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Mar 2024
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Episode 340 - The Sea Orphan

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Found drifting on the open ocean on the brink of death, Terry Jo Duperrault’s survival was nothing short of a miracle.

She’d been at sea for over 3 days, enduring harsh heat, bitter cold, and the tormenting bites of the parrot fish. Terry Jo was the survivor of an apparent yacht accident – yet when the boat’s captain was told the incredible news, he went to a motel, and took his own life.

This is the gut-wrenching story of the sinking of The Bluebell, and the deaths of 4 members of the Duperrault family


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