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CSK (Cruise Ship Killer) is a darkly comedic, deeply skeptical podcast that investigates deaths, disappearances, and bizarre incidents aboard cruise ships. Hosted by two friends with a healthy distrust of corporate PR and tidy headlines, the show explores each case through the tongue-in-cheek “CSK theory” — not as an accusation, but as a framework for asking uncomfortable questions. Separating confirmed facts from unanswered mysteries, CSK balances gallows humor with respect for victims, calling out inconsistencies, media blind spots, and the uniquely strange reality of life at sea. It’s true crime with a life jacket: curious, critical, and never taking the official story at face value.
In the debut episode of Cruise Ship Killer, the hosts examine two cruise ship deaths that later reemerged through wrongful-death lawsuits — and what the reporting actually proves. From an FBI-involved death aboard Navigator of the Seas to an overboard incident on Allure of the Seas during a Taylor Swift–themed cruise, CSK breaks down overservice claims, disputed details, and the gap between headlines and confirmed facts, asking how tragedies like this can happen on a floating city.
In Episode 2 of Cruise Ship Killer, a Thanksgiving cruise turns surreal when a passenger disappears after a bathroom break — and wakes up 20 hours later floating alone in the Gulf of Mexico Gulf of America. The episode also covers the first cruise ship overboard death of 2026, a New Year’s Day incident that underscores a grim reality: there’s always a first. With missing timelines, murky intent, and familiar “unclear circumstances,” CSK asks how people keep going overboard — and why the answers never seem to get clearer.