murder aboard: the herbert fuller tragedy and the ordeal of thomas bram

An account of the Herbert Fuller tragedy of 1896, in which three of the twelve souls on board were killed. Upon reaching port, all the survivors are suspects. But at the center of this gripping and gruesome story is the first mate, Thomas Bram, whose subsequent murder trials were widely followed but almost lost to the collective memory--until now.

C. Michael Hiam, Ph.D., is the author of Dirigible Dreams: The Age of the Airship; A Monument to Deceit: Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars; and Eddie Shore and That Old-Time Hockey. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.