It's one of the most well-known shipwrecks in American history. This Monday marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, but the legend of the lost freighter lives on.

The gales of November came early in 1975, sealing the fate of the Edmund Fitzgerald .

"The more you learn about the story, the more you're drawn in. And of course, there's a mystery at the center of the story that perhaps can never be solved," says Jay Gabler, a reporter with the Duluth News Tribune.

That mystery is knowing exactly how the water got in, sending the ship quickly to the bottom of Lake Superior.

Like for many others, the popular '70s Gordon Lightfoot song about the sinking is what got Gabler hooked, inspiring him to create a new podcast about the wreck.

"November is the month f

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