Titanic Disaster: 5 Mysteries That Still Haunt the World

On May 13, 1912, crewmen on the ocean liner RMS Oceanic spotted something unexpected: a vague shape bobbing through the waves of the North Atlantic.

A cutter was launched to investigate. As the floating shape was towed closer to the Oceanic, the crew and passengers’ curiosity turned to revulsion. It was a lifeboat containing three corpses and a mysterious wedding ring.

Documents found on one of the bodies identified him as Thomas Beattie. Based on their clothing, the other two seemed to be stokers, ship crewmen designated to fuel the furnaces of engine boilers.

The ring found in the lifeboat bore the inscription: "Edward to Gerda."

The passengers and crew of the Oceanic were baffled. How did a lifeboat holding three dead bodies end up in the middle of the ocean, and why was a wedding ring placed inside?

A month earlier and 200 miles away, the RMS Titanic had sunk after striking an iceberg. As the ship descended beneath the waves, a handful of people scrambled for the last remaining lifeboat: Collapsible A.

This Engelhardt-style lifeboat, made of kapok and cork, was a raft with heavy canvas sides that could be collapsed for storage and raised to form a boat in an emergency.

Still wearing his dinner jacket, first-class passenger Thomas Beattie navigated the rapidly sloping deck and managed to crawl onto the barely assembled lifeboat. He was soon joined by roughly twenty others.

Collapsible A, unable to be launched, sat on the deck of the Titanic with its passengers awaiting the inevitable approach of the rising water.

As the waves reached the boat, three final passengers slid down the deck of the doomed ship in a last desperate bid for survival. August Wennerstrom, Edward Lindell, and Gerda Lindell slammed into the lifeboat, grasping desperately at its sides.

Only August and Edward had the strength to climb on; Gerda slipped beneath the icy waves, adding her life to the devastating body count of the disaster.

Separated from the other boats which had moved away from the sinking ship, the survivors in Collapsible A slowly succumbed to exposure. To lighten the load on the partially swamped boat, the bodies of those who perished were thrown over the side.

Edward’s grief from losing his wife sapped his will to live, and he died early in the night. Her wedding ring, which he had gripped in his hand, fell into the bottom of the boat as his body was given to the waves.

As the sun rose the following morning, the dozen remaining survivors were rescued by Collapsible D—all except Thomas Beattie and two unknown stokers.

They had perished shortly before the other lifeboat had arrived. Their bodies, along with Gerda’s ring, remained floating on the boat for a month until they were discovered by the Oceanic, a final reminder of the horrors that faced the unfortunate souls aboard the Titanic on that fateful night.

[D-MF-L]

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[ete]

Dark5 … the only YouTube channel that uses the word “enigmatic” at least once per video.

[joat]

I don't even care what's in the video. I just need to hear that intro every once in a while before bed.

[Gregor]

I saw a video of a submarine exploring the Titanic wreck. All of the water was still in the swimming pool after all these years. Incredible.

[frankebert]

Another bad omen for the Titanic: the captain's mascot kitty days before the voyage took her kittens and herself off of the Titanic at the harbor and wouldn't return to the ship. I'd call that a serious clue.

[captainsensiblejr.]

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[Iconoclasher]

As far as the fire goes, that's a shadow or some photography artifact. That spot on the ship is where the pool is located. The fire was below the water line.

[davidponseigo]

Any time you hear that strange music you know your about to see a great video.

[MrCody]

Well idk how many other icebergs would have red paint on them so I'd assume that was the one lol.

[veliceligt]

I can't imagine the curse one would bear from ignoring helping survivors because your scared of getting caught with some meat.

[trent]

Greatest intro in the history of the internet!!!!

[gamewithadam]

I'm surprised he didn't mention the D deck door being ordered open and mysteriously left open since the people ordered to close it mysteriously vanished. And how every 12 portholes or 12 inches squared doubled the boat's sinking. Dozens of portholes were said to have remained open, along with the huge D deck door. It could have slowed the sinking down by many hours if they were all closed.

[davidponseigo]

The mystery lights were from the SS Californian and they had turned off their radio and they ignored the flares from Titanic.

[HarryBales]

I love Dark 5, another great video, thank you

[keithwalmsley]

Fascinating content as always, thank you ✌

[doodleydoo]

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[CPorter]

Collapsible A was not the last remaining boat when the ship was sinking, B was the other one, which was also being prepared for launch at the exact same time.

[JaelaOrdo]

Seeing this after watching 3 Oceanliner Designs videos on the Titanic.

[superdupercooper]

Some of these are slightly inaccurate to the actual historic record. There’s more comprehensive analysis available on channels like ocean liner designs

[mattt]

It was common practice to go full speed until danger was actually sighted and then they would either slow down or stop all together.

The coal fire theory has also been debunked.