Season 4 Episode 1
When  Captain Briggs set sail in the Mary Celeste he had no idea that he and his family and the ship would become the Ghost Ship that people would still be talking about almost 150 years later. This story has all my favorites for the Halloween season. A ghost ship, history, mystery and maybe even pirates. What happened to the family and crew of the Mary Celeste? Its a mystery we may never know the answer to.

The Mary Celeste when she was the Amazon

Benjamin Spooner Briggs

Briggs Family

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Below is a  list of resources  used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) 
Photos
http://www.maryceleste.net/crew.htm
http://tribupedia.com/mary-celeste-unsolved-mystery/mary-celeste-captain-benjamin-briggs-and-his-family/
http://tribupedia.com/mary-celeste-unsolved-mystery/mary-celeste-captain-benjamin-briggs-and-his-family/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste
Information
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60585174/benjamin-spooner-briggs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigantine
 
https://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_000064.htm
https://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_000064.htm
De Kay, Ormonde. (1981, February/March). The Mystery of The Mary Celeste. American Heritage, 32(2). Retrieved from https://www.americanheritage.com/content/mystery-mary-celeste 
https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-is-it-bad-luck-to-change-name-ship.htm
 
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3G8n53D6A
Books
https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Celeste-Unsolved-Mystery-History/dp/0689851227
https://www.janeyolen.com/history-mystery-the-mary-celeste/
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Ship-Mysterious-Celeste-Missing/dp/0345466659
and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org
 
 
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