The Lighthouse: The Real Life Story That Inspired The Movie Explained | The Flannan Isles Mystery. We break down the true story behind ending of The Lighthouse.

#TheLighthouse #Horror #EndingExplained

Read The Full The Lighthouse: The Real Life Story That Inspired The Movie Explained | The Flannan Isles Mystery here - https://deffinition.co.uk/the-lightho...

If you enjoyed this video then please subscribe to the channel    / @heavyspoilers  

Get some awesome Heavy Spoilers show clothes, phonecases and accessories at - https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/de...

If You Want To Help Support The Channel So I Can Make More Videos Like This Please Donate Here:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7516708

/* ---- SOCIAL MEDIA ---- */

Follow Me On Social Media At:
  / deffinitionmc  
  / deffinitionyt  
https://plus.google.com/+definition1988


/* ---- DISCORD ---- */

Join our Discord Community at -   / discord  


/* ---- VIDEO INFORMATION ---- */

Throughout this, we’re going to be discussing the real-life story that inspired the new horror movie: The Lighthouse.

The Flannan Isles Disappearance is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the past 200 years and throughout this, we’ll be breaking down everything that you need to know about the story as well as the theories behind what really happened.

There will be some spoilers in regards to The Lighthouse here, so if you haven’t had a chance to watch the movie yet and don’t want some aspects ruined then I highly recommend that you turn off now. We won’t be spoiling the ending but there are some plot points that might be ruined here if you want to go in without any prior knowledge.

With that out the way I just wanna give a huge thank you for clicking this, now let’s get into our breakdown of the Flannan Isles. Disappearances.

The Lighthouse Explained
The film The Lighthouse follows two Lighthouse watchmen known as Winslow and Wake, the latter of whom begins to turn on the former due to him losing his grip on reality and gaining paranoia that makes him begin to take a dark path.

Whilst the events that happen in the movie seem very extreme, they’re actually a lot closer to the real-life events than you may think and the truth is actually a lot stranger than fiction. The real-life story of The Lighthouse starts at the beginning of the prior century in the year 1900 and takes place on Flannan Isles.



Flannan Isles is located in the outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland and this remote island was a central pillar of the sea trade in the area. The lighthouse guided ships through the night from crashing into the perilous rocks and due to its importance, it required three people to man it at all time.

The Flannan Isles Disappearances
This included Thomas Marshall, James Ducat and Donald MacArthur who were all placed on the island over December to watch over the isles and make sure that the upkeep of the lighthouse was maintained. All men were thought to be loyal, hard-working people that put duty above all else and took pride in their work. A lot of trust had been put in them to man the station and no one would ever believe that they would flee from their post, no matter what weather conditions there may be.

However, on the 15th of December 1900, the steamer Archtor noted that the light was not in operation and when they docked, three days later, they passed this information onto the Northern Lighthouse board. Though this was unusual, it was not uncommon for the time especially due to the electrical upkeep that was required on such a station and the board didn’t attempt to send out the relief vessel until two days later as was scheduled. However, due to poor weather conditions, the boat did not actually reach the island until the 26th of December.



Upon arrival, the crew of the relief vessel found that the flagstaff had no flag and that all of the provision boxes had been left at the dock. More worrying this though was the absence of the lighthouse keepers who had not emerged to welcome them to shore. Captain of the relief vessel tried to flag them with both a flare and the ship’s whistle but still, no one emerged to see them.

The Isle Mystery
From here a boat was launched with relief keeper Joseph Moore, a fourth man that manned the island in rotation. He found the gate and door to the compound locked, all beds unmade and every clock stopped.

Instrumental by Homage
   • [FREE] Chill 90s Type Beat / Old Scho...