The Mysterious Disappearance at Eilean Mòr Lighthouse

Record summary

Three lighthouse keepers disappeared from Eilean Mòr in December 1900, leaving the station apparently orderly but with signs of severe weather damage. The event became associated with ghost stories, supernatural speculation, and claims about a vanished crew, although official inquiry and later scholarship emphasize storm waves, accident, and environmental exposure. It is useful for comparing isolated workplaces, missing-person narratives, and the conversion of an occupational disaster into a haunted-place legend. The lighthouse, keepers, logbooks, and inquiry provide identifiable documentary anchors.