Mary Celeste: Theories

What do you think?

My personal view is that something happened to make the crew panic. I think they left the ship because they thought it was sinking. (a)

Do you think Captain Morehouse is right? Nobody knows for certain. Here's what some other people think.

They sailed into a time warp and the people got sucked away. (b)

I don't think pirates attacked. The cargo was intact. It's like robbing a bank without taking the money. It must have been a mutiny(c)

All those on the lifeboat and were separated permanently from the ship. This happened because the rope connecting the lifeboat to the ship was severed-deliberately or accidentally. (d)

Captain Briggs feared an explosion of the alcohol in the hold. He ordered everyone into the lifeboat but this sank in bad weather. (e)

There was a small explosion of the alcohol. Because Captain Briggs was not used to carrying it he ordered an evacuation - despite bad weather. (f)

Pirates attacked, killed the crew and kidnapped the Briggs family. They believed Briggs to be a rich man. Later they killed them all. (g)

They disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle (h)

I) It was an insurance fraud.

What do
you think happened to the Mary Celeste? Put these theories in order of probablility:

Impossible: h
almost impossible:
extremely unlikely:
unlikely
possible
quite likely
very likely
almost certain


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