unexplained-events: The Titanic Never Sank There’s a really interesting conspiracy theory that
unexplained-events: The Titanic Never Sank There’s a really interesting conspiracy theory that talks about how the Titanic never actually sank. Instead, it’s believed that the ship that sank was actually The Olympic. The conspiracy theory doesn’t deny that a ship sank or that the ~1500 passengers aboard that ship didn’t die. The conspiracy simply suggests that the ship was not actually the technical marvel that the ship’s parent company, the White Star Line, had promised. Rather, the White Star Line swapped ships for the voyage from Southampton to New York and the ship billed as the top-of-the-line Titanic was actually an older ship, the Olympic. This was all an insurance scam gone wrong. The Olympic was White Star Line’s first built ship and it had seen a lot of troubles recently (most infamously its crash with the military ship, Hawke) and was considered an economic disaster at this point. A trial later held The Olympic responsible for the crash and there was an expensive lawsuit hanging on its head. This is where the conspiracy comes in: Keep reading -- source link
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