The mystery of the Mary Celeste and its crew still captivates people today. On November 7, 1872, it left New York for Genoa, Italy. Captain Benjamin S. Briggs, his wife Sarah, and daughter Sophia, were on board. Eight crew members joined them.1 Just under a month later, on December 5, the ship was found. The Dei Gratia saw it sailing with no one on deck, 400 miles east of the Azores.2 Although the