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The Whaleship Essex & The Real Life Story of Moby Dick

Dark Histories by Ben Cutmore

Dec 2, 202578:52Society & Culture

In the summer of 1819, the whaleship Essex set sail from Nantucket, chasing fortune across the vast and indifferent Pacific. What began as a routine whaling voyage soon veered into a nightmare, however, when the hunted b...

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The Whaleship Essex & The Real Life Story of Moby Dick is an episode from Dark Histories by Ben Cutmore. In the summer of 1819, the whaleship Essex set sail from Nantucket, chasing fortune across the vast and indifferent Pacific. What began...

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Published Dec 2, 2025, 78:52 long, audio available.

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