A Ship Crewed By the Damned
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 274, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out of Gloucester Harbor in Massachusetts, aboard the fishing schooner Charles Haskell. In March of 1869, the Haskell was fishing on Georges Bank when a perfect storm knocked her into another vessel sinking the other ship and damning her crew. The ghosts of the sunken crew came back to haunt the Haskell. The story still haunts Gloucester Harbor.
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| 0:00.0 | Whenever we're in Gloucester Harbor, I can't help but think of the movie, The Perfect Storm, the one that came out back in 2000. |
| 0:10.8 | Yeah, I completely understand that. |
| 0:13.0 | That story depicted the loss of the fishing vessel, the Andrea Gale, back in October of 1991. |
| 0:18.7 | And seeing these fishing boats today pulling in and out of the harbor and looking at the |
| 0:22.6 | clouds in the sky, I mean, you can't help but wonder if the seas will turn angry today. |
| 0:27.8 | The Andrea Gale story reminds us that the sea can still be a dangerous place for a boat, |
| 0:32.8 | even in these modern times with radar, sonar, radios, advance weather reporting, and so on. |
| 0:38.1 | Sure, yeah, definitely. |
| 0:39.6 | Accidents still happen, and sea captains sometimes push their luck. |
| 0:43.1 | They take risks with their ships and crew. |
| 0:45.1 | So today's story must be about a boat. |
| 0:47.3 | That's exactly why we're here, Ray. |
| 0:49.1 | We're in Gloucester Harbor in Massachusetts, |
| 0:51.4 | looking for a ship that was once crewed by ghosts. |
| 0:59.0 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 274 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | And I'm Ray Oger. Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. Did you know most of our story leads come from you? Well, this one did. Thanks to Matt Moorish for emailing us about this story. We're grateful when you get involved. It takes the community to keep these stories coming week after week. Now, before we go searching for a sailing ship crewed by the damned, we want to take just a minute to tell you about our sponsor, Newadi Herbils. |
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