Scrounging for food in the wilderness will really take off the weight â especially if youâre forced to sup on slugs from time to time. Alan Kay, star of History channelâs Alone, lost 60 lbs. during his voluntary exile to the wild of Vancouver Island, where he had to hunt, build his own shelter and deal with weather and predators. In this exclusive clip from the finale, Kay also admits to psychological distress.
The ship's morgue cannot keep a body indefinitely, however - around one week is the limit. Which can become a problem on long cruises. In one incident in 2009, an 87-year-old woman - Marion Schaefer - died 36 days into a 114-night Holland America world cruise.
Passengers reportedly saw him have a cocktail later in the evening. And then he was gone. Worryingly, Halford's story is far from unique. That year there were at least 13 people who went missing and, as the Cruise Victims Association reports, some 165 people have disappeared while at sea since 1995. While some suspect accidents, suicides, and even sinister crime waves, in the end, most cases go unsolved, the families left in limbo.