Episode 521: The Tragedy of the Essex Part II - A Belly Full of Blood
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Captain Pollard and Charles Ramsdell Shared Some Responsibility
On Valentine's Day, 1821, the last three men on Owen Chase's boat ate the last bit of Isaac Cole. On February 18th, 15-year-old Thomas Nickerson laid down, pulled a piece of canvas over himself like a shroud and told the other two men that he wished to die immediately. He lasted two more days as harpooner. And they say romance is dead.
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