The Ghost Ship of Death on the Platte River, Wyoming

08/27/21 • 9 min

Legends say just prior to afternoon along the Platte River in Wyoming there's a chance a strange mist will appear without warning and if you stay long enough, from beyond the mist, a sailing ship will become visible.
The ship itself carries an undead crew and if you're unlucky they'll show you the ghostly body of a loved one destined to die. A premonition or a curse?
On today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters we find out the truth behind the legend, if there's any truth to it at all.
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Sources
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/death-ship-wyoming/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wyoming/wy-death-ship/

https://mycountry955.com/death-ship-of-the-platte-river-spotted-this-time-of-year/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cheyenne,_Wyoming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Gaddis

https://books.google.com/books?id=uxvXS-NkjW0C

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/04/the-wyoming-death-ship-truth-be-told/

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08/27/21 • 9 min

Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters - The Ghost Ship of Death on the Platte River, Wyoming

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Ep. 39 - The Platte River Ship of Death, Wyoming

In the late 19th and early 20th century several men claimed to see a sailing ship appearing from the mist on the North Platte River. The ship, like the mist, came without warning but as each of the men approached the phantom ship with caution it was clear the crew themselves were ghostly figures damned to sail along the river. Their only mission was to give those they appeared to a deadly warning of an impending de

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