This week I talk about Jacques Cousteau: The Father of Scuba Diving. Jacques had an interesting life, not only was he a great inventor but he was also a large advocate for oceanic conservation. Found out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep.

Find out more about Jacques Cousteau at https://www.cousteau.org/

Be sure to watch "Becoming Cousteau", a film by National Geographic!

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This week I talk about the Titanic - touching on some of its construction, how it sunk, subsequent investigations, and diving it now. Found out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep.

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This week I talk about Wesley C Skiles, a famous cave diving pioneer, and touch on just some of the amazing accomplishments he made in his short life. Found out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep.

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Quick Season 3 update.

This week I cover the USS Indianapolis, aka the largest naval disaster in US history. On July 30th, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was hit by an enemy torpedo and of the almost 1,200 men onboard, only 316 survived... Found out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep.

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This week I cover Georgia's Haunted Lake: Lake Lanier. Well... is it haunted? Is it cursed? Or is it just a naturally dangerous area? I'll let you come to your own conclusion after hearing about the area's history and some of the recent deaths that have occurred at this lake. Found out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep.

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This week I cover a highly-requested topic: the Byford Dolphin explosive decompression accident. On November 5th, 1983, 4 saturation divers instantly died following a massive explosion while working on an offshore drilling rig. One of their assistants was also fatally wounded. What caused this massive and horrific accident? Found out of this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep.

Link to the Norwegian investigation report: https://www.nb.no/statsmaktene/nb/849b219f3ea0ba3b666406afd678c70b?lang=en#0

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This week I talk about Harrison Okene who was a cook aboard the Jascon-4 when it capsized and sunk off of the coast of Nigeria while attempting to stabilize a Chevron oil tanker. Harrison survived 60 fulls hours under the waters surface. Listen to this week's episode for more information!

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This week I talk about John Chatterton and Richie Kohler and their 6-year long adventure to uncover the identity of a mysterious World War II German U-boat they found. Rewriting a section of naval history, these men spent thousands of hours researching, traveling, and diving this wreck to not only discover its name but the names of the 56-dead crewmen who went down with it. Listen to this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep for Part Two.

The majority of the information gathered for this episode comes from Robert Kurson's book: "Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II." I only scratch the surface of this topic so I highly recommend you purchase and read Robert Kurson's book (this is not a paid advertisement - I just enjoyed his book that much!):

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This week I talk about John Chatterton and Richie Kohler and their 6-year long adventure to uncover the identity of a mysterious World War II German U-boat they found. Rewriting a section of naval history, these men spent thousands of hours researching, traveling, and diving this wreck to not only discover its name but the names of the 56-dead crewmen who went down with it. Listen to this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep for Part One.

Majorty of the information gathered for this episode comes from Rober Kurson's book: "Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II." I only scratch the surface of this topic so I highly recommend you purchase and read Robert Kurson's book (this is not a paid advertisement - I just enjoyed his book that much!):

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This week I talk about the death of 25-year-old Joseph Cowart III who died while attempting to pass the origin point ("boil point") of a high-pressure cave in Blue State Spring Park in central Florida in 1987. Find out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

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This week I talk about the death of 23-year-old Bethany Ferrall who died during an Introductory SCUBA dive in February 2015 off of the coast of Queensland Hayman Island in Australia. Find out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

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This week I talk about a few different aquatic cryptids: what they are, where they originated, and some possible sightings that have occurred throughout history. It's common knowledge that our advancements in technology have allowed us to explore more of our oceans, but as little as 5% has been explored. What might be lurking in the other 95%? Find out more on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

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This week we talk about Lake Apopka located just northwest of Orlando, FL. How did two young divers die during a seemingly easy, leisurely dive at this lake? Find out on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

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This week we talk about a father-son diving duo who were found dead Christmas night, December 25th, 2013, after testing out their new diving gear at one of Florida's most notorious caves: Eagles Nest Sinkhole. Found out what happened on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into the Deep.

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This week we talk about the Dutch Springs aqua and scuba diving park. Since 1986, at least 18 deaths have occurred at this location. Why has so many deaths occurred at this location? Have has the park done to help mitigate these risks and how can divers help protect themselves during their dives at Dutch Springs? Find out on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

Article on scuba diving gear maintenance: https://www.scubadiving.com/training/basic-skills/gear-maintenance-made-easy#page-2

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This week we talk about the Tham Luang Thai cave rescue. In June 2018, 12 soccer players, between the ages of 11 and 17, and their coach ventured into a popular cave system looking for fun and adventure together. As heavy rain quickly fell, the rising water levels trapped them inside the cave. Authorities are quickly alerted when the boys and their coach don't return to their homes. Find out what happened on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

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This week we talk about a new topic: diving now flooded man-made structures. Two Lithuanian divers discover an abandoned missile silo and return the same day with a third diver, but one of them drowns during the return dive. Listen to this week's episode to hear more about the missile base and potential ways this dive went south.

