Episodes

PJ Ornot is a retired United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, having served 24 years in the service.

On March 26, 2024, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland was struck by the container ship MV Dali.

The creator of the Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs original theme music, Sean Sigfried, joins me to talk about how we first interacted, the creation of the theme song, and his achievements.

Survivors from the French shipwreck Medusa struggle to survive.

The French shipwreck Medusa, which took place in 1816 off the coast of Mauritania, remains one of the most infamous maritime disasters in history.

From Airship, comes a new true crime history podcast that takes you inside the minds of some of our most notorious felons and outlaws.

The Swedish warship Vasa sank just minutes into its maiden voyage in 1626.

The Pulaski went down 40 miles off the coast of North Carolina in 1838, killing 128.

The cargo ship El Faro sank on October 1, 2015 after sailing directly into Hurricane Joaquin.

A real, modern-day pirate, Capt. Tonz has led an adventurous and dangerous life on the seas, and has many stories to tell.

The SS Atlantic disaster occurred on April 1, 1873, when the British steamship SS Atlantic, carrying over 900 passengers and crew, struck rocks off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.

HMS Terror and Erebus disappeared in Canada in 1845, along with Sir John Franklin and his entire expedition.

During World War 2 the British Royal Navy battled the Vichy French in Africa.

The cargo ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in 1958, prompting Gordon Lightfoot's legendary song.

The Battle of Ushant took place between British and French ships during the American War of Independence.

In 1909, the RMS Republic of the White Star Line was struck by the SS Florida, and sank off Nantucket in the North Atlantic.

Famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley is arrested.

The crew of the D/V Tenacious returns to the Andrea Doria with a team of Italian divers to record the condition of the wreck from bow to stern.

In 1862, during the American Civil War, Smalls commandeered a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, and sailed it to the Union blockade, delivering vital intelligence to the Union forces.

Pirate historian and enthusiast Captain Marrow joins me to talk all things Blackbeard.

Mata Hari fit society’s profile of a female spy so perfectly: beautiful, seductive, and duplicitous.

In December 2023, the women of the Salty Science team rowed 3000 miles unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean.

North Sentinel Island is one of the most isolated places on the planet, and its people are extremely determined to keep it that way.

Captain Carolyn Kurtz became the first ever female pilot in state of Florida in 1995.