Episode 521: The Tragedy of the Essex Part II - A Belly Full of Blood
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Don't Need to Waste Food on Me
On February 20th, as two of the boats near the end of their rations, Peterson died. Separately and coincidentally, a man on Pollard's boat also died that same day. And so, with rations low and two dead crew members just sitting there stinking. Swat and deserving it. That's when the... Fishing started, they got all the fish on the boat. They started investing into stocks and bonds because they were looking at a more responsible future themselves and their family. "I mean, wow, these guys to some degree think you got to be thankful"
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