sea being blue, and she's like "yes. Blue. Like the sky and sea."

  • @kyidyl
    @kyidyl 2 года назад +158

    Fun fact: the guy who discovered the wreck of the titanic could have claimed it under maritime law but didn't bc he erroneously thought people would leave it alone out of respect for the dead.

    • @theenzoferrari458
      @theenzoferrari458 2 года назад +1

      What a idiot guy. I'd claim it. Lots of money.

    • @LacieWhy
      @LacieWhy 2 года назад +25

      He should have claimed it just so he could tell ppl to leave it alone.

    • @kyidyl
      @kyidyl 2 года назад +12

      @@LacieWhy yeah, but he had a lot more faith in people than he should have.

    • @kyidyl
      @kyidyl 2 года назад +4

      @@theenzoferrari458 you are the kind of person he would be protecting the ship from if he had claimed it.

    • @theenzoferrari458
      @theenzoferrari458 2 года назад

      @@kyidyl sthu nobody asked you.

  • @LifeofZeke29
    @LifeofZeke29 2 года назад +62

    This was well worth Simon's pirate impression. Ahoy captain whistler

    • @decodingtheunknown2373
      @decodingtheunknown2373  2 года назад +24

      Arrrrr me matey

    • @elamentri
      @elamentri 2 года назад +5

      Lol Captain Whistler actually has a nice ring to it 🤣

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 2 года назад +7

      @@elamentri "The Dread Pirate Whistler"

  • @enigmaxxx3913
    @enigmaxxx3913 2 года назад +48

    As a Bermudian I'd love to hear Simon do something on the triangle, just out of curiosity of what tangents he'd head off on. For clarification, little actually happened near Bermuda, we were just more interesting than Florida when someone got around to giving the area it's name, and there is nothing paranormal involved.

    • @tamlandipper29
      @tamlandipper29 2 года назад +12

      I feel .like disasters in the Florida Triangle would have more lawn furniture, missing fingers, and meth.

    • @mowm88
      @mowm88 2 года назад +5

      I am sure that Florida Man must be involved in there somewheres.

    • @SERMERNTHER
      @SERMERNTHER Год назад

      @@tamlandipper29 Looking at the Geography, I can imagine that many of the ships in the Bermuda Triangle started off in Florida, so why not both?

    • @captainsancho1237
      @captainsancho1237 Год назад

      He did a video on the Bermuda triangle. It’s on this channel.

    • @captainsancho1237
      @captainsancho1237 Год назад

      He did a video on the Bermuda triangle. It’s on this channel. @Enigma XXX

  • @ramons8908
    @ramons8908 2 года назад +19

    Actually Simon, for people who do come down with methanol poisoning, they can treat them by giving them ethanol intravenously because that keeps the liver busy and allows the methanol to be passed out as the non toxic methanol instead of the body dealing with the highly toxic breakdown products. So yer, if you get a dose of methanol as a heavy drinker and keep drinking, just saying, it might not poison you, compared to a more moderate drinker, who's fully functional liver is going to turn that methanol into some serious deadly stuff.

  • @aprilwoods7735
    @aprilwoods7735 2 года назад +18

    Happy to hear a story about The Mary Celeste! She was known as The Amazon only an hour away from my home here in Nova Scotia! AKA 'Bum Fack No Where!!' back in her day !! Thank You Simon for the laughs and Katy for the history!

  • @themightymoose5047
    @themightymoose5047 2 года назад +32

    Simon this is quickly becoming my favorite channel of yours. Not as dark as into the shadows or casual criminalist, but has a good mix of mystery, personality, and light heartedness. Also love the long format!

    • @StevenLockey
      @StevenLockey 2 года назад +2

      Dark bit on CC are the best cos Callum normally throws in a really inappropriate comment to make Simon cringe laugh 🤣

    • @kayleebryner402
      @kayleebryner402 2 года назад +1

      Hold up what is into the shadows????????? I got a new channel to check out!

