WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:02.869 What if one of the most iconic disasters 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.990 in modern history wasn't an accident? 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.070 What if the Titanic, the ship that 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:10.549 launched with kings, bankers, and 00:00:10.559 --> 00:00:12.950 visionaries on board, was more than just 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.749 a marvel of engineering? What if beneath 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.189 the polished brass, the grand 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:20.830 staircases, and the promise of being 00:00:20.840 --> 00:00:24.230 unsinkable, there was a hidden plan? A 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:27.029 ship praised around the world disappears 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:29.589 on its very first voyage. 00:00:29.599 --> 00:00:32.069 The richest and most influential men in 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:35.510 America dead in a single night. An 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.549 identical sisterhip already damaged 00:00:38.559 --> 00:00:41.270 waiting in the shadows. And one of the 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.389 most powerful financiers in history, he 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:46.630 just happened to cancel his trip at the 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.990 last minute. For over a century, the 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.630 story has stayed the same. But behind 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.750 the tragedy, behind the official record, 00:00:55.760 --> 00:00:57.990 behind the frozen silence at the bottom 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.110 of the Atlantic, there are whispers. 00:01:01.120 --> 00:01:04.469 Whispers of a switch. Whispers of a 00:01:04.479 --> 00:01:08.550 cover up. Whispers of a financial empire 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:11.990 that quietly emerged from the wreckage, 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.630 stronger than ever. And the question is 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.510 no longer what sank the Titanic. The 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:20.149 question is, was that even the Titanic 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:25.429 at all? 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:29.590 The year is 1912. The world is changing. 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:32.510 Technology is booming. Empires are 00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:34.789 colliding. And somewhere beneath the 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.069 surface, a plan is already in motion. 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.069 We're about to dive into one of the most 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.469 enduring conspiracy theories of the 20th 00:01:42.479 --> 00:01:45.350 century. A story built on conflicting 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:48.590 records, strange coincidences, missing 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:51.109 lifeboats, and a chain of decisions that 00:01:51.119 --> 00:01:54.230 don't quite add up. Did the Titanic 00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:57.109 really go down that night? Was it an 00:01:57.119 --> 00:02:00.630 insurance scam, a banking assassination, 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.709 or just a series of human failures 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.510 rewritten by grief and time? 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:07.590 This episode doesn't just ask the 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:10.229 questions. It follows them past the 00:02:10.239 --> 00:02:12.869 headlines into the blueprints, through 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:15.110 the wreckage, and straight into the 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.430 heart of the myth. Because if there's 00:02:17.440 --> 00:02:19.750 one thing we've learned on this channel, 00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:21.750 it's that the truth and the story we've 00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:24.790 been told aren't always the same thing. 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.190 You've heard of the Titanic, but you've 00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:29.070 never heard this. 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:46.949 [Music] 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:50.470 The RMS Titanic wasn't just a ship. It 00:02:50.480 --> 00:02:54.070 was a symbol of progress, of power, of 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:56.150 mankind's belief that we had finally 00:02:56.160 --> 00:02:59.030 conquered nature. It was the crown jewel 00:02:59.040 --> 00:03:01.589 of an empire in motion. The largest 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.630 moving object ever built by human hands. 00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:08.149 Advertised as unsinkable. Launched with 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:10.949 champagne and fanfare. Loaded with the 00:03:10.959 --> 00:03:13.589 wealthiest elites on Earth. Rubbing 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.830 shoulders with third class families 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.630 chasing a dream. A dream that would last 00:03:18.640 --> 00:03:23.030 just 4 days. On April 14th, 1912, the 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:25.110 Titanic struck an iceberg in the North 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:27.990 Atlantic. By the early hours of April 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:31.110 15th, the unthinkable happened. The 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:35.589 unsinkable ship sank. Over 1,500 people 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:37.589 died in one of the deadliest maritime 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.470 disasters in modern history. The 00:03:40.480 --> 00:03:43.589 official story, a tragic accident, a 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.670 miscalculation of speed, too few 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.990 lifeboats, no foul play, just a cold 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.309 night and bad luck. 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:54.070 But the moment that ship disappeared 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.630 beneath the waves, so did a whole world 00:03:56.640 --> 00:03:59.509 of unanswered questions. Because what if 00:03:59.519 --> 00:04:02.149 it wasn't just an accident? What if the 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.070 iceberg was just the cleanest 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.270 explanation history could offer? What if 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.589 the people who died on board weren't 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:11.910 just passengers, but part of a deeper 00:04:11.920 --> 00:04:14.710 story that doesn't quite add up? What if 00:04:14.720 --> 00:04:17.030 that ship didn't just carry dreams and 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:19.909 diamonds, but names history would later 00:04:19.919 --> 00:04:23.030 obsess over for all the wrong reasons? 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.350 And here's where things get strange. 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.270 Because just beneath the surface of this 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:30.590 tragedy are stories that don't match the 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.830 headlines, documents that don't line up, 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:36.350 names that should have been on board but 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.510 weren't, and institutions that rose from 00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:41.909 the ashes of the Titanic's wreckage, 00:04:41.919 --> 00:04:43.990 more powerful than ever. 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.550 You're telling me a brand new ship with 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:48.950 a skeleton crew of billionaires 00:04:48.960 --> 00:04:51.749 accidentally sinks and the guys who 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:53.510 stood in the way of a global financial 00:04:53.520 --> 00:04:57.150 takeover just happen to be on it. Yeah, 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.070 sure. Total 00:04:59.080 --> 00:05:01.830 coincidence. The Titanic may have hit an 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:04.310 iceberg, but that might not be the full 00:05:04.320 --> 00:05:06.950 story. And if we follow the trail far 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:09.990 enough, we might just uncover how a 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.870 single tragedy helped reshape the modern 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:17.030 world, whether by design or by 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:22.200 [Music] 00:05:24.440 --> 00:05:27.029 consequence. They say history is written 00:05:27.039 --> 00:05:29.749 by the survivors, but what if the ones 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:32.070 who didn't survive were the point all 00:05:32.080 --> 00:05:34.629 along? Let's start with something you've 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.510 probably heard. JP Morgan, the American 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:39.670 banking titan who helped finance the 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:41.590 Titanic through his shipping 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.270 conglomerate, the International 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:45.990 Merkantile Marine Company, canceled his 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.629 voyage at the last minute. He had 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:51.189 reserved a lavish suite on Titanic's 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:54.390 maiden voyage. Clothes were packed, 00:05:54.400 --> 00:05:56.870 staff were ready, the press even 00:05:56.880 --> 00:05:59.270 reported on his scheduled arrival. And 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:03.270 then poof, Morgan Bales. The official 00:06:03.280 --> 00:06:05.909 excuse, he wanted to stay in France a 00:06:05.919 --> 00:06:07.830 few extra days to enjoy the art 00:06:07.840 --> 00:06:10.390 collection at a spa. But here's the 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:13.029 kicker. Multiple close associates of 00:06:13.039 --> 00:06:15.790 Morgan were on board and they 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:19.430 died. Benjamin Guggenheim, heir to a 00:06:19.440 --> 00:06:23.430 mining fortune. Isidor Strauss, co-owner 00:06:23.440 --> 00:06:25.270 of Macy's. 