For the Twenty-Sixth Day of Spooky
Oct. 30th, 2009 08:39 pmMariners tell many tales of ghost ships, derelicts which continue to sail with no hand at wheel. Most of the stories cannot be confirmed, but one at least is true beyond any doubt. In 1872, the Mary Celeste was found drifing in the mid-Atlantic. Crew and passengers--ten souls in all--were gone without a trace. The cargo of liquor and the cash box were untouched; the only items missing were the ship's papers and the chronometer. The ship's log ended ten days before she was found. The fate of her crew and passengers is the subject of speculation to this day.