# Ep 241: A Ship of Dreams (and Gold) - The SS Central America

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Podcast: [Doomed to Fail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687)
Published: 2026-04-06T18:59:47+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1655

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Picture it - it's 1857, and you are on a ship filled with gold from San Francisco to the East Coast of the USA! There are so many things that could go wrong crossing Panama, heading up the Caribbean, pirates, probably? Then the boat DOES sink along with a crap-ton of gold. Fast forward to the 1980s when Tommy Gregory Thompson (treasure hunter, thief, crazy man) starts to find the gold!

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