The Bluebelle (1961): This horrific true crime case involved the murder of the entire Duperrault family at sea by the boat's captain, Julian Harvey. Harvey allegedly killed his wife and the Duperrault family aboard the ship "Bluebelle" and then deliberately sank the boat, all for insurance money. The sole survivor, 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault, was found adrift on a raft days later and her testimony exposed Harvey's crimes. Harvey committed took his own life shortly after. #seaorphan #killer ...
Jun 22, 2025•9 min
Patrice Cabanel: A French cave diver who died in 2024 while exploring an underground cave in France. He was an experienced cave diver known for his depth records and contributions to mapping underwater caves. #cavediving #france #caves #accident #nowayback #scuba #diving #scary #mystery #french #underwater #tragedy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 19, 2025•3 min
A US Navy lieutenant who mysteriously fell ill and died while deployed on the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean. An autopsy later revealed he was poisoned with a lethal toxin, arsenic, administered over months. The case became one of NCIS's most notorious cold cases, with his wife, Pamela Hartley, eventually charged with his murder years later. Lieutenant Lee Hartley (1982). #murder #truecrime #ocean #killer #poison #ocean #navy #scary #mystery #florida #coldcase Music: Darkest Child Kevin MacL...
Jun 18, 2025•11 min
Cave diving, by its very nature, offers little margin for error. A sudden incapacitation in a confined, overhead environment, far from immediate assistance, can quickly turn fatal. Plura Cave, located in Rana, Norway, is known as the deepest cave in northern Europe and one of the most challenging cave systems. Jared Hires: The general manager of the diving equipment company Dive Rite, died in a cave diving accident in Plura in 2024 at the age of 33. #cavediving #truecrime #underwater #accident #...
Jun 11, 2025•7 min
Murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks (2004): This tragic case involved a couple who were murdered on their yacht, the "Well Deserved," in Newport Beach, California. Skylar Deleon, a former child actor, and his accomplices tied the couple to their anchor and threw them overboard to steal their boat and money. Deleon and others were convicted of the murders. #murder #truecrime #ocean #accident #yacht #sea #diving #scary #mystery #california #ambush Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Jun 07, 2025•11 min
Rob Stewart, a Canadian man who dedicated his life to shining a light on one of the ocean's most misunderstood creatures, whose career eventually ended in his tragic death. #tragic #sharks #ocean #accident #film #scuba #diving #scary #mystery #florida #shipwrecks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 01, 2025•7 min
A hidden lake below the desert in Death Valley; an ancient seismic event; a group of kids from Las Vegas making bad choices; and one of the rarest animals on Earth — the Devils Hole pupfish. #teenagers #diving #caving #cavediving #gonewrong #caves #disaster #tragedy #unfortunate #scary #deathvalley #jimhoutz #lasvegas #pupfish #earthquake Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 18, 2024•9 min
A Hawaiian musician and activist that just wanted to protect the environment and restore Kaho'olawe back to nature after the island had been used for years for military target practice - find out what tragically happened to young George Helm after he tried to fight for a good cause. #kahoolawe #war #scary #molokai #hawaii #islanders #alohaaina #navy #disaster #gonewrong #unfortunate #tragedy #ocean #water #surfing #boats Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 09, 2024•9 min
Natalia Molchanova (Russian: Наталья Вадимовна Молчанова) was a Russian champion free diver, multiple world record holder, and the former president of the Russian Free Dive Federation. Natalia was the world’s most decorated free diver, holding 41 world records and winning 23 gold medals during her career. Free diving is considered one of the deadliest extreme sports. Free divers may descend more than 300 ft (100 m) without using an oxygen tank. At such depths, a diver’s heart rate begins to slow...
Mar 05, 2024•7 min
On February 27, 2011, renowned cave diver Agnes Milowka took an exploratory dive into Tank Cave near Mount Gambier, Australia. Her passion for finding new passages got her into trouble when she became lost and alone in a narrow passage. Agnes gained international recognition for penetrating deeper than previous explorers into cave systems across Australia and Florida. #diving #caving #cavediving #gonewrong #caves #disaster #tragedy #unfortunate #scary #agnesmilowka #stranded #australia #florida ...
Feb 27, 2024•6 min
The 1700’s were a period of growing connectivity between towns, cities and countries in Europe. Empire and increased trade meant that a large amount of cash was available to some of the population, not all of which were particularly educated. There were vast opportunities for conmen to get people to invest in the first mass pyramid and Ponzi schemes as well as in funding somewhat schemes based on unproven science. This turned out to be the case for John Day - an uneducated inventor that got hims...
