In 1968, a boat named El Fausto set out from the Canary Islands with four crew members aboard. What was supposed to be a routine trip turned into one odd event after another. After vanishing without a trace, El Fausto mysteriously reappeared miles from where it should have been—only to vanish again under even stranger circumstances.

In this episode, we dive into the timeline of events, the little pieces of evidence that we have, and try to figure out why this boat continually went missing.

Making it even harder... a lot of the resources out there are in Spanish. Join us, Reddit, and google translate in the Mystery Lounge.

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Today in the Mystery Lounge, we look into the latest bizarre and interesting headlines in the mystery world.

🧀 First, we roll into the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Competition—a centuries-old tradition that’s as dangerous as it is puzzling. Why do thrill-seekers risk it all for a wheel of cheese? You may have seen this come across social media as tons of people fly and flip down a hill all for the glory of winning a cheese wheel.

💎 Then, we crack the curious case of a crystal-lined chair mysteriously broken inside a museum exhibit. Actually... the security camera footage did but we are here to talk about it with our fellow Mystery Lounge listeners.

Tune in as we dig into these oddities

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A vanished fortune and a century-old mystery. Grab a seat in the lounge as we tackle the mystery of the Kruger Millions mystery.

In this episode, we delve into the legend of the Kruger Millions—a rumored hoard of gold allegedly hidden by South African President Paul Kruger during the Second Boer War. Did Kruger smuggle millions in gold out of the country as British forces closed in? Did other people steal it before it could be hidden? Could it still buried somewhere in the veld of South Africa, waiting to be discovered?

With all kinds of anecdotes and stories, this is one of the challenging mysteries to even get down to the actual facts of what could have happened to the gold.

Join us as we separate fact from folklore in one of history’s most enduring treasure mysteries.

Sources:

Book review and overall theory from Looted Gold

Article by Blake Wilkins - Co-author of Looted Gold

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