Daryl Castillo

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276 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 2 Jul

Daryl Castillo’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The deck laid empty, save for a large whale carcass on the platform at the stern.

My fears of finding human corpses were allayed, but I had a sinking feeling in my gut as I realised we were going to have to search the vessel.

The deck lurched beneath us as the boat was caught in a larger swell.

For a second, I thought we were going to have to tumble over the side, but the keel righted itself.

As the doubling had steadied, more men came up from the rowboats.

When there were more than a dozen men on deck, Roberts organised a search.

I went with Gallagher and Roberts.

We headed for the crew's quarters, while the others went to search the engine room, the mess and the cargo holds.

Four men worked on getting the vessel moving again, planning to get her at least through the narrows to quieter waters in the sheltered bay.

As we walked the deck of the rocking ship, silence fell on us like a blanket.

Several oil lamps hung overhead at regular intervals, providing a modicum of light.

The lamps cast bands of shadows that seemed to cavort and caper, leading us deeper into what I feared would be our own doom.

Descending a flight of stairs, my legs felt like jelly.

Every fibre of my being wanted to flee back to the tavern to get as much rum as I could get inside of me.

But for the presence of Roberts and Gallagher, I might have allowed myself to succumb to the terror.

My fear of ridicule was stronger than the fear of the unknown, so I followed Roberts as we went deeper into the boat.

The Irishman's cabin was empty, save for a bottle of rum on the sideboard that shouted at me as I turned away to the corridor.

When we stepped into the next cabin, I wish I had listened.

We found our first corpse.

At first I was not entirely sure what I was seeing.

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