mythology

Many years ago, I was an assistant manager at a bookstore and, when we would take a deposit to the bank, we had to bring a second employee with us. It was May 3rd and the employee I was bringing with me asked me what I was going to do for Cinco de Mayo. I said I was not going to party on what...

Browsing the capacious depths of the Internet, I come across certain quotes attributed to Thomas Andrews and Bruce Ismay that strike me as... for want of a better word, spurious. Attempting to search for their original sources leads me to no definitive answer, so I figured I would lay my cards...

Since joining this website and researching a Titanic book, I been writing since late 2016, I been surprised to find out how many myths or inaccurate stories have since morphed into fact and been reprinted in dozens of other Titanic Books and other forms of media. This ranges from Newspaper...

The Myth of the Titanic by Richard Howells (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999), 160 pp: The book’s content is much narrower than the title suggests: it covers the Titanic myth in popular British culture from 1912 till the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914. “Myths are about...

I would like to know was there any black passengers on Titanic?

Yep, it's another one. Co-authored by me. I don't know how much new stuff is here for the dedicated fans, and I'm pretty sure there'll be plenty to argue about, but that's what makes it fun, isn't it? :p Oh, and I couldn't resist including the mummy. No, we haven't said it's true. And there...

What are some mysths about Titanic that wont go away? *There still are books insisting Titanic was trying to break a speed record.. *There are still people who think Titanic was the largest ship ever build... Any other annoying misconceptions about Titanic that still pop up? Tarn...

I have in my possession a nice crisp copy of that smut rag Weekly World News for July 30 2002. Guess what's on the cover! Why the Titanic of course and a huge headline MUMMY'S CURSE SANK THE TITANIC. oy! I guess it's a slow week in smut land

Just when did the "No Pope" myth first appear? Anybody know? Richard K.

Was there really a mummy of an ancient princess onboard the oceanliner, "Titanic"?