Talk:Ourang Medan
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[edit]excuse me can somone please fix this page someone seems to be just ranting on about it— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.157.204 (talk • contribs) 06:42, 4 August 2007
Book
[edit]This book contains more information about the ship, and 'alledged' paranormal activites! Good read too, especially with the annotations of unknown origin.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.193.87.5 (talk • contribs) 09:44, 23 July 2009
Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council
[edit]The text from this is quoted (in English) in the German Wikipedia here.Alekksandr (talk) 23:23, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Debunked hoax
[edit]Estelle Hargraves at skittish library has debunked this 'mystery': http://skittishlibrary.co.uk/the-myth-of-the-ourang-medan-ghost-ship-1940/ . Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/3z5713/pretty_sure_ive_solved_the_mystery_of_the_ourang/?st=iqnpsxc6&sh=fb6e145e
Silvio Scherli has likely fabricated the February 1948 story in The Locomotive, or De locomotief: Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad, loosely based on true (and far less mysterious) events in November 1940.
Shouldn't someone put the above into the article? Wikipedia is not about prolonging hoaxes? Sjoerd22 (talk) 15:51, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
More sources
[edit]More sources which explain Silvio Scherli's early versions of the story, its evolution by him, and his defence of the story:
- How Stuff Works
- Skeptoid
- Silent Thrill blog
- Fortean Times
- 1940 Il Piccolo article, with two photos – the sinking ship, and a ship's officer said to be dead
- 1940 L'Illustrazione Italiana article, with two of Scherli's photos (one the same as before, one new) both higher quality that the above – the ship's officer, and two of the crew (also said to be dead)
- 1941 China Mail article
- 1941 followup Il Piccolo article, about a survivor from the Ourang-Medan, who reveals what happened
- Blog with details about Silvio Scherli