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Beyond the waves, untold stories of the deep await. Shipwrecked Secrets uncovers the mysteries lost to the sea.

Join us as we navigate the treacherous waters of history, exploring legendary shipwrecks and the captivating tales of survival, sacrifice, and the strange occurrences surrounding them. From ancient vessels to modern maritime disasters, we delve into the human drama and the enduring allure of the ocean's forgotten graves. Discover the hidden truths and the powerful forces that shaped these dramatic events.

New episodes arrive daily, every single day of the week, at 4:00 AM, ensuring a fresh mystery to unravel whenever you crave it. Each installment brings meticulously researched narratives, offering a unique perspective on these historical maritime events.

This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the ocean's power, the resilience of the human spirit, and the enduring secrets that lie beneath the surface. If you're drawn to tales of exploration, disaster, and the unknown depths, Shipwrecked Secrets is your port of call.

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  • Lifeguard Ring Found Miles Inland: The Lady Breen Survival

    Lifeguard Ring Found Miles Inland: The Lady Breen Survival
    Oct 16 2026
    Lifeguard Ring Found Miles Inland: The Lady Breen Survival

    Salt, a frayed rope and the faded stamp LADY BREEN - OCRACOKE showed up forty-three miles from the nearest navigable water, smelling like the ocean and tied to a story of a solo sailor whose log recorded nearly double the expected motor hours. What did a life ring from a thirty-four-foot sloop do on Dunmore Avenue, and what chain of failures turned a routine passage into a near-disaster?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from the August departure to the damaged rig and the log entries that don’t add up, tracing the events that left a life ring far inland and a sailor fighting to regain his planned route. How did a turbonada, a failed shackle, and a mast collapse combine to create a survival story that ends with that buoy on a suburban foundation?

    Person: Randy Simmons
    Vessel: Lady Breen (34-foot sloop, built 1991)
    Date: Departure August 13, 2019; mast event early morning August 16, 2019
    Location: Dunmore Avenue (life ring found 43 miles from nearest navigable water)
    Event: Anchor dragged during an unforecasted turbonada around 4:30 AM, August 15, 2019

    - Randy cast off from Dunbar Creek Inlet at 06:40 on August 13, 2019.
    - By the end of August 14, Randy had covered approximately 90 miles.
    - Motor hours logged on the night of August 14-15 were almost double the expected amount.
    - Around 04:30 on August 15, 2019, an unforecasted turbonada struck, causing the anchor to drag and a corroded shackle to give way.
    - Shortly after 07:00 on August 16, the mast came down to starboard and Randy spent about two hours cutting it free with a hacksaw and a rigging knife.

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    25 min
  • Dry Life Ring, Missing Sailboat: Who Dragged Celia Dawn Ashore?

    Dry Life Ring, Missing Sailboat: Who Dragged Celia Dawn Ashore?
    Oct 15 2026
    Dry Life Ring, Missing Sailboat: Who Dragged Celia Dawn Ashore?

    A dry life ring stamped Celia Dawn washed up eleven nautical miles inland from Tanner Creek, its junco-stalk waterline absent and the sloop itself last seen sixty-three nautical miles offshore - who or what carried it ashore? The ring bore the boat’s name and no one reported a tow, leaving a single unsettling question: if Celia Dawn did not simply founder, what moved that ring so far from the sea?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from pre-departure checks through a sudden squall and a critical communication failure, tracing the moments that left a delivery crew stranded sixty-three miles from shore and a life ring inexplicably inland. How did missing safety gear, a severed VHF wire, a wrapped propeller and an absent EPIRB converge into a mystery that begins with one dry ring?

    Person: Marie Brooks
    Date: July 9 (departure at 5:40 AM; man-overboard at 2:57 PM)
    Location: Sixty-three nautical miles offshore, Dawson Inlet departure
    Status: Vessel missing; life ring found inland on Tanner Creek
    Topic: Man-overboard, failed communications, missing EPIRB

    - The life ring was found dry by Alan Becker on a Wednesday at 6:40 AM, eleven nautical miles inland from Tanner Creek.
    - Celia Dawn was last making seven knots on a comfortable reach at noon, sixty-three miles offshore.
    - The squall hit at 2:40 PM, increasing wind from 14 knots to over 40 knots in three minutes.
    - Dan Vickers went overboard at 2:57 PM and was in the water for roughly 23 minutes before being recovered with blue lips and a broken collarbone.
    - The VHF radio failed because a corroded wire severed when the boat heeled 40 degrees; the EPIRB was not mounted in its reported stern bracket.

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    23 min
  • The Laminated Card That Pulled Her Back From the Sea

    The Laminated Card That Pulled Her Back From the Sea
    Oct 14 2026
    The Laminated Card That Pulled Her Back From the Sea

    A dry index card found eighteen feet from the waterline on Pelago Island led rescuers toward a woman who had spent seven days and nine hours adrift after her thirty-eight-foot sloop sank; how did a bone-dry laminated card survive two inches of rain and an eleven-mile gap from the nearest launch to carry a single line that would reconnect two worlds? Who was the woman it belonged to, and why did that card become the only link between her and the search still one step behind?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from a Wednesday night call that ended and a departure from Leland to a mast failure at 3:17 a.m., a failed EPIRB, and a methodical survival that left one laminated card as the last tangible trace; will that card be what brings her home?

    Person: Teresa Gallagher
    Event: Boat sinking and week-long survival
    Location: Pelago Island (card found), departed from Leland
    Vessel: Hollis Mae, 38-foot fiberglass sloop built in 1989
    Time adrift: Seven days and nine hours

    - The laminated index card was found face-up, ink bright, and bone dry eighteen feet from the waterline in wax myrtle roots.
    - Teresa logged roughly 40,000 miles aboard her vessel since 2017 and had been a delivery captain for eleven years.
    - The mast parted at 3:17 a.m., went over the port side in under four seconds, and caused the EPIRB to submerge and fail.
    - Teresa abandoned the Hollis Mae at 8:52 a.m. on June 12 and took a ditch bag with seven liters of water, a few tools, and the laminated index card.
    - Every Wednesday at 11:10 p.m. for eleven years Teresa called her sister Patrice; the last call occurred on the night she departed Leland on June 11.

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    21 min
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