Legends 52: Sunshine

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Aaron Mahnke

True Crime, Ghost, Folklore, Legends, Supernatural, Paranormal, Lore, Monsters, Myth, History, Spooky

4.6 • 46.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

We might long for vacations in beautiful, sunlit settings as a break from the mundane, but just because a place is a paradise doesn’t mean it has no shadows.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Alex Robinson and research by Jamie Vargas.

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0:00.0	Most of us aren't thinking about ghosts while we're vacationing in paradise.
0:14.4	The sun, the sand, the palm trees, they seem to drive away the darkness.
0:19.3	And when we're stretched out on a beach,
0:21.1	the only spirit that comes to mind
0:22.6	are the ones that are poured into the coconut,
0:25.3	complete with a little umbrella sticking out.
0:27.8	Because, after all, how can heaven be haunted?
0:31.7	As I'm sure you know, though,
0:33.0	there are just as many lost souls in paradise
0:35.2	as there are anywhere else.
0:37.7	Take, for example, the Bahamas.
0:40.0	On the remote island of Great Isaac Kay, you'd expect all the normal tropical trappings,
0:45.0	blue water, a stunning coast, amazing wildlife.
0:47.9	And it has all of that and more, of course.
0:51.0	But it also has a lighthouse.
0:53.6	For years, this pillar of light was the one thing
0:56.1	stopping the ships of the Bermuda Triangle from crashing into the Barron Coastline of Great Isaac Kay.
1:02.7	But as bright as it might have been, its history was remarkably dark. For example, during its
1:08.5	construction, it said that a ship hit the rocks and sank nearby.
1:12.4	The only survivor, a little boy, was allegedly eaten by sharks.
1:16.9	His ghost can still be seen limping across the island's beach.
1:21.1	Another legendary mid-19th century shipwreck also left no survivors.
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