The Phantom That Came Aboard

Episode 9: The Phantom That Came Aboard: A True Gold Rush Saga Perhaps the most famous Alaska Ghost ship story is that of the Eliza Anderson.  Here is the saga of a ship in distress, forced to choose between being battered to splinters by the savage sea or running around on the rocky shoals of Kodiak Island.  Instead, a tall, gaunt, wind-swept, rain-soaked giant of a stranger seized control of the ship's wheel and steered her safety.  Then, his job completed, he vanished as mysteriously as he had arrived. For fifty years, the legendary "Stranger Who Came Aboard" was grist for the supernatural mill of Alaska Gold Rush stories.         ________________________________________________________________ This podcast is sponsored by Author Masterminds and the Readers and Writers Book Club.  Check out the Author Masterminds Website Get to know the authors at The Readers and Writers Book Club ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Meet your host for Episode 9: The Phantom That Came Aboard: A True Gold Rush Saga Steve Levi is a 70-something writer in Alaska. He specializes in the impossible crime and the Alaska Gold Rush.  An impossible crime is one in which the detective must figure out HOW the crime was committed before he can go after the perpetrators.  As an example, in THE MATTER OF THE VANISHING GREYHOUND, the detective must figure out how a Greyhound bus with four bank robbers, a dozen hostages, and  $10 million can vanish off the Golden Gate Bridge. Steve’s books can be seen at www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi and www.steverlevibooks.com. He also does two historical uploads a week.  Send Steve your email, and he will include it in the mailings.   Coming Soon:   “Did you know anarchists and socialists and Bolsheviks and syndicalists built the Alaska Railroad?”  It's true! The route between Seward and Fairbanks was approved in 1912, just before the First World War, and not completed until 1923. During the most violent period of American history, 1910 to 1920, which saw FOUR major terrorist bombings – Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York! AND the Russian Revolution! The Alaska Railroad was a socialist dream! It was owned by the government, all workers were paid by the government, and all benefits would go to the people, not private enterprises. What more could a socialist or an anarchist or a syndicalist or a Bolshevik ask for?! What could go wrong? Want an in-the-weeds snapshot of what it was like to work on the Alaska Railroad with anarchists, socialists, syndicalists, and Bolsheviks? IT’S COMING!!! A RAT’S NEST OF RAIL www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi