As the story goes, in December 1924 two crewmen on the S. S. Watertown died and were buried at sea, following which their ghosts were photographed in the waves. For an examination of this famous photo, see Michael G. Mann, “The Watertown’s Pursuing Ghosts,” Fate, December 1963, 32-6; Blake Smith, “The Watertown Ghosts,” Fortean Times 261 (Special 2010), 58-62; and “Historical Ghost Investigations Part II — Sinking the Watertown,” a transcript of a podcast featuring Smith, Karen Stollznow and Benjamin Radford. https://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/10/04/21/transcript/.
“Case of the Spectral Sailors,” Adventures into the Unknown #22, Aug. 1951, is a brief version of the legend; many details have been changed, such as names.
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