Titanic Fact 28: Theorys

There are several theory's surrounding Titanic. One surrounds a mummy curse and one deals with a insurance scam. .

             

The first legend goes a man bought the mummy and shortly afterwards, faced serious misfortune. This lead to them donating the British Museum. The museum reported bizarre happenings and eventually sold the mummy. The buyer is allegedly William Stead. The story goes that the mummy was famous for causing misfortune, and that Stead was afraid he wouldn't be able to carry it on board Titanic due to its reputation. The mummy was hidden in on the bottom of car in the cargo hold.  Supposedly, Stead revealed to some of the others on board the existence of the mummy. The records at the British Museum say that they never had the mummy, but they did say that they had the lid of the sarcophagus.  This rumor of the mummy on board Titanic has never been completely dismissed, but it seems unlikely.

            

 The second story says that Titanic never sank. According to it, the ship that sank was actually Titanic's sister ship, the Olympic. The ships were nearly identical. And this theory goes that the Olympic and Titanic were switched in a insurance scam. Titanic was larger and would receive a larger payout from insurance companies. It says that after they intentionally sank the Olympic, Titanic was repainted to have the word Olympic instead of Titanic. From there, the Titanic went as the "Olympic". This theory was first proposed by Robin Gardiner in his book, "Titanic: The ship that Never Sank?" This theory is extremely unlikely. When the wreak of Titanic was discovered, the numbers on some of the recovered parts read 401. 401 was Titanic's construction number. This number was placed on ships parts as a means of identification. Olympics number was 400. But regardless of this, supporters of the theory say that after the Olympics wreck with the HMS Hawke, that already number parts of Titanic were put on the Olympic. And thus, explaining the inconsistent numbers. Other than this, there is no proof to support the insurance scam theory.

Shots of the hull of Titanic. The word Titanic can be seen

Click here to video footage that dismiss the Titanic and Olympic insurance scam theory. The word Titanic can still be seen on the ships wreckage. This is the video I got my screen shots from.

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