Dark Stories

Herald of Free Enterprise: The People Who Reached Back

A calm evening crossing became a catastrophe in seconds. The true story of the Herald of…
The Flying Dutchman: The Ship Behind the Legend

Before dawn on 11 July 1881, a red light appeared ahead of a British naval vessel.…
Naronic: The Lifeboats Came Back Empty

In February 1893, a new White Star steamship left Liverpool for New York with seventy-four people…
Empress of Ireland: Fourteen Minutes to Escape

The ship had enough lifeboats. The shore was only a few miles away. But in the…
Baychimo: The Ship That Would Not Disappear

In 1931, the crew of a trading steamer escaped the Arctic ice and left their ship…
Andrea Doria: Eleven Hours Before the Sea Took Her

Two liners, two radar screens, one fatal collision. The night Andrea Doria met Stockholm—and the extraordinary…
Joyita: Twenty-Five People, No Answers

In October 1955, a small trading vessel left Samoa with twenty-five people aboard. Five weeks later,…
The Black Dog of Meon Hill: The Unsolved Murder of Charles Walton

He left home to cut a hedge. By nightfall, he lay dead beneath it, pinned to…
Carroll A. Deering: The Ship That Came Back Empty

A five-masted schooner returned without her crew in 1921. Missing boats, a false message and a…
Marine Sulphur Queen: The Last Message

At 1:25 a.m., a crewman sent a personal message. It was the last word from Marine…