The Queen Mary
The Queen Mary has been a permanent feature in Long Beach, California for a couple fo decades and is one of the most famous cruise ships of all time. The ship has become a hotel, museum and popular tourist attraction, and the historic ship is internationally recognized and attracts thousands of visitors every year. Besides [...]
Read MoreWild Goose - Newport, CA
The Wild Goose is a luxury yacht that seems to be haunted by its previous owner, actor John Wayne. The legendary cowboy movie-star owned the 140-foot converted minesweeper for 25 years. The yacht is said to be his favorite posssion. Just a month before his death, he personally supervised its sale to ensure that the boat [...]
Read MoreEliza Battle - Demopolis, AL
On the banks of the Tombigee River, mostly on late winter nights, you can still see the ghostly outline of the Eliza Battle. This luxury steamboat caught fire and sank in February of 1858. As the steamboat drifted out of control down the river, dozens of passengers juped into the ice cold water to escape the fire. There [...]
Read MoreThe Squando – Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
The legend of the Squando, a Norwegian sailing vessel, says the ship was the scene of a brutal murder while docked at the Embarcadero 1890. The captain’s wife was allegedly having an affair with the first mate. When her husband discovered the affair, she agreed to get her lover drunk then hold his arms while her husband chopped off his head [...]
Read MoreJames T. Staples Riverboat – Bladon Springs, AL
Some people believe this riverboat was destroyed by the ghost of its captain. Captain Norman Staples designed and built the most elegant riverboat on Alabama rivers and named the boat after his father, James T. Staples.
The riverboat took its maiden voyage in 1908, but by 1912 the captain had lost his riverboat due to unfair practices by [...]
Wild Goose – Newport, CA
The Wild Goose is a luxury yacht that seems to be haunted by its previous owner, actor John Wayne. The legendary cowboy movie-star owned the 140-foot converted minesweeper for 25 years. The yacht is said to be his favorite posssion. Just a month before his death, he personally supervised its sale to ensure that the boat found a good [...]
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