  • @purcascade
    @purcascade 2 года назад +24

    This Simon is quickly becoming my favorite Simon. The asides might actually murder me. 😂😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @tomandgames370
    @tomandgames370 2 года назад +7

    Simons crew: Simon how many youtube channels do you need?
    Simon: Yes

  • @danmcardle2884
    @danmcardle2884 2 года назад +16

    I like to imagine Simons basement is divided up in cubicles for all the writer and meme LORDS to slave away in and jenn and Sam are cubicle buddies

  • @InsanityPlea100
    @InsanityPlea100 2 года назад +6

    I am from Nova Scotia. I was told this story at a daycare when I was four or five. It was a day where it was pouring rain, and we would go to the shed and be told ghost stories with rain bouncing off of the roof. I still remember the details clearly. It. Was. Horrifying. Lol

  • @forthexp8649
    @forthexp8649 2 года назад +5

    I misheard Simon saying that "There are legal pirates" "They're called Financiers". Still accurate.

  • @mfollett3613
    @mfollett3613 2 года назад +6

    I learnt about the the "Marie Celeste" in the 1970's at school. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a novelist which means he takes the idea of real boat, the Mary Celeste, and weaves in and embellisheshes the real facts, making them into a novella or short story. The type of thing for which he is famous, as Simon said, look no further than Sherlock Holmes.

  • @jamesalder8628
    @jamesalder8628 2 года назад +16

    Simon- "In case you didn't know, I have many other channels"
    That one guy who has never been on RUclips-
    "Oh, I'll have to go see what those are"
    Everyone Else- "No kidding, Simon. Give us the facts Fact Boy!"

  • @teedermcdribble
    @teedermcdribble 2 года назад +7

    My old boss was huge on the rotating gravitational flux lines surrounding the earth. He had all these books showing points like coral castle and the pyramids. It said that pieces of ships lost in the Bermuda triangle were found floating up in space. The theory was that certain spots on the planet where the flux lines came together would cancel out gravity and objects would be weightless and start lifting up into the sky. I never thought about it again until watching this episode. Maybe my old boss finally finished the gravity mirror that he was trying to figure out after all these years. His plan was to tip it a bit and make a propeller that would spin for free. Also, I haven't heard anything about his floating couch for sale yet. Ha. Thanks for the great vids.

    • @tamlandipper29
      @tamlandipper29 2 года назад +2

      I mean a floating couch is significantly less valuable as a market than owning a spot where you can launch into orbit for zero fuel.

  • @89cappy_neenee
    @89cappy_neenee 2 года назад +28

    Is there an equivalent of London's super basement in Czechia? It must be getting crowded in Simon's basement with Danny, Sam, Callum, Jenn, and now Katy in there 😆

    • @austinwilliams7919
      @austinwilliams7919 2 года назад +3

      Nah, it's a prince of Persia type of basement 😉 plenty of room for more
      Allegedly

  • @johnadams-wp2yb
    @johnadams-wp2yb 2 года назад +17

    Apparently, the cargo contained a sizeable amount of extremely flammable liquid. Someone saw blue fumes through a hatchway and the people abandoned ship before the expected explosion's. The boat sailed away unmanned and the people died. Makes sense to me.

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l Год назад

      Yeah sure or a hundred other things. We'll never know. Mary Celeste is a myth in that regard. No one will ever know. The evidence for the alcohol explosion is the lack of evidence... so same as god.

  • @Grimpy970
    @Grimpy970 2 года назад +11

    Oh HELL yeah another upload!

  • @garyfranklin8712
    @garyfranklin8712 2 года назад +20

    Been looking forward to seeing a decent version of this

  • @viridiscoyote7038
    @viridiscoyote7038 2 года назад +18

    If you decide to do another Blaze Boy Plays, "The Return of the Obra Dinn" is an excellent mystery game involving a ghost ship. It's a 10-15 hour experience, I'd recommend not looking at stream comments because of the potential for spoilers.

  • @benjie128
    @benjie128 2 года назад +3

    Simon "even pirates cant drink poison"
    Me: unless you're the Dread Pirate Roberts!

