In this episode, Graeme Hill is joined by John McCrystal for a gripping account of the wreck of the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company flagship that ran aground off Western Australia in 1629. What begins as a maritime disaster quickly descends into mutiny, violence and a brutal struggle for survival among the stranded passengers and crew. Walk through the ship’s doomed voyage, the leadership failures and conspiracies that preceded the wreck, and the terrifying events that unfolded before rescue finally arrived. It is a dark, extraordinary story of power, desperation, and human behavior pushed to its limits.