IN THIS EPISODE:
In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from Scotland’s Flannan Isles without explanation. They left behind a functioning beacon, made beds, cleaned dishes, and an overturned chair. No bodies. No emergency message. No rational explanation that accounts for all the evidence.
This episode explores one of maritime history’s most enduring mysteries—examining not just theories about what happened to James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald McArthur, but what their disappearance reveals about those who maintain lights at the edge of human habitation. When our most reliable guardians can simply vanish, what does that mean for the rest of us navigating uncertain waters?
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The Flannan Isles Lighthouse
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