In this episode, Graeme Hill is joined by maritime storyteller John McCrystal for a lively retelling of one of the sea’s most enduring mysteries: the disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste. Together, they separate legend from evidence, tracing how an abandoned but seaworthy ship found near the Azores in 1872 became a ghost-ship story layered with half-truths, newspaper embellishment, Conan Doyle inspired mythmaking, and increasingly wild theories. What remains is not just a puzzle about a missing captain, family, and crew, but a compelling look at how maritime disasters become folklore and how the plainest explanation can still be the most haunting.