Eric Meyers
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2,596 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3d ago
Eric Meyers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Sailing her to port would be dangerous, but also offer a significant reward.
Under nineteenth century Admiralty law, anyone who finds a ship abandoned at sea can claim salvage if they prove that the ship they found was truly deserted.
That they'd preserved both the vessel and the cargo, and that they were not the cause of the abandonment.
If those conditions are met, a court awards a percentage of the ship's value to the captain and crew of the ship that salvaged it.
The purpose of the law is to reward mariners for rescuing property at sea.
preventing the oceans from becoming a drifting graveyard of wrecks, hazards, and lost cargoes.
With the Mary Celeste still seaworthy and the cargo intact,
The crew of the Dei Gratia are entitled to a salvage reward if they can take her safely to port.
Captain Morehouse chooses this option, but it isn't entirely risk-free.
The Deigratia carries a small crew, and sailing two ships across the Atlantic means spreading them dangerously thin.
Even so, Morehouse decides to take the gamble.
A typical salvage hearing takes a few days, maybe a week for the more complex cases.
But the hearing for the Mary Celeste drags on for three months.
Flood is a man known for being officious, suspicious, and for loving drama.
He orders a detailed inspection of the vessel.
Investigators pour over the Mary Celeste.
looking for bloodstains, signs of violence.
Weapon marks, evidence of tampering with the cargo.
and inconsistencies in the Dei Gratia Crews testimony.
The missing alcohol is easily explained.
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