The Yarmouth Castle Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 13th of November, 1965, the SS Yarmouth Castle - an American passenger steamship - was sailing from Miami to Nassau when a fire broke out on board..."
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[@ISleepWithAFanOn]

I hope I'm not the only one who thought this story was going to take place inside of a castle.

[@metabaron90]

Yeah me, I also sleep with a fan on

[@Lisa_0519]

Nope you're not alone, when I heard about the Castle sailing... I had to think three times 🤔 ➡️ 🌊🐳🏰🌊?

[@28russ]

Yep, and it's the 2nd time now. I thought his last vid about the green hornet crash was about the old T.V. show with Bruce Lee, but it was a rail disaster that had nothing to do with the T.V. show at all lol

[@Free_Krazy]

Even the thumbnail looks like land until you notice an un-deployed lifeboat to the left....

[@glndork]

People name boats some weird things, lol.

[@swahilimaster]

These things always seem inexplicable until he hits the list of violations and then it turns into something like: "the ship was made of Styrofoam, the crew consisted of drunken baboons, the fire suppression system was filled with gasoline instead of water, and all 500 on board had accidentally been served 3 times the normal dosage of sleeping pills in their dessert."

[@specialed6357]

Three times isn't that much. I once took 8 packages (each package had 10 pills or something) of sleeping pills and it just made me sleepy. Silly me thought it would kill me.

[@swahilimaster]

@@specialed6357 Depending on what you are taking it's possible for your body to just straight reject it in too large a quantity, though I'm not too familiar with what chemicals that happens with though. My grandfather and his parents were part of one of those religious sects that would drink strychnine and handle snakes, and according to a documentary I saw about it once apparently the reason so few of the ones who drank strychnine died was that they were consuming it in an amount too high to not be rejected, but too low to outright kill them.

[@poutinedream5066]

They should have named this channel "How the fuck did it last THIS long?"

[@FunSizeSpamberguesa]

god dammit, I had to pause the video because this comment made me laugh so hard.

[@fredhasopinions]

I guess cardboard wasn’t out, and the minimum crew was one.

[@annegrey3780]

you: "no alarm was sounded..." me, having watched too many of these videos: "Captain abandoned ship instead of alerting passengers, didn't he" you: "...because the alarm system was broken" me: "I appear to have misjudged this situations" you, later on: "the Captain had already left the ship" me: "I appear to have misjudged misjudging this situation"

[@askani21]

Umm.. Is misjudging misjudgment technically having good judgment?

[@galacticbob1]

@@askani21 it's just making a poor judgement of your good judgement.

[@Ozymandias1]

Another Schettino. Did he at least get convicted?

[@ricky-sanchez]

Nah, alarm system probably was broken. The ship was decades old and used old technology. I remember in my elementary school, we had regular fire drills not just because they were mandatory, but one of the custodians told me that they used the drills to secretly inspect each fire alarm to see if they were working. They always had at least one out every other fire drill. The school itself was over half a century old back in the 90s. And the fire system was as old as the building itself. I had always wondered why only my elementary school had hour long fire drills, while every other school I went to completed their drills in 15 minutes.🤔

[@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD]

I liked the part where the other ship told him to climb back into his flaming wreckage

[@pyroshayniac1090]

My biggest fear is that I’ll become a number in a disaster some day, because some absolute dillweed was too cheap or too lazy to follow safety regulations.

[@619chrisoriginal]

Unfortunately that’s literally everything

[@619chrisoriginal]

Meaning people can overlook everything because greed. Though watching these it seems to happen more with historical structures

[@thedameofmuir5373]

"absolute dillweed" I love it.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Look at the fun houses folks go into, most would go up in flames in a heartbeat. See the video here about the fun house that went up in flames at Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.

[@PeytonMartell]

honestly if one day i know i’m going out soon, i wanna go out in a big disaster just miraculously only kills me but is a major inconvenience to a bunch of other people😂

[@yerunski]

Looks like this captain might have been the grandad of captain Schettino from the Costa Concordia. Being one of the first to abandon the ship.

[@MrParis215]

I REMEMBER WATCHING THAT VID

[@donavonseibert507]

That's the first thing I thought of! What a scumbag.

[@marvindebot3264]

Utterly disgusting and I'm shocked that in neither case did the crew throw the pig out of the lifeboat let along allow him on one in the first place.

[@giorgiofenu5563]

[ *Risalga a bordo, cazzo!* Intensifies]

[@livin4thelamb499]

I thought that too!

[@UnicornCentaur]

The captain leaving the ship had me pissed. The response had me gasping "go back to your ship and do your job" OH MY GOD 😂

[@Mochrie99]

Good on the crew of the Bahama Star to tell that craven coward to go back and deal with the crisis himself. What an absolute tool.

[@leerose1056]

leave his ass in the water to swim until all the passengers and crew have climbed aboard!

[@Billhatestheinternet]

That is precisely what Schettino was ordered to do after he abandoned the Concordia by the captain of the arriving rescue.