  • @narnzipan
    @narnzipan 2 года назад +11

    Who else LOVES Simons tangents?!?? I'm hearing about the Spanish setting a bull on someone in the midst of the Mary Celeste tale! Lol. Brilliant!

  • @charlesjmouse
    @charlesjmouse 2 года назад +31

    A good few cargos were / are well known being explosive if they give off fumes. Hell, even flour dust can cause catastrophic explosions.
    It's not entirely unknown for an entire ship's compliment to get out fast and sit in the life boat for a bit while waiting for said fumes to dissipate.
    If some moron let go of the rope as the crew in the lifeboat put distance between themselves and their potentially explosive ship...
    ...the crew gets to see their ship sail away, followed some horrible time later by their collective death from dehydration / exposure. Nasty, not weird.
    Oceans are really big, empty ships can float about for years. But a lifeboat full of bodies is going to founder while becoming a smorgasbord for any hungry passer by.
    Um, watching an episode might be considered stupid, but I'm interested to see if our conclusions agree / disagree.

    • @iTzMitchel
      @iTzMitchel Год назад

      Wouldn't they have tied the two ships together in that case? Not just hang on to the rope and don't let go.

    • @bloozee
      @bloozee Год назад

      I know this thread is aged but thought you might like to know tha Americans commonly use Propoan-2-ol ( iso- propyl alcohol) in the way we poms and Aussies use " metho" ( methylated spirit= ethanol+ methel Ethel Ketone) .so I guess that is what they meant by " american" denatured alcohol.

    • @paulalexander8874
      @paulalexander8874 11 месяцев назад

      Would a fire with this alcohol not burn clear and at low temperature as well, which would have confused the crew maybe?
      You can see this with the old F1/Indy/NAS pit stop fires

  • @anjaprinsen781
    @anjaprinsen781 2 года назад +4

    As someone from (and still living in) Nova Scotia I am really appreciating hearing Simon say “Nova Scotia”
    It’s the little things that keep me happy.

  • @meganemmahumphreys
    @meganemmahumphreys 2 года назад +5

    Simon you’re killing it! Brain blaze, casual criminologist, into the shadows and now decoding the unknown are my favs. I literally just finished the brain blaze back catalogue and needed more! Love the new writer Katie, let’s keep her out of the basement for now.

  • @brikramberg8084
    @brikramberg8084 2 года назад +3

    The "My Dude, you can have some of the stuff but like...I want my boat back." I cannot stop laughing!

  • @hair_ofthedog5023
    @hair_ofthedog5023 2 года назад +13

    Simon, I love this channel and I love the Casual Criminalist the most. Also, Biographics and Geographics are favorites. Side Projects, Mega Projects, Top Tenz, are all fantastic too. Was even happy to see another one on the highlights channel, I believe recently? I hope youtube is paying you well man, I absolutely enjoy it all.

    • @NikolasH937
      @NikolasH937 2 года назад +2

      OGCC baby. Don’t write down your crimes.

  • @Bigproffits
    @Bigproffits 2 года назад +5

    I love when simmons videos are 30+ min. Wonderful background audio while I game or do other stuff around the house.

  • @Darkflowerchyld718
    @Darkflowerchyld718 2 года назад +22

    Hey Fact Boy! Do a video on Dorothy Eady, the woman who after a near death experience in early childhood woke up claiming to be an ancient Egyptian priestess reincarnated.

    • @arche2460
      @arche2460 2 года назад

      I would LOVE to see this!!

    • @Darkflowerchyld718
      @Darkflowerchyld718 2 года назад +1

      @@arche2460 apparently it's in the works! I'm so excited to see it.

    • @arche2460
      @arche2460 2 года назад

      @@Darkflowerchyld718 oh hell yeah

    • @1taiko1
      @1taiko1 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/kl0txfOhrgg/видео.html

  • @jonathanhanson9690
    @jonathanhanson9690 2 года назад +17

    The Flying Dutchmen caught up with them, they gave up without a fight and now the crew are serving Davey Jones for an eternity.

