Just about every old mystery keeps reappearing today.

Every time somebody sends out a press release, claiming they've finally solved it with their

new evidence.

And spoiler alert, in almost every case, this is false.

No case exemplifies this better than the mystery of the RMS, Lusatania, sunk by a German submarine,

a tragedy that marked only the beginning of the mystery.

It's coming up next, UnSkeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

What sank the Lusatania?

It was May 7, 1915, just off the southern coast of Ireland.

The British Empire and the Allied powers were deeply embroiled in World War I against the

German Empire and the Central Powers.

Many had declared unrestricted submarine warfare, meaning their subs would sink merchant vessels

without warning just as they would warships.

The ocean liner RMS, Lusatania, loaded with 1,962 passengers and crew, was slowing for

foggy conditions just after 2pm in the afternoon.

The German submarine U-20 spotted Lusatania's funnels, finding the slow-moving ship

unescorted and making no defensive maneuvers and knowing that all such passenger liners

were loaded with munitions for the Allied War effort and were thus legitimate merchant

targets, a torpedo was fired.

The explosion shattered the starboard side of the hull and a mere 18 minutes later the

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