Great Stories of the Sea

The high seas are sinister places, where powerful storms overwhelm unsuspecting ships and desperate sailors clash, often with tragic results. As Barbara Smith shows in this fascinating collection, many who die at sea soon return as ghosts and eerie premonitions that enrich the sea's unparalleled mystery. Hilton Head Lighthouse in South Carolina is haunted by the ghost of a grief-stricken little girl, whose father died during a violent storm. Along the St. Lawrence Seaway, scuba divers report eerie sounds and strange lights in submerged ghost towns. Ships disappear without explanation in the Bermuda Triangle, one of the world's most well-documented mystery zones. The U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of five brothers who died on a WWII expedition, the Sullivans, is haunted by their phantoms. Aboard the majestic Queen Mary, now docked in California, baffled visitors hear desperate moans and metal tearing—ghostly remnants of a fatal collision many years ago. And much, much more.