  • @Bjwuv
    @Bjwuv 2 года назад +5

    Simon is definitely going for a record for most RUclips channels.

  • @sandraswannell4170
    @sandraswannell4170 2 года назад +10

    Great new show. It’s a full time job keeping up with all your shows now Simon !! Love them all 👍🏼

  • @RainbowTheSnail
    @RainbowTheSnail 2 года назад +8

    You should do the Orang Madan ship soon. It was a large ship where all the occupants were found dead and in odd positions like they died screaming and similar things. It has had a game called the man of Madan made from it aswell. 🌸💗🌸

  • @sargentrowell81
    @sargentrowell81 2 года назад +5

    Yes, please make a video on the Bermuda Triangle! Either it will be interesting in seeing just how many more ships disappear in that part of the world, or Simon is right (he probably is) and we have another person debunking the myth that is The Bermuda Triangle.

  • @TomasCyr
    @TomasCyr 2 года назад +7

    Oh I dunno, the Bermuda triangle could be fun, even from a skeptical perspective cause you could deconstruct some of the more famous ones and talk about why they came to be.

  • @Fishman550
    @Fishman550 2 года назад +6

    I love how Simon basically writes off everything to do with Ghosts/Paranormal anything immediately but then goes "I don't want to say there's no such thing as luck, because obviously there's such a thing as luck." LOL

  • @stephjovi
    @stephjovi 2 года назад +6

    Who's the memologist? Love it. Blue! Like the sky and the ocean 😂

    • @sagathestoryteller7920
      @sagathestoryteller7920 2 года назад +2

      Jen, I think the same who does The Casual Crimanalist.

    • @stephjovi
      @stephjovi 2 года назад

      @@sagathestoryteller7920 oh brilliant
      Jen is doing a great job. Hope she keeps Katy company in the basement

    • @sagathestoryteller7920
      @sagathestoryteller7920 2 года назад +2

      @@stephjovi They're gonna need to renovate that Basement soon. It must be getting crowded

    • @stephjovi
      @stephjovi 2 года назад +1

      @@sagathestoryteller7920 nah. They just need to sit closer together. Slaves don't get personal space

  • @SirMrDrProfDude
    @SirMrDrProfDude 2 года назад +4

    Simon, you should absolutely do an episode on the Bermuda Triangle, on at least one of your channels, I will absolutely watch that

  • @Pete-tq6in
    @Pete-tq6in 2 года назад +3

    Definition of a Brigantine (pronounced 'Brig-an-teen) with explanations of the terminology is as follows: two-masted vessel (self explanatory), the mainmast (tallest mast) is aft of (behind) the mizzenmast (smaller mast) and carries at least two sails - This mast arrangement (mainmast abaft the mizzenmast) is the same as a Schooner but a Schooner is generally not square rigged whereas a Brigantine is (there is an exception, this is clarified below). The term 'square rigged' means that there are rectangular sails hung from horizontal yard arms from the mast and these are normally oriented at 90 degrees (square or thereabouts) to the keel. These are the sails that everyone imagines when they think of a traditional 'pirate ship' or a Viking long ship. Square sails are purely for sailing downwind, unlike sails mounted fore-aft as on a modern sailing yacht, they cannot be used to beat to windward (sail upwind) as fore-aft sails can. Square rigged trading ships tended to follow the seasonal trade winds so most of their sailing was downwind, making square rigs a sensible choice. What makes a Brigantine a Brigantine is that the mainmast (aft mast) carries at least one square rigged topsail and a gaff sail mainsail. The term 'gaff sail' means that instead of a triangular sail with a point at the head and a boom hinged from the mast at the foot (bottom edge), the sail has a shorter boom at the top as well as the longer bottom boom. This is an archaic but attractive sail arrangement and isn't generally seen on modern sailing vessels. Brigantines also carried fore-aft sails between the mainmast (rear) and mizzenmast (front) and between the mizzenmast and the bowsprit (a spar jutting forward of the fore-peak of the hull). Now, just to confuse the issue, you can also get 'Square Topsail Schooners' - These have square rigged sails but only on their mizzenmast (forward) and not on their mainmast (aft) as a Brigantine does. Hopefully this has cleared things up a bit - Or maybe not - I tried!