[@rachstrobe898]

VADA A BORDO

[@kenirainseeker539]

Don't become a ship captain if you're not prepared for the responsibility it entails

[@brittgardner2923]

Passenger: "I can't jump! I just can't do it, I tell you!" Crewmember, calmly fastening life jacket around passenger: "No, it's alright, I understand. But don't worry, everything's under control and you're gonna be just fine." *Scoop slams passenger over railing.*

[@leerose1056]

this was honestly my favorite part of the story. I imagine each one plunging off with the Wilhelm scream playing

[@amydamjanovic9183]

"Can you swim?" "Yes, I can swim, if the occasion calls for it!" "Trust me, this calls for it!"

[@bogdangabrielonete3467]

@@leerose1056 Now I imagine several Wilhelm screams overlapping, with echo effects applied. Damn you

[@rachele7398]

@@amydamjanovic9183 i understood the reference!!! (#answeing one quote with another)

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Maybe lifejackets had changed in the time between 1934 and 1965 but I've read that when the liner Morro Castle burned in 1934, some of the people who jumped overboard while wearing life jackets died of broken necks caused by the life jackets and the impact of hitting the water. I'm not sure but maybe the life jackets got pushed upward and caused people's necks to snap. At least it was a quick death and better than being trapped in the fire.

[@sneedler5993]

I love these videos, no blaming, no speculation. Just explaining history.

[@tommyortega7796]

True. Just cold facts

[@NormalizeBeingNormal]

Facts ..I could not have said it better...this man has never spoken a judgmental tone ..and that's why I love his narrative style.. all facts..no agenda

[@Scavenger82]

When there is blaming, it's laid where it's due. Other than the captain in this video, the majority of blame is on the companies/owners for lax safety measures.

[@BlueOvals24]

Can't really make an informative video without facts

[@kevin6293]

I like blaming and speculating. I especially love judging. Makes me feel good about myself.

[@Spektator]

Let's take a moment to just recognise how detailed these videos are and how often they are uploaded. Such a lot of effort goes into this channel.

[@chaoticature]

Indeed! Imagine how much actual horrific stuff he has to wade through to give us this quick vid. Certainly not my cup of tea but damn, I Love this dudes style and delivery!

[@NormalizeBeingNormal]

This channel I wouldn't mind supporting financially..because he is tops when it comes to this storytelling ish😂lol..no but all jokes aside... the fact that these are all facts is just icing on the cake

[@pimpozza]

6 months ago Fascinating Horror had 9,000 subscribers.. he now has *400,000!* That is really good going and he is finally reaping the rewards for all his work! 👍 The YT algorithm totally worked for this channel.. unfortunately it doesn't work for all channels in this genre so I am very happy for him..

[@bryede]

I hope he's able to keep finding good topics (sad as they are) so that in 5 years he's not reduced to "The Tale of Mrs. Miller's Nasty Tumble Over The Ottoman."

[@stimpy_thecat]

@@haydenbader8662 I appreciate your appreciation of his appreciation

[@andrewostman3135]

Nothing like waking up to some good tragedy

[@OsborneCox.69.420]

especially before work!

[@masterimbecile]

Or struggling to fall asleep

[@ladyscarfaceangel4616]

That's exactly why I'm saving this for later. lol. I have to do my morning mediation/yoga to start my day off right. Otherwise, my anxiety will return. Taking time to focus on peaceful & positive things first thing truly helps me. Hope everyone here has a beautiful day! 🌞🌻🧘‍♀️💙

[@andrewostman3135]

@@ladyscarfaceangel4616 you too. Me, i get up and start working, so I need something to listen to while I drink my coffee and reply to all the emails...

[@ladyscarfaceangel4616]

@@andrewostman3135 Thank you. I get that. Gotta do what works for you & makes you happy. I do like music when I'm getting ready, so I totally get needing something to listen to. Some ppl can handle heavy stuff first thing & anytime of the day. Depends on how you see it I guess, & your own personal life journey. It's a balance like with anything else. Enjoy your coffee. There is nothing like that first cup!

[@1987VCRProductions]

There’s some sick irony about being caught on a ship engulfed in an out of control fire and being surrounded by water.

[@sambonsampson228]

You're safer on a burning ship than you are in the water..... Stay on as long as possible....

[@kerstinnilsson9968]

@@sambonsampson228 wtf kind of logic is that 😂

[@floatymoat]

@@kerstinnilsson9968 unless it's a war ship with flammable materials (even that's pretty much unheard of in today's day and age) the odds of the ship exploding are like none. However the moment you hit the water you have all kinda of new worries. Hypothermia, predators both sea life and others trying to survive, getting sucked under when the ship finally goes under, falling debris from the ship, just the impact of landing in the water after falling several floors can be catastrophic all by itself. Your much better off unless like the whole top of ship is about to be engulfed in flames. Then yes by all means. Jump.

[@dmhendricks]

Building a ship out of flammable materials seemed like a fantastic idea on paper, much like building a ship with bulkheads that "weren't tall enough".

[@MCRdeathupsessed]

Yeah there should be water hoses that can be thrown into the water to suck out sea water to help extinguish flames on big ships like this.

[@WestonEvans]

“What are you doing off the boat?! Everyone knows a captain goes down with his ship!” ‘Look at me, you are the captain now.’

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

😂😂

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

LOL underrated comment sir

[@rwdplz1]

The Captain doesn't actually have to go down with the ship, but should be the last one off.

