All Stories: 6
Stories
The Nantucket Heart
This is the story of Dr. Charles F. Winslow, more specifically of his death. Dr. Winslow was a doctor, lawyer, author, and avid traveler. He grew up in Nantucket, Massachusetts and spent a great deal of his life in Cambridge, Mass with his…
A Successful Cape Cod Pirate Treasure Hunt
We’ve all heard stories of pirates and buried treasure, but often they’re the direct result of a dramatic heist on the waves of the seven seas including all the necessary bloodshed, gallantry and trickery. This story, while not nearly as…
The Last Pirates Executed in Boston
It was a beautiful summer day in Havana, Cuba. The year was 1832. Captain Don Pedro Gilbert of Spain and his crew took their pirate ship the Panda out on the seven seas. While out at sea they spotted a brig called the Mexican, a cargo ship…
The Immigrant Ship Saint John
We all know the story of the Titanic, a ship travelling from England to New York City that sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 1912. That being said, very few people know about a shipwreck that happened sixty-three years earlier off the coast of…
The Man Who Rivaled Jonah
Off the coast of England on August 25th, 1891 something extraordinary happened…supposedly. A crew of a whaling ship known as the Star of the East was trying to capture a school of sperm whales when one of the whales became very angry and…
The Lady in Black
To be young and in love, and in a time of war no less…tragic luck. Particularly if you are referring to the Lady in Black. Her origin is actually quite sweet. She and her husband were married just weeks when he was drafted to fight in the…