Ep1: Mark Taylor - The Surprising Truth About Crime and Caribbean Yacht Deliveries

DeckTales is the best place to listen to true accounts from people of all backgrounds and professions, where you can hear all about their personal highs and lows during their time spent at sea!

In this first episode of DeckTales I was talking with Mark Taylor, who worked as a cruise ship photographer in the early 90's before the digital age. Once Mark had had enough of being at sea, he spent 23 years working as a forensic photographer for Scotland Yard, but he still has a soft spot for the cruise industry, and was happy to dive into the past and get nostalgic with me.

We discuss crime in the Caribbean with yachts deliveries, and pranks that crew would pull on the guests and mysteries at sea, along with rumours about Holocaust survivors taking cruises to celebrate their survival of this.

We met on set where we were both extras for a film about the IRA, in which we played a couple of Irish mourners on a tragically wet and gloomy day. Mark and I had a chinwag about many things including cruise ships, podcasting, and then he graciously agreed to be my first guest on DeckTales. He has a whole set of experiences unique from my own, and also came out with a few interesting facts and rumours that I'd not heard before.

At the time of writing, Mark has two books that are out there for sale. The Many Lives of Adam Capello: Amazon.co.uk: Taylor, Mr M W: 9780995476219: Books Killing Time : Taylor, M W: Amazon.co.uk: Books Don't forget to share like and follow, all that Jazz! Enjoy!