New book reveals chilling accounts of Titanic captain’s last moments on sinking ship

He claimed that they were telling a Titanic lie. While Titanic Captain Edward John Smith’s official cause of death remains one of history’s enduring mysteries, author Dan E. Parkes has thrown cold water on theories that he took his own life, claiming these rumors unfairly tarnished his legacy. He made these bombshell claims in the book “Titanic Legacy: The Captain, his daughter and the Spy,” which details eyewitness accounts from shipwreck survivors, who discuss, among other things, how Captain Smith met his end, the Daily Mail reported. Over 1,500 people...