The Mary Celeste was a Canadian-built American-owned merchant brigantine. On November 7th, 1872, the vessel set sail from New York with a Captain Briggs, his wife, his young daughter, and a crew of eight. The ship was sent off with half a year's supply of food and water. They were expected to dock at Italy, but mysteriously, they never came.
Eventually the ship was spotted by fishermen, on December 5th of the same year, floating in the Atlantic Ocean. When investigated, it was found that nobody was left on board, there were no signs of a struggle, and everything but the Captain's log and a lifeboat. Even the valuables were untouched. SPOOOOOOKYYYY. Suspicions are from earthquakes to pirates. A common maritime superstition is that your ship is doomed if there are women (especially wives) on board.
In case you want to visit the ship yourself, that's too bad. The last owner wrecked her off the coast of Haiti purposely in an attempt to commit insurance fraud.
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