    • @RealElongatedMuskrat
      @RealElongatedMuskrat 2 года назад +1

      I thoroughly enjoyed this comment, bless you for sharing. The more you know!

    • @Pete-tq6in
      @Pete-tq6in 2 года назад

      @@RealElongatedMuskrat, thank you, you’re very welcome!

  • @michaelprice2167
    @michaelprice2167 2 года назад +4

    I’ve seen this case covered a thousand times, and people almost always focus on the life boat tether theory, but this is the first time I’ve heard about the alcohol explosion theory. Well done!!👍🏾

    • @Uldihaa
      @Uldihaa 2 года назад

      That's because it's so easily debunked by the fact that there wasn't any sign of an explosion. The best theory that fits all the known facts is that the blinkered chronometer put the ship off-course, both bilge pumps where clogged/broken due to the refit the ship had just had, there was more water in the hold than a captain likes to see, and there was a storm coming or there. He saw one of the Azores and decided to abandon ship until after the storm had passed in order to protect his family. Unfortunately, they were on the wrong side of that island for a safe landing + the storm = everyone died.
      More than likely, those barrels were empty long before they got to that side of Atlantic. And it's not like these holds are air/water tight by modern standards, either.

    • @temerityxd8602
      @temerityxd8602 Год назад

      @@Uldihaa People have done tests showing that alcohol fumes can cause a sort of flash fire that burns very briefly and leaves little to no trace afterward so it's possible that something like this occurred and the crew took to the lifeboat in fear that a larger explosion would follow. Another theory is that there was no explosion but leaking barrels filled the hold with fumes which caused the crew to take to the lifeboat in case it ignited.

    • @Uldihaa
      @Uldihaa Год назад

      @@temerityxd8602 But that wouldn't explain the disassembled bilge pump.
      And such conditions require an enclosed space with limited airflow, not something you'd find on ships of that era.

  • @barrydysert2974
    @barrydysert2974 2 года назад +4

    Simon: ... modern ships are quite hard to sink.
    Poseidon... Hold my beer

  • @jacquelineblum1836
    @jacquelineblum1836 2 года назад +4

    Love the new channel. I like it as much as the Casual Criminalist. I find myself continually checking for the next new one. Keep up the excellent work Simon.

  • @jenniferferguson4373
    @jenniferferguson4373 2 года назад +4

    New drinking game, take a drink every time Simon says, “allegedly”. Love it!! 😊😏

    • @tamlandipper29
      @tamlandipper29 2 года назад +2

      Friday night Casual Criminalist

    • @migga86
      @migga86 2 года назад +1

      If you watch some older Brain Blaze videos, you might overdose. I think the explosive Pinto episode might be a bad blaze to start drinking.

  • @Jennifer-sf4hs
    @Jennifer-sf4hs 2 года назад +4

    God I love this so much, Simon please don't stop making podcasts like this one and the Criminalist

  • @tyvankenyon4964
    @tyvankenyon4964 Год назад +1

    “What were we talking about? Let's get back to it.”
    A line frequently spoken on this channel 🤣

  • @Mia-ep4zu
    @Mia-ep4zu 2 года назад +1

    I love that you're always exercising your scepticism Simon! I agree so much!

  • @jenniferhayden1974
    @jenniferhayden1974 2 года назад +5

    Interesting fact, because the Bermuda triangle area has a lot of traffic by sea and air, compared to the other parts of the routes, that's why it seems the Bermuda triangle is "unlucky" or "cursed".

    • @LoneWolf-gm5qm
      @LoneWolf-gm5qm 2 года назад

      Another useless comment from Jennifer Hayden, a person who sees something and can not help but spit out the first drivel that comes to the surface of her underdeveloped prefrontal cortex.

