fellow ridiculous historians, we are fun at parties. And in a classic episode from 2019,

we got super obsessed with just telling random people about ghost ships and the black death.

Ghost ships, plague ships, dealers choice. We were recently talking on our sister podcast, stuff they don't want you to know about the hanta virus and the way it potentially may have been brought on a ship of sorts, a cruise ship, not a ghost ship.

But this is something that throughout history we often hear about rats in the galley carrying all kinds of icky diseases that come from faraway lands

and then infect the places where the ships dock.

In the 1300s, what we call the Black Death Today sprang up in Central Asia and it swept

across continents and it killed millions, millions of people.

It fundamentally changed history.

And, you know, to that earlier point, man, I got to say history does rhyme a little bit,

and ghost ships are fascinating.

Yeah, history's got bars for sure.

Norway, however, might have been spared

from some of this black death, were it not for the aforementioned mysterious ghost ship.

Tune in and find out how. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio.

Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, fellow ridiculous historians.

My name is Ben.

My co-host, Noel, who usually fills in here with me, is on adventures.

However, never fear because we have our returning special guest with us here today.

Christopher Haciotis, thanks again for saving the show.

Good afternoon or good evening.

Good morning.

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