Inside the Titanic's FATAL Mistake | History's Greatest Mysteries (Season 1) | History

The sinking of the Titanic was one of history's most tragic disasters - but could it have been avoided? New evidence provides a never before seen glimpse into the last moments before the Titanic made an irreversible mistake, in this clip from Season 1, "Titanic's Lost Evidence." #HistorysGreatestMysteries
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Narrated by Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award® winner Laurence Fishburne (“Black-ish,” John Wick, The Matrix, Apocalypse Now and Boyz N The Hood), History’s Greatest Mysteries will investigate a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each, including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth and more. The franchise will showcase fresh, new evidence and perspectives, including documents never before released to the general public, personal diaries and even DNA evidence, to unearth brand-new information about some of History’s most infamous and enigmatic chapters.

Incredible discoveries uncovered within “History’s Greatest Mysteries” include a 100-plus-year-old box filled with the investigative findings of Lord Mersey, the man charged with leading the official inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic, and a personal diary from Major Jesse Marcel, the first person to investigate the wreckage in Roswell, NM believed to contain coded clues to what really happened that night in 1947. In addition, for the first time, the family of John Wilkes Booth is releasing 60 boxes of sealed family documents and allowing a DNA test that may hold the answers to whether he truly died in a fire following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, or if he faked his death as many believe.

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[SeedFlowerSun]

This historic event NEVER gets old .. No matter how many reenactments or versions told, I gain more knowledge because I always learn something new and different that I hadn't heard before . Its a fascinating tragedy .

[lesco]

Can't imagine how terrifying it must've been to be in the water knowing you were gonna die soon. RIP all you victims of the Titanic. An absolute fascinating piece of tragic history that never gets old hearing about

[autumnrryan]

I’ve always been fascinated in this ship. RIP Titanic.

[Kilo]

I couldn’t even imagine the horror these people went through that night. So many things went wrong.

[jeremystrauss]

The ocean is one thing to never mess with, and this is the biggest lesson I’ve ever been taught

[criticwatcher]

Rest in peace souls.

Can't imagine how terrifying all those people must've been when they realized the ship wasn't invincible as they were told.

[KeaxzGaming]

The stories of this titanic never gets old. I just love watching them

[coffeemixer]

Lawrence Fishburne is a really nice narrator. I would like to hear more documentaries narrated by him.

[USAMex]

100+ years and this tragedy hasn’t been forgotten! We owe it to the victims! RIP 🙏

[sicktriggerhands]

When humans progress and feel they're mightier than the nature. Nature doesn't need humans to survive.

[animalblundetto]

Crazy to think that people were awakened by the collision, and within 3 hours they would be swimming in the ocean watching the ship they were just on fall into the abyss

[starmancrusader]

Even after everything I’ve learned about the Titanic, I still learn more

[Kyle_Lurz]

One of the very few documentaries about the Titanic that I actually liked

[rickbailey]

The lesson of Titanic can be applied in many areas of life not just to sea navigation.

[alexandergroppe]

THE ENGINE ROOMS were *NOT* exposed to initial damage. Boiler rooms 5 & then 6 WERE and these were located way forward. Among a couple of the most truly amazing things about Titanic's foundering were the fact that the ship's architect (Andrews) did NOT expect the ship to last as long as she, in fact, did (he calculated 1-1.5 hours). Titanic actually took 2 hours, 45 mins. to sink. The other amazing thing is that Titanic's incredible team of engineers were able to keep the ship alight until literally the last minute! Titanic was a strong ship but NO vessel - not in 1912 nor in 2022 would be capable of surviving a hard grazing of nearly 1/3 the vessel's length with millions of pounds of compressed ice forced against cold steel. While riveted plates might be more susceptible to catastrophic failure, steel is steel and 1 inch thick plates are no match for millions of pounds of compressed ice.

[mwind]

You know how to sink a ship.

Call it unsinkable.

[tuyle]

Never underestimate the danger of nature.

[juiceloose]

The spirit of death really took the form of a mountainous iceberg that fateful night. So eerie how dark and silent it would have been out there when those poor souls met their horrific fate..

[granthunt]

I’ve been a titanic buff since I was a kid and still am to this day, I always wonder what if they didn’t turn and had a head on collision instead, the ship would of probably survived and we would never be talking about it, but murdochs instinct to try and avoid it in that situation was 100% a choice anyone would of made

[kayequinn]

Whenever I read or watch about the Titanic, it makes me feel more than just sad. It angers me that the individuals entrusted to protect disregarded their obligations and thousands suffered terrifying trauma & death. I wonder how they felt when she hit the iceberg. RIP to her passengers and crew