Suspense - The Mystery of the Marie Celeste

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4.6 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A fictional account of what might have happened to the crew of the Marie Celeste on her final voyage as told by a stowaway.

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0:00.0	Please visit mysteryshows.com for over 50,000 old-time radio shows.
0:09.8	Autolight and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Van Heflin
0:14.7	in tonight's presentation of suspense.
0:23.7	Tonight, allolite tells of one of the great mysteries of the sea
0:27.8	as we recreate the mystery of the Marie Celeste, our star Mr. Van Heflin.
0:39.8	And now, Autolife presents
0:42.3	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste,
0:45.1	starring Mr. Van Heflin,
0:47.2	hoping once again to keep you in
0:49.7	suspense.
0:51.1	Suspense.
1:09.9	On December 9th, 1872, the American brigantine, Marie Celeste, was discovered adrift and derelict, close off the coast of North Africa.
1:14.8	She had sustained some storm damage, but she was still an able ship.
1:21.3	Her sails were set, her cargo was intact, conditions in her cabins and forecast seemed normal, there was no evidence of violence.
1:25.7	Yet, not a sign was found of the crew that had manned her. Officers,
1:31.8	men, and the captain's wife had vanished, and no acceptable explanation of their disappearance
1:37.8	has ever been advanced. But perhaps this is that story.
1:49.8	It would start a New York City's harbor district on the night of November 7, 1872.
1:54.7	The eve of the Marie-Colest departure from that same harbor. The... Stop!
2:09.7	Stop me out of shoot!
2:13.1	Stop here, out shoot!
2:14.5	Stop her! I'll shoot!
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