    • @jenniferhayden1974
      @jenniferhayden1974 2 года назад +1

      @@LoneWolf-gm5qm I was making that reply because Simon specifically mentioned possibly doing a video on the Bermuda Triangle. Thank you though for taking time to make a response to my comment. 😊

  • @curtislindsey1736
    @curtislindsey1736 2 года назад +22

    Well, Simon, congratulations. You've officially taken over half of my RUclips channel subscriptions. I look forward to the complete takeover and pledge my allegiance. Well done.

  • @ceirwynsinclair4198
    @ceirwynsinclair4198 2 года назад +1

    Lovely! Another Simon channel to relax and enjoy! Thank you Fact Boy! I particularly like the longer format podcast ones... though between your facial expressions and Jen's editing, watching them is still best!

  • @waxwinged_hound
    @waxwinged_hound 2 года назад

    "I don't want to be the captain of the Death Boat." there's your Out of Context Simon quote for the day honestly

  • @stephjovi
    @stephjovi 2 года назад +3

    Wait you can't do that 2 channels uploading at the same time what to watch first!

  • @DiracComb.7585
    @DiracComb.7585 2 года назад +4

    Simon, I gotta ask, where is the podcast version? I’m not seeing it on Apple podcasts
    25:53 missed chance to say “sorry Sully, your theory doesn’t hold water”

  • @SinkkingTurrtle
    @SinkkingTurrtle 2 года назад +2

    Oh good lord you made another channel. I still feel like into the shadows was brand new. I don't have time to watch these right now, but have my subscription, i'm sure i'll be listening to these at work from now on.

  • @cynthiasimpson931
    @cynthiasimpson931 2 года назад +1

    One thing that's creepy: An empty hospital. In 1989 the new hospital at Travis Air Force Base was opened, and I was one of those who moved in. (If you think moving into a new apartment is a real trial, try moving into a hospital.) I took a tour of the newly-opened hospital, and it was truly eerie, since there were no patients.

  • @TheAntiburglar
    @TheAntiburglar 2 года назад +3

    This is the first time I've heard "people carrier" in common usage as opposed to "van"! (I'm American :p) Also I absolutely love this new Simon Whistler Style, more lax and just as informative :D

  • @joeyr7294
    @joeyr7294 2 года назад +12

    The Simon takeover continues....is Simon Dr. Evil's son?

  • @RedneckResin
    @RedneckResin 2 года назад +1

    This channel is two weeks old and you've already got 20,000 subscribers your a beast Simon

  • @timokeefe8476
    @timokeefe8476 2 года назад +1

    YES!!! Do a video about the Bermuda Triangle, please.

  • @dfuher968
    @dfuher968 2 года назад +3

    Simon is surprised, the Mary Celeste could float around for 9 days with no crew? Clearly, Fact Boy has never heard of the Baychimo!

    • @tamlandipper29
      @tamlandipper29 2 года назад

      Fact lad is ignorant about the size of the sea.

  • @brandondorsey4787
    @brandondorsey4787 2 года назад +6

    Dei gratia, latin for by the grace of god

  • @tato94
    @tato94 2 года назад +1

    Editor: "you is kind, you is important"
    Me: *rolling on the floor*

  • @Lee-in-oz
    @Lee-in-oz 2 года назад

    I love how the background music stops when Simon starts ranting and resumes once he goes "back on script"

  • @ImpmanPDX
    @ImpmanPDX 2 года назад +5

    Until recently ships leaving port stayed on the time zone of their port of origin. Since global positioning wasn't very exact back in the day "Sea time" was something of a guess as to how far you've traveled, and "Land time" was set by the ship's chronograph at departure so it could be ahead or behind depending on what direction you were traveling.

    • @charliefeasey3056
      @charliefeasey3056 2 года назад +1

      I quite often worked 23 hour days in order to loose time before arrival into port

  • @MrMcGreed
    @MrMcGreed 2 года назад +5

    Oh... what's this? A phenomenon so rare I can hardly believe it... Another YT from SW... YOU'RE STILL BLAZEBOI TO ME THOUGH!! #keepdanny

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil 2 года назад

    My favorite channel of Simon’s is Casual Criminalist. Now, I can add this channel to my favorites. Thanks, Simon!

