A Louisville riverboat with a rather haunted past has docked on the banks of the Ohio River in Downtown Cincinnati for America's River Roots Festival .

Built in 1914, the iconic Belle of Louisville steamboat has lived a colorful life and welcomed equally vibrant characters, including ghosts (yes, ghosts) since it first started cruising.

The vessel is the oldest operating Mississippi River-style steamboat in the world and claims to be the "most widely traveled river steamboat in the nation," per the City of Louisville's website.

As legend has it, four spirits linger on the antique vessel.

Captain Mark Doty, who's worked on the Belle since 1981, said he isn't a believer in the paranormal world, but an incident left him somewhat spooked while filming " Ghost Hunters ," a reality

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