Into the Triangle: The Devil's Sea

Into the Triangle: The Devil's Sea

Author: Pretty Wicked | Southern Gothic Media June 3, 2026 Duration: 1:09:33
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Some stretches of ocean don't give people back, and the Bermuda Triangle is the most famous one. Navy squadrons. Cargo giants. A cabin cruiser that called for a tow on a calm December night and was gone before the Coast Guard could get there. This week we're going into the lore. The famous cases. The ghost ships. And what science actually thinks is happening out there, because the real answers might be stranger than the myth. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywicked.thepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES Naval History and Heritage Command - H-057-4: The Disappearance of Flight 19 National Archives - The Official Record and the Loss of Flight 19 History.com - The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19 Naval History Magazine (USNI) - USS Cyclops, The Deadliest Unsolved Mystery in the Navy History.com - Bermuda Triangle Mystery: What Happened to the USS Cyclops? Naval Historical Foundation - The Unanswered Loss of USS Cyclops Library of Congress - The Mysterious Disappearance of Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering's Crew NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources - The Carroll A. Deering, Ghost Ship National Park Service - The Ghost Ship of the Outer Banks PlaneHistoria - BSAA Star Tiger coverage and inquiry summary PlaneHistoria - BSAA Star Ariel coverage Bernews - Plausible Solutions To Bermuda Triangle Mysteries (Tom Mangold reporting) Civil Aeronautics Board / USDeadlyEvents - Report on DC-3 NC16002 Coast Guard Inquiry Findings, summarized - USDeadlyEvents on Marine Sulphur Queen Porchlight International - Burack and Father Horgan / Witchcraft case file NOAA Ocean Service - What is the Bermuda Triangle? National Geographic - Gas Craters Off Norway Linked to Bermuda Triangle Theory Live Science - Could Gas Explosions Explain Bermuda Triangle Mystery? Fox News - Bermuda Triangle Rogue Wave Theory (Dr. Simon Boxall, Channel 5 documentary) Britannica - What Is Known (and Not Known) About the Bermuda Triangle Smithsonian Magazine - How the Disappearance of Flight 19 Fueled the Legend ElectronicFog.com - Bruce Gernon's account of his 1970 flight 📚 BOOKS The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved - Lawrence David Kusche, 1975 The Bermuda Triangle - Charles Berlitz, 1974 Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries of the Sea - Vincent Gaddis, 1965 Beyond the Bermuda Triangle: True Encounters with Electronic Fog, Missing Aircraft, and Time Warps - Bruce Gernon and Rob MacGregor, 2017 Sailing Alone Around the World - Joshua Slocum, 1900 Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering - Bland Simpson, UNC Press, 2005 🎬 DOCS The Bermuda Triangle Enigma - Channel 5 documentary featuring Dr. Simon Boxall of the University of Southampton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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