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:28.629 John Jacob Aster IV, one of the richest 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:31.350 men in the world. All three were 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:34.230 powerful men with financial influence. 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.790 And in later conspiracy circles, they 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:38.710 were labeled as opponents of the Federal 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:41.430 Reserve, even though no historical 00:06:41.440 --> 00:06:43.270 record confirms they ever publicly 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:46.309 opposed it. JP Morgan, on the other 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.070 hand, he supported the central banking 00:06:49.080 --> 00:06:52.390 idea. Now, it's easy to say this is 00:06:52.400 --> 00:06:55.189 coincidence. After all, these men were 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.830 part of the same elite class. But when 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:00.309 one man conveniently avoids disaster 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.550 while other titans of industry vanished 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.589 beneath the waves, you've got to ask, 00:07:05.599 --> 00:07:08.230 was the iceberg just an ending or the 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.390 start of a story we've been misreading 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:13.749 for over a century? Oh, come on, Ralph. 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:16.629 Three anti-entral banking billionaires 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.189 all just happen to die on the same boat. 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:21.270 That's not an accident. That's a group 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:22.790 discount. 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.749 Let's talk about the Titanic's twin, the 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:29.510 RMS Olympic. Titanic's nearly identical 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:33.029 sister ship was launched a year earlier. 00:07:33.039 --> 00:07:35.830 Same dimensions, same layout, same 00:07:35.840 --> 00:07:39.110 design, but the Olympic had a problem. 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.589 It had already been damaged in a 00:07:41.599 --> 00:07:43.990 collision with a British warship, the 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.469 HMS Hawk. The repair costs were 00:07:47.479 --> 00:07:49.990 astronomical and there was talk that the 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:51.749 White Star Lines insurance wouldn't 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.710 cover it. That's when the ship switch 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.230 theory sails in. The idea the Olympic 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.350 was disguised as the Titanic sailed out 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.670 under a new name and was deliberately 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.550 sunk to collect the insurance money. And 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:08.950 then there's the behavior of the crew. 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:11.670 There were 20 lifeboats on board, less 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.670 than half the number needed for all the 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.670 passengers. But even those weren't fully 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:20.070 used. Lifeboats launched half empty. 00:08:20.080 --> 00:08:22.629 Some crew members refused to let people 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.710 on board. Others seemed panicked and 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:28.390 confused as if they didn't expect to be 00:08:28.400 --> 00:08:29.550 in a real 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.310 emergency. Even more bizarre, some 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.190 survivors claimed the emergency drills 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.670 were cancelled before departure. The 00:08:37.680 --> 00:08:40.469 ship was warned about ice ahead multiple 00:08:40.479 --> 00:08:43.829 times, but never slowed down. So, here's 00:08:43.839 --> 00:08:46.710 the question. Why were so many standard 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.509 procedures ignored? Why was this ship 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:50.829 rushed into 00:08:50.839 --> 00:08:53.590 service? And why did so many powerful 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.750 people end up dead while the man who 00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:04.000 bankrolled the entire voyage stayed 00:09:04.010 --> 00:09:07.949 [Music] 00:09:07.959 --> 00:09:11.750 home? The Titanic was called unsinkable. 00:09:11.760 --> 00:09:13.670 But here's what they don't tell you. It 00:09:13.680 --> 00:09:16.550 had a sister. And not just any sister, 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:20.190 an older one nearly identical. The RMS 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.070 Olympic. She launched in 1910, nearly a 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.949 full year before Titanic. And she looked 00:09:26.959 --> 00:09:29.990 almost exactly the same. Same length, 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.870 same width, same deck layout, same 00:09:32.880 --> 00:09:35.190 number of funnels. To the average 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.790 observer, the two ships were practically 00:09:37.800 --> 00:09:39.990 twins. But here's where things start 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.750 getting weird. In September of 1911, 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:46.470 while on only her fifth voyage, the 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:48.389 Olympic collided with the British 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.910 warship HMS Hawk, the Olympic's rear 00:09:51.920 --> 00:09:53.990 starboard side, the right side, if 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.790 you're facing forward, was torn open. 00:09:56.800 --> 00:09:59.750 The damage was massive. According to 00:09:59.760 --> 00:10:02.710 shipyard logs and court documents, 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:05.350 Olympic lost a propeller blade, had a 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.990 warped keel, and took structural damage 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:10.949 to her hole. And here's the kicker. The 00:10:10.959 --> 00:10:13.910 insurance claim was denied because the 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:17.269 Royal Navy blamed Olympic for the crash. 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:19.509 Whitar Line couldn't recover the cost of 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.990 the damage. And the company that owned 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.069 both Olympic and Titanic was 00:10:24.079 --> 00:10:26.710 International Merkantile Marine run by 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.910 JP Morgan, which was now in serious 00:10:29.920 --> 00:10:32.550 financial trouble. You've got a ship 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:35.269 that's been financially blacklisted and 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.990 another one insured for millions, and 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.790 the same man controls both. That's not 00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:44.949 bad luck. That's an exit strategy. So, 00:10:44.959 --> 00:10:47.750 here's the theory. What if the Titanic 00:10:47.760 --> 00:10:50.790 that sank wasn't the Titanic? What if 00:10:50.800 --> 00:10:53.590 the damaged Olympic was quietly swapped 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:56.870 with her newer sister ship? The idea? 00:10:56.880 --> 00:10:58.870 They patch up the Olympic just enough to 00:10:58.880 --> 00:11:01.590 float, rebrand her with Titanic's name 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:04.030 plates, send her out on a one-way 00:11:04.040 --> 00:11:07.430 voyage, sink her intentionally, collect 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.389 full insurance on the brand new Titanic, 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:12.150 and write off the damaged Olympic 00:11:12.160 --> 00:11:14.790 quietly behind the scenes. Let's start 00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:17.430 with the alleged visual evidence because 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.430 this is where the theory really leans 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:22.470 hard on surface level details. If you 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.949 look at pre-launch photos of Titanic 00:11:24.959 --> 00:11:28.389 taken in Belfast, she has 14 port holes 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.190 on the forward section of her seed deck. 