Feb 17, 2024•7 min
In July 2010, the diving industry lost one of its most beloved and talented photographers when Wes Skiles died on a seemingly routine dive off Boynton Beach, FL. A man who defied the odds by going deeper and farther than most who’d come before him, all the while delivering incredibly stunning still and video images. Wesley C. Skiles (March 6, 1958 – July 21, 2010) was an American cave diving pioneer, explorer, and underwater cinematographer. He lived in High Springs, Florida. He died while divin...
Feb 06, 2024•10 min
A forgotten disaster worse than the Titanic.The most deadly shipwreck in Great Lakes history. The Eastland was docked near the Clark Street Bridge, the bow a mere nineteen feet from the wharf. Before the lines were cast, the ship rolled portside into the Chicago River where it came to rest in a muddy 20 feet of water. More than 2,500 passengers and crew members were on board, filled with anticipation for the day's excursion and picnic. In just minutes, 844 people lost their lives, including 22 e...
Jan 30, 2024•14 min
The Andrea Doria is considered one of the most dangerous wrecks to dive. At least 22 scuba divers have lost their lives diving on the wreck. Almost since the day it sank, the Andrea Doria has been a beacon for treasure hunters and adventure seekers. It offers the lure of history, artifacts — and danger. Diving conditions at the wreck site are considered very treacherous. Strong currents and heavy sediment can reduce visibility to zero and pose serious hazards to diving, making it hard to navigat...
Jan 23, 2024•11 min
The Australian box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), commonly called the sea wasp, is the most venomous jellyfish and considered to be the most venomous animal in the world. With tentacles up to 10 ft long, covered in powerful stinging cells that cause excruciating pain. The stings can cause paralysis and cardiac arrest. Victims of this jellyfish’s sting have been known to go into shock and die of heart failure before they even make it to shore. #australia #swimming #boxjellyfish #gonewrong ...
Jan 13, 2024•7 min
The Wildrake diving accident was an incident near Scotland in August 1979 that killed two American commercial divers. During a routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell of the diving support vessel MS Wildrake became separated from its main lift wire at a depth of over 520 ft (160 m). Although the bell was eventually recovered by Wildrake, its two occupants, 32-year-old Richard Arthur Walker and 28-year-old Victor Francis "Skip" Guiel Jr., died of hypothermia. The...
Jan 08, 2024•14 min
With their great vision, fast swimming speeds, and powerful jaws - crocodiles are lethal predators. This includes the largest crocodile - the saltwater crocodile. These can grow over 20 ft long, and are opportunistic hunters that are known to treat humans as prey. Here are the terrifying stories of Ginger Meadows, Isabel von Jordan, and Lauren Failla. #ocean #crocodile #saltwater #gonewrong #snorkeling #disaster #tragedy #unfortunate #scary #attack #dangerousanimals #maneate...
Dec 22, 2023•7 min
Tilikum was taken captive from the wild in 1983 and died at SeaWorld in 2017. In February 2010, Tilikum killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau during a performance at SeaWorld Orlando. The incident became the focus of the 2013 documentary Blackfish and sparked public outcry about the mistreatment of captive orcas. But this was not the first time Tilikum had killed. Tilikum had been involved in not just one, but two previous deaths. In 1991, the orca killed another trainer, and in 1999, a trespasser. ...
Dec 16, 2023•9 min
Brett Hemphill, a renowned diver and adventurer, made significant contributions to cave exploration. As a record-setting cave diver from Florida, he died in Texas while exploring one of the deepest underwater cave systems in the U.S. (Phantom Springs). #diving #caving #cavediving #gonewrong #caves #disaster #tragedy #unfortunate #scary #bretthempkill #florida #texas #phantomsprings #recordbreaking #karst Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 07, 2023•5 min
On the afternoon of November 17, 2013, at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas, 32-year-old American freediver Nicholas Mevoli became the first in his sport to die in an international competition. He died while attempting to set an American record at the Vertical Blue competition at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas. #diving #freediving #verticalblue #gonewrong #ocean #disaster #tragedy #unfortunate #scary #competition #dive #bahamas #horrible Hosted on Acast. ...
