The Mary Celeste: Unveiling the Mystery of an Abandoned Ghost Ship 

my dad was a coastal policeman and told me he was on patrol but lost in heavy fog. a large ship came by and he followed her into a harbor at which time she disappeared. i never questioned my dad. great yarn kevin. thank yew

i love ur stories. i have been fond of history since childhood. the best stories are about people and how they lived, what they thought, how they worked, the clothes they wore, etc. when we survey history on a personal level we enter another universe. it's awesome. thank you.

Woohoo...Love seeing a New video from Kevin!!!!

Fantastic, as usual. Actually, I have a marine-pilot’s license and I recall that if the ship appears to be taking water, the age-old rule-of-thumb is to taste it, precisely because it’s often not sea water but some sort of internal leak. Odd that experienced seamen didn’t think of doing it (or maybe thought it could explode, being alcohol, and chose to keep a safe distance… come to think of it, this could have been the case). It’s quite common, even today, for sailboats to be found abandoned, in nearly pristine condition, with people in them panicking and leaving in the lifeboat and never being seen again.

I love your lessons and stories, Kevin. It is nice to hear some facts about the Mary Celeste. It does leave the mystery about the missing crew in place, but makes much clearer, the actual events as opposed to the myths. I was not aware of the ship being put back into service with other names. Thanks again, and Cheers from Texas.

Thank you for keeping us on the edge of our seats, and thank you for keeping the stories and legends alive.

I grew up reading about the Mary Celeste Ghost Ship but you present it in a very clear and plausible way and the only real bummer is that the entire crew abandoned the ship and it turned out the ship survived and they did not....

i love how you bring these old sayings to life with actual evidence and where there originated from. you have taught me so much in all your videos.

As always... Kevin never disappoints!! I've always been into History, since first learning how to read,in Elementary School. I remember reading a brief article, years ago,on the ' Mary Celeste '. It was in a Reader's Digest publication,on the Paranormal.

You just gave me inspiration for an encounter for our dungeons and dragons group. Great video, keep them coming!

As a sailor, i love how you told the story. It is only one of the ghost ships from the 15th to 20th century but one of the most interesting. Now, if you will pardon me i will be walk inland with this oar until someone asks "What is that?"

Thank you Kevin. I'm addicted to your channel, & your stories. You are a very talented actor/story teller. So happy I found your work!

Your content knows no bounds out to the battlefields of England to the stories of maritime horrors you’re doing really well Kevin love the content!

A sound tale, soundly told. As ever, you are a phenomenal historian, presenting facts in the most spellbinding way👏

I still think you could do an hour video about grass growing and it would be mesmerising. Love your channel brother.

Great story, Kevin! I’ve always been fascinated by the MC after reading Doyle’s story as a kid. It almost belongs in your ghost story collection, which you tell around American Halloween. Good visuals, too. Always dress the part, it adds much to the story. Cheers!

As a child I was fascinated by the paranormal, UFOs and all that. I lapped up the stories of the MarIE Celeste, as she kept being called, as well as the Bermuda Triangle, Nasca Lines, etc. Now, I find the non-paranormal explanations far more interesting and moving. I'm often surprised if such things come up in conversation just how many people don't want a reasonable explanation. No matter how tragic a true story is, they still find it unappealing unless there's a supernatural angle.

Love it❤ My daddy told me this story when I was a kid. This story brings back fun memories with my family. We used to gather in the evening and tell tales.

Hands down, the best Mary Celeste video I've seen. Other videos focus so much on the ghost story, they don't even mention the crew or Arthur Doyle.

I had just went to the theater to see the Last Voyage of the Demeter! This is such good timing Kevin! A job well done on the story telling once again, we can always count on you for a good tale or two 😊.

Great old yarn! This one of my favorites seeing how the game of telephone makes a story that would have been written makes it bigger and famous.

I love your videos! It's like listening to your favorite uncle telling stories or explaining things. You make history fun and personable!

I love this man, I feel like after every video he was literally talking to me giving me a lesson

Greetings once again from nova Scotia, thanks Kevin, I am partial to maritime mysteries, this was one of my favourites, well done good sir. Stay safe and as always best regards, Arthur

Glad i found this cant believe i missed it . Truly love your content Kevin really well researched and presented . Makes my day when something pops up .

Great video , Kevin ! Really enjoyed your story , and your take on this story. Have a great weekend !

One of my favorites... I always wondered what happened to the crew. Thank you for the video!

Would love to see his full collection of antique battle memorabilia.