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.829 But when Titanic left Southampton on her 00:11:33.839 --> 00:11:37.269 maiden voyage in April of 1912, she 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.470 suddenly had 16 port 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.389 holes. Guess which ship had 16? The 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.790 Olympic. Now, here's the problem. While 00:11:46.800 --> 00:11:49.110 it was once claimed no changes were 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:51.870 made, shipyard records from March of 00:11:51.880 --> 00:11:54.630 1912 actually confirm those extra port 00:11:54.640 --> 00:11:57.150 holes were part of a lastminute design 00:11:57.160 --> 00:12:00.350 update. Next, survivor 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.110 testimonies. Some survivors, including 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:05.030 crew who had previously worked on 00:12:05.040 --> 00:12:07.430 Olympic, claimed the layout of certain 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.790 corridors and stairwells felt off, like 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:13.030 the ship was familiar but not exactly 00:12:13.040 --> 00:12:15.150 right. In 00:12:15.160 --> 00:12:18.949 1996, naval historian Bruce Beverage 00:12:18.959 --> 00:12:21.430 documented key layout discrepancies 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.269 based on original Olympic and Titanic 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.710 blueprints. Some include slight 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:28.910 differences in B-deck corridor 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:31.990 positioning. Olympics prominade deck was 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.550 enclosed in places where Titanics was 00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:37.269 originally open and minor fixture 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.269 placements and railing styles 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.310 inconsistent with Titanic's final 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:45.350 design. Small changes maybe, but when 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:48.110 added together, they tell a strange 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:52.069 story. In the 1990s, diver and author 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:54.870 Robin Gardner released photographs taken 00:12:54.880 --> 00:12:57.190 from the wreck, specifically close-up 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.150 shots of the propeller shaft. On 00:13:00.160 --> 00:13:02.790 Titanic's original shipyard blueprints, 00:13:02.800 --> 00:13:05.110 her propeller was engraved with a build 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:06.670 number 00:13:06.680 --> 00:13:11.269 401. Olympics was engraved with 400. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.590 Guess what number appears faintly on the 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:18.310 propeller shaft of the wreck? 4 0. The 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.949 propeller shaft doesn't lie. If the 00:13:20.959 --> 00:13:23.990 wreck has Olympics build number, either 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:26.389 the oceanceans's playing practical jokes 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:29.310 or someone played god with insurance 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.670 paperwork. The claim that the propeller 00:13:31.680 --> 00:13:35.430 shows a 400 is unverified. No official 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.230 wreck survey, Ballard, Cameron, or 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:40.629 National Geographic has ever confirmed 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.590 that number. And if that wasn't enough, 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:45.910 Gardner claimed multiple Harland and 00:13:45.920 --> 00:13:48.629 Wolf shipyard workers later confided 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:51.030 that the ships were indeed switched, but 00:13:51.040 --> 00:13:53.190 they were under strict secrecy orders 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.870 due to the involvement of highlevel 00:13:55.880 --> 00:13:58.750 financeers. Titanic carried just 20 00:13:58.760 --> 00:14:01.350 lifeboats, not nearly enough for the 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.389 2,200 plus passengers on board. But 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:06.949 here's what's strange. Some lifeboats 00:14:06.959 --> 00:14:09.590 were launched barely half full. Crew 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:12.230 members hesitated to fill them. No 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.230 lifeboat drill was conducted on the day 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.110 of the sinking. 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.110 Why? Well, the theory suggests they 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:22.069 expected a soft landing. The plan wasn't 00:14:22.079 --> 00:14:24.550 to drown people. It was to stage a 00:14:24.560 --> 00:14:26.870 believable accident, get everyone into 00:14:26.880 --> 00:14:29.389 boats, and have the nearby ship, the 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:31.990 Californian, pick them up. But that 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.790 didn't happen. The SS Californian was 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:37.350 positioned just 10 miles from Titanic's 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.629 location. She was stopped. Ice warnings 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:43.110 claimed she was waiting for daylight. 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.150 Titanic's crew fired distress rockets. 00:14:46.160 --> 00:14:48.829 The Californians saw them. They didn't 00:14:48.839 --> 00:14:50.350 respond. 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.430 Why? Some speculate the ship's wireless 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:56.470 operator had been ordered off duty. 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:58.069 Others claimed the crew had been 00:14:58.079 --> 00:15:00.069 instructed not to intervene until 00:15:00.079 --> 00:15:02.550 receiving specific clearance. They call 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:05.430 it an accident, but every moving part of 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:08.389 that night looks like someone expected 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.110 it to go differently, like there was a 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:14.790 script and the cast missed their cues. 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:16.550 But this isn't just about corporate 00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:18.710 damage control, because the switch 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:20.750 theory leads directly to something even 00:15:20.760 --> 00:15:23.269 darker. And the real reason so many 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:34.430 powerful men didn't make it off that 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:37.350 ship. When the Titanic went down, it 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:39.829 took more than passengers with it. It 00:15:39.839 --> 00:15:42.310 may have taken the last major obstacle 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:44.870 to a financial revolution. Here's what 00:15:44.880 --> 00:15:48.629 we know. In 1910, 2 years before Titanic 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:51.269 set sail, a secret meeting was held at 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:53.990 Jacko Island, Georgia, a group of 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.310 powerful bankers and politicians 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.550 gathered behind closed doors to design 00:15:58.560 --> 00:16:01.030 something that would change the world, 00:16:01.040 --> 00:16:04.069 the Federal Reserve system. Among them, 00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:08.189 JP Morgan, Paul Warberg, Senator Nelson 00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:10.470 Aldridge. Every one of them tied to 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.790 elite banking dynasties, including 00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:15.670 Rothschild linked financial houses. 00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:18.230 But the plan wasn't universally loved. 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.670 It's often claimed that several wealthy 00:16:20.680 --> 00:16:23.749 financiers like Guggenheim, Strauss, and 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.150 Aster opposed the creation of the 00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:28.870 Federal Reserve. All three were on board 00:16:28.880 --> 00:16:31.629 the Titanic. All three died in the 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:33.990 sinking. And what happened after their 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.310 deaths? The Federal Reserve Act was 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:39.829 passed in December of 1913, which pushed 00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:41.430 through Congress during the holiday 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.710 recess with minimal opposition. A 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.870 financial system some believe they would 00:16:46.880 --> 00:16:50.230 have opposed became law. It's often 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:52.230 pointed out that three of America's 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.870 wealthiest men who some claim opposed 00:16:54.880 --> 00:16:57.350 central banking just happened to be on a 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.550 ship owned by Morgan. The man who funded 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:02.230 and organized the Federal Reserve 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:05.549 meetings and canceled his own trip last 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.630 minute. Too on the nose? Well, let's go 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.429 deeper. Morgan's reason for not sailing 00:17:11.439 --> 00:17:14.710 was reportedly illness. Yet just days 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.029 later, he was spotted in good health 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.990 shopping in France. The same France 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.069 where many of his European Rothschild 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.909 business connections were based. 