Dec 02, 2023•7 min
During a seemingly routine dive off Key West in June 1973, the submersible Johnson Sea Link was trapped for over 30 hours in the wreckage of the destroyer USS Fred T. Berry, which had been sunk to create an artificial reef. Although the submersible was eventually recovered by the rescue vessel A.B. Wood II, two of the four occupants died of carbon dioxide poisoning: 31-year-old Edwin Clayton Link (son of Edwin Albert Link, the submersible's designer) and 51-year-old diver Albert Dennison Stover....
Nov 27, 2023•12 min
Commercial Diving is a dangerous job, especially when you’re working on a drill rig. This episode shares the details of two tragic accidents that took place on similar drill rigs in the 1970s - The Waage Drill I and the Waage Drill II. #diving #gonewrong #disaster #tragedy #unfortunate #scary #accident #amazing #weird #theshaft #commercialdiving #oil #drillrig #70s #saturationdiving #divingbell #ocean #dangerous Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 02, 2023•10 min
It just plain disappeared. What went wrong with the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 and where is it now? This episode follows all the evidence that is currently known about the missing aircraft, the debris found, and the possible suspects. The pilots were two men, Fariq and Zaharie. #malaysianairlines #mh370 #flight 370 #missing #myster #airplanes #crash #tragedy #disaster #malaysia #unfortunate #scary #beijing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 16, 2023•14 min
On October 28, 2004, two cave divers and long-time friends, Don Shirley and David Shaw, nicknamed “Dave”, planned a dive at Boesmansgat (also known in English as “Bushman’s Hole”) a deep, submerged freshwater cave in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Dave dove to 886 ft (270 m), touched the bottom and started exploring. At that time, Dave had broken four records at one time, including depth in a cave on a rebreather. While on the dive, he found a body that had been there for nearly ten...
Sep 07, 2023•16 min
It's considered one of the most horrifying ocean accidents in history. On November 5, 1983, an accident at the Byford Dolphin oil rig, located in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, cost five people their lives in a particularly horrifying way. The incident shocked the public and led to more stringent safety regulations for those diving at commercial depths. The event now stands as a cautionary tale for deep-sea divers, who operate at high risk depths. #ocean #diving #commercialdiving #satura...
Sep 01, 2023•9 min
Born and raised in Ireland, Stephen Keenan found a love for free diving back in 2009, and he soon became one of the most renowned safety divers in the free diving community. In 2017 he decided to assist his romantic partner, Alessia Zecchini, on her mission to free dive The Arch, an 85 ft long tunnel located in the Red Sea’s Blue Hole near Dahab, Egypt. The tragic events that took place during this mission would shock the free diving community, and was recently featured in the Netflix documentar...
Aug 25, 2023•8 min
Tina Watson was a 26-year-old American woman from Helena, Alabama, who died while scuba diving in Queensland, Australia, on October 22, 2003. Tina had been on her honeymoon with her new husband, Gabe Watson, who was initially charged by Queensland authorities with his wife's murder. Listen to this tricky case to try to put together the evidence and decide if this case is murder or accident. #thehoneymoonkiller #truecrime #ocean #accident #murder #scuba #diving #scary #mystery #whodidit #australi...
Aug 21, 2023•18 min
Explore the tragic story of the White Ship Disaster, one of the most devastating maritime accidents (a shipwreck) in medieval Europe - where 300 people lost their lives. On November 25, 1120, the White Ship, a luxurious vessel carrying the heir to the English throne and many nobles, sank off the coast of Normandy, France, killing everyone on board except one survivor. Find out all the wrong choices that led to the reshaping of history. #shipwrecks #scary #england #normandy #history #accident #di...
Jul 31, 2023•12 min
In 1973, a group of nine experienced cave divers set out to explore the underwater cave of Mount Gambier, Australia. Eight divers entered the cave, but only four made it back to the surface. This video delves into the details of the Mount Gambier cave diving accident, exploring the causes and consequences of the devastating event. #caves #diving #australia #police #accident #tragedy #mysterious #amazing #weird #theshaft #cavediving #history #rescue #scary Image Credit: By Wusel007 - Own work, CC...
Jul 24, 2023•14 min
A deep dive into the fascinating and terrifying events that took place on Jersey Shore in 1916 - where five separate shark attacks in a 12 day period left four lives lost and one person injured. These events caused widespread panic and fear, and later inspired the movie "Jaws". #sharks #ocean #scary #history #jaws #unbelievable #events #newjersey #education #learn #1900s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 15, 2023•15 min
