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The Mystery of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse
The Flannan Isles lighthouse was built in 1899, and it's shrouded in mystery due to the unexplained disappearance of its keepers. Despite happening over a century ago, the lighthouse mystery still sparks everyone's imagination to this day.
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The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery inspired the accurately researched movie "The Lighthouse", based on the 1900s disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on a remote Scottish island.
02:03 - 04:34 (02:31)
Summary
The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery inspired the accurately researched movie "The Lighthouse", based on the 1900s disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on a remote Scottish island.
ChapterThe Mystery of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse
EpisodeThe Flannan Isles Mystery
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The Flannan Isles Lighthouse was installed in 1899, but the area's harsh conditions made it an isolated and remote location.
04:34 - 06:34 (02:00)
Summary
The Flannan Isles Lighthouse was installed in 1899, but the area's harsh conditions made it an isolated and remote location. Although Scotland's Northern Lighthouse Board had been established in 1786, the lighthouse and its missing keepers have become an enduring mystery.