On the Straits of Malacca in the 1940s (the year varies depending on the source), a strange distress call came through to many ships sailing through the narrow stretch of water. The crackling desperate voice said, “All officers including captain are dead, lying in chartroom and on bridge. Possibly whole crew dead.”
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The SS Ourang Medan would go down in history with those final words. For decades, rumors have circulated of the crew being found dead after the distress call, with no obvious cause. The Medan wasn’t the first ship to meet a mysterious fate, but no one is exactly sure what happened or if it was real.