The Mary Celeste: Why Did the Crew Abandon a Perfectly Good Ship?

In December 1872, sailors found a ship drifting in the Atlantic with its sails set, six months of food on board, and the captain's family belongings still in the cabin. But all ten people on board, including a two year old girl, had vanished. The ship was the Mary Celeste. In this video we dig into the most famous ghost ship in history: Captain Briggs and his family, the cargo of alcohol, what the boarding party found, the suspicions and the trial in Gibraltar, how Arthur Conan Doyle rewrote the story before he created Sherlock Holmes, the wild theories from sea monsters to seaquakes, the 2006 experiment that tested the alcohol vapor theory, the broken pump theory, and the ship's strange final voyage. Alcohol fumes, a broken pump, or something else? Tell me your theory in the comments. Chapters 00:00 The ship with no one aboard 01:17 Captain Briggs and his family 02:18 The cargo of alcohol 02:33 The voyage begins 03:12 What the boarding party found 04:54 Suspects in Gibraltar 06:46 How Arthur Conan Doyle rewrote the story 08:08 Sea monsters, waterspouts and seaquakes 09:24 Theory one: the alcohol fumes 11:02 Theory two: the broken pump 11:54 A decision made in seconds 12:28 The cursed ship's final voyage 13:39 The family behind the legend #history #mystery #ghostship