Please make more of the videos like the surgeon or the ss officer you’re an amazing actor and an amazing teacher!! I love these videos as well please continue! I’ve learn more about English/European history then I ever have since I found your channel

Great as always

Absolutely love your channel 😁

I like the longer videos , particularly the secrets of castles

Excellent video, thank you Kevin, please keep them coming.

Brilliant. Thank you Sir.

Thank you Kevin.....fascinating story.

It's always a good day when I see the new video from Kevin. Thanks Kev.

Thank you Kevin, so interesting story

Kevin, You are the master of myths and legends for what are we but floating souls looking for a safe harbour.

Yay more history from Kevin, I look forward to it!

Thank you for yet another informative and interesting video. Absolutely love Thehistorysquad channel. Thank you for your hardwork it is certainly worth it, hats off to you sir

That was truly excellent Kevin, a real myth busting video 👍

Awesome Stories!!!

Great story, thanks.

Another great story Kevin. . Watching you on a Saturday morning is tantamount to TISWAS back in the day 😊

Love your stories and videos kevin, iv learned alot since coming across your channel. Keep up the excellent work buddy ❤👌

Always a pleasure.

Hi Kevin, now you entered the main field of my interests: the time and the stories of sailing ships! Thanks a lot for the fine story. greetings from Germany - take care - Ralf

Nice to see Old Glory in the background.

A great story teller ❤️

What a scary feeling it would be in the middle of an ocean storm inside a life boat. Great video as always Kevin.

Intriguing and mysterious story

Very interesting Thank you 👍

Great vid

Kevin Most kind so interesting God Bless 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹

Seeing a new History Squad video fills me with unimaginable joy. My favorite way to learn history!

Hey Kevin💙 back for my daily dose of History!

Got to say I love the history but I watch these history squad videos mainly when im feeling a bit miserable. You have a real way with storytelling that takes me from my current annoying life (just work nonsense, nothing serious) into that historic world, and reminds me some people have done some crazy, brave and outlandish things in history and not been pushed over by a bit of career BS, including your own personal stories

Nice one Kevin. I'd never heard about Conan Doyles part in this story. Things can become clearer when someone adds a few facts. Thank you, keep up the great work.

Sir Kevin yet another edge of the seat story. Well done

Well done sir.

Cheers Kev, your Friday offerings are a real treat. Watching this film made me wonder about the lighthouse at Eilean Mor, another fascinating mystery.

That is a majestic ship. And the story was good.

Kevin: Good story, well told. Thanks.

The ship was carrying alcohol which is highly flammable, so some people think that something happened which made the crew think the ship was going to explode, so they might of abandoned ship quickly leaving personal items behind. Ships usually don't sink instantly there is usually some time, enough time to grab their personal items. The only other scenario I can think of, is some kind of insurance fraud which went badly wrong. Purposely damaging ships running them aground and so on, to get the insurance money, this was a big problem in that time period. In truth no one will ever know for sure what happened.

Love the new video

I love this legend and hearing you and seeing you tell the story makes it even creepier and more mysterious. I have to share this with my friends. your facial expressions and accent are so great. I mean. great!! anyway. you already know this, but thank you so much for the content.

Solly Flood: Greatest name ever. I think the theory that they left the ship because of the fluids from the alcohol cargo escaping makes the most sense.

I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Good story Kevin! I have always heard the name Marie Celeste but never got around to reading an actual account. Now I know, thank you!

Thanks for a well-researched telling of the mystery of the Mary Celeste, Kevin! Your conclusions as to the crew's fate is possible, though it may seem unlikely that the Captain would have abandoned the vessel for a jolly boat (for transporting crew, I don't think they had lifeboats then) in a storm without a darned good reason. The risk of swamping would be very great. The missing chronometer, sextant and ship's papers would, however, indicate the desire to navigate away from the vessel and seek safety ashore. The several feet of alcohol and water in the hold might have led to the belief that the ship had been holed below the waterline, but the vessel didn't appear to have settled greatly when discovered. It's one of those mysteries that makes a great story and it's always tempting to imagine a dramatic and ghostly solution! Whatever may have occurred, the saddest part of all is that among the ship's complement of eleven souls was Captain Briggs' wife, Sarah, and their 2-year-old daughter, Sophia...

Nice! Im finally catching up to see new stuff i been watching and commenting on everything hopeing to see more from the algorithm.

