The Wreckers

About the show

Cornish villagers lure ships onto rocks and plunder them, believing wrecking to be their livelihood. Fisherman Mark secretly lights warning beacons, while the preacher Pascoe’s wife Thirza despises the village’s violence and falls in love with Mark. The villagers suspect Pascoe, but Mark confesses and Thirza shares his guilt. They are chained in a cave and left to drown as the tide rises, choosing to die together.