In fitting manner, coming so close to Halloween, the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society is concluding its Speaker Series for this year, which featured shipwrecks, on the topic of Ghost Ships.
Wednesday, Oct. 19, Society member Alice Kupper will present ghostly apparitions and stories of local and well known ghost ships at the Strauss Museum Mansion beginning at 7:30 p.m. The mansion is located at 27 Prospect Circle and the public is invited to attend.
There is no charge for the event, though donations are always acceptable and all are invited to bring a non-perishable food item or a baby product for the Atlantic Highlands Food Pantry.
Kupper’s talk will likely include stories about the legendary Flying Dutchman, a fabled ship dating back to the 17th century and doomed to sail the seven seas forever. She may disclose the story of what seeing a light on the Dutchman means for the future.
The speaker may also address the true story of the Mary Celeste, an 1800s brigantine that was found disabled and adrift near the Azores, with everything on the ship intact, including supplies, not with no human being aboard. The mystery has not yet been solved on what happened to the entire crew, none of whom has ever heard or seen again.
Kupper will most likely also address the area’s own Ghost ship that has been seen on the Navesink River.
