It is one of the mysteries of naval history: the fate of the crew of the Mary Celeste remains shrouded in fog. The brig had sailed from New York Harbor in early November 1872 with ten people on board, bound for Genoa.

The sailing ship was found a few weeks later, on December 5, adrift in the middle of the Atlantic, off the coast of the Azores. Its commercial cargo – alcohol, above all – was intact, as were the passengers’ personal effects. But there wasn’t a living soul on board, everyone disappeared. What happened to them? Since then, hypotheses and conjectures have been wasted: from scientific ones to the paranormal.

Today’s almanac, December 5: Mary Celeste, the ghost vessel

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