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Nov 7, 2026 8 min

The Empty Ship, Episode 3: The Cargo

from The Worlds of Brian E. Niskala Hosted by Brian E. Niskala

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKGFG11W?tag=computradecom-20 Read the novel, The Last Log of the Mary Celeste by Brian E. Niskala, at the link above. The Empty Ship, Episode 3: The Cargo The Mary Celeste sailed from New York carrying 1,701 barrels of industrial alcohol, bound for Genoa. In this episode we go into the hold: what that cargo was, how it was stowed, what the Gibraltar investigation found when the barrels were examined, and why the cargo has sat at the center of nearly every theory since — what it explains, and what it cannot. Our rule for this series: we keep what we know apart from what we only wish we knew. When the sources disagree, we say so. Voices in this episode are produced with AI. This is a true story. Sound effects and voices are dramatized, and where we are guessing, we say so. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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