[@ressljs]

@@rwdplz1 I'd be a little more generous and say, "when there's nothing they can do by staying on the ship." If there's people trapped on the ship, but the captain can't do anything and staying would mean sacrificing himself for a symbolic gesture, I wouldn't hold that against him. But that certainly wasn't the case here or the Costa Concordia and that Korean ferry that sank a few years ago.

[@rwdplz1]

@@ressljs They can absolutely stay behind to help coordinate rescue efforts, even if it's only helping passenger put on lifejackets and lowering lifeboats, if not checking cabins for missing passengers.

[@CROWFACED]

I dunno if anybody has mentioned this, but the theme song you've picked for your videos is perfect for the impending, unavoidable doom you know is gonna unfold.

[@Hxtice]

Right, it’s so eerily perfect

[@jenniferryersejones9876]

I was just thinking of commenting something similar. Watched every episode and the music still manages to make me a bit anxious.

[@owellafehr5191]

Agreed, the music always gives me the chills. Perfectly chosen.

[@fadedjate7230]

The music he used to use was way creepier. Watch the older videos if you haven't.

[@Hxtice]

@@fadedjate7230 ew I just went back and watched, I’m so glad he doesn’t use it anymore, my heart would die 😭

[@WyxienTheFox]

I'd love to hear Fascinating Horror tell the story of the Titanic. I know it's a really well known story at this point, but I'd just love to hear his style of telling it. He can give old stories new life.

[@tobyresch4189]

Same here for the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[@thomasoates3003]

Ruaridh MacVeigh did a superb video on the Titanic, which was refreshingly original.

[@jackiecooke1851]

Also the Empress of Ireland.

[@carligreen1606]

I agree with the suggestions already made. I would also like to suggest the Granville Train Disaster - aka “the day of the roses” in Australia.

[@kirstyyyyy]

Similarly, I'd like one of the MS Estonia. One of the most interesting, in my opinion, even with the conspiracies surrounding it and the ships history.

[@gingercube688]

Can only hope those who were still in their cabins passed in their sleep rather than waking to suffer

[@DaleDix]

Smoke would have got them.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

They'd wake up from the smoke, then die. :(

[@toddabowden]

@@spencerfrankclayton4348 one of the main reasons that fire departments and anyone in fire safety in general pushes smoke alarms, is that typically most people will have one breath of smoke at most and then fall into unconsciousness. In other words if they don't get the alarm to wake them up first, they have no chance of escape. Often there's a knockout effect that the first breath of smoke takes them out completely to unconsciousness, so there is a chance if they breathed in heavy enough smoke they succumbed immediately to a very deep level of sedation and sudden death. If it was just a width of smoke then yes that's possible that it'll trigger a coughing event and that would be very unpleasant but it's very common in structure fires for us to find people dead in their chairs or in their beds still, never having been woken up by the fire because they did not have smoke alarms. This is just an fyi, obviously I'm not correcting anything or acting like I know anything. I just like to emphasize whenever I can to people, check your smoke alarms for god sakes and make sure they work and you have them in the right places and enough of them. You're talking seconds, not minutes like Hollywood gives you, if a fire breaks out in your home, if you'd like to survive which most people I imagine would.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

I was in house fire the fire extinguisher saved the house from serious damage alwats,have one on hand

[@stevenschnepp576]

@@toddabowden I'd forgotten to check mine this year. Thanks for the reminder.

[@ZackBurnsOG]

Growing up as a kid, with how often they beat "Stop. Drop. Roll." into us, I assumed catching fire would be a much more common occurrence than it has proven to be. Then I watch Fascinating Horror, and realize it happens all the time, but in inescapable situations where Stop Drop and Roll doesn't do crap other than make you feel like you have some control over an uncontrollable situation.

[@annehaight9963]

This is a large part of the reasoning behind schools teaching kids tornado/earthquake drills. The reality is that very little can be done to protect yourself in the event of such phenomena, but one of the biggest problems you have to deal with in emergencies is panic. That, and giving kids the feeling of having some control over their safety helps to alleviate childhood existential angst about death.

[@paulmallery6719]

Below smoke is the idea

[@alisonberzins1107]

Having your clothes catch on fire used to be a way more common event when people relied on fireplaces/wood stoves for heating and had candles for light and used cooking fires to make food/heat water all the time. Still is in a lot of parts of the world. A lot of the time these would be chores kids would help with, and nowadays children's clothing has to meet standards for not being super flammable but that's only in the last few decades. The point of stop/drop/roll is to extinguish a fire on your clothing as fast as possible to minimize injury. Understandably the instinctive thing people often do is to run around screaming, which doesn't extinguish the flame and might even spread it, and makes it harder for people to help. There have been such huge strides in fire safety that it's hard for us to see now what the individual pieces of advice even do. But through history a lot more people have probably died from household tasks catching their clothes on fire than they have from big structure fires like this.

[@kenirainseeker539]

They DO have a purpose though. They reduce your chances of dying, they just by no means completely eliminate it.

[@fauxpinkytoo]

@@alisonberzins1107 Also important: avoid synthetic clothing, if you are traveling. Synthetics can melt to skin, and inflict far more damage than cotton-based clothing.

[@brittanys1997]

The crew of the Bahama Star telling the captain "to return to his ship and do his job" is the exact level of petty I aspire to be.

