The Platte River ‘Ship of Death’: Wyoming’s Ghost Ship That Was Written, Not Seen
Wyoming’s “Ship of Death” is said to rise from the fog on the North Platte, coated in frost, carrying the corpse of someone about to die. The story traces back to a single 1948 Fate magazine article, and the witnesses, the bureau that recorded them and the timing of Tom Horn’s hanging don’t hold up.
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