In 1918,  the SS Princess Sophia sank in a freak accident off the coast of Juneau, Alaska. All 353 passengers aboard her perished. But some of them found their way out of their watery graves and still reside in the basements of Juneau businesses.  

Sources:

 Haunted Inside Passage, by Bjorn Dihle

“The Alaskan Titanic”, S1, E6, of The Alaska Triangle

https://www.westmarginpress.com/blog/a-spooky-alaskan-story-for-halloween-juneaus-front-street-ghosts/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/terrible-shipwreck-is-bone-chilling-ak/

https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/ssprincesssophia/the-sinking/leaving-skagway/passenger-and-crew-list/

https://www.nps.gov/people/kate-carmack.htm

https://evelazarus.com/the-sinking-of-the-princess-sophia/#:~:text=There%20were%2024%20horses%20and%20five%20dogs%20in%20the%20hold.&text=Captain%20Leonard%20Locke%2C%2066%2C%20had,Sophia%20slammed%20into%20Vanderbilt%20Reef.

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/spirits-from-shipwreck-still-spooking-downtown-business/

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

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

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