Episode 57 - Joyita Ghost Ship
She was dubbed “The Mary Celeste of the Pacific.” In 1955, the MV Joyita set out from Samoa on a routine cargo run—and vanished. Weeks later, she was found adrift, half-submerged, and eerily intact… but her entire crew and passengers—25 souls—were gone without a trace. The ship’s radio was tuned to emergency frequencies. Her lifeboats were missing. Blood-stained bandages were found on board. Food and cargo remained untouched.No bodies were ever recovered. No mayday was ever heard. And no one knows what really happened.Was it piracy? Mutiny? A terrifying encounter in the vast Pacific?🌊 Set sail into one of maritime history’s greatest mysteries—on Horror at the Milk Bar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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She was dubbed “The Mary Celeste of the Pacific.” In 1955, the MV Joyita set out from Samoa on a routine cargo run—and vanished. Weeks later, she was found adrift, half-submerged, and eerily intact… but her entire crew and passengers—25 souls—were gone without a trace. The ship’s radio was tuned to emergency frequencies. Her lifeboats were missing. Blood-stained bandages were found on board. Food and cargo remained untouched.No bodies were ever recovered. No mayday was ever heard. And no one kno...