Mysteries, Legends, and Hauntings

Episode 8 - The Ourang Medan

Ourang Medan - Wikipedia Entry - Fairly concise Wikipedia entry covering most of the basic facts and featuring some further reading links and resources.

Man of Medan - Supermassive Games Website - “Man of Medan” feature page on the Supermassive Games website.

British Newspaper Archive - Search result containing several newspapers featuring mentions of the Ourang Medan, including the original November 1940 articles (Subscription required to view articles)

De Locomotief 3rd February 1948 - Alleged Eyewitness account of the incident | Original Article | Full Translation |

De Locomotief 28th February 1948 - The first part of the Silvio Scherli account of the incident | Original Article | Full Translation |

De Locomotief 13th March 1948 - The second and concluding part of the Silvio Scherli account of the incident | Original Article | Full Translation |

Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 9th May 1952 - Newspaper clipping of the article.

Lloyds Shipping Register 1930-1931 - Excerpt from the register featuring the Dutch ship “Medan” that is possibly the inspiration for the Ourang Medan story. Medan - Entry no.78344.

The three Ships featured in the Video often falsely stated as the Ourang Medan:

| USAT Marine Jumper | The Telamon | Zaandam |

Other ships not featured in the video but are commonly used in relation to the Ourang Medan. This list will be updated with more ships as and when images are correctly verified and identified:

Royal Navy Frigate HMS Antelope - Sunk in May 1982 during the Falklands War after an unsuccessful bomb defusal attempt detonated a bomb on board the ship.

Japanese Fishing Boat - A ship that washed up in Oregon following the 2011 Tsunami.

USS BeaverHead - Version 1 Version 2. Version 2 is reversed horizontally and poorly photoshopped.

USS New Hampshire - Image claimed as Ourang Medan