EPISODE · Aug 12, 2022 · 30 MIN
The SS Ourang Medan Ghost Ship
from Autumn's Oddities · host Autumn Grube
In June of 1947, several ships received a terrifying distress call from a freighter in the straits of Malacca. The unknown ship’s message said that the entire ship's crew was dead, with the operator finally sending out a final grim message, "I die". What really happened to the crew of the SS Ourang Medan and did the ship even exist to begin with? SOURCEShttps://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofmer40857unit/proceedingsofmer40857unit_djvu.txthttps://archive.org/details/mysteriesofships00emerhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070205223141/http://www.neswa.org.au/Library/Articles/A%20cargo%20of%20death.htmhttp://skittishlibrary.co.uk/the-myth-of-the-ourang-medan-ghost-ship-1940/ Death Ship in the South Sea; 1954 by Otto MielkeCargo of Death, by Roy BaintonBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/autumn-s-oddities--5307439/support.
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