Case file · 1900 · Unsolved Britain
The Flannan Isles
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World
A Hebridean lighthouse goes dark. When the relief boat lands, all three keepers are gone.
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This 9 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- National Records of Scotland: The Flannan Islands Lighthouse: A disappearance (official records, Northern Lighthouse Board archive)
- National Records of Scotland: Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers: The disappearance (archive blog on the original documents)
- Northern Lighthouse Board: Flannan Isles (quotes Superintendent Muirhead's 1901 report)
- Historic Environment Scotland (trove.scot): Flannan Isles, Eilean Mor, Lighthouse (national heritage record)
- Wikipedia: Flannan Isles Lighthouse (overview)
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