Voices, apparitions and unexplained phenomena have been reported by passengers, crew and ghost hunters. Can they just be seeing things?
History of the Queen Mary
The RMS Queen Mary I was launched from Glasgow on May 27, 1936. It was retired from the Cunard Line in 1968 and in 1971 it was purchased by the city of Long Beach California. Today, it is permanently anchored and serves as a hotel and museum. During its active service, this ship carried thousands of troops across the Atlantic during World War II. It was nicknamed the “Grey Ghost” because it had to be painted grey as a camouflage for ocean crossings. After the war, the Queen Mary went back to a luxury liner carrying famous people like Sir Winston Churchill, members of the British Royal family and many movie stars.
Television Shows About the Queen Mary
Over the years, eyewitnesses report identical phenomena occurring in the same places. TV programs such as Most Haunted, Dead Famous, and Ghosts & Legends have conducted investigations, all bearing similar results. Psychic Peter James, the former ghost tour guide, identified over 150 separate entities and amazed tour participants with visual and auditory phenomena.
Shaft Alley on the Queen Mary
One of the most haunted places on the Queen Mary is in the engine room, known as “Shaft Alley”. An 18 year-old crew member was crushed in doorway number 13 when they were having a watertight door drill in 1966. Many eyewitnesses have seen the ghost of a bearded man wearing coveralls walking along Shaft Alley and disappearing at Door 13. Records show that the appearance and clothing of the ghost are the same as what the crew member was wearing the night he died.
The Queen Mary's Salon
Another frequent sighting is in The Queen’s Salon which was once the First Class lounge. Many people have seen a lovely young woman dressed in a white evening gown dancing alone in the shadows. At the front desk area of the hotel, a woman dressed in white is seen walking around and when she passes behind a pillar, she disappears. In the hotel lobby, piano music is heard but the grand piano’s lid is closed.
Queen Mary First Class Swimming Pool
The First Class Swimming Pool area is extremely active. There have been sightings of a lady walking around the balcony dressed in a 1930’s style bathing suit. It is believed she drowned in the pool. She also looks over the balcony wall to observe activities at the pool. Another sighting is a lady on the pool deck who drowned there in the 1960’s. Many psychics claim the swimming pool area is the vortex of the ship. A vortex is the place of entry for spirits from other realms. In the dressing room and pool deck, witnesses have seen wet footprints appear on the floor and dry up. The pool was drained when the ship was sold. You can view the pool on a web cam located at the Ghost & Legends website.
Walking Tours on the Queen Mary
Guests can take an inexpensive self-guided walking tour or pay for a more expensive investigative tour with psychic Erika Frost. The guided tour includes dinner with Erika and an exploration of areas not open to the general public. If you are a believer or a skeptic, the Queen Mary appears to be a place that can prove you right or wrong!
The copyright of the article Queen Mary I: The Haunted Ship in Ghosts & Hauntings is owned by Maureen K. Fleury. Permission to republish Queen Mary I: The Haunted Ship in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
My Father ( Stanley Dutton) was the "Ships Writer" it's something
like a purser. He was in hospital in england with pnuemonia, but just
before the ship sailed he signed himself out of hospital while still very
ill and returned to duty, he died in the evening on board from his
illness. I remeber him giving me a complete tour of the ship including
the engine room when I was 6yrs old. I often wander if anyone has seen
a ghost of a officer wandering the around near the purser's office. If you
ever do see anyone like that, just say "Hello, Stan, regards from your
son, Jeff" and you may just get a smile and wink from the old soul.
May 14, 2009 9:52 PM
Guest :
VERY VERY VERY..... INTERESTING
Jun 24, 2009 5:53 PM
Guest :
this is some interesting things i heard you can hear a little girl singing
in the pool room and playing with toys i heard her name was jackie
Jun 25, 2009 6:51 AM
Guest :
I saw two white pale man on the stair well and in the pool I heard baby
sounds and saw glowing eyes and heard a rattle
Jun 25, 2009 10:31 AM
Guest :
yes i watched this show called the othersiders and they heard a little girl
singing ring around the rosie and they put out some toys and they heard one
of the toys move! i get creeped out just thinking about it!
Jun 25, 2009 4:41 PM
Guest :
i was also watcing a show called the othersiders and jackie and riley were
in the bolier room and did call and respoch and when thay got back to
headcorters and all 5 of them herd this peson and it said "get
out" and it was in a evil voise! i was creepy!
