The open sea holds many mysteries, and ghost ships are perhaps the most haunting of them all. These are vessels found drifting, often abandoned with no sign of their crew, yet showing no sign of a struggle or disaster. One of the most famous ghost ships is the Mary Celeste, discovered in 1872 off the coast of Portugal. Her crew had vanished, yet the ship itself was fully intact, with provisions still on board and no indication of what had happened to those aboard.
Some ghost ships are said to be cursed, appearing out of the mist to sailors as omens of doom. The most notorious example is the Flying Dutchman, a legendary ship doomed to sail the oceans forever, never able to make port. Sightings of the Flying Dutchman are often taken as a warning of bad weather or misfortune to come.
What makes ghost ships so eerie is the absence of answers. What happened to the crew? Why were these vessels left to drift, sometimes for years? The ocean keeps its secrets, and the stories of these phantom vessels continue to fascinate and terrify sailors and paranormal enthusiasts alike.