1. Unlucky M Roald Tweet 2:46

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. Nineteenth Century steamboat men were not more than ordinarily superstitious, but by the 1860s, there did seem to be a disturbing pattern among Mississippi steamboats whose names began with the letter M. They seemed to be cursed.

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