Hi Islanders it's Campbell here grab a beer and pull up a deck chair for tonight's special edition it's a crossover episode I recorded with my mate Sam from the Hidden Staircase Podcast.

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without further ado let's get stuck into it. When you're, when, when, you're, when.

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You're, when. Close your eyes and imagine a room.

Its walls are covered in antique wallpaper, now torn and faded.

If you look closely, you can see the outline of a secret door, a door that will open if you are willing to enter.

There is a staircase there that descends into the darkness.

And at its base, a room filled with terrible wonders.

It is a library of mysteries, a catalogue of terrors.

The pages of his books are stained with ink,

capturing moments of time stained with blood.

Its shells are waited with stories yet to be told, with the answers to questions that have yet

to be asked.

Those stories are waiting for you at the bottom of the Batavia was one of the most mysterious sea disappearances after it vanished in 1629.

There'd been numerous searches in effort to locate the missing ship and it wouldn't be until 1963 the wreckage of the

missing ship would be found. Combined with what was found on a nearby island, it became one of the most horrific

mysteries in history. But before I get to the mutiny of the Batavia, I need to tell you a little bit about the Dutch East India Company

or VOC. It was originally established as a chartered company in 1602 when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly

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