[@krodmandoon3479]

Telling some to do the job for which they are paid isn't petty in the slightest.

[@bogdangabrielonete3467]

@@krodmandoon3479 You aren't just paid to be a captain. It is a high responsibility, for every life onboard is on your hands.

[@brittanys1997]

@@krodmandoon3479 Of course not! I didn't mean that in a bad way. I was just applauding the sass.

[@sifridbassoon]

I think the response showed incredible forbearance. I would have inserted four or five good words between "your" and "job."

[@andythekitsune]

The one dislike on the video is from the ship's captain

[@mikej5541]

You kids keep getting more special by the day :)

[@dougrogan379]

@@mikej5541 ok boomer

[@sophierobinson2738]

Death Blossom I'm a boomer, and now 36 captains who did/would abandon ship have now disliked this video.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

😃😂😁 He's now working at a fast food place but not near a grill.

[@TheExigency]

@@dougrogan379 You must be like 10 lol

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Can’t help being reminded of the Costa Concordia and Captain Francesco Schettino. Only for the captain saving his own rear end.

[@warailawildrunner5300]

And the oceanus (although thankfully everyone survived that thanks to the entertainers who got the mayday out)

[@nathanebluepanda8207]

Vada a bordo, cazzo!

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Damm you guys should check sewol ferry incidents. I'm sure all of you want death penalty for its captain.

[@backpackpepelon3867]

@Wubba Wubba are you stupid or what? Read again what I said.

[@deeeveeniy]

@Wubba Wubba WTF

[@cleareyedliar]

will never forget the woman who recounted a sailor who served as a bridge for her to escape out her cabin window, whom she never saw again.

[@calvin8284]

I ‘watch’ this channel as if I’m listening to a radio and I enjoyed every moment of it without the visuals, just goes to show how immersing your storytelling is

[@tabytastick]

Same. I'm usually making my coffee and breakfast with my headset on, listening. I'll only look, pause or rewind if really needed, like if he shows a need to see visual.

[@KaoStarrBellydance]

Same. I often listen while driving. I can safely watch the road and listen at the same time.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

I listen while working. It works out pretty well

[@SeddieWeddie]

Passenger: “I’m too scared to jump” Crewman: “let me assist you by throwing you”

[@c0t0d0s7]

They could have at least said “Have a nice day. Thank you for sailing Yarmouth Castle cruise lines” before throwing them overboard.

[@PoutineProductions]

It was for the best. Considering 80 people remaining on the boat died.

[@mortenoen434]

Here is one for you: The "Alexander Kielland" oil rig in Norway, in 1980. It flipped upside down in a stormy night.

[@kallehalvarsson5808]

This. People were snapped in half by metal wires and crushed under falling containers. Some truly harrowing stuff.

[@JohnDoeRando]

How the hell does an oil rig flip upside down? This would be a good one.

[@masonmunkey6136]

Oil rig and oil spill disasters are really interesting to me but there seems to be a void of good content for them on KZbin

[@kallehalvarsson5808]

@@JohnDoeRando Supports for one of its five "legs" snapped due to faulty welding. The platform served as a habitat for the neighboring Edda platform, which did the drilling. The crew of the Edda tried to save people by throwing in life rafts, but the American foreman banned them from doing so because he thought it was "a waste of money".

[@JohnDoeRando]

@@kallehalvarsson5808 oh ok make sense.

[@cryptaveli]

It’s fascinating how this disaster wasn’t as bad as it should have been considering the long list of errors.

[@daviddechamplain5718]

Thankfully it happened in a busy shipping lane with two ships that performed their duty nearby.

[@drdrew3]

If you are going to be in a structure fire... choose one surrounded by water. And with two rescue ships close by.

[@oliviabuzzurro4112]

You should talk about the Oceanos. The neglect for life by the captain and crew but, thanks to the brave entertainment staff, luckily nobody died

[@joehayes9933]

The ship did more than the crew and captain to keep people alive.

[@sabresister]

Ballad of Yarmouth Castle was always one of my favorite Gordon Lightfoot songs but I never knew the full story behind it. What a sad story

[@fiona8230]

Does Gordon Lightfoot just love writing songs about boats??

[@cassandrarafuse3447]

@@fiona8230 Gordon Lightfoot grew up near a lake and has always loved sailing. Awesome musically creative people will write songs about everything, especially their interests. I grew up listening to his songs and the Ballad of Yarmouth Castle and the Edmund Fitzgerald were always so haunting because he put you there on board.

[@amydamjanovic9183]

He really liked to write songs about shipwrecks.

[@paulinbrooklyn]

Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot (or “Gordie” as he refers to him as) is Bob Dylan’s favorite singer songwriter.

[@cassandrarafuse3447]

@@paulinbrooklyn Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Dylan are best friends. :)

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

*”{Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong...}”* _”Murphy’s Law”_ typically doesn’t mean *ALL of the things going wrong at once!* The Yarmouth event was an overachiever.😒

[@krodmandoon3479]

2020's Law: Everything will go wrong and keep getting worse.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

@@krodmandoon3479 Well-as long as we haven’t hit 536 A.D. levels of bad... we’re still doing _{slightly}_ alright. 😬🤷‍♀️

[@stevenstice6683]

I prefer Cole's Law - shredded cabbage and mayo.

