Three true lighthouse horror stories — from the logbooks, letters, and inquiry records.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The Last Words Were Weather Readings
00:30 The Paperwork Outlived the Men
01:01 The Logbook — Eilean Mor, December 1900
05:15 The Fire — Eddystone, December 1755
08:28 The Corpse on the Gallery — The Smalls, Winter 1800
11:34 What the Records Say
SOURCES: every claim in this video comes from the historical record — NLS/NRS logbooks, the Northern Lighthouse Board archives, Smeaton’s 1793 Narrative, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, and Trinity House papers. Full source list in the pinned comment.
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