But it’s all been settled with the release of a new book by Dan E. Parkes who claims that Smith died in the water with his ...

A new book recounts how the press fabricated the myth of Captain Smith's suicide, which ruined the lives of his widow and ...

Over 1,500 people died when the RMS Titanic sank on April 14-15, 1912, following its fateful collision with an iceberg in one of the most notorious maritime disasters in history.

Shortly after 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, Captain Edward John Smith made his way to the deck of the Titanic after feeling a strange vibration. He asked a crew member what the ship had struck and ...

Author Dan E. Parkes has thrown cold water on theories that Titanic Captain Edward John Smith took his own life, claiming these rumors unfairly tarnished his legacy.