| The cover of Winer's Ghost Ships trumpets him as the | | | | Devil's Triangle, but never carried through on the |
| New York Times best-selling author of The Devil's | | | | project. Until now. I got the feeling that Winer needed |
| Triangle, released in the early seventies. A quick | | | | to publish again after a long dry spell, so he pulled his |
| search on shows not many works since then until | | | | notes from long ago, threw in a couple of recent |
| Ghost Ships, copyrighted in 2000. | | | | incidents and released Ghost Ships. |
| Although Winer cites one 'ghost ship' incident in 1998, | | | | The book focuses on vessels found with no one on |
| the remainder of paranormal episodes in his | | | | board or that vanished without a trace. Only a handful |
| 33-chapter, 265-page chronology occur prior to 1978. | | | | of the stories actually chronicle paranormal |
| The lion's share of the spooky events takes place | | | | phenomenon. |
| between the beginning of the twentieth century and | | | | Winer's work has few surprises and no scares but is |
| the completion of World War II. The one post-1978 | | | | rich in history. Although the book doesn't deliver on |
| story is about a ship that disappeared without a trace | | | | ghosts, it does have a number of interesting chapters |
| in 1998 during Hurricane Mitch, one of the most | | | | in maritime history, including a number of WWII tales |
| powerful and deadliest hurricanes recorded in the | | | | that weren't mentioned in the history books. |
| Atlantic basin. Gasp. | | | | If you're looking for ghosts or horror, search elsewhere. |
| It seems as though Winer conducted his research into | | | | Unsolved mysteries? This can be the place. |
| the ghost ships immediately after the success of The | | | | |