Rusty abandoned ship stranded in calm turquoise sea under dramatic cloudy sky - Russieseo/Getty Images The idea of ghost ships floating endlessly at sea is the stuff that horror movies are made of. No ...

In 1872 the brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered drifting in the Atlantic Ocean with its cargo intact, its sails partly set, and not a single person on board. Captain Benjamin Briggs, his family, ...