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Buckley's Cave

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Unwilliam Buckley

William Buckley was sentenced to death on a ship bound for Australia. After months at sea, he lands in Sullivan Bay and is put to work laying bricks. It's tough work in the hot sun with nothing but salty, badly filtered water to drink. But it doesn't take long before Buckley begins to plot and escape.

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