[@BigGrabowski]

POV: You're riding the metro and there's a mechanical error, forcing the operator to stop the car. Fascinating Horror, standing from his seat: On Tuesday the 13th of April, 2021, a subway car lost power in Middlesex, London... (edit: that's not what a POV is, me...)

[@guineawuv]

I know this is not funny, but when you said the crew helped some people by throwing them over board, I kind of giggled. I'm ashamed of myself.

[@americanviking9384]

The visual is a bit funny 🤔😏

[@Melissa-jp8ps]

I did too, but with a bit of a cheer for those crew members

[@galacticbob1]

Crew member: "Calm down ma'am, everything is going to be ok...." *YEET*

[@americanviking9384]

@@galacticbob1 lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@MireVale]

I also chuckled at that. I pictured a frantic woman in a bathrobe and curlers in her hair unwilling to jump 😄

[@knickd1979]

I’m finding myself waking up early on Tuesdays with a feeling of Christmas in me these days! I quietly slink out of bed and grab my cell phone and escape into the bathroom. My wife is probably getting suspicious! Yet it’s only my love of Fascinating Horror!!

[@jocelyndavelaar3507]

My husband use to be the same way until he got me addicted to these stories! Now we just lay in bed with the covers over our heads watching them!

[@TheLondonLass]

Your wife is probably wondering why there is always eerie music coming from the bathroom!

[@fenrisnishimura8567]

@@jocelyndavelaar3507 you folks have the right idea!

[@johnbockelie3899]

So, the Cap'n didn't go down with the ship?. That ain't right.

[@kenirainseeker539]

@@johnbockelie3899 Captains don't have to go down with the ship. (That'd be a nonsensical waste of life) They just have to be the last one off, so they can help everyone escape. He didn't even do that, though.

[@MrParis215]

HOW THESE SHIPS CAN HOLD 500 PLUS PASSENGERS ... AND HAVE A WHOLE RESORT AND THEME PARK FLOATING ON WATER IS MIND BOGGLING.. FASCINATING... AND SCARY AS HELL TO ME AT THE SAME TIME🤦🏾‍♂️😳😳

[@nancypine9952]

These days they often have 4 or 5 thousand passengers. It's like a small city.

[@Mochrie99]

@@nancypine9952 Yeah, I cruised back in 2016 and the ship I was on (Royal Caribbean's Allure Of The Seas) was definitely a floating city. I think it had a total capacity of something like 10,000 people (including the staff). I remember one floor of the ship was like an indoor mall. If you stood there, you would have probably had absolutely no idea you were actually on a gigantic cruise ship. It's scary. But with stories like this (as well as COVID), it's probably going to be a very long time before I board another ship again. If ever.

[@MrParis215]

@@Mochrie99 10,000???.... Geez🤦🏾‍♂️😳 .. Do you notice any slight rocking on The Ship... Stupid question I know lol... Just wondering...

[@missimperfectlyfine7]

@@Mochrie99 yeah ikr! i have been on cruise before and the shopping area was BIZZARE~ the only reason i remebered i was actually on a ship was because of seasickness

[@missimperfectlyfine7]

@@MrParis215 i was on a cruise like this, and i defo did. but it depends on the person

[@glidershower]

"Between idiocy and intelligence, the latter has access to what's known, the former to what's unknown; the first has a limit, the second does not. _That's why idiocy is endless."_

[@holdencross5904]

Your voice is perfect for these! Maritime disasters are some of the scariest stories.

[@piadylan1207]

that’s true, because even if you escape the sinking ship, you can still freeze to death or get attacked by sharks in the water

[@holdencross5904]

@@piadylan1207 Look at the USS Pennsylvania. Dehydrated and being attacked by sharks

[@ricky-sanchez]

All the people in ancient times that were attacked by pirates and kidnapped or drowned. Walk the plank, matey.

[@normalhuman9878]

I personally love stories of disasters in places meant for fun, something about the cruel irony of a place of joy becoming a place of horror is really interesting to me I’m also an aspiring entertainer and learning the dark history behind the entertainment industry is really cool

[@lego5745]

I remember watching a documentary on this a while back, and being appalled at how preventable the tragedy was.

[@deryndetemple8517]

Yeah I though he was his reincarnation lol

[@FunSizeSpamberguesa]

I wonder if we saw the same one -- the one I watched was older, and had a lot of interviews with survivors. That entire night was a shitshow from start to finish (though I admit, I was kind of amused to find the survivors were all given cigarettes. That's one of the most 1960s things I could think of.)

[@lego5745]

@@FunSizeSpamberguesa Probably. The one I saw was originally aired on the History Channel.

[@dianalovescolors]

The Captain abandoned ship leaving everyone surrounded by water as far as you can see but unable to use it to put out this tragic fire. 😔

[@HobbyOrganist]

Not much different than the General Slocum paddle wheel ship disaster around 1904 in NY City, 600 children on their way to a church picnic outing either burned or drowned, the idiot captain made it all worse.

[@ricky-sanchez]

Save yourself! You'll find another job, and people will forget your cowardice!

