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Beyond the waves, untold stories of the deep await. Shipwrecked Secrets uncovers the mysteries lost to the sea.

Join us as we navigate the treacherous waters of history, exploring legendary shipwrecks and the captivating tales of survival, sacrifice, and the strange occurrences surrounding them. From ancient vessels to modern maritime disasters, we delve into the human drama and the enduring allure of the ocean's forgotten graves. Discover the hidden truths and the powerful forces that shaped these dramatic events.

New episodes arrive daily, every single day of the week, at 4:00 AM, ensuring a fresh mystery to unravel whenever you crave it. Each installment brings meticulously researched narratives, offering a unique perspective on these historical maritime events.

This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the ocean's power, the resilience of the human spirit, and the enduring secrets that lie beneath the surface. If you're drawn to tales of exploration, disaster, and the unknown depths, Shipwrecked Secrets is your port of call.

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  • The Shoe on the Buoy: How a Lost Boy's Sneaker Became a Maritime Mystery

    The Shoe on the Buoy: How a Lost Boy's Sneaker Became a Maritime Mystery
    Oct 4 2026
    The Shoe on the Buoy: How a Lost Boy's Sneaker Became a Maritime Mystery

    A size-two blue canvas sneaker, salt-stiffened and nailed to a buoy in Harwick Shoals, became the only visible trace of seven-year-old Marcus after five people were pulled from a thirty-eight-foot sailboat adrift in the Atlantic. How did that shoe end up pinned to navigational hardware while no one on board - or ashore - could explain where Marcus went?

    In this episode, we tell the story of the Ariel Blue and the voyage that began on August 10, 2011, covering the crew, the storm that left the vessel disabled, and the odd, unanswered evidence that followed. What sequence of failures, missed communications, and small decisions left a boy missing and a sneaker nailed to a buoy?

    Vessel: Ariel Blue
    Date: August 10, 2011
    Location: Harwick Shoals / Outer Banks route
    People aboard: Five (two co-owners, one retired electrician, one deckhand, one child)
    Injuries: Dislocated/fractured shoulder and two cracked ribs

    - The Ariel Blue departed Beaufort, North Carolina on August 10, 2011, with clear skies and a light southwest breeze.
    - By 2 a.m. on August 11, winds reached 52 knots and seas climbed to 12-14 feet, causing the forestay to fail and the headsail to flog loose.
    - The engine flooded because a ventilation hatch above the air intake had not been dogged shut, allowing saltwater in and disabling propulsion.
    - A personal locator beacon and a paper notebook were two of the three things that kept the five survivors alive; a phone message went unheard in voicemail for more than 30 hours.
    - A size-two blue canvas sneaker, nailed to a buoy, was found eight days after the five people were pulled from the adrift thirty-eight-foot ketch, and nobody claimed it.

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    24 min
  • The Beacon Lied: How a Clerical Error Left Her Adrift

    The Beacon Lied: How a Clerical Error Left Her Adrift
    Oct 3 2026
    The Beacon Lied: How a Clerical Error Left Her Adrift

    Cold, precise signals saved Julie Keller's life twice over - once by transmitting her position within six minutes, and once by failing to point to her boat. The EPIRB worked perfectly, but its MMSI identified a different vessel 62 miles away, and that single clerical mismatch put Julie alone in the Pacific rationing four ounces of water every six hours; how did one nine-digit number become the difference between rescue and oblivion?

    In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the July 3rd float plan to the EPIRB activation on July 6th and the discovery of the dry bag on July 14th, laying out the procedural gap that routed Julie’s distress to the wrong ship and asking whether rescue systems can be trusted when paperwork lags behind reality.

    Person: Julie Keller
    Date: July 6, 2019 (EPIRB activation at 04:22; boat sank at 04:31)
    Location: Pacific Ocean off Astoria, Oregon
    Vessel: Aravali Wind (42-foot carbon-fiber sloop)
    MMSI error: Beacon registered to Heron Bay (30-foot ketch) in Newport, Oregon

    - Julie rationed four ounces of water every six hours while adrift in the life raft.
    - The EPIRB signal reached a NOAA satellite and was processed at a ground station within six minutes of activation.
    - The MMSI in Julie’s EPIRB belonged to a ketch registered 62 miles away in Newport, Oregon.
    - The starboard shroud failed at 03:40 on July 6th, mast came down, and Aravali Wind sank at 04:31.
    - An orange dry bag with a dry log and last entry "The beacon was wrong. Check the MMSI." washed ashore in Prater Cove, Oregon on July 14th, eight feet up in a pine tree.

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    24 min
  • Survived Six Days: The Hatch Cover That Shouldn't Float

    Survived Six Days: The Hatch Cover That Shouldn't Float
    Oct 2 2026
    Survived Six Days: The Hatch Cover That Shouldn't Float

    A woman survived six days adrift on a fifty-four-inch piece of waterlogged plywood that, by weight and physics, should have submerged her; inside her jacket pocket a child's brass compass sat bone dry. What made a teak-framed hatch cover-too small to hold two people and not from the capsized boat-appear at the capsize site, and how did April Weber navigate sixty-three miles to shore while planes flew overhead twice?

    In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from departure to recovery, laying out the known facts and the anomalies that refuse a tidy explanation, and ask whether the official record captures what really happened to April Weber and her companion that night.

    Person: April Weber
    Age: 28
    Date: June 1-June 9, 2017
    Vessel: 32-foot sloop Kestrel
    Location: ~40 miles west of Tillamook Head

    - April Weber was found alive after six days in the ocean, face-down on a waterlogged plank.
    - The drifting hatch cover measured 54 inches by 32 inches and had stainless hinges along one edge.
    - The Kestrel’s EPIRB activated at 02:17 and transmitted the last known position before submerging.
    - Wind gusts reached 38 knots and swell climbed to 12 feet before the vessel capsized.
    - April carried a child's brass camping compass in her offshore jacket pocket; its crystal was cracked but the compass was bone dry.

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    21 min
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