[Un-] Explained's video: R101 Airship Seance - Debunked and Explained

Dead Airship Captain Gives Evidence [Un-] Explained: Debunking the weird and wonderful in (about) two minutes! https://www.youtube.com/c/unexplainedUK Abominable Killer: https://youtu.be/d9Q_zAnZQLY Children of the Gods: https://youtu.be/ThM4FIq6vjc ---------------------- Transcript Did the dead captain of a doomed airship speak from beyond the grave? 1927. It's a decade before Germany's Hindenburg airship takes flight, but in Britain there is already a race to build the world largest aircraft. There are two competitors, each building a hydrogen filled airship. The R100 is privately designed, the R101 is designed by the air ministry. October 4th 1930. The R101 sets off from Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK on an international test flight to Karachi, in British India. At 2:07 AM the next morning the airship crashes in northern France. 48 of the 54 passengers perished. But what caused the crash? Two days later the dead captain of the R101 gives the answers at a séance. He describes the final moments of the ship including technical details that nobody else could possibly know. A subsequent inquiry into the crash shows every detail given by the deceased captain to be true. The spirits have spoken... Or have they? The séance was conducted by Eileen Garrett, a renowned medium of the era. Notes made by Garrett show that she had had a keen interest in the construction of the R101 prior to the crash. While much of the information received at the séance was not common knowledge, none of it was secret and was easily accessible to a woman of Garrett's standing in society, or to her spiritualist friends. She had more than enough information to fake the believable testimony from the dead captain. Except she made mistakes: The spirit voice mentions altimeter springs and a fluctuating gas meter reading - the R101 had neither device. Did the spirits speak? Was Garrett a fraud? Is spiritualism a sham? Leave your comments and subscribe for new un-explained videos every week. ---------------------- Copyright Attributions We strive to produce our own content for our videos. But sometimes that just isn't possible, so we rely on generous and talented content producers to make their work available as either Public Domain or through a Creative Commons licence. So spare a minute and show some love to those who have made this video possible... Sound Effects: Fizzle by Mike Koenig: http://soundbible.com/1308-Fizzle.html Shooting Star by Mike Koenig: http://soundbible.com/1744-Shooting-Star.html Dying Lightbulb by Mike Koenig: http://soundbible.com/1295-Dying-Light-Bulb.html Throw Knife by Anonymous: http://soundbible.com/1607-Throw-Knife.html Sharp Punch by CGEffex: http://soundbible.com/1418-Sharp-Punch.html Visuals: FREE Glitch Overlay by Sebastian Mischker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bVr40wJAmI Glitch Overlay by Free Overlays, Intros etc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0i9pIo3FI Glitch by Jacob Tuminella: http://www.mediafire.com/watch/n5r86v6pq5n067q/Glitch.mov TV Glitch Effect by Koopz / SherifGaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9JHO35Simo Free Rewind Video Effect by GloftMedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb9ypJ9ybxk Light Leaks by Vegasaur: http://vegasaur.com/free-light-leaks Organic Particle Effects by Vegasaur: http://vegasaur.com/free-organic-particle-effects HD Muzzle Flash 20 Pack by peregrinecommando99: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBBi4TH-nj0 ...if we've somehow missed you off the attributions list please, please, please drop us a message to rectify the situation. All other used content: Public Domain or Fair Use