In 1947, while passing through the Strait of Malacca, two American ships went on a rescue mission after receiving a distress call from a Dutch freighter, the S.S. Ourang Medan. The caller claimed to be a crewmember and conveyed the message of the death of everyone else on board. His words weirdly ended with "I die". The rescuers found the ship unharmed, but the entire crew, including the dog, was dead with terrified faces and expressions. Before further investigation, the abandoned ship caught fire and exploded. The probable reason could be over-exposure to nitroglycerin, which it was carrying illegally. Some believe that this is just an urban legend, while others believe that it was real. Have you ever heard of this maritime mystery before?

The Octavius became more than just a legend in 1775 when a whaling ship named the Herald found it drifting off the coast of Greenland with all of its crew frozen dead by the arctic cold. To add to the spooky environment, the ship's captain was found sitting at his desk, with a logbook in front of him, and finishing a log entry from 1762. This could mean that the Octavius had been floating for 13 years and completed its passage to the Atlantic while returning to England from Asia via the Northwest Passage as a ghost ship. Do think that it's possible that the Octavius actually sailed through this ice-choked passage?

In 1955 the MV Joyita, a fishing and charter boat was found abandoned in the South Pacific, five weeks after it had been reported overdue. The air search mission could not trace it until a merchant ship found it drifting almost 600 miles off its source with no sign of passengers, crew members and cargo. The life rafts were missing, including the firearms and other equipment onboard. There was a doctor's bag and several bloody bandages on the deck, and the broken radio was tuned to the universal distress signal. Still, what happened there was never revealed as none of the crew was ever seen again. Do tales like this make you rethink about ever getting on a ship?

The British ship Dei Gratia found the Mary Celeste on December 4, 1872, near the Strait of Gibraltar. The Mary Celeste, which had left New York eight days earlier, should have reached Genoa, Italy. When examined, the ship was in good condition, with no signs of attack, personal belongings, and cargo intact. Missing were the lifeboat, the captain's logbook, and the entire crew. Theories about the crew's disappearance included mutiny, a deadly waterspout, or poisoning. A storm or technical issue may have caused the crew to abandon ship and perish at sea. Some theories even suggest ghosts or alien abductions. Captain Morehouse of the Dei Gratia knew Captain Briggs of the Celeste to be a capable sailor, leading to more suspicions about what happened. Do you think that something supernatural could have happened to the crew of this doomed ship?