The Flying Dutchman

But It Was Aliens

Mar 7 2024 • 45 mins

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe the origin story of the Flying Dutchman, the most famous ghost ship there has ever been. We then probe the origin of the Flying Dutchman. Then we probe the origin of the Flying Dutchman. Yes, there have been quite a lot of stories about this boat over the centuries. There have also been many sightings. Some of those sightings have been witnessed by royalty. Some sightings have been witnessed by commanders during World War Two. Some sightings have been witnessed by hundreds of people. Can any of these sightings be explained with science? Who was the captain? All that and more on this week’s file.

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Music:

Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. In discussing WoonMalker’s Flying Dutchman encounter, we utilised a wonderful theme from Rare and the Xbox's Sea Of Thieves courtesy of Microsoft and composed via the magical Robin Beanland. We closed out the episode with the ’Staff Roll’ aka credits theme from Nintendo’s 1990-1992 Super Mario World from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō.

Sources:

Timeline of Flying Dutchman accounts: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0777ast.html

Skeptoid: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4427

Historic Mysteries: https://www.historicmysteries.com/flying-dutchman/

Vanderdecken's Message Home; or, The Tenacity of Natural Affection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 9, no. 50 (May 1821), pp. 127-31.

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