DANIEL J. MORRELL
Site — Harbor Beach, Michigan
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/daniel-j-morrell-harbor-beach-michigan/

November 29, 1966—the ship that split in the storm.

A site in Harbor Beach, Michigan, Daniel J. Morrell is filed here for what the record attaches to it. November 29, 1966—the ship that split in the storm. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the 28. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.

The Morrell is the torn — the '66 storm that broke it in two, the 28 who died. The Hale was the one — the watchman who survived 38 hours, the raft that held the bodies. The silence was the 27 — the hours that no one knew, the search that came late.
The break was the 2am — the main deck that ripped like paper, the 8 minutes that were the escape. The pea coat was the salvation — the extra layer that kept him, the '15 death that's the cancer. The Morrell is the Lakes' — the worst in 8 years, the 145 feet where it rests.
The file keeps the Morrell: the 1966 break, the 28 dead, the Hale survival, and the silence.
The Morrell is the archive's Harbor Beach file — the torn freighter.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Morrell is the archive's Harbor Beach file — the one survivor.
A ship keeps its raft — the file's suggestion being that the Morrell's hold is the Hale: the 38 hours that he floated, the 27 hours that no one knew, and the pea coat that saved him.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The dead are reportedly seen. The figure answers to The 28 in the retellings. Daniel J. Morrell's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Sources including 'Daniel J. Morrell' keep the claim in circulation. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.
  source: Daniel J. Morrell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Daniel_J._Morrell)
· [Anecdotal] apparition: Reported a presence at the wreck. Daniel J. Morrell in Harbor Beach, Michigan carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. Sources including 'Daniel J. Morrell' keep the claim in circulation. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting.
  source: Daniel J. Morrell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Daniel_J._Morrell)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The November 29, 1966 sinking is documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Daniel J. Morrell'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on. The reports keep the address on the map.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Daniel J. Morrell — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Daniel_J._Morrell

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