Frozen Men, a Bloody Cleaver, and the Vanished Lake Erie Ferry
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Frozen Men, a Bloody Cleaver, and the Vanished Lake Erie Ferry
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A century-old mystery with nine frozen men in a lifeboat, an empty seat, and a meat cleaver: what sudden catastrophe left a 338-foot ferry vanished and its crew clothed only in shirts on a December night? The ferry departed into 50-75 mph winds with thirty loaded rail cars and no stern gate-so what really happened on Lake Erie?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from departure to discovery, laying out the ship's construction, cargo, timeline of sightings, and the unanswered contradictions that keep the case open. How did a routine five-hour crossing become a vanished wreck and a lifeboat of dead men five days later?
Person: Captain Robert McLeod
Date: December 7-12, 1909
Location: Lake Erie, 15 miles off Erie, Pennsylvania
Ship: Marquette and Bessemer No. 2, 338 ft long, 2,514 gross tons
Cargo: 30 railway cars (26 coal, 3 steel beams, 1 iron castings)
- The ferry was built in Cleveland in 1905 and measured 338 feet long and 54 feet wide.
- Departure was delayed about three hours and cleared Conneaut at 10:43 AM into 50 mph southwest winds.
- The ship left with no stern gate installed despite a written demand from Captain McLeod after a near-capsize in November.
- Winds increased to 70-75 mph by evening before the vessel disappeared.
- Lifeboat number four was found December 12 with nine dead men, one missing, and no heavy coats or survival gear on any of them.
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