The Ghost Hunter
For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until Cameron La Follette began digging.
For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until Cameron La Follette began digging.
Leah Sottile The Atavist Magazine Jan 2020 35min Permalink
In 1942, a volley of torpedoes sent the U.S.S. Wasp to the bottom of the Pacific. Earlier this year, a team of wreck hunters set out to find it.
Ed Caesar The New York Times Magazine Mar 2019 35min Permalink
The sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
Bryan Burrough, Josephine McKenna Vanity Fair May 2012 50min Permalink
In 1956, an ocean liner named the Andrea Doria sank off the coast of Cape Cod. Half a century later, deep-sea divers—the author included—were still risking their lives to explore it.
Bucky McMahon Esquire Jul 2000 35min Permalink
On the eve of the Civil War, a nightmare at sea turned into one of the greatest rescues in maritime history. More than a century later, a rookie treasure hunter went looking for the lost ship—and found a different kind of ruin.
David Wolman The Atavist Magazine Mar 2017 35min Permalink
Somewhere in the desert, buried under a mountain of sand and rock, is an ancient shipwreck. Maybe.
Alexander Nazaryan Newsweek Feb 2016 20min Permalink
Why did the El Faro cargo ship sail directly into the path of Hurricane Joaquin, killing all 33 aboard?
Rachel Slade Yankee Magazine Sep 2016 30min Permalink
A treasure hunter found the world’s richest shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod. Or at least that’s what he told his investors.
Erick Trickey Boston Magazine Sep 2015 25min Permalink
Survivors of a shipwreck have their endurance tested, and their story concludes on Thanksgiving Day; an excerpt from Jo's Boys.
"The other boats were out of danger and all lingered to watch the splendid yet awesome spectacle of the burning ship alone on the wide sea, reddening the night and casting a lurid glare upon the water, where floated the frail boats filled with pale faces, all turned for a last look at the fated Brenda, slowly settling to her watery grave. No one saw the end, however, for the gale soon swept the watchers far away and separated them, some never to meet again till the sea gives up its dead."
Louisa May Alcott Jan 1886 10min Permalink
When massive ships sink, burn, fall apart or get stuck, their owners call Nick Sloane. His job: figure out how to save as much as he can.
William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Nov 2014 25min Permalink
The author dives to the wreck of the Mohawk, where his uncle died in 1935.
Patrick Symmes Outside Apr 2002 15min Permalink
The sole survivor of a 1966 shipwreck tells his tale.
Edward McClelland The Morning News Apr 2013 10min Permalink
How the Bounty, a busted-up replica built in 1960 for the film Mutiny on the Bounty, ended up 100 miles out to sea during the height of Hurricane Sandy.
Kathryn Miles Outside Feb 2013 30min Permalink
The international battle over 17 tons of coins discovered by an American deep-sea treasure hunting company.
Susan Berfield Businessweek Jun 2012 15min Permalink
On the 2009 sinking of a scallop boat; a newly minted Pulitzer winner.
Amy Ellis Nutt The Newark Star-Ledger Nov 2010 1h30min Permalink