This Day in Halloween: The legend of The Flying Dutchman first appears in story form in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in 1821. / Illustration by Amelia Stebbing
The legend of The Flying Dutchman first appears in story form in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in 1821. The long-running myth of the ghost ship that cannot return to port dates back to the 17th or 18th Century and, according to maritime lore, is a harbinger of doom.
