'I have believed in spirits from that day unto this': 'The Ghostly Crew', Ghostlore, and Traditional Song

Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Lecture When the Charles Haskell sank the Andrew Jackson in the Gulf of Maine in 1866 with the loss of all hands, it produced a local narrative of a 'ghost ship' that was adapted into a song still in the oral tradition. This lecture uses 'The Ghostly Crew' to explore the folklore of ghosts, its representation in traditional song, and the relationship between oral and literary narratives, through collected songs and accounts from fieldwork into contemporary ghost beliefs.