Disappearance of the Sarah Joe
What secrets hide in the Sarah Joe boat’s wreck?
4.5 (21)
36 mins
Explore the Sarah Joe boat’s routine fishing trip that ended mysteriously. Discover how the crew vanished amid a sudden storm. Learn about the later discovery of wreckage and a mysterious lone grave.
Ep 1:
A Perfect Day Turns Deadly
Five men leave Hana, Maui for a routine fishing trip in 1979—then a sudden storm and a lost distress call plunge them into one of the Pacific's most baffling disappearances.
Ep 2:
Two Thousand Miles from Home
Nine years later, a marine biologist finds the Sarah Joe's wreckage 2,200 miles away—alongside a mysterious grave holding one crew member's remains and strange foreign burial offerings.
Ep 3:
Storms, Strangers, and Suspicion
Investigators weigh chilling possibilities—months adrift at sea, deadly encounters with illegal fishing crews, or deadly conflict among survivors—to explain how only one man's body was ever found.
Ep 4:
The Ocean Keeps Its Secrets
Underwater wreckage, four men still missing, and a stranger's mysterious burial leave haunting questions about the Sarah Joe's fate that the Pacific Ocean may never answer.
Discussions (14)
Dennis
Level 5 · 9 mo agoJoss paper implies illegal fishermen(crew wasn't Chinese)
Henry
Level 4 · 8 mo agoThe 1984 survey proves nothing. Aerial teams miss wreckage constantly. Assuming it arrived later is just bad logic.
Oliver
Level 9 · 8 mo agoThe ghost money is the smoking gun. Illegal fishermen definitely buried him out of guilt. No way a 17 foot boat survives a nine year drift on its own.
