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the visiting p ublic. In more, som ewhat bizarre, news involving M organ, rum ors of a ghost hangin g around down below d eck h ave circulated far and wide. So much so that this summer a group of paranormal inves tigators wrote to the Mystic, CT, maritime museum seeking permission to conduct an investigation aboard the world's las t wooden whaleship. The museum granted permission and The Rhode Island Paranormal Research Gro up (TRIPRG) conducted rwo investigations using digital recording equipment and infrared cameras, among other instruments, to gather its evidence. TRIPRG sought permission from the museum after it received letters fro m three un-related visitors to the Seaport who claimed to have seen a man in 19th-century clothing worki ng in Charles W Morgan
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the blubber room and smoking a pipe. Mystic Seaport will receive a final report from T RIPRG, according to its publicist M ichael O 'Farrell, who said they are not promoting the Morgan as a 'ghost ship.' The inves tigations have drawn significant med ia interest. Since the fi rst inves tigation in Ap ril, Mys tic Seaport has appeared on Good Morning America, CN N, Fox News Channel, C BS Evening News and more than 50 other TV stations nationwide. The story, O 'Farrell said, has also appeared in more than 150 newspapers worldwide. Though Mystic isn't openly buyi ng into the idea, above average numbers of visitors to the Seaport is always welcome news. (Mystic Seaport M useum, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT 06355; Ph. 860 572-0711; www. mys ticseaport.org) . . .
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