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Shipwrecked Secrets

Shipwrecked Secrets

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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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  • Runner Finds a Ticking Watch on a Shipwreck Panel: The Lloyd Walsh Survival

    Runner Finds a Ticking Watch on a Shipwreck Panel: The Lloyd Walsh Survival
    Aug 23 2026
    Runner Finds a Ticking Watch on a Shipwreck Panel: The Lloyd Walsh Survival

    A lone runner found a small plastic watch ticking atop a half-buried fiberglass hull the size of a door on Hatteras Flats at roughly 6:15 a.m. on a February morning - and forty miles offshore, Lloyd Walsh lay pinned beneath an overturned 42-foot sailboat more than fifty hours into a desperate wait. How did a tiny, still-running watch on a beach become the most misread clue in a rescue that hinged on one crucial calculation?

    In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the hull panel on the flats to the overturned Ardea and the rescue window that closed and reopened, following the physical signals, equipment details, and timeline that connected a Beach discovery to a man pinned under a boat. What single calculation finally closed the distance between where searchers were looking and where Lloyd actually was?

    Person: Vernon Snyder
    Person: Lloyd Walsh
    Event: Hull panel found on Hatteras Flats at 6:15 a.m.
    Event: Ardea capsized about 3:40 a.m.; Lloyd pinned for more than fifty hours
    Item: Seiko dive watch given to Lloyd by his brother Marcus

    - A fiberglass hull section the size of a dining table was found half-buried in wet sand on Hatteras Flats at roughly 6:15 a.m.
    - Vernon Snyder, age 44, was the runner who discovered a small plastic-cased watch still ticking on top of the hull panel.
    - Lloyd Walsh, age 28, departed Oriental on February 5 to deliver the 42-foot sloop Ardea and went below to sleep before the mast failed.
    - The mast’s backstay chainplate fractured around 2:00 a.m. on February 7, and the Ardea rolled past 90 degrees at about 3:40 a.m., causing the vessel to capsize.
    - Lloyd was pinned under the overturned Ardea roughly forty miles offshore in 41-degree water and remained there for more than fifty hours before being located.

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    23 min
  • She Was Missing at Sea - Then a Wyoming Kitchen Window Told the Truth

    She Was Missing at Sea - Then a Wyoming Kitchen Window Told the Truth
    Aug 22 2026
    She Was Missing at Sea - Then a Wyoming Kitchen Window Told the Truth

    A propane canister in a Wyoming kitchen window broke a maritime mystery: a woman listed as missing at sea for eleven days was still alive, and the small red-valved camping canister visible from the street was the clue. How did a thirty-eight-foot sloop, a failed satellite update, and a single upright canister in a landlocked home link a drifting hull two hundred and ten miles southwest of the Mississippi Delta to a Wyoming house?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from a January 14 meter-reader’s stop in Mineral Fork to the storm that crippled Jessica Evans’s boat and the Coast Guard search that went the wrong way; we trace the equipment she carried, the course changes she made, and the small domestic detail that ultimately reframed the search. What did that canister mean, and where was Jessica when someone finally noticed it?

    Person: Jessica Evans
    Date: January 3 (mast failure and EPIRB activation) and January 14 (meter-reader stop)
    Location: approximately 210 miles southwest of the Mississippi Delta; Mineral Fork, Wyoming
    Vessel: Interval, 38-foot sloop
    Item observed: single upright 16-ounce propane canister with red valve cap on kitchen counter

    - Jessica left Port Sulphur, Louisiana on December 8 with a thirty-day provisioning plan.
    - The mast folded against the starboard rail after a 14-foot wave struck at 2:17 a.m.; the rig went overboard around 3:00 a.m.
    - Jessica activated her EPIRB at 3:04 a.m., which Coast Guard New Orleans logged and used to start a search.
    - Interval carried a watermaker, EPIRB, handheld VHF, satellite communicator, and a ditch bag; a partial 16-ounce propane canister lived upright on the chart table.
    - On January 6 Jessica began rationing water with 23 liters remaining.

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    21 min
  • The Orange Suit on the Breakwater: She Walked Ashore, It Never Inflated

    The Orange Suit on the Breakwater: She Walked Ashore, It Never Inflated
    Aug 21 2026
    The Orange Suit on the Breakwater: She Walked Ashore, It Never Inflated

    An orange survival suit, dry on the outside and sealed with an unused CO2 cartridge, washed up twelve miles from the last known position after nine days at sea - but its owner had never put it on. What happened to Diane Webb, whose name was stenciled on the collar, and why did a suit that should have saved her arrive unused?

    In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from departure to the discovery on the east breakwater, laying out the actions, timings, and items recovered to ask whether the surviving evidence points to accident, mischance, or something else.

    Person: Diane Webb
    Date: December 10-19, 2011
    Location: east breakwater of Morrow Island; last known position offshore
    Vessel: Carla M, 42-foot fiberglass sloop
    Status: survival suit (WEBB - D) found sealed, dry, uninflated after nine days, CO2 cartridge intact

    - The suit floated against the pilings at the east breakwater of Morrow Island on the morning of December 19, 2011.
    - The suit had been in the water for nine days and traveled twelve miles to reach those pilings.
    - Diane Webb was 22 years old and had eight trips aboard the Carla M on the Morrow-to-Kessler Island run.
    - The Carla M cleared Morrow Island harbor at 7:45 AM; the mast came down at 8:25 AM when a tack caused the main boom to swing hard.
    - By early afternoon the stern seam opened, Dennis Holt went into the water during raft deployment and did not surface; Diane and Chris were in the raft with limited supplies (two liters of water, four energy bars, a compass, handful of flares).

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    24 min
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