Episode 146: The Final Voyage of the Whaleship Essex

In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear the tragic tale of the whaleship Essex, the real-life inspiration for Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick – a story of what happened when a giant whale attacked a ship in the middle of the Pacific.

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