[@BucketheadArchive]

I love your theme music. It's iconic

[@Scavenger82]

"Several popular Flag of Convenience states have opted out of the Safety of Life At Sea convention." Wait, they can do that? Man, if I ever go on a cruise, I'm gonna do SO much background research on the company and ship.

[@Michael-io3dd]

One thing to look into: what codes the cruise company uses over its loudspeakers to obliquely refer to things like fires.

[@P_RO_]

You'll find them all under FOC's- in fact almost all non-military ships do this. The "pretty" you see on cruise ships is superficial- what you don't see is how terrible the rest is. Workers are near-slaves, ship machinery is patched-together junk, and nothing is repaired until the ship can't go on without it. The Costa Concordia was small in comparison to many today, and it's only a matter of time until several thousands die in a completely avoidable cruise ship disaster.

[@fadingfrost2617]

I would like to know what states these are that have "opted out".

[@kenirainseeker539]

@@fadingfrost2617 I'd be willing to bet it's mostly southern/red states...

[@specialed6357]

I know, going on one that opted out of the Safety of Life At Sea convention sounds very exciting and adventurous.

[@patientallison]

I know it's the point of this channel but I find maritime disasters especially fascinating. I know other youtubers have covered it but I'd love to see your take on the Costa Concordia disaster. So much negligence, including an abandoning captain, in that one.

[@MikeB071]

Good for the crew of the Bahama Star, sending the cowardly captain back to his ship to do his duty.

[@espnluver7525]

That was a error it was the Finnpulp crew that sent the captain back to his ship to do his duty

[@Ronin4614]

The Yarmouth Castle, like the “Edmund Fitzgerald “ has been immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot. His accounting of the disaster is pretty accurate including the Bahama Star’s arrival. The Yarmouth Castle was a Tinder box with multiple coats of paint that would also ignite and feed the fire.

[@TruckingVideos]

I think what I appreciate as much as anything with these Fascinating Horror videos is the measured, factual and unmelodramatic presentation style of the commentary. To some viewers this emotional detachment may seem cold or even callous but to me this approach is exactly how these incidents should be analysed in order to learn the maximum amount possible from them so as to mitigate future similar occurrences.

[@karenvanhook6748]

I know you wrote that comment a year ago, but I so agree. You can hear in the choice of words that the narrator, whoever he is, most definitely doesn't *approve* of a slipshod approach to safety standards and negligently getting people killed, but he comes across with a calm British kind of disapproval, not sensationalistic bombast. It's somehow soothing to listen to it, and as you said, we can learn from it. In some of these incidents, people could've saved themselves with quick action. I'm taking mental notes.

[@Mehrunes86]

The captain from Costa Concordia, would be proud🤔😁

[@lotusplague]

It’s 3 am here - but new Fascinating Horror video? Must watch!

[@sherimcdaniel3491]

Another excellent class in horror! While not “horror” in today’s standards, no blood, no gore, but yet it falls in the category of “yes, but what if it were happening to YOU” horror! How completely terrifying it must’ve been, with the screams, the actual fire sounds, people half burned, unable to see through the smoke....God save their souls. And some big, burly man should’ve picked that captain up and accidentally threw him over the side as hard as possible, to make sure he got to the water safely, of course!

[@sarahpuff108]

My great grandmother was one of the survivors of the Yarmouth Castle fire - she was pulled out of porthole by a steward (no small feat because she was not a small lady).

[@lisalaw1632]

My two Aunties were also on board that fateful night. They survived!! My aunt went on to marry the Staff Captain of her rescue ship.....The Bahama Star.

[@heresyhunter4100]

I'll bet if Ryan George watched this video, he'd say: "I'll bet it's gonna be really hard to bypass these strict labor and safety regulations" "Actually it's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience" "Oh really" "Yeah, we'll just fly under a flag of convenience and we'll be good to go"

[@katwil89]

Registering your ship to Panama is tight!

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

THAT WORKS!

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

We'll just have the ship pass customs off screen, cause, y'know, whatever happens offscreen doesn't matter

[@carligreen1606]

@@LetsTalkAboutPrepping Oops! Oopsie!

[@Mel-vb5pj]

I’m gonna need you to get all the way off my back about safety regulations.

[@goosebxmps]

ah, morning coffee with a side of historic tragedy. a lovely way to start the day.

[@sct913]

The Yarmouth Castle disaster was the subject of an early Gordon Lightfoot song "Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle". Hearing the song at the age of eight is how I first learned of this tragedy.

[@nopcshere6097]

It was my introduction to the accident as well. I had never heard of it before that song.

[@grapeshot]

Some of these captains are like, I'm not going down with the ship. The ship is still at the bottom of the ocean and they've never retrieved any of the human remains that are inside.

[@TXnine7nine]

there mostly wouldn’t be human remains after a period of time. Biological material such as human bodies eventually get consumed by sea life. That’s why no bodies are found on the titanic. What you do see however are pairs of leather shoes where bodies once lay.

[@RezaQin]

Well why should he?

[@maricls26]

@@RezaQin because he's the captain. It is his responsibility to direct the evacuation efforts. He should be the last off....after he has made sure everyone else was safe. People place their trust in the captain and crew because they trust them to be honorable enough to take their responsibility seriously.

