S2 Ep53: Tellers: Sealand

The Investigators

Burning Mountain

True Crime, Society & Culture

5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Located 12km east of Suffolk in the North Sea, the Principality of Sealand is a micronation that claims to be the world’s smallest country. To look at, it is nothing special: a blasted-looking platform with a smattering of container-like buildings on top. But the story of how it came to be is nothing short of extraordinary.

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0:00.0	Oh, I've been running from the law
0:06.5	Hope they won't soon exhaust love
0:12.0	You're listening to 1041
0:15.0	The podcast that puts you on duty
0:17.0	I'm your host Todd McComas
0:48.0	That is the national anthem of Sea Land
0:57.0	You're probably thinking I've never heard of that country
1:00.0	Why do they have a national anthem?
1:02.0	Or won't you listen up and find out?
1:04.0	Stuart, what a find you're bringing to the table
1:07.0	Good intro, I like that
1:09.0	That was the national anthem
1:12.0	Slovak Radio Symphonic Orchestra
1:14.0	Recorded that, has everybody knows and loves?
1:18.0	They'll slow back
1:19.0	A favorite orchestra
1:20.0	Yeah, that's Bobby on tuba in there
1:23.0	Who knows?
1:24.0	I've never heard of any of this stuff
1:26.0	I can guarantee most of the people that listen to this
1:29.0	They'll know about it either
1:31.0	So listen, I've done a bare bones overview over this thing
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