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Second Saturday Stories returns with a chilling tale.

It won't be until decades later that a group of intrepid teens learns the chilling truth behind why Lucinda and Molly were aboard the mighty ship that night in April.
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How often do you get to know the ghost first before a ghost story is told? In today's column you get to do just that. Lucinda Hessen was a passenger on the Titanic, and today's featured work, The Wraith, begins with her silent journey through the freezing cold nightmare to pick up the pieces of her fragmented life. With daughter Molly in tow readers will follow her journey through hospitalization and further, exploring how deep the pain of loss truly extends. 

Lucinda works to re-enter society but she cannot escape tragedy, as if the cursed fate of the RMS Titanic is now intertwined with her own. It won't be until decades later that a group of intrepid teens learns the chilling truth behind why Lucinda and Molly were aboard the mighty ship that night in April. 

Fans of a good ghost story and historical fiction will love diving into this short horror story starting today at 3pm. Come back then, if you dare.