Pirates, Crooks & Killers by Frederick Stonehouse

Although the Great Lakes never had swashbuckling pirates like those that swept the Caribbean Seas, there were low-lifes willing to rob and pillage when the opportunity presented itself. Others were not above “moon cussing” or showing false lights to lure ships to wreck on inshore reefs where they pillaged the cargoes and murdered the crews. When the economy “went south” some ship owners were willing to purposely wreck or sink there own ships for the insurance money. These are the type of tales related in Pirates, Crooks and Killers.