00:17:24.919 --> 00:17:28.150 Coincidence? Maybe. So the guy who funds 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.029 the ship cancels last minute. The guys 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.710 who would have blocked his global 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:36.230 banking plan all die and a year later he 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:39.029 gets exactly what he wanted. Nah, 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:41.590 nothing shady here. Probably just bad 00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:44.750 weather. Is this airtight proof of 00:17:44.760 --> 00:17:48.150 collusion? No. But let's ask a harder 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.789 question. If the Federal Reserve was a 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:53.190 foregone conclusion, why was its 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.990 creation cloaked in so much secrecy? Why 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.950 the private trains to Jackal Island? Why 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:01.750 the code names? Why the urgency to push 00:18:01.760 --> 00:18:03.270 it through when America's financial 00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:06.549 elite had just died? Sometimes the 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:08.870 timing tells you more than the headline. 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.510 And in this case, the Titanic may not 00:18:11.520 --> 00:18:13.909 have been about a ship. It may have been 00:18:13.919 --> 00:18:16.470 about a clean slate. That's what the 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.870 theory claims that you can't fight a 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:20.710 system if you're sitting at the bottom 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:23.170 of the 00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:25.710 [Music] 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:28.710 Atlantic. When the Titanic sent out its 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:31.590 distress signals, it wasn't alone. Just 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:34.390 10 miles away, a steam ship sat quietly 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:38.710 in the icy night. The SS Californian. It 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.110 wasn't moving. It wasn't in trouble. And 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:44.310 by all accounts, it saw everything. The 00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:46.549 Californian's crew spotted rockets 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:49.669 firing into the sky. They watched lights 00:18:49.679 --> 00:18:51.909 flicker from the dark silhouette of a 00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:54.350 massive ocean liner and they did 00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:57.630 nothing. Why? Here's the official 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:00.230 explanation. The Californian had stopped 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.029 for the night. Ice warnings had come in 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:06.150 earlier and the captain, Stanley Lord, 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.909 ordered the ship to shut down its 00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:10.310 engines and wait for daylight. The 00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:13.909 wireless operator off duty asleep. 00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:16.310 Titanic's frantic Morse code messages 00:19:16.320 --> 00:19:19.669 never got through. That's the story. But 00:19:19.679 --> 00:19:22.150 here's where it starts to crack. The 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:24.870 rockets Titanic fired weren't subtle. 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.710 They weren't the polite flashlight in 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.669 the dark. They were distress flares, 00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:32.870 fire one after another into the sky as 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:34.789 passengers screamed and lifeboats 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:37.750 splashed into the freezing ocean. Some 00:19:37.760 --> 00:19:39.750 say the crew couldn't have mistaken them 00:19:39.760 --> 00:19:41.990 for fireworks, that they had to know 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.150 what they were seeing. But the official 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.549 inquiry found 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.070 otherwise. According to testimony in the 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:50.549 British inquiry, crew members saw the 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:53.510 flares and notified Captain Lord, but he 00:19:53.520 --> 00:19:56.270 chose not to act. and the wireless 00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:58.950 operator, he turned off the radio just 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:00.950 minutes before Titanic's first distress 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.350 call came 00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.950 through 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:07.070 minutes. Now, maybe that's just a tragic 00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:09.590 overlap. Maybe it's a catastrophic 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:12.470 example of poor judgment and bad luck. 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:15.590 Or maybe it was something else. It's a 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:17.789 question conspiracy theorists love to 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:21.029 ask. Why was the Californian so close 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:24.150 yet didn't respond? Was it just bad luck 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:27.190 or something more? Some have suggested 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:29.430 the Californian was supposed to be part 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:32.470 of a controlled rescue operation that if 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:35.430 the Titanic was being deliberately sunk, 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:37.190 whether as part of an insurance switch 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:40.149 or financial plot or something else, the 00:20:40.159 --> 00:20:42.870 plan included nearby pickup. The theory 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.710 goes, "The crew expected a soft 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:48.549 evacuation. Everyone in lifeboats quick 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:51.590 pickup. Tragedy avoided. insurance 00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:55.029 collected, history rewritten, but it's a 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:57.990 claim with no real evidence behind it, 00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:00.310 but something went wrong. Maybe the 00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:04.310 timing was off. Maybe orders changed. 00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:06.669 Maybe someone got cold feet or hot 00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:10.350 orders. And so the Californian just 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:12.549 watched. You're 10 miles away and you 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:14.630 see rockets. You hear nothing on the 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.549 radio, so you just sit there. What is 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:21.909 this? the world's worst Uber. 00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:24.470 In later interviews, Captain Lord 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.870 defended his choices. He claimed the 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:29.750 flares didn't seem urgent. He believed 00:21:29.760 --> 00:21:32.549 the ship they saw was smaller, closer, 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:35.029 and definitely not Titanic. But 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:37.430 survivors later testified that they saw 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:39.990 a ship on the horizon. They watched it 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.549 sit there as the Titanic slowly vanished 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:45.029 beneath the waves. This wasn't a search 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.070 and rescue. This was a ghost ship. And 00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:50.470 by the time the Carpathia arrived hours 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:53.430 later, too late for hundreds of lives, 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:56.230 it was clear. Whatever the Californian 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:59.029 was waiting for, it never came. Do you 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:01.549 know what's funny? The crew of the 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:04.070 Californian said the flares didn't seem 00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:06.710 like an emergency. I'd love to know what 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:09.310 qualifies as an emergency then. A 00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:11.830 fireball? A guy screaming with a flare 00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:13.510 gun in each hand? 00:22:13.520 --> 00:22:16.590 Some called it incompetence, others 00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:18.950 apathy. For those who believe in the 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:21.190 switch theory, the Californian is seen 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:23.830 as plan A. But again, there's no 00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:26.390 documentation to back that up. And when 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:30.060 plan A failed, people died. 00:22:30.070 --> 00:22:37.750 [Music] 00:22:37.760 --> 00:22:40.470 If the Titanic was a tragedy and the 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:43.549 Olympic was a problem, then what was the 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:45.669 Britannic? Because here's what most 00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:48.470 people forget. The Titanic had two 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:51.430 sister ships. And both of them, Olympic 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:54.350 and Britannic, ended up in catastrophic 00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:58.470 accidents. Titanic in 1912, Olympic 00:22:58.480 --> 00:23:00.630 damaged and decommissioned. and 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:03.990 Britannic. She sank in 1916 during World 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:08.549 War I. Let's walk through it. The HMHS 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:11.110 Britannic was originally designed to be 00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:13.350 the most advanced ship in the world. 