Phantom Ship - Halloween Attraction, Exeter Devon

Some suspected Blackbeard (real name Edward Teach) to be the Devil incarnate. His evil tyranny of the seas terrorised sailors and pirates alike. His blood-thirsty torture of enemies knew no boundary. When finally killed, Blackbeard’s head was hung from the bowsprit and his body thrown overboard. As the body hit the water, the head hanging from the bowsprit shouted: "Come on Edward" and the headless body swam three times around the ship before sinking to the bottom. Legend has it the headless ghost of Blackbeard will never rest, forever searching for it’s missing head…