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There is an interesting text by an eyewitness to the 1840 execution of four murderers in Hobart Town Gaol, an account that bears the fingerprints of Alexandre Dumas, which is curious indeed as he never set foot in Tasmania. What the condemned quartet left behind is something of a literary curiosity and, their stories pieced together, an account of dreadful crimes and speedy punishment

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- ADVERTISEMENT - The first movie, dubbed “The Queen Mary,” is slated to release at the end of 2021 or in early 2022, according to developer and producer Brett Tomberlin, co-founder of Imagination Design Works, one of the production companies involved with the project. The series, which has been in development for about a decade, will examine the former ocean liner’s storied past—from its construction in the 1930s to its missions during World War II to the present day—with a focus on ...

How Disney tried to turn the Queen Mary into a Haunted Mansion at sea FacebookTwitterEmail The Queen Mary in 1989, during Disneys ownership.George Rose/Getty Images If you visit the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, you’ll likely be struck by two things right away: that the cruise ship-turned-hotel has an old world glamour unlike anything else, and that it feels very, very haunted. What you might not realize is that the ship’s haunted history inspired Disney to attempt to create a kind ...