On a stormy night in September 1934, the Morro Castle was making its way through heavy seas en route from Havana to New York City. Shortly after 2:00 A.M., while most of the passengers slept, fire suddenly engulfed the luxury liner; within an hour, hundreds were dead or struggling desperately in the water. The fire's apparently inexplicable outbreak wasn't the only secret that night aboard the Morro Castle. Hours earlier, Captain Robert Wilmott had died in his cabin under suspicious circumstances. Had Wilmott been poisoned? Was the fire accidental, or intentionally set? This doc focuses on the incident and the speculation that the radio operator was the arson.
Directed by Fred Barzyk
Your score–
Not scoredCast
Related
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
The Class of ‘92
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Love, Marilyn
Sidney
I Am Heath Ledger
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
The Captains
Seduced and Abandoned
Naqoyqatsi
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Hell House