The True Story Behind Moby Dick Is Far Worse Than the Book

Human History is Disturbing the more I learn. In this video we dive into the Whaleship Essex, the Nantucket ship that was rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. Twenty men escaped in three small boats, two thousand miles from land. What followed became one of the darkest survival stories ever recorded at sea. This Dark and Disturbing tale inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick and left only eight men alive. What did the men in those boats do to survive? The wreck of the Batavia - https://youtu.be/1MO9-A9M58Y Haunting Event of Mary Rose - https://youtu.be/8FzqRORIlnY Franklin Expedition - https://youtu.be/FSuAtLGNbK4 My Names, is Joe and I really hope you enjoy the video. Subscribe to Buried Earth for more just like this.