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Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the weird, wonderful, unexplained, eerie, scary and down-right unbelievable. There will be tales of ghosts, murder, supernatural beings and unexplained mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, relax and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....

And on today’s Dark enigma we’re going to be exploring a story that I’ve followed for a very long time. I find it fascinating and I hope you do as well. But before we get started, as always, we will be playing our drinking game. Remember, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. I’m going to leave things open and say our story today has mystery and the sea... so pick your poison based on this. Now for the game part... every time I say lighthouse that will be a single shot and every time I say Hebrides, that’s a double shot. Now that we have the business end out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… and the mysterious disappearance of the Eilean Mor lighthouse Keepers.

The Scottish Hebrides is a craggy and foreboding archipelago. Often swathed in mist, its jagged rock formations erupt from the North Sea like the fangs of some aquatic leviathan. But on clear days the water becomes aqua blue, and the islands, illuminated in sunlight, appear idyllic. Dec. 26, 1900, was one such day, according to Captain James Harvey, who had been sent to the Flannan Isles to provide some much-needed relief to the three lighthouse keepers on the island of Eilean Mor.

Although uninhabited, the island has always sparked people’s interest. It is named after St. Flannen, a 6th century Irish Bishop who later became a saint, who built a chapel on the island and for centuries shepherds used to bring over sheep to the island to graze but would never stay the night, fearful of the spirits believed to haunt such a remote spot.

Captain James Harvey was in charge of the ship which was also carrying Joseph Moore, a replacement lifehouse keeper. As the ship reached the landing platform, Captain Harvey was surprised when no one was waiting for their arrival. He blew his horn and sent up a warning flare to attract attention. There was no response.