Ghosts of the Haunted Queen Mary
Paranormal Encounters Aboard the Gray Ghost
The Queen Mary is one of the most paranormally active places in the world, with more than 150 ghosts haunting the luxury hotel's decks and hallways.
The HMS Queen Mary, a luxury passenger ship built in the 1930s, has a long and colorful history filled with both glamour and tragedy. The ship was larger and faster than the infamous Titanic and carried such luminaries as Clark Gable, Bob Hope, and even Sir Winston Churchill.
During World War II, the ship became a troop carrier under the name “The Gray Ghost.” She was so successful that Adolph Hitler placed a $250,000 bounty on the ship, payable to whoever could sink her. The closest the ship came to disaster, however, was when she collided with an accompanying ship, the HMS Curacao. All three hundred people aboard the Curacao died at sea.
After serving in the war, the Gray Ghost returned to service as a luxury passenger carrier. However, that moniker now seems particularly fitting, as the Queen Mary is reportedly one of the most haunted places in the world.
Docked in Long Beach, California since the city acquired her in 1967, the majestic ship now serves as a floating hotel and a haven for paranormal investigators from around the globe. Famed medium and paranormal researcher Peter James studied the ship and her ghostly inhabitants until his death in 2007.
Some investigators claim that there are at least 150 spirits still residing on the Queen Mary. Some of the best known specters include:
The Ghost of Door 13
In 1966, a crewmember working on this heavy, watertight door down in the engine room died when it closed and crushed him. Shortly after his death, there began reports of a ghost in a work uniform roaming the area near door number 13. These sightings persist to this day.
The Haunted Swimming Pools
Tourists and researchers report a number of ghost sightings in this area, including the spirits of women walking around in old-fashioned bathing suits and the appearance of wet, phantom footprints (even though the pool has not been full in decades). The most famous ghost in this area is that of a little girl named Jackie, seen, heard, and sometimes even felt.
The Promenade
A number of guests also report seeing apparitions dressed in period clothing walking along the Promenade late at night when most guests are asleep below. The ghosts do not usually interact with the guests; they simply vanish into the nothingness from whence they came.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the paranormal phenomena reported on the ship. Many of the staterooms, bathrooms, and even the hallways have their own chilling stories to tell. Book a room on the Queen Mary and perhaps you’ll have a ghostly encounter yourself.
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