The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

In 1872, the American merchant ship Mary Celeste is found adrift off the coast of Spain with its cargo intact and crew mysteriously vanished. Young writer Arthur Conan Doyle learns of this enigmatic tale during his voyage to Africa and crafts a sensational story that captures public attention in the United States. As interest grows, a confrontation unfolds between the ambitious Philadelphia spiritualist medium Violet Petra and investigative journalist Phoebe Grant, who aims to reveal Petra as a fraud. This intriguing narrative intertwines the disappearance of the ship’s crew, an aspiring writer's rise to fame, and a surge in unconventional religious fervor.