Jun 25, 2009 4:42 PM
Guest :
on the other sides it was creepy there was this evil voise in the boiler
room and the thing said "get out"
Jun 25, 2009 4:45 PM
Guest :
iv been on the ghost tour man that was fricken scary i went in the boiler
room and heard footsteaps and bangs
Jun 25, 2009 5:12 PM
Guest :
it is so huntad
Jun 27, 2009 6:43 PM
Guest :
iof corse watched the othersiders and eversince i have done a full in
vestigation on other haunte places to give them some ideas!!! p.s. that
little girl and the "get out" were so freaky if you want t o hrer
it agasain go to :theothersiders.com and find the map of the ship
Jun 28, 2009 8:35 AM
Guest :
i have been in the qoueen mary for fact and i watch the othersiders if you
listen carefully in the boiler room recoding other sider fans u hear a
mumble of save your self the in a louder voice get out and yes i did see
and hear jackie and while around there i heard 7 bangs and near the boiler
rooom heard this may sound weird a engine or air conditing
Jul 1, 2009 2:06 PM
Guest :
If you go in the pool room you can here a little girl singing
Jul 3, 2009 7:00 PM
Guest :
I like all the information given but one suggestion i heard a little girl
had died and that she is reported to play with toys and sing could you post
that and could you get more in depth in paranormal actions?
Jul 10, 2009 4:40 PM
Guest :
some grown-ups think there soooo smart..."There is no such things of
ghosts"well than i say poo!! because there is going to be a day whare
you go on the queen mary and see "how not scary"it is!!!! than
you will see!!how "smart" you are and i bet every single kid
waching the othersiders,or had an an ancounter,and on this web page agrees!
now take that non-belivers!!!!!!!
Jul 19, 2009 7:06 PM
Guest :
Today i wathed the othersiders and i do think it is haunted and i think
that the littel girl is real and something about she eats snakes...so
wired
Jul 21, 2009 3:14 PM
Guest :
scary
Jul 22, 2009 7:20 PM
Guest :
hey othersiders if your reading this i wanted to tell you that me and my
friends started a ghost team. we,ev seen many things like banging on doors
seeing shadows and moving objects this is creepy .me and my friends wait
for more.
Jul 29, 2009 11:42 AM
Guest :
i think that ship is haunted
Aug 2, 2009 3:35 PM
Guest :
i believe that the ship queen mary is haunted do you
Aug 15, 2009 8:06 AM
Guest :
Just so you guys know, I can tell that most of these commenters are kids
from spelling errors and references to Cartoon Network's The Othersiders.
I am fourteeen and I guess I'm also a "kid" but I'd like to point
out one thing; while I do watch The Othersiders and I find some things
quite scary, I say you must EXPERIENCE the paranormal activity in order to
define if a place is truly haunted or not TO YOU. You can't just base your
oppinion on a TV show. While I do believe most of The Othersiders is
true... Some things can be explained and they just didn't dig far enough.
Same bangs and clicks here in there could just be the ship! It's OLD!
Things creak and snap and bang when they're old.
Also, I'd like
to point out something, while I did study this ship a LOT and found a TON
of believable or related stories... I find "haunted" not the
right word. Ghosts aren't evil (normally). It just sounds like these
souls on this ship are just once normal people. They're not gonna harm
you! I see a ton of comments on here like "It's creepy" or
"It's scary"... Sure it may scare you, but IT isn't creepy. You
just find it scary because you've never seen a "dead person"
before. They all were just like you and me at one time.
I just
really wanted to say that, flame me all you want.
~LucarioGirl4Ever ((Abby))
Aug 28, 2009 12:17 PM
Guest :
they put it on the othersiders. A ghost replied to Riley saying "get
out"
Sep 10, 2009 5:51 PM
Guest :
hey if the othersiders are reading this me and my bff have been looking for
paranormal and me and her have heard noises, screming in her house and
garage. we have also herd bangs and i saw her fathers trung moving while it
was banging and i think some one died in that car. we keep telling her
parents but they never ever. belive us. we are still looking and we will
let you guys know more once we get some evidence. this is written by shayla
hays.
Oct 12, 2009 2:00 PM
Guest :
OMG I am getting freaked out now. My family booked a night there in one of
the family suites for the 25th of October. We are going on a cruise the
next day and thought it would be nice to stay right there and not mess with
traffic. I have a 7 month old that wakes up in the middle of the night for
a bottle and I am going to pee my pants if I see something while I am up
alone.
Oct 15, 2009 5:29 AM
Guest :
wow...........i belive that this very real i just seen a show about so it
iz very very true..................................................
scary..................................:)
Oct 20, 2009 4:52 PM
Guest :
ive been on this ship and you can see ghost children running though the
halls and you can see shadow figures all though out the boat. you may also
see a little girl staring at you in the propeller room its a creepy ship
but kind of a adrenaline rush. and imagine this i was there for a week and
seen all of this and more, and it still creeps me out.
Jan 29, 2007
