FULL EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIO4A_Wqgco

In 1741, a British warship wrecked off the coast of South America — and what followed on Wager Island is one of the most horrifying survival stories in human history.

Starvation, mutiny, and madness tore through the stranded crew as desperation forced them into the unthinkable: cannibalism.

DAVID'S LINKS:

BUY "THE WAGER": https://www.amazon.com/Wager-Tale-Shipwreck-Mutiny-Murder/dp/0385534264/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Rb3PhH90mRH2YeRth5ANPtc85T8xJfFWfdQrF9Qa4yJjGmguFt_AvjcXUFATX68XkIJzyldTcdfqiB6MvgneDW60FEOhSRJ97scz1KbwAgOiDtnpuuBP6Ix9oVZXa88sVTKvc5oWsKxlTsyLfXH1l5xgbI0JEtio9PkcULfb5TVosuI1wx3j-f-Go5fE6iUgkoRGh-172mjOlZdPEm5dQGtas3yhPVDr1QOuL5J_dgc.rLmeUvfyTMHzEi2e-xBHao6JLWlMBTplBu1RBQOV_v8&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+wager&qid=1759763943&sr=8-1

BOOK/WEBSITE: https://www.davidgrann.com/books/

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This wasn’t just a shipwreck… it was the collapse of morality itself.

The wreck of the HMS Wager reveals the brutal truth about empire, human nature, and what happens when civilization vanishes overnight.

Inside this documentary:

The shipwreck that destroyed a Royal Navy crew

How starvation drove men to kill and eat one another

The mutiny and chaos that followed

What historians still can’t explain about Wager Island

Why this story was buried by the British Empire

Watch until the end — the truth behind Wager Island will change how you see human survival forever.

***TIMESTAMPS***

00:00 - Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorsese Bought “Killers of the Flower Moon”, Story of Lord of the Flies Ship Desolation, How David Writes a Story

10:55 - David’s Obsession on Topics (Living Out Books), Expedition to Wager Island, Gulf of Pain

22:34 - Patagonia Region & Ship Falling Apart/Hypothermia Weather, Cannibalism of Dead Bodies

30:15 - Coming in Contact with Indigenous Patagonia Tribe (Live in Canoes Pretty Much), Using Bodies as Sails, War Over the Truth (2 Sides to Mutiny vs Stranded), Captain’s Log (People are People)

39:37 - Writing Story for 5 Years & Planning Wager Island

53:32 - Process of Writing, David’s Wife is his Reader, Linguistic Dive (Phrases)

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