1. The Real Moby Dick: Terror Aboard Whaleship Essex

“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” - Herman Melville, 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘺-𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦

Well, it doesn't get much more forbidden and barbarous than this. On August 12, 1819, the whaling vessel 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘹 departed Nantucket port for what was intended to be a three-year expedition hunting giants of the deep. What returned after just a year was a handful of surviving crew and one hell of a story. This is the terrifying true tale that inspired an American classic, and still haunts the seas to this day.

Sources: Essex Sources