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:15.590 After Titanic sinking, they gave 00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:17.909 Britannic extra safety features, 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:20.549 stronger hall, more lifeboats, 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:23.190 reinforced bulkheads. The ship was 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.149 supposed to be unsinkable 2.0, No. But 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:28.710 during World War I, she was repurposed 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:31.590 as a hospital ship. No weapons, just 00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:34.710 nurses, medics, and wounded soldiers. 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:38.070 And on November 21st, 1916, she was 00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:40.549 cruising through the Aian Sea near the 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:42.870 Greek island of Kia when she hit 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:45.669 something. An explosion tore through the 00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:49.510 hall. Within 55 minutes, the Britannic, 00:23:49.520 --> 00:23:52.230 larger, stronger, and allegedly safer 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:54.990 than Titanic, sank beneath the 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:58.230 waves. Officially, it was blamed on a 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.070 German mine. But that's not the whole 00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:03.990 story. Here's what's weird. Although 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.990 some claimed the route was considered 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:08.230 safe, German naval records and 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:10.950 underwater surveys later confirmed it 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:14.310 was indeed mined. The explosion occurred 00:24:14.320 --> 00:24:16.310 near the same part of the ship where 00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:19.669 Titanic was first struck. A suspiciously 00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:22.789 similar failure. And most importantly, 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:25.350 the explosion wasn't the only problem. 00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:27.830 The watertight doors didn't fail. They 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:29.669 were opened by medical staff trying to 00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:32.390 move patients quickly. A tragic case of 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:36.149 heroism backfiring under pressure. Wait. 00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:38.789 So, they build a safer ship. Then it 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.310 goes down in less than an hour in 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:43.590 mind-free waters during a war with no 00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:45.909 enemy ships in sight. And we're supposed 00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:49.830 to just go, "Oops, bad luck again." Now, 00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:51.590 let's ask the question that gets you 00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:54.149 kicked out of polite history circles. 00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:57.350 What if the Britannic wasn't just sunk? 00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:59.510 Some have speculated without solid 00:24:59.520 --> 00:25:01.669 evidence that Bratannic was more than 00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:04.390 just a casualty of war, that it was 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:07.909 removed to tie up loose ends. There's a 00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:10.669 theory, quiet, controversial, and 00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:13.510 radioactive. It goes like this. If the 00:25:13.520 --> 00:25:15.430 Titanic and Olympic were part of a 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.710 massive insurance or banking conspiracy, 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:20.750 then Britannic was naturally a 00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:23.510 liability. Same ship builders, same 00:25:23.520 --> 00:25:26.630 records, same blueprint secrets. Too 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:29.029 many people knew too much. And if any 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:31.190 piece of evidence connected Britannic to 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:33.510 the original ship switch theory, or if 00:25:33.520 --> 00:25:35.909 anyone on board knew the truth, it would 00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:38.070 only be a matter of time before the 00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:41.669 story unraveled. So what do you do? You 00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:44.710 wait for a war. Then under the cover of 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:47.230 chaos, you remove the last surviving 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:50.390 sister. You ever notice how loose ends 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:53.830 always seem to sink? Like literally. 00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:55.590 Every time something's about to get 00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:58.310 exposed, boom, right to the bottom of 00:25:58.320 --> 00:26:02.149 the sea. Must be that ocean breeze. But 00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:04.710 here's the cold part. There were over a 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:07.190 thousand people on that ship. Medical 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:10.789 personnel, nurses, wounded soldiers. All 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:13.990 told, 30 people died in the sinking. Not 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:16.549 as many as Titanic, but it wasn't clean 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:19.669 and it wasn't quiet. And to this day, 00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:21.669 there's still debate about how fast she 00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:24.789 went down. But in the chaos of war, even 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.909 the safest ships can become 00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:31.040 statistics. Coincidence? 00:26:31.050 --> 00:26:38.029 [Music] 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:41.510 Maybe. Before we ask whether JP Morgan 00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:43.190 could have orchestrated the Titanic 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.510 tragedy, we need to understand who he 00:26:45.520 --> 00:26:47.990 really was. Because this wasn't just 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:50.990 some banker. This was a man who built 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.269 monopolies, crushed competition, 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:56.070 silenced inventors, and reshaped 00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:58.950 American industry like a mob boss in a 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:02.149 top hat. Let's start with the basics. 00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:04.789 Morgan didn't just work in finance. He 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.990 owned it. In the early 1900s, he 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.269 controlled onethird of all US railroads. 