[pgm8705]

One of my favorite songs. So many haunting lyrics. I've always been fascinated by "Superior, they said, never gives up her dead..." I've read it is in reference to the fact that because the lake is so cold, sunken bodies will not decompose and resurface. Of course, it could just be folklore.

[rnd0]

For anyone who is interested, there's a youtube channel ("Ask A mortician") which did an excellent video on the Fitzgerald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Lg9HygEJc

[swearwolf]

There’s a well known wreck (SS Kamloops) popular among divers that has a body in the engine room. Divers call it “Whitey” because it has saponified, and thus appears similar to a bar of soap.

[bch]

Kamloopsian here - TIL.

Story of Alice Bettridge[0] is chilling.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kamloops