While the movie showed him to be brave, news spread that he shot himself; however, the book settles the matter as he froze to death in the water.

stage productions and movies, most notably James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic. One of the more recognizable figures from the Titanic is the ship’s captain, Edward Smith. In his new book Titanic ...

Smith, who had been a captain for 40 years ... James Cameron's "Titanic" isn't the only movie about the ship. A Nazi propaganda film was shot depicting the events from a German perspective.

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 ...

A former MI5 spy is found dead from a shotgun wound by a terrified maid who screams when she sees him lying in a pool of blood at his luxury London flat. A partially blind widow is struck down by ...

An artist’s rendering of the Titanic hitting the iceberg, though the actual collision was likely more glancing. Captain Edward J. Smith (right) is shown here with the Titanic’s purser ...