In 1891, James Brennan spun a tale of a shipwreck so tragic it shook the Atlantic—until the “wreck” turned out to be pure fiction.

Stranded on a frozen rock at Christmas, the Queen of Swansea castaways faced starvation, despair—and unimaginable choices.

A Christmas voyage gone wrong, the story of the Ellen Munn lives on in song—as a tale of courage, kindness, and the perils of Newfoundland winter.

Defying the tragic history of the Island of the Dead, 17 year-old Ann Harvey took on the impossible and rescued more than 150 shipwrecked immigrants from a windswept rock off southwestern Newfoundland.

The story of a terrifying Newfoundland shipwreck, a harrowing rescue and a song that still gets sung today.