Iv not long discovered your channel and I am so glad I did..your a natural storyteller and you have such amazing characteristics and personality to your voice..I absolutely love the story of the Mary Celeste .. thank you for an amazing story keep up the wonderful amazing work you do an amazing job … ❤😊🤗👍🏼

Great summary of the evidence Kevin. I've seen a number of re-creations over the years of the Mary Celeste affair, and another possibility was that there was a danger of fire or explosion from the leaking alcohol vapour. A good reason to take to the ships boat in a wooden sailing ship, but to stay attached with a long cable to allow the vapour to disperse. I hadn't read Conan Doyle's story, but I have now found it in a collection called "The Captain of the Pole-Star". It is available from Project Gutenberg if any of your viewers wish to read it.

I love your history stories, you make history interesting. You'd make a great teacher!!! Keep up the good work Kev 😂 ❤❤❤

Hey Kevin, there's a really good series called 'The Terror' about the disappearance of the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus in 1845, it's honestly one of the best series I've ever seen and I highly recommend you watch it, a couple of things are changed in the story but it's very loyal to the actual story of what happened and the actors are fantastic

I love the American flag behind you, good sir

Good video these stories are amazing and I really appreciate the work you put into the video you have a wonderful way with words Kevin will there be more ship stories videos

Loved it, loved it, LOOOVED IT! In this case, truth was better than fiction. 👍

Can you imagine the horror of that family, abandoning ship and then realizing that they made the mistake but were unable to get back to safety and then the slow starvation and dehydration leading to a horrible death. That poor man and his wife having to watch their child die and then each succumb to death in a tiny lifeboat. Horrific.

Many thanks indeed. Great stuff, as always. The smashed equipment is quite a creepy aspect! Would love any vid relating to castle ghosts, & surmise you might enjoy that idea too :D

Ok, now this was an interesting video "yeah" ! Thank You.

Loved the video! I actually never heard of this one before, so it's always nice to learn something new each day Tho for a hypotethical Halloween episode might I recomend Roanoke, that one's creepy As always, keep up the good work

Our Kevin rocking that neckerchief as hard- perhaps harder- than Clint Eastwood

Well didn't know anything about the Arthur Conan Doyle connection. Kind of reminds me of when War of the worlds was put out on the radio and people thought it was real!

Some mysteries will never be solved and that’s a good thing! What would life be without them.

Wonderful video. My parents loved folk music and I heard The Ballad of the Mary Celeste as a child…if you search on that title you can find it on RU-vid. It’s good to hear the real story. Tragic event.

wow this channel is amazing =) i just found it.

Very good…i always thought there was a truer story than the traditional spooky tales!

As I understand what could have happened is that fumes from the alcohol built up in the ship during the storm. During a calm moment they took the chance to vent it out, but with how much had built up it was judged to be a danger to the baby on board, so they tied the life boat to the ship and kept a safe distance away. Unfortunately the storm started raging again while they were on the life boat and the rope broke.

Thanks!

Good job Kevin. FWIW - Marie Céleste DuPont is the name of one of the principal characters in a Science Fiction Novel I am writing.

Nothing better then late night ghost stories

Beautifully presented and told. (As per usual) However, I have to question something. At 6.46, "the 3 inch rope snapped." Really? A 3 inch thick rope snapped? Mmmmm, that's nearly as incredible as some of the theories that have been handed down over the years about the Mary Celeste. Anyway, Kevin, it's always a great pleasure to sit and listen to you and, if nothing else, it proves that I was paying attention. "Thank you."

Interesting tale Kevin, guess it’s one that will never really be resolved as to what actually happened for sure 🤘🏹

I'm so watching this video with the lights on

I tought that the barrels leaked and the danger was of fire and an explosion.And the crew got into the lifeboat but had put a line to the ship so if there was no fire they could get back on the ship but bad weather severd the line and they where lost.Nice one young sir.

Great video, as always! You are a great storyteller 🙂 On a separate note, I recall leaving a few comments on some of your archery videos, and asked you a few questions about archery (myself being a longbow archer in Ottawa). I really appreciated your feedback; thank you! But I didn’t know that you were also a fellow pipe smoker. I have a pipe smoking RU-vid channel, and would love to send you a few tobacco samples. What blends do you enjoy? I myself am partial to English and Virginia/Burley blends. Anyways, it’s always a pleasure to meet a fellow archer and piper. Thanks again for sharing your wonderful stories with us, and for all of your content. Cheers 🙂

This is the 2nd time I have watched this video, but had not commented on it b4.

I personally believe that they abandoned ship due to a fear of the alcohol starting a fire or exploding. I can't remember exactly what it was that pointed to that, but there was something.. Anyway, another great video Kevin.

Kevin, Atlantic Mutual went out of business in 2011 but its commercial insurance business was bought by One Beacon which was bought by a company called Intact so you might say their business is still…intact 🤣 and that was a classic mic drop you did with that pipe, nicely done and very fitting for the era 😎