In January 1921, off the treacherous Graveyard of the Atlantic at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Coast Guard discovered a colossal five-masted wooden schooner stranded on Diamond Shoals. Every canvas sail was set catching the gale winds, a hot dinner of spare ribs and pea soup was still sitting on the galley stove, and two ship's cats were roaming the deck unharmed.
Yet all eleven seasoned mariners—including veteran 66-year-old Captain Willis B. Wormell—had vanished into thin air.
In this full-length investigative documentary, we uncover the complete true story of the Carroll A. Deering:
- The construction of the five-masted colossus in Bath, Maine
- The turbulent voyage to Rio de Janeiro and simmering mutiny
- First Mate Charles McLellan's violent threats in Barbados taverns
- The eerie final sighting off Cape Lookout Lightship
- The forensic boarding: disabled steering helm, missing logbooks, and severed lifeboat falls
- The massive 5-department federal investigation ordered by Herbert Hoover and the FBI
- The Christopher Columbus Gray 'Message in a Bottle' forgery
- The competing theories: Bloody Mutiny, Rum-Running Piracy, or the Bermuda Triangle Ghost Fleet
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Chapter 1: The Ghost of Diamond Shoals
04:15 - Chapter 2: The Colossus of Bath, Maine
08:30 - Chapter 3: The Voyage to Rio & The Seeds of Mutiny
13:00 - Chapter 4: The Final Sighting at Cape Lookout
17:45 - Chapter 5: The Forensic Scene Aboard the Ghost Ship
22:30 - Chapter 6: The Great Government Inquest & Hoover's Task Force
27:15 - Chapter 7: The Battle of Theories (Mutiny, Piracy & The Bermuda Triangle)
31:45 - Chapter 8: The Immortal Legend of Diamond Shoals