Coast Files

UNSOLVED MYSTERY: The Boys on the Tracks

In this episode, Meg takes us back to early summer 1970 to investigate the heartbreaking and deeply unsettling case of three young friends from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. When the boys set off on a secret hitchhiking trip, it would end in tragedy and leave questions that are still unanswered to this day.  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

TRUE CRIME: Murder aboard the Herbert Fuller

All aboard for a shocking voyage into the past as we unpack the 1896 maritime murder mystery of the Herbert Fuller. What began as a standard trading journey quickly morphed into a brutal triple homicide on the high seas, leaving a terrified crew isolated with a killer and a heavily contaminated crime scene. Join us as we theorize what really happened, the aftermath, and how this case changed the law forever. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

LOST & Found: Sunken Treasure

Three stories, three centuries, and fortunes lost to the sea. Lindsay dives into San José, the legendary 17th-century Spanish galleon whose discovery sparked a modern treasure war. Meg explores Jeff MacKinnon’s Death Coast shipwreck finds, where Atlantic waters still give up long-buried secrets. And Chantel uncovers the legend of Captain “Black Sam” Bellamy—the pirate whose lost fortune still lures treasure hunters today. Gold, ghosts, and mysteries from the deep—what’s lost beneath the waves never stays buried for long. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

DEADLY DIVES: Sterkfontein Caves Tragedy

Come with us this week as we explore South Africa’s world-renowned Sterkfontein Cave. This cave is an anthropological goldmine, famous for redefining our understanding of human evolution. But, beneath the famous fossil beds lies a flooded labyrinth that became a survival nightmare for Pieter Verhulsel in 1984. Dive in with us as we discuss evolutionary breakthroughs and tragic endings that changed rescue protocols forever. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

OCEAN MYSTERY: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Far out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, lies something so massive that it dwarfs entire countries — yet most people sailing through it would never even realize it’s there. In this episode of Coast Files, we uncover the disturbing truth behind the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a swirling graveyard of plastic, ghost nets, and microscopic pollution that is silently invading marine life… and eventually, us. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.