What if you could bring on the true end of days, the end of all life as we know it, would you? A group of pilgrims set out to do just that in 1866 and this is the true, twisted tale.

Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a Jonesport, Maine, monument to the 1866 voyage of the Nellie Chapin. The ship hell bent to bring about the End of Days.

Even Mark Twain weighs in on the sorry state of the expedition.

We ask the important question: What’s the rush?

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Doomsday Voyage - New England Legends Podcast

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