Chapter 12: The Death Ship of the South Seas Feat. Special Guest
In the late 1940's, the S.S. Ourang Medan sent out an S.O.S. to near by ships asking for urgent help and that everyone was dead. when help arrived, the whole crew was dead, including the ship's dog, and every single one of them were unwounded, their faces frozen in horror. before anyone could even attempt to figure out what happened, a fire broke out and an explosion erupted, taking the ship and it's crew to the bottom of the ocean. the legend of the S.S. Ourang medan has been around for decades, but did it really Happen? take a dive with us to see just how true this legend really is, and have a spooktacular halloweekend!
Hewitt, L. (2020, October 27). Tragedy on the S.S. Ourang Medan – Fact or Legend? Historic Mysteries. https://www.historicmysteries.com/ourang-medan/
N/A, L. (2022, June 3). Unresolved: What Happened To The Ourang Medan — And Did It Exist At All? The Ghost in My Machine. https://theghostinmymachine.com/2020/04/20/unresolved-what-happened-to-the-ourang-medan-did-it-exist-at-all-ghost-ship/
Ripley’s Believe It or Not. (2020, February 19). The Mysterious Tale Of The S.S. Ourang Medan Ghost Ship. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-ourang-medan-ghost-ship/
The Shipyard. (2021, October 27). How to Sink a Ghost-Ship: The Story of the SS Ourang Medan. https://www.theshipyardblog.com/how-to-sink-a-ghost-ship-the-story-of-the-ourang-medan/
The SS Ourang Medan. (2021, June 22). The Philadelphia Experiment From A-Z. https://www.de173.com/the-ss-ourang-medan/
Troutner, A. (2022, September 14). The Strange Tale of the Mysterious Dutch Ghost Ship Ourang Medan. HowStuffWorks. https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/ourang-medan.htm
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