Titanic Tragedy: Costa Concordia
The ship that sank 100 years ago, on April 15th, was named RMS Titanic . But it had several nicknames: The Unsinkable Ship, The Last Word in Luxury, The Millionaire’s Special, The Wonder Ship, and The Ship of Dreams. It is doubtful we will see any ships with those kinds of nicknames ever again. In the next few months, I thought, various essays would begin to appear about the Titanic . Therefore, it was a surprise to receive a "breaking news" email from a friend about the events of last Friday the 13th, hinting at a new Titanic mess. Brad Steiger is a well-known author of Fortean and related books. I wrote a "Foreword" to his reprinted edition of Strange Guests (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006), and recently have assisted with a bit of data in his and his wife Sherry's forthcoming updated edition of Conspiracies and Secret Societies . I had been too busy to watch most of the news last week. But then something in the background was alerting me to be aware. ...