  • @reg4211
    @reg4211 2 года назад +1

    Writers debating stories to produce:
    -Interesting? Yeah ok
    -Mysterious? Good stuff
    -Difficult pronunciations to put in front of Simon DING DING we have a winner

  • @bigafroman4277
    @bigafroman4277 2 года назад +3

    The Mary Celeste? I feel like I've seen this in a Simon video before... 🧐

    • @stephjovi
      @stephjovi 2 года назад +1

      I don't remember hearing about it but Simon has done so many videos it's definitely possible

  • @SideShowSlacker
    @SideShowSlacker 2 года назад +2

    I have a buddy that fishes all the time and he was out fishing when the SpaceX capsule return to earth. The door blew off and landed near his boat and he claimed it as maritime salvage. He will not disclose the amount I assume because of an NDA, but he used the funds to start a multi million dollar business.

  • @gmanor20
    @gmanor20 2 года назад +1

    Jeez Simon feels like every couple months I find another of your channels to enjoy. Keep it up fact boy.

  • @OtterTreySSArmy
    @OtterTreySSArmy 2 года назад +1

    Simon love the new channel! I love these high quality, well researched and long-form videos!

  • @Oilburnerful
    @Oilburnerful 2 года назад +1

    Simon and ghosts... This sounds like self inflicted pain for Simon.

  • @sststr
    @sststr Год назад

    In Arthur Machen's "The Terror" he describes one aspect of the Terror was a fully stocked ship being found sailing along on the Thames with no living humans aboard, only piles of skeletons of what used to be the crew. He does provide the explanation at the end of the story, but in the middle of the story while the terror is still unfolding and no explanation is yet known, it is a worthy addition to the plot!

  • @randallcraft4071
    @randallcraft4071 2 года назад +1

    I had a wild hair to go pirating after Simon's description...good thing Katie told me not to go crazy with out looking into maritime law.

  • @joshuathomas8222
    @joshuathomas8222 2 года назад

    How does Simon keep up with all the podcasts he does!? This guy is my hero. I have spent days just listening to different channels of Simon's, almost forgetting there are other content creators lol.

  • @cathydoyle8804
    @cathydoyle8804 2 года назад

    Simon, I am a huge fan of your youtube crime videos, you put so much great stuff in your videos and your always happy, focused and very professional, and I love your sense of humour!
    Thank you so much for all your hard work and a big thank you to all the other hardworking people who help produce the great podcasts and videos with you,eg a big shout for Callum and Jen !!!!

  • @NeutralGenericUser
    @NeutralGenericUser 2 года назад

    I listened to the podcast, but just came in here to support your new channel with a comment. I love your content. Simon Whistler, Person of the Year 2021 😌

  • @emdoubleyew3788
    @emdoubleyew3788 2 года назад +1

    Didn’t know you launched this yet- so happy it appeared on my feed! Another Simon channel to subscribe and ring the bell for ☺️

  • @EmilyJelassi
    @EmilyJelassi 2 года назад +2

    I'm loving this new channel Simon! How on earth do you manage to get so many videos out every single week? Very impressive and always very interesting videos 😊❤

    • @Zarinya
      @Zarinya 2 года назад

      He has a significant team of people helping him out. It's the only way. That and cocaine, caffeine and ADHD hyperfocus :)

  • @cameronjadewallace
    @cameronjadewallace 2 года назад +1

    Ahhh... Our favorite mystery boi doing what Whistler does.... Making new exciting channels

  • @coffeepie
    @coffeepie 2 года назад +1

    oh yes, please do make a video on the Bermuda triangle. I'm sure there are lots of anecdotes about it worth telling

  • @ilicarriedoll2843
    @ilicarriedoll2843 2 года назад +1

    I think the Simon's Writers Association main game is to see who can drive Simon most up the wall

