This Day in Halloween: Prince George of Wales records a sighting of the legendary ghost ship The Flying Dutchman in his log in 1880. / Illustration by Laura Peyton Maurer
Prince George of Wales — the future King George V of England — records a sighting of the legendary ghost ship The Flying Dutchman in his log in 1880. Dating back to at least the 1790s, the ship is alleged to be a harbinger of doom and cursed to sail forever.