[@validark]

@@RezaQin the phrase "a captain goes down with his ship" exists for a reason

[@weirdboo]

@@RezaQin how would you feel if your airplane pilot just ejected himself from the Plane and said “see ya, I ain’t going down with this plane”

[@sarahcoleman3125]

Well, if the response to the Pandemic hadn't already convinced me to never take a cruise, this would have.

[@darrencottam1146]

Cruises are just an awful experience ,I've been on two and the second confirmed that the first wasn't just a bad trip.you are literally trapped on board with strangers all experiencing the same misery.

[@kenirainseeker539]

Probably better off just renting a boat or something, if you really wanna sail

[@biscaya08]

@@darrencottam1146 depends on the ship. I've been on a cruise with Royal Caribbean and loved it.

[@darrencottam1146]

@@biscaya08 each to their own,I wanted so badly to enjoy it and hyped it up in my head so much.that the reality didn't live up to my expectations.im glad you enjoyed your experience.

[@inventedcool1076]

When he described people just jumping into the water: *thalassophobia activated*

[@morganzimmerman1337]

Please do a video on the Waverly, TN disaster. There was a train derailment and massive explosion following days later.. The train car carried 22,000lbs of liquid propane. There is a local museum at the spot of the incident and loads of documentation and photographs. This is a very small town and the disaster was absolutly devastating

[@Moonlyyte]

My 5am is always complete when you post these

[@justusbar7597]

To me the biggest achievement is that you draw a bow from he past till today! Always a pleasure watching your videos!

[@crescentseer6589]

You're really setting the bar higher for narration of tragic events! Staying true to your channel description promising respectful narration and lack of sensationalism or disturbing pictures. More horror channels should be more like yours. Also I really appreciate that you add closed captions to your videos. I have trouble processing audio so it's difficult for me to understand anything without subtitles. I'm so glad that you care even about accessibility for your audience. :-)

[@BadDrummerCarl]

Flag of Convenience is just a sly way of saying "We run this flag for profit over safety"

[@P_RO_]

And they all do it as a means to make more profit with less liability.

[@ouzsnfouaenxfgfgsgsuhoauvdjd]

Please never stop using this music

[@leerose1056]

every time i hear it i get excited, like its the 20th Century Fox theme music

[@ruthymorales7208]

I 💯% agree with you!!!!

[@IDumontI]

FH is the only reason I wake up excited on a Tuesday morning.

[@derhessenhaider9041]

Please make an Video about Herborn, Germany, 1987 where an oil tanker truck crashed and exploded. Perfect for your channel! Love your Videos!

[@robertphillips6296]

Thank You for not letting us forget our past.

[@shrekbiscuits2805]

The bgm has its own fan base💕

[@Syclone0044]

It really does. As soon as I tapped and hear that bgm, I immediately feel relaxed: ahhh yes, another surely-excellent video, and he hasn’t changed the bgm. ✅

[@dajosh42069]

bgm?

[@Syclone0044]

@@dajosh42069 BackGround Music

[@vikkiruss]

It’s Jerome saramet A l’abri

[@3wGaming]

I just bought an iem and only now noticed the bass lol

[@diabolikmitchell2960]

Being on a boat that's on fire while over open water. If that's not some nightmare fuel, I don't know what is.

[@Taladar2003]

Being on an airliner that is on fire.

[@charlessaint7926]

Shame on the Yarmouth Castle's captain, and I'm using that name loosely. His duty is the safety and well-being of the ship and everyone on it. To abandon them when he's needed the most is an utmost sign of cowardice.

[@godsamongmen8003]

To me it actually makes perfect sense, in its own twisted way. Who rises to the top in a big company, or a government office? Usually not the most competent, but the ones with connections or relatives. The captain that went down with the ship probably owned it and had nothing left to lose; captains today are employees of major corporations and may be just as politically inclined as any other corporate employee.

[@melissaschaefer5257]

Great captain they had there🤯

[@emilyadams3228]

You spelled "chickenshit" wrong.

[@taintedfairy131]

I have never clicked a KZbin notif faster

[@JyKittyx3]

Congrats on 400K subscribers! Thank you for entertaining my nonchalant life with your weekly uploads!

[@novafinity4966]

Over the last few days, I've been watching your videos over breakfast, and I can't explain how much I enjoy when they're created by you. There's none of that sensationlism you get from other videos, and your delivery always manages to allow information stick with me. Can't wait to see more from you!

[@sketchyskies8531]

I already don't like boats,but this disaster is even scarier than some measly ship

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

That's why I was in the Army and not the Navy.

[@weirdboo]

“Welp, I think I’ll round out one of the most preventable tragedies by abandoning everyone who needs my help, that’s a good idea.” - the captian, probably

[@nikischneiter1384]

This channel is SO AMAZINGLY well done! Thank you! And may God rest those poor souls who lost their lives.

[@zantigar]

The deadpan quality of the narration and its obvious contrast with the desperation of those unfortunate souls involved in the horrific event, causes me to break out in chuckles of amusement. Sterling stuff, mate!

[@stefjames95]

I watch your vids every night. Go to bed horrified and spend the next day thinking about the tragic event you discussed. Amazing work! Keep them coming! 🙏🏼

[@kquinnvandevelde1384]

It's so human that the date came up, I realized it was my birthday (different year), and got very excited even though I knew this was going to be a video about a terrible tragedy.

