Socyberty » haunted ships http://socyberty.com Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:32:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Five Probably Known Ghost Ship Stories http://socyberty.com/folklore/five-probably-known-ghost-ship-stories/ http://socyberty.com/folklore/five-probably-known-ghost-ship-stories/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:36:33 +0000 LP Jardine http://socyberty.com/folklore/five-probably-known-ghost-ship-stories/
  • The Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship which has been seen to be an omen, usually seen during storms. People have reported seeing a glowing ship in the distance. There are several theories what happened to the ship which is said to never be able to go home. Either the Captain sold his soul to the devil, or the crew had the plague.
  • The Mary Celeste is said to be a ship of bad luck. The first captain died. Captain Benjamin Briggs, his wife, daughter and a crew of eight, sailed in November of 1872 in December of 1872 the Mary Celeste was seen floundering on the sea. When another crew boarded the ship the ship had been abandon, there was no sign of the captain or his crew. The lifeboat had been set loose. There are several theories as to the fate of the captain and his crew such as foul play, sea quakes, or the captain’s cargo of alcohol could have caused fumes which panicked the captain so they evacuated the ship. Captain Briggs, his family, or his crew have never been found.
  • The Queen Mary was a ship used in in World War 2 to carry troops in October 2, 1942 The Queen Mary hit another ship 338 men were killed. In 1967 The Mary Celeste was turned into a floating hotel. Several incidents of paranormal activity were reported. One woman was seen to be diving into a swimming pool when an attended told her to stop she disappeared. Sounds of screaming have been reported in certain areas of the ship, could these be the soldiers screaming in endless agony and fear?
  • Ourang Medan in 1948 distress signals came from the Ourang Medan when a boarding party arrived on the ship the entire crew were dead. They all had looks of intense fear on their faces. Paranormal theories were raised such as UFO interaction or perhaps the ship carried hazardous materials.
  • Titanic the passenger ship which struck an iceberg, the loss of around 1500 people only 700 people survived. The ship was said to be cursed. A strange presence is said to pervade the museum.
    • ]]>     http://socyberty.com/folklore/five-probably-known-ghost-ship-stories/feed/ 1     Unsolved Mysteries http://socyberty.com/folklore/unsolved-mysteries/ http://socyberty.com/folklore/unsolved-mysteries/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:58:30 +0000 Artex http://socyberty.com/folklore/unsolved-mysteries/ A ship sets sail for a certain location. Some how the ship is found years later only to discover that the ship is sailing by itself, thus there is no one on board. The people just vanished, without a trace.

    That is what the term ghost ship means. It all sounds too unrealistic? No… it’s true. Ghost ships do exist.

    There have been many discoveries of ghost ships ever since ships were invented. But one of them stands out by itself.

    The Mary Celeste

    The Mary Celeste launched in 1860 under the name Amazon spent 10 years before it became: A Ghost Ship. During the incident, there were 11 people on board. After the incident, there were none.

    The 11 people on board consisted of the following.

    Captain: Benjamin Briggs

    Wife: Benjamin Briggs’ wife

    Child: A young daughter

    Crew: A crew of eight

    Total: 11 people

    The Mary Celeste was found abandoned in the middle of the sea.

    Food was found left out on the table ready to be eaten. There were plates set up on the tables. But nobody was there. The 11 people had vanished.

    Research teams have boarded it but found no sign of aggressive violence. That rules out the possibility that it was taken over by pirates.

    At that time, The Mary Celeste was carrying nine empty barrels. A lot of people think that barrels were used to carry rum, but they could also be carrying spirit (not the wine, but a flammable material). Experts think that the spirit might of leaked out of the barrels, forcing everyone to abandon the ship. They crew left on a small boat and starved to death. Meanwhile the ship was left floating in the middle of the sea.

    But then again that is just a prediction. No one knows what happened during the incident. But one ting was certain.

    It was a ghost ship.

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