On December 12th, 1978, the German cargo ship MS München disappeared while sailing through a storm on the North Atlantic. A series of radio messages and a small handful of clues suggest that the modern cargo ship probably sank after colliding with a massive rogue wave.

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Sources:
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The Wave by Susan Casey

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Chapters:
00:00 A Fragmented SOS
2:07 Building the MS München
4:29 Monster of the Month
9:06 Rogue Waves
12:23 Search and Rescue Attempts
17:08 What Happened to the MS München

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