Richmond Haunts long-form

Haunted Ships: Queen Mary, USS Hornet and the Flaming Ship of Ocracoke

July 6, 2020 1:14:00 United States, Various

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About this episode

Ships are self-contained communities exposed to weather, isolation and the hazards of the sea. This episode moves among cruise ships, naval vessels and maritime legend to explore how working history and reported supernatural experiences travel together.

The voyage begins aboard Carnival Conquest and Norwegian Dawn, then visits Queen Mary and the story attached to the photographs taken aboard SS Watertown. It continues to USS Hornet (CV-12) in California and USS Constellation, the 1854 sloop-of-war preserved in Baltimore.

The final account is North Carolina’s Flaming Ship of Ocracoke, a coastal legend rather than the history of a surviving vessel.