[@godsamongmen8003]

Sometimes morbid curiosity is just so...compelling!

[@TheaSvendsen]

This reminds me of the cruise ship Oceanos that began sinking after encountering a rogue wave. Soon after, both the captain and the entire crew abandoned the ship and, iirc, alerting no one of the impending disaster. In the end it was actually the hired band who took action and saved lives. I remember this so clearly because of the stupefied reaction they got from those who answered the sos/mayday calls - definitely took them awhile to reconcile with the fact that a couple of musicians were the best (and only) resource available! They did perform amazingly, though :-)

[@HoosierDaddy_]

That ship sounded like a disaster waiting to happen. That's terrible. Who thinks they'll die by a fire when in the middle of the water. Another great, informative video.

[@babe362]

Could you imagine someone shoving a life jacket on you then just throwing you overboard? Oh my god

[@cwhitaker6966]

Would you rather curl into a ball and start crying?

[@jillkuhlman1756]

Better than without a lifejacket.

[@nataliesiddle8507]

@@cwhitaker6966 … can I do both?

[@taun856]

"Like a toy ship on a millpond She burned all through the night And slipped 'neath the waves in the morning". - "The Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle" Gordon Lightfoot. His most haunting song..

[@serentine7]

I wish these were a bit longer, but at the frequency of these uploads I can't honestly complain!! Great work!! :)

[@lauraduplooy]

I love your channel SO much! I get excited when I receive an upload notification. Thank you so much for the work you do :)

[@juliecreaser878]

I disconnected my satellite TV years ago. Then I subscribed to Prime and Netflix. Now I watch more of your documentaries [ and other you tube docs] than anything else. You are Great and I’m Greatfull for your programs. Thankyou

[@dianakallies7224]

400.00 subscribers!! So deserved!

[@Syclone0044]

Wow! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🥳

[@aprilhaney4969]

🥰👏

[@Bunnythoughts505]

Crew members assisted passengers with life vests and the them throwing them bodily overboard 😂

[@jasontodd8071]

Hi, our crewmembers Randy Savage and Bill Goldberg will be helping body slam our passengers off the ship! We hope you have had a wonderful time sailing with us!!!

[@americanviking9384]

Nothing like waking up to a good Fascinating Horror video 🖤

[@mikshinee87]

Just wanted to say that your delivery is great. And the lack of annoying non- related stock-footage is also a welcome change. Subscribed!

[@kgoulding1237]

These video's are making me glad I signed up for fire warden training.

[@evegreenification]

Gift Shop Manager probably knew things were bad when the crew begging him or her for help locating the inferno.

[@RobbieStarburster]

That ships response to the captain going back was perfect. What a coward.

[@therealcharmander738]

Like the Edmond Fitzgerald, I first learned about the Yarmouth Castle ship and the disaster that followed from Gordon Lightfoot. It's song is not as well known but still worth a listen, I'm happy that he paid tribute to each ship and the people who died.

[@EuphoricEugene]

Unlike the Titanic, real life captains seem to abandon ship as one of the first. (Costa Concordia, Korean Ferry Sewol)

[@slowbasil]

But the Titanic's captain WAS a real life captain...

[@johngreydanus2033]

@@slowbasil no, it was a movie

[@johngreydanus2033]

@@somedumbozzie1539 When you know better, you do better

[@highadmiraljt5853]

The titanic was a real ship.

[@johngreydanus2033]

@@highadmiraljt5853 CGI is amazing in this century

[@coreytrevor1920]

Yooooo I was just looking for something to watch, good upload

[@gardenlovinglucy172]

Omg I’ve had no internet for a month and I’ve been missing these uploads so much! Binge watching the videos I missed!

[@hiroasuakika7144]

Glad that the crew of the Bahama Star didn't let that coward run from his duty! It's the most infuriating thing that most deadly disasters are directly caused by lax regulations and attempts to cut costs. I have a suggestion for a video if you ever need any ideas: The Daegu Subway Fire. It was a fire caused by an arson/suicide attempt by a man named Kim Dae-Han. During a struggle with other subway passengers to stop him, the gas filled canisters he was trying to ignite spilled in the car and ignited. The train entered the station and the fire spread to a second train that entered later. 192 people were killed, and 151 were injured. A slew of factors made it one massive death trap.

[@KingofHearts]

5:07 I have a lot respect for the crew staying on a burning ship while chucking passengers into the water.

[@mm3k224]

Just discovered this channel, it's amazing, and I'm excited to see this vid

[@amyh9645]

Seriously one of my favorite KZbin accounts. I enjoy true crime/history and this type of content, and I’m glad there’s an acct out there that covers lesser known ones, and is really objective and straight to the point

[@seandepoppe6716]

Sad but true! And even here in the US there is "oversight" in too many ways regarding regulatory compliance laws

[@gdjets]

Great work! Luckily for us, there is no limit of disasters that will keep you busy.

[@waterloo32594]

The Morro Castle is another ship that caught fire. Ended up aground in New Jersey.

[@specialed6357]

Well that will happen when you call a ship a castle.

[@idek3867]

Most underrated channel on this platform 💯

[@sandrasanders706]

I have never heard of this disaster..ever..thank you for telling this story..very sad..