The executed
Sources attach this name to the 2 places below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
Lore holds the executed prisoners haunt the reef; a keeper’s suicide is also reported. The vessel's reports concentrate where the work was hardest — ships and lights keep their own roll call. Sources including 'Execution Rocks Light' keep the claim in circulation. The file keeps The executed on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.
Lore includes the executed—Snyder, the Rosenbergs—and a presence in the old death house. Institutions that held suffering rarely shed their reputations, and Sing Sing in Ossining, New York held its share. The account appears in 'Sing Sing'. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is The executed.