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:14.549 He oversaw US Steel, the first billion 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:16.950 dollar corporation. And when the panic 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:20.310 of 1907 hit and the US economy teetered 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:22.470 on collapse, the government didn't call 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.990 the Fed, they called him. Morgan bailed 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.149 out the Treasury with 25 million in 00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:30.870 gold. But it came with strings. He 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.870 didn't do it for the people. He did it 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:35.590 for leverage. He used the crisis to 00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:38.310 seize control of smaller banks, install 00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:40.870 his allies across Wall Street, and walk 00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:43.430 away with more power than ever. He 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:45.789 didn't rescue the system. He took it 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:48.310 hostage. And when President Theodore 00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:50.190 Roosevelt tried to take on the 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:53.350 monopolies, Morgan said, quote, "If 00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:55.750 we've done anything wrong, send your man 00:27:55.760 --> 00:27:58.950 to my man and they can fix it up." Not 00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:01.590 answer it, fix it. Like it was a 00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:04.549 scheduling conflict. He didn't bend the 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:07.990 rules. He bought them, rewrote them, or 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.070 erased them. Now, let's talk about 00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:12.310 energy because this is where it gets 00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:15.350 even darker. Morgan once backed Nicola 00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:17.669 Tesla who believed energy could be 00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:19.750 delivered wirelessly, freely, and 00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:22.870 cleanly across the globe. Tesla's dream, 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.230 a global wireless power grid. The Warden 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:28.549 Cliff Tower was the prototype, and 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:31.430 Morgan funded it until he realized the 00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:33.510 electricity couldn't be metered. No 00:28:33.520 --> 00:28:37.110 wires, no bills, no control. So Morgan 00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:39.909 pulled the funding, killed the project, 00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:42.310 black ballalled Tesla in the press, and 00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:44.149 made sure that free energy would never 00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:46.470 see the light of day. Not because it 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:48.590 didn't work, because it didn't make 00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:52.230 money. Tesla died alone and penniless. 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:55.350 Morgan died owning the grid. And when 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:57.750 things collapsed around him, Morgan was 00:28:57.760 --> 00:29:00.389 never underneath the rubble. He was 00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:02.470 standing at the edge, already holding 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:05.590 the deed to what was left behind. Now, 00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:07.669 none of this makes JP Morgan a villain 00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:10.710 in the Titanic story by default, but it 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:13.190 does make him a man whose shadow touched 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:15.269 almost every corner of early 20th 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.350 century 00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:20.149 power. Now, back to the Titanic. Titanic 00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.990 sailed carrying some of the most 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.310 powerful men in the world. Benjamin 00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:27.510 Guggenheim, Isidor Straws, John Jacob 00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:31.669 Aster. All of them died. And yes, just a 00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:33.990 year later, the Federal Reserve Act was 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:36.630 signed into law. Did Morgan benefit from 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:39.430 the system that followed? Absolutely. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:41.510 But did he engineer the tragedy to make 00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:43.669 it happen? Not according to a single 00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:46.149 shred of verifiable evidence. You know, 00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:48.149 the kind of guy who shows up after a 00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:50.510 fire and offers to buy your house for 00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:53.590 pennies. Yeah. Now, imagine he lit the 00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:57.510 match. That's JP Morgan. And when people 00:29:57.520 --> 00:29:59.909 say he wouldn't do something like this, 00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:07.190 the real question is why wouldn't 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.990 [Music] 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:13.590 he? Now that we've entertained the 00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:16.310 stories, the twists, the turns, the 00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:19.029 strange coincidences, it's time to ask 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:21.590 the only question that really matters. 00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:24.789 Is any of this actually true? Because on 00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:26.630 this channel, we don't just chase 00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.190 mystery for mystery's sake. We seek 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:31.830 truth with an open mind and a pinch of 00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:34.230 curious skepticism, but with both feet 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:36.389 on the ground. And when the evidence 00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:38.710 overwhelmingly points in one direction, 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:41.350 we call a spade a spade. And in this 00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:44.389 case, it's overwhelming. Unfortunately, 00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:47.350 for those hoping the conspiracy is real, 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:50.389 the answer is simple. No. These theories 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:52.950 do not hold up. So, you're telling me I 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:55.350 just bought 12 books, joined a 00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:57.909 conspiracy forum, and argued with my 00:30:57.919 --> 00:31:01.669 uncle at Thanksgiving for nothing? So, 00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:03.750 let's walk through it, not with 00:31:03.760 --> 00:31:06.870 speculation, but with receipts. Let's 00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:09.350 start with the Olympic switch theory. 00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:11.750 This idea hinges on the claim that White 00:31:11.760 --> 00:31:14.389 Star Line swapped Titanic with her 00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:16.950 damaged sister ship, the Olympic, to 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:19.510 commit insurance fraud. Here's the 00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:22.310 problem. There was no insurance payout. 00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:24.830 Titanic was underinsured by over 2 00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:28.070 million. White Star Line lost money when 00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:31.430 the ship went down. If this was a scam, 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:34.029 it was the worst one in maritime 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:36.870 history. The ships were similar, but 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:39.190 they weren't interchangeable. Olympic 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.590 and Titanic had hundreds of mechanical 00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:44.070 and structural differences. For 00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:47.190 instance, Olympic had a straight A deck. 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:50.070 Titanic had a partially enclosed one. 00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:52.269 The prominade decks were laid out 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.710 differently. The interior decorative 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:57.350 elements, light fixtures, furniture, 00:31:57.360 --> 00:32:00.310 wood paneling were custom and numbered. 00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:02.789 And those famous 16 port holes on 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:06.110 Titanic Sea deck, that was a late 00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:08.549 modification documented in the shipyard 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:12.070 logs in March of 1912, weeks before the 00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:13.070 maiden 00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:15.990 voyage. You know where those logs are? 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:18.789 The public record office in Belfast. You 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:21.669 can go read them. That's not conspiracy. 00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:24.789 That's blueprints. Now, about that 400 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:27.509 on the propeller shaft in the wreck. 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.430 There is no verified image or 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:31.269 peer-reviewed analysis confirming that 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:33.669 number. That claim comes from Robin 00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:35.750 Gardner, the man who wrote the switch 00:32:35.760 --> 00:32:38.310 theory book after the fact without 00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:40.549 independent verification. 