A new book claims the man behind the Titan submersible, which was on its way to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, intentionally tried to kill himself and the other passengers to be part of the history of the Titanic. Author of "Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines," Matthew Gavin Frank, says Stockton Rush, owner of the private deep-sea exploration company OceanGate, knew the submersible could face catastrophic failure but went ahead with the dive anyway.
New Book Claims OceanGate CEO Intentionally Killed Himself
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| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 1, 2025 7:26 PM |
Matthew Gavin Frank seems desperate to make a buck. Thoughts and prayers for him.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 14, 2025 10:16 PM |
I don't know, r1. Without having read the book, there is something to the theory, I think.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 27, 2025 8:04 PM |
Yeah…that seems out there. It’s a bold claim for sure.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 27, 2025 8:09 PM |
That's dumb. It's not like the dead can to revel in their notoriety.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 27, 2025 8:11 PM |
r4 suicidal people are often prone to magical thinking
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 27, 2025 8:13 PM |
Well then I hope he’s burning in hell.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 27, 2025 8:27 PM |
Nah. He was an arrogant fool who believed in his own hype. Pretty much anyone who worked with him says so.
He couldn't conceive of his submersible failing.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 27, 2025 8:29 PM |
Anything to sell a stupid book. Who cares what his motivation was. He is rightfully where he should be.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 27, 2025 10:34 PM |
The book is mostly about Peter Masden.
This is interesting:
[quote]Madsen was a world-famous private sub-builder, sometimes compared to Elon Musk, whose mini-sub Nautilus was a legend before it became a crime scene. In his preface, Frank asks: Could there be a link between the kind of obsessive drive and egotism necessary to devote one’s life to building a submarine by hand and the dark compulsion to take a stranger’s life?
[quote]There are hints along these lines: Almost all the amateur submariners are men, most have trouble forging lasting connections, and there is a dark strain of bigotry and hatred among some of them; admiration for Nazi efficiency seems uncomfortably common.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 28, 2025 9:50 AM |
The deep sea is just unbelievably unsettling to me
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 1, 2025 7:26 PM |