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What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

STAS 13: The MS Estonia

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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0:00.0

This is Scott, and you're listening to What Was That Like?

0:09.4

Every other Friday, I have a guest come on and talk about something they experienced that was extremely unusual.

0:17.0

Today's Friday, and we're in between new episodes.

0:20.7

So I want to tell you a story.

0:24.6

Today I'm going to tell you about a large ferry boat that was scheduled to depart from Tallinn, Estonia,

0:32.1

and make the 14-hour voyage to Stockholm, Sweden. The trip did not go as planned.

0:40.7

And now it's remembered as one of the deadliest peacetime disasters in European history.

0:50.5

What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.

0:59.6

A brand new drama based on the bestselling novel.

1:02.4

They think they're better than us.

1:03.4

Who do you think you are?

1:04.7

I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.

1:06.4

She's punishing me.

1:07.9

You destroyed my family.

1:09.3

I will not rest until I've destroyed yours a woman

1:12.2

of substance on channel 4 starts tonight at 9 I love podcasts that are entertaining

1:17.8

informative and offer content that's actionable something I can actually use in my life

1:24.5

and when I find one show that offers all of those things that's

1:29.2

like winning the lottery and that's the Jordan Harbinger show okay obviously winning the

1:35.1

lottery is a hell of a lot better than having a podcast you really like but you know what

1:39.0

I mean I listen to a lot of podcasts but Jordan Harbinger has been in my rotation for more than 10 years.

1:47.2

Actually, I don't think there's any podcasts that I've listened to for that long other than Jordan.

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