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:43.029 Wreck surveys by James Cameron, Robert 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.909 Ballard, and National Geographic all 00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:47.830 confirm the Titanic's wreck has her 00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:50.789 original layout, not Olympics. And that 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:53.590 build number, when examined in dives, 00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:55.350 the recovered starboard propeller 00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:59.110 clearly displays 401, Titanic's true 00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:02.549 hall number. Okay, but seriously, if 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:04.710 this turns out to be just bad ship 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.710 management and not some global 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:09.029 Illuminati plot, I'm going to need 00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:11.750 emotional support and maybe a refund on 00:33:11.760 --> 00:33:15.350 my tinfoil hat. Now, let's tackle the JP 00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:17.669 Morgan conspiracy. The idea that he 00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:19.909 orchestrated the deaths of Guggenheim, 00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:22.549 Aster, and Strauss to push the Federal 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:25.269 Reserve Act. This theory didn't even 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:28.470 exist until the late 1990s. There is no 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:30.549 historical record showing that Aster 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:33.029 Guggenheim or Strauss opposed the 00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:36.149 Federal Reserve. None. Not in letters, 00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:38.509 not in speeches, not in congressional 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:41.669 testimony. And the Jackal Island meeting 00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:44.710 that happened in 1910. The legislation 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:47.190 had already been designed. The Federal 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:49.430 Reserve Act wasn't rammed through after 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:51.830 their deaths. It took three years of 00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:54.070 amendments, opposition, and public 00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:57.310 debate before it passed finally in 00:33:57.320 --> 00:34:00.950 1913. Also, JP Morgan didn't control 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:03.830 Congress. He didn't write the bill, and 00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:06.389 more than half the people at that 1910 00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:08.869 meeting were already in favor of central 00:34:08.879 --> 00:34:10.109 banking 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:13.109 reforms. The story that these men were 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:16.310 assassinated by iceberg is fiction. 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:18.950 There's no motive, no proof, no 00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:22.550 operational logic. And Morgan, he had a 00:34:22.560 --> 00:34:25.030 chronic medical condition. He stayed in 00:34:25.040 --> 00:34:26.909 France with documented medical 00:34:26.919 --> 00:34:29.389 treatment. You know who else canled that 00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:32.629 trip? Dozens of prominent names for 00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:35.190 completely unrelated reasons. It wasn't 00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:38.470 a shadow meeting of survivors. It was a 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:41.389 big ship with a lot of plans that 00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:44.069 changed. And what about the SS 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:47.470 Californian? It's true the ship was 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:51.510 nearby. It did fail to respond in time. 00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:54.589 That failure cost lives. But every 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:56.950 investigation, including the 1912 00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.950 British and American inquiries, 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:01.190 concluded the same thing. It was 00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:02.990 negligence, not 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:05.589 conspiracy. The wireless operator went 00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:08.349 to bed. The captain misunderstood the 00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:10.990 rockets. It was a tragedy of 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.109 miscommunication, not premeditated 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.790 silence. 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:19.430 Lastly, the Britannic. Yes, it sank, but 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:22.230 it was a hospital ship in a war zone. 00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:24.870 And we have German naval logs confirming 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:28.069 mine activity in the exact area it sank. 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:30.550 And the watertight doors, they failed 00:35:30.560 --> 00:35:32.390 because nurses opened them against 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:35.670 protocol trying to evacuate patients. 00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:39.069 That's not sabotage. That's heroism that 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:42.550 backfired. Wow. So, no switch, no 00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:45.109 assassination, no banking plot, just 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:47.150 rivets, arrogance, and bad radio 00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:49.750 reception. I feel like I got ghosted by 00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:51.550 a 00:35:51.560 --> 00:35:54.230 conspiracy. Look, conspiracy theories 00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:56.870 are fun. We cover lots of them here on 00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:59.430 this channel. They're compelling. They 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:01.190 make us feel like we've pulled back the 00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:03.829 curtain. But in this particular case, 00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:06.069 when you look at the records, the dives, 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:08.150 the shipyard plans, the insurance 00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:10.630 filings, the congressional transcripts, 00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:13.109 you don't find secrets. You find a 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:16.630 worldchanging tragedy wrapped in myth. 00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:18.870 Not because the truth was hidden, but 00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:21.910 because the truth felt too ordinary. And 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:23.510 maybe that's the biggest reason these 00:36:23.520 --> 00:36:26.550 myths survived. Because an iceberg in 00:36:26.560 --> 00:36:29.510 human error doesn't feel good enough. It 00:36:29.520 --> 00:36:32.230 doesn't satisfy our need for justice, 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:35.829 our meaning, or someone to blame. But 00:36:35.839 --> 00:36:38.550 history isn't here to satisfy us. It's 00:36:38.560 --> 00:36:41.230 here to warn us. And in the case of 00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:44.310 Titanic, the warnings were all ignored 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:54.910 long before the ship ever hit the 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:58.390 ice. They called it the ship of dreams. 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:01.030 Titanic wasn't just a vessel. It was a 00:37:01.040 --> 00:37:03.589 monument, a floating cathedral built for 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:05.950 the gods of industry, wealth, and 00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:09.829 empire. Unsinkable, immaculate, immortal 00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:13.190 until it wasn't. For over a century, the 00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:15.670 story of Titanic has haunted us. Not 00:37:15.680 --> 00:37:18.069 just because it was tragic, but because 00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:20.790 it felt impossible. A ship that was 00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:23.750 never supposed to sink did. And that 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:26.470 alone has never sat well with us. 00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:28.950 Because we need more than tragedy. We 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:32.790 crave cause, someone to blame, a reason 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:36.550 big enough to explain so much loss. But 00:37:36.560 --> 00:37:39.109 in this case, the truth isn't buried in 00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:41.829 some dark financial plot or a maritime 00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:44.510 insurance scheme. It's staring us in the 00:37:44.520 --> 00:37:48.150 face. What really sank Titanic was the 00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:50.069 same thing that sinks far too many great 00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.710 endeavors. 