Mary Celeste $1.69 AUD
Category: Mystery & Conspiracy
In December 1872, a ship was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship’s sails were raised and it was in a seaworthy condition. Yet it appeared to be bobbing quite strangely rather than sailing. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the crew of the ship was missing. There was no sign of a struggle and the cargo had not been ransacked. What became of the crew has remained one of the sea’s greatest mysteries for over 100 years.The ship was called the Mary Celeste and stories quickly began to circulate about the fate of the ship’s crew. Explanations for the disappearance of the crew ranged from pirates to aliens, but nothing did as much to spread the tale of the Mary Celeste as a fictional story written by a young Arthur Conan Doyle. Over a decade after the Mary Celeste was found, Doyle wrote a short story about a ship he named the “Marie Celeste”. He wrote this before he became famous through his creation of the character Sherlock Holmes. His story was called J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement and was published in 1884. It is a testament to Doyle’s writing that this story was often taken by people to be true. Even today, many people refer to the real ship by the fictional name of Marie Celeste.