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Season One Finale! In this week's highly requested episode, I tell the story of how two experienced Finnish cave divers die while cave diving in Norway. After local Norwegian authorities deem it too dangerous to retrieve the bodies and post a diving ban on the location, four friends of the victims prepared a retrieval team and dive illegally to retrieve their friends' bodies. Find out what exactly happened on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

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The week I talk about how 7 divers get separated from their boat during a normal dive off of the coast of Bali. These divers spent 28 hours floating in the open water and only get discovered 3 days after they go missing. Find out what exactly happened on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep!

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The week I talk about the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria is 1956 and an experienced wreck diver who vanished without a trace 59 years later. Find out how these two events are related on this week's episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

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The week I talk about David John Shaw, a 50-year-old Australian deep diver who lost his life at Bushman's Hole (Boesmansgat) in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Listen to this week's episode to found out what he was doing there and what went so terribly wrong.

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This week I talk about Xisco Gràcia, an experienced cave diver who got trapped in an underwater cave for SIXTY HOURS! Find out what happened to him on this week's episode!

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This week's episode is about the Conception dive boat fire that occurred in Santa Barbara, California on September 2nd, 2019. Listen to the episode to find out the fate of the 39 people on board, what happened, and what the NTSB investigation uncovered.

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This week we cover Jacob's Well, Texas's deadliest diving location. This underwater labyrinth has claimed a recorded 9 lives. Listen to this week's episode to hear about Jacob's Well, who has died here, and how you can prevent becoming Jacob's Well's next victim.

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Narcosis: Into The Deep is a new type of investigative podcast focusing on scuba diving and marine accidents and death. Each week we cover new diving or marine accident with facts or theories about the event as well as what you can do to prevent it from happening to you. The best part is you don't even need to know anything about scuba diving or boating to enjoy this podcast!

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This week we discuss a case of mutiny and cold-blooded murder aboard the Leslie Rae, a 65ft shrimping boat, off of the coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral in 1987. This was the first case of mutiny to go to trial in over 40 years - since World War II. Find out what happened onboard the Leslie Rae and what the trial verdict was on this week's episode.

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Narcosis: Into The Deep is a new type of investigative podcast focusing on scuba diving and marine accidents and death. Each week we cover new diving or marine accident with facts or theories about the event as well as what you can do to prevent it from happening to you. The best part is you don't even need to know anything about scuba diving or boating to enjoy this podcast!

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In July 2015, Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos go missing off of the Florida coast and the largest modern-day US Coast Guard search and rescue ensues to find them. What was the fate of their fishing trip? Find out on this episode of Narcosis: Into The Deep.

Do you like true crime and unsolved mysteries? Check out Narcosis: Into The Deep.

Narcosis: Into The Deep is a new type of investigative podcast focusing on scuba diving and marine accidents and death. Each week we cover new diving or marine accident with facts or theories about the event as well as what you can do to prevent it from happening to you. The best part is you don't even need to know anything about scuba diving or boating to enjoy this podcast!

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If you haven't already, be sure to first listen to Episode 1: "The Blue Hole: The Deadliest Diving Location in the World."

With all the great feedback that I received after the first episode, I wanted to release a bonus episode with more information and clarification. I talk a lot about the technical side of diving safety in this episode, but I do my best to break it down for our non-diver listeners.

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Correction: 130ft or 40m, not 60m as stated in the podcast!

***EDIT: I made a couple of mistakes in this episode since it was my first time ever writing about scuba diving! Please be sure to listen to the Bonus episode where I make some corrections and answer some common questions!

This week we talk about The Blue Hole, named the deadliest diving spot in the world. We cover the most infamous Blue Hole death, along with theories of what caused it, and what exactly makes this diving location so deadly. We also highlight a single man who has undertaken over 100 missions to recover the bodies of those who have lost their lives in this location. Listen until the end to find out what you can do to prevent becoming the next victim of The Blue Hole!

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This is Narcosis: Into the Deep, a podcast all about SCUBA diving accidents and fatalities.

Each episode will feature a deep investigation into a different scuba diving accident, along with facts or theories about the events leading up to them and potential ways these accidents or deaths could have been prevented.

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