00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:55.349 overconfidence, human error, arrogance, 00:37:55.359 --> 00:37:58.030 and in a system unwilling to listen to 00:37:58.040 --> 00:38:00.870 warnings. This wasn't a hit job. It 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:03.510 wasn't an illusion. It was a preventable 00:38:03.520 --> 00:38:06.230 disaster made inevitable by the choices 00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:08.710 of powerful men who believed the rules 00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:11.030 didn't apply to them. The ship was 00:38:11.040 --> 00:38:13.750 traveling too fast. The iceberg warnings 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:15.990 were ignored. There weren't enough 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:19.030 lifeboats. And the safety protocols were 00:38:19.040 --> 00:38:22.069 flawed at every level. And those who 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:24.630 paid the price were the ones with no say 00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:27.829 in how the journey was planned. So no, 00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:30.990 there was no switch, no banking 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:33.710 assassination, no deep state maritime 00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:36.109 ritual. What happened that night was 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:38.109 devastating, not because it was a 00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.950 conspiracy, but because it wasn't. 00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:43.430 Because it was human. And that's the 00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:45.670 part we don't want to sit with. Because 00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:47.990 if it was just greed and error and 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:50.310 institutional failure, then this wasn't 00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:53.030 a story about villains and masterminds. 00:38:53.040 --> 00:38:56.230 It was a story about us, our systems, 00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:59.349 our blind spots, our refusal to believe 00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:01.270 that the most advanced thing we've ever 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:03.470 built might not be 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:05.829 invincible. And maybe that's the real 00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:08.790 reason the myths survive, because they 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:11.750 give us a villain to chase instead of a 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:15.030 mirror to look into. Titanic didn't sink 00:39:15.040 --> 00:39:17.829 because of a plot. Titanic sank because 00:39:17.839 --> 00:39:20.630 of a culture that didn't think it could. 00:39:20.640 --> 00:39:23.109 And if there's a warning in that, it's 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.950 not to fear the hidden hands behind the 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:27.430 curtain. It's to fear the moments when 00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:30.069 we stop questioning the ones right in 00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:32.130 front of 00:39:32.140 --> 00:39:35.069 [Music] 00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:38.069 us. All right, you made it this far. 00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:40.710 Thank you. It's easy to get swept up in 00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:43.589 stories, the iceberg theories, the ship 00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:46.190 swaps, the sinister bankers in dark 00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:49.190 rooms. But sometimes the real work isn't 00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:51.589 in digging deeper into the conspiracy. 00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:54.069 It's in knowing when to let them go. 00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:55.990 Because history doesn't always hide its 00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:58.790 lessons in shadows. Sometimes they're 00:39:58.800 --> 00:40:02.630 right there, loud, brutal, and ignored. 00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:04.390 The truth about Titanic doesn't need 00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:06.870 embellishment. It was a catastrophic 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:09.270 failure in design, communication, and 00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:12.069 leadership. And the price was paid by 00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:14.310 ordinary people who were promised safety 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.349 and given none. That's not a cover up. 00:40:17.359 --> 00:40:20.150 That's a tragedy. And on this channel, 00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:22.390 we don't just explore mysteries to get a 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.750 thrill. We do it because truth matters, 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.150 even when it's 00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:29.870 uncomfortable. Especially when it's 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:31.990 uncomfortable. So, if this story 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.150 challenged your assumptions, changed 00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:36.310 your mind, or made you see things a 00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:38.710 little differently, that's the work. 00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:40.950 That's what we're here for. If you want 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:43.270 to keep going deeper with us beyond the 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.990 myths into the real bones of history, 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:48.069 hit like, subscribe, and leave a comment 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:51.349 below. 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So, what I'm 00:41:25.040 --> 00:41:27.990 hearing is no secret underwater alien 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:31.510 vault, no insurance scam of the century, 00:41:31.520 --> 00:41:33.910 and JP Morgan wasn't riding an iceberg 00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:38.309 like a Bond villain. Cool. Great. I just 00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:40.390 spent three days drawing diagrams of 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:42.950 port hole placements. I even made a 00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:45.349 murder wall. Had red string and 00:41:45.359 --> 00:41:47.510 everything. Anyway, I'm going to go lie 00:41:47.520 --> 00:41:50.470 down, possibly forever. If anyone needs 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:52.390 me, I'll be remote viewing the snack 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:55.940 aisle. Tell my theories I loved 00:41:55.950 --> 00:42:05.790 [Music] 00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:09.190 them. Do you ever feel like something's 00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:11.990 off? 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:15.950 Like there's a shadow just outside the 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:20.990 light. They feed you. Answers keep you 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:24.230 numb. But the questions, man, they don't 00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:27.069 sleep at 00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:30.950 night. Turn the dial. Crack the code. 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:35.030 What if the stories were never just 00:42:35.040 --> 00:42:37.910 stories? 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:41.349 What if the ghost the whispers the 00:42:41.359 --> 00:42:46.670 things that you dream are echoes the 00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:52.710 memories? We ain't here to play it safe. 00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:58.309 We ain't here to close our eyes. Ralph's 00:42:58.319 --> 00:43:02.910 got the map. Windows got the match. So 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:04.430 tell 00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:08.250 me, how deep will you 00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:11.870 [Laughter] 00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:16.829 die? Lights in the sky moving too 00:43:16.839 --> 00:43:19.829 fast. Signals in the static calling from 00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:22.030 the 00:43:22.040 --> 00:43:27.750 past. Footsteps in an empty room. 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.910 and a name you don't remember whispered 00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:32.670 in a voice you never 00:43:32.680 --> 00:43:36.710 knew. Flip the page, break the lock. 00:43:36.720 --> 00:43:42.589 What if the past ain't the past at 00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:46.910 all? What if we're seeing the 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:50.710 future and just don't recognize the 00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:53.430 call? 00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:59.589 We ain't here to play it safe. We ain't 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:04.990 here to close our eyes. Round's got the 00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:10.109 map. Windows got the match. So tell 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:17.570 me, how deep will you die? 00:44:17.580 --> 00:44:23.430 [Music] 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:25.990 You ever wake up feeling you've been 00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:29.829 here before? Like deja vu just some 00:44:29.839 --> 00:44:32.349 brain treat but a 00:44:32.359 --> 00:44:34.710 warning. Like the glass is reaching 00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:37.589 through the static trying to remind you 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:42.210 before we all go down. 00:44:42.220 --> 00:45:10.490 [Music] 00:45:14.240 --> 00:45:20.390 We ain't here to play it safe. We ain't 00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:23.470 here to close our 00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:28.069 eyes. This is diverent files where 00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:30.430 stories don't 00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:36.330 die. So tell me, how deep will you dive? 00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:45.190 [Music] 00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:46.190 is 00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:48.790 waiting. But you already knew that, 00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:51.290 didn't you? 00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:56.859 [Music]