  • @nickolaiorlov4732
    @nickolaiorlov4732 2 года назад +1

    I want to add two things to this.
    Firstly, I used to work at a sandblasting/aluminum anodizing plant and we used every chemical under the sun. Methyl ethyl ketone, (something)triethelene, and others I can't even remember the names of. But in the case of industrial cleaners such as that they tend to evaporate VERY fast. The guy I was working with at the time dropped a gallon jug of MEK on the ground which broke and completely evaporated in a spam of 5 minutes. If for some reason 7 BARRELS of a similar liquid leaked rapidly (could be a storm jostled weaker made barrels) the smell would be overwhelming and everyone would probably end up being as high as a kite very rapidly. So any effort to get to a lifeboat may be greatly hindered, also I can't imagine how bad breathing in large volumes of that stuff would be. So now you have 10, probably delirious, potentially dying individuals, trying to man a lifeboat in the storm (or immediate aftermath of a storm) that caused the barrels to leak.
    I would saying dying is probably a bit extreme, but I ended up using the MEK for about 15 minutes to degrease some panels (covering the bottle of it with a rag, wetting the rag and closing the bottle.. the same one my friend broke) and I definitely had a "sniff the sharpie" high. Whether it was those fumes replacing the oxygen or what I was definitely not right. This was very minor exposure to a little bit of the stuff. Not 7 BARRELS.
    I will give the fallacies to my theory however-
    I don't know the distinct properties of this alcohol, and I assumed it would evaporate rapidly due to other industrial cleaners (paint thinner, brake cleaner, MEK, etc) we also don't know the rate as to how fast it leaked out. If it had just seeped out slowly it wouldnt necessarily present a dire emergency.
    Last thing, kudos to whoever made it this far.
    I would give a LITTLE more credit to the pirate theory. Many pirates tried to get ships to surrender simply by fear. Had a pirate boarding been imminent they could have attempted to flee, giving the pirates the loot on the ship and assumed the pirates wouldn't try to chase because, well, they'd be preoccupied looting. Then from here the pirates could have gotten on board and decided industrial cleaner wasn't necessarily something they wanted to sell. (Doesn't account for lack of other valuables taken) or the pirates themselves saw ANOTHER ship (potentially warship) and decided themselves to flee. Rather than even attempt to board the Mary.
    Second is more of a plausible story, first I'm agreeing but adding detail, lmk what you think if you end up reading these.

  • @thomaswade3072
    @thomaswade3072 2 года назад

    New watcher? Simon, I've been around for every episode since Business Blaze Ep.1 Keep doing what you do!

  • @frederikvansteen3971
    @frederikvansteen3971 2 года назад

    Love your new channel. So much Simon content, think i must quit my daytime job.... Wel back to The Casual Criminalist now.

  • @ibraheemtemur3469
    @ibraheemtemur3469 2 года назад +2

    John might not have been an incompetent sailor, but atleast he wasnt impotent, one could say that his hands were never idle, and that was his downfall. His nutting days were over, and the amount of seaman effected by his actions was staggering.

  • @stefanwilliams1687
    @stefanwilliams1687 Год назад

    Awesome video man as always thank you 😊 🙏

  • @stonnedgunnertv23
    @stonnedgunnertv23 2 года назад

    brilliant as always Simon.

  • @theclandestinewitness
    @theclandestinewitness 2 года назад

    I'm just glad to get more Simon on YT.

  • @sisterspooky
    @sisterspooky 2 года назад +1

    Great video, but Simon doing the hand gesture when saying the words with the ‘Italian’ inflection made it. Hahahahaha
    As my husband is Italian, I can’t wait to have him watch that part of the video. 😂

  • @joshuaosheades133
    @joshuaosheades133 2 года назад

    The little notes and visual jokes that pop up make me think that Jen must be an absolute delight.

  • @christinedeshano2872
    @christinedeshano2872 2 года назад

    Your editor was phenomenal on this one. The dun dun duuuun was perfectly timed, and it only got better from there.