[Un-] Explained's video: SS Ourang Medan - Explained and Debunked

Ghost Sailors Cry for Help! [Un-] Explained: Debunking the weird and wonderful in (about) two minutes! https://www.youtube.com/c/unexplainedUK Ghost Ship: https://youtu.be/w-HAz9NvbLg Invisible Battleship: https://youtu.be/Ev4ztl9Nq-E ---------------------- Transcript June 1947, the Strait of Malacca - in Morse Code there is an SOS transmitted from a ship in trouble. A passing ship races to the rescue and finds the Ourang Medan undamaged. Then two last words… The rescuers find the crew dead. Their bodies contorted, their dead eyes staring at the sun. But no signs of injury. Suddenly a fire erupts in the cargo hold. The rescuers flee as the Ourang Medan and its deadly secret sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Investigators believe the ship was smuggling explosive nerve gas for the Japanese government and it escaped. Or did it? Lloyd's Shipping Register keeps a record of the condition of ships hulls. They have no record of the SS Ourang Medan. Nor can it be found registered in other countries. It never existed. Versions of the tale differ and the earliest known print version of this old seafarers' tale predates the alleged events by eight years. And locations differ wildly. Did a lethal cargo kill a crew and then self-destruct? Or do ghost ships sail the seas? Subscribe for more spooky debunking 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 Bio-Hazard Sign: By Offiikart - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15445007 Lloyds Shipping Register: By Jane023 (talk) 23:42, 10 February 2011 (UTC) (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Sinking Greek Ship: CC BY https://www.flickr.com/photos/farrokhi/6536768053 Extracted, cropped and heavily edited Ocean View Video: https://youtu.be/3tFdOqKV2Iw Ocean View - 1 Full Hour HD - Cruise Ship Balcony by simplyerik ...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