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Original Airdate: February 19, 1974
Episode 0042 "Sea Fever"
Original Story by Ian Martin Directed by Himan Brown Host: E.G. Marshall
A fearsome captain of the seas inflicts the ultimate punishment for people who even dare to look at his wife. But some people can't contain their passions for her.
Even before Phoenicians first sailed out of the Mediterranean and opened up the seven seas to mankind, the rolling waters of the world have boiled from their depths some of the greateststories of adventure, romance, and mystery. Of all the stories dredged up from old Davy Jones locker, I think my favorite is the strange and seemingly insoluble puzzle of what happened to the Annabella.
How best to start the story. Oh, yes, of course, why not? Let's read from the log of the ship that found the Annabella, becalmed in the doldrums. August 7th, 1865. Log of the Penguin, Captain Brisket commanding. No wind again this day as we drive through the doldrums moving by paddle and steam to find becalmed a merchant man named Annabella. No answer to repeated hails. Sent Mr. Bascom to board her. His report as follows. Not a living soul aboard.
The boats still snug in the davits. The captain's table freshly set for six. The crew's meal warm in the galley. All ship -shaped. The log records an uneventful voyage with no clue as to why she should have been deserted. Not a living soul aboard. Not even a rat. What can be the answer to the mystery of this ill -fated ship? I cannot even guess. I fear no one will ever know.
The Annabella set sail from Charlestown Harbor on the 13th day of July, 1865. Her captain was Josiah Adams, a huge and forbidding giant of a man. The rest on board were as choice a crew of cutthroats, thieves, and murderers as you could set between bulkheads. There was one woman aboard, and 19 men, including the cook and two passengers. And the mood of all of them was ugly.
Starring: George Mathews, Brett Morrison, Marian Seldes, Leon Janny, William Redfield