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  • History's Mysteries The Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick (Season 3, Episode 3)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

History's Mysteries

The Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick (Season 3, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
The whaler Essex sailed from Nantucket in 1819 and met its doom in the middle of the Pacific in 1820, when a sperm whale attacked, causing the ship to sink.
Writers
Adam Hyman | Herman Melville (excerpt)
Composer
Andrew Keresztes
Editor
Allison MacEwan
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 27, 2000
Release date
Nov 27, 2000 (United States)
Awards
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1 win

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5 cast members
Name Known for
Bob Clarke
Self - US Coast Guard (as Lt. Bob Clarke) Self - US Coast Guard (as Lt. Bob Clarke)   See fewer
History's Mysteries (1998)
Thomas Farel Heffernan
Self Self   See fewer
Revenge of the Whale (2001)
Nathaniel Philbrick
Self (as Nat Philbrick) Self (as Nat Philbrick)   See fewer
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Stuart M. Frank
Self - Kendall Whaling Museum Self - Kendall Whaling Museum   See fewer
History's Mysteries (1998)
Paul Schneider
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
History's Mysteries (1998)
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