In honor of Halloween, we get spooky this week.

Taylor tells stories of the Black Dog of Lake Erie. Is it out for revenge on the uncaring sailors who allowed it to drown in the Welland Canal?

And Tanner relates the tales of ghostly happenings around the 1873 sinking of the steamer Ironsides in Lake Michigan, and Connecticut's steamship Atlantic disaster from 1846.

Does the spirit of young Henry Valentine still cry for help from passing mariners in Lake Michigan?  Does the bell of the Atlantic still toll out in mourning for the lives she lost?

*Originally released 10/31/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/26/22

Selected Sources:

Carter, Donald. Connecticut's Seaside Ghosts, 2008, Schiffer Books, pp. 15 - 20

Lardinois, Anna. "The Ghost of Lake Michigan's Ironsides Shipwreck," Milwaukee Magazine, 2021


Further Reading:

Damned Connecticut interview with Donald Carter

Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes: Tragedies and Legacies from the Inland Seas - Anna Lardinois

WTMJ Conversations: Anna Lardinois 

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