The Superstitious Sailor: The Flying Dutchman

Mention ghost ships and a few will always pop into mind. But one of these is so old and so famous that it exists even in the minds of those who have never even gone to sea. A tale so famous it exists in children's tv shows and has even inspired an opera of the same name. The Flying Dutchman needs no introduction, but in case you didn't know it, this is the tale of the Dutch East India Company ship that haunts the seas to this very day.

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[MaritimeHorrors]

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[Waterbottlebandit]

“Don’t mention The Mouse… his spies… are all around us” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[hydrocityshark]

If a struggling sailor listens holds high senses they will find a green glow radiating from a wooden vessel with ripped sails and the most morbid condition. If the ship is in a close radius, you can hear the desperate cries of the haunting crew:















Patrick: “LeDaLeDaLe”

[SplitScreamOFFICIAL]

aye, he's a Frying Dutchman now following the layoffs

[OceanChannelProductions]

The ultimate pirate legend, and the best ship from potc

[angorabunny]

And now I am going to contemplate just what I will do with a drunken sailor.

[Lasagnaisprettycool]

5:35 that scared the SHIT outta me, had the video playing in the background with headphones on lol

[kevintemple]

Isn't there a real ghost ship, I believe a Russian icebreaker, that broke free of a tow and has been witnessed for decades, still afloat?

[CranialExtractor]

The flying dutchman reminds me of the grim reaper. People claim to see it before they die sometimes. Maybe Mr. Reaper uses a vessel when collecting souls at sea.

[Aelsenaer]

I was a flying Dutchman a while ago.




I fell out of bed.




While thinking about it,
more likely a falling Dutchman.

[nomisbman]

The story that i was told from childs age, and i was raised in the Netherlands, was that the ship was in harbor, and that the captain wanted to sail during a christian holiday, easter i believe. Everyone, even his crew, told him not to sail, for he needed to be pious that day. Yet he sailed. And now untill this day he still sails, waiting for the day that he will return to his faith.

[darthazgorath]

My great grandfather was stationed around the cape of good hope, and swore till the day he died he saw the Dutchman.

[betelguse]

I read somewhere that if you wave to a crew member of the Dutchman, you will switch places with them. Pretty creepy stuff!

[Maritime_History]

Oh, I never heard the full story of this ship. Thanks for informing me and nice video!

[brianedwards]

My favourite stand alone Wagner opera: That Overture is amazing!

[RainbowDash]

This didn't even pop up in my recommendations. Glad you did this one!

[nikevisor]

Always a great day when you post! Catching up on your vids now but so ready for what's left of Ghost Ship Month (if anything)

[Ian-npzt]

Odd, this didnt come up in my recommended list. Had to seek it out.

Good choice of music btw. It's always been fun to know the connotations while others think its a fun jovial song. Definitely worthy of a Halloween vid! Speaking of which. Happy Hallows Eve everybody!

[PurpleColonel]

I love that nearly nobody cared about this legend for centuries at a time, then it reappeared because of the pop culture juggernauts of Pirates of the Caribbean and SpongeBob within only a couple years.

[theimperialcombine]

You should do the SS Alkimos, Its another great Ghost story for the month of October and I would love to hear Theories about the events of that ship.