The RMS Queen Mary
The RMS Queen Mary was originally in use as a luxury liner for both royal and well-off guests, and later served as a troop ship during WWII, transporting American, Canadian and British troops and prisoners of war across the Atlantic. In 1947, the Queen Mary returned to use as a luxury liner, before making her final journey to Long Beach, California, where she remains to this day as a tourist attraction, complete with a hotel, restaurant and museum. Because she was home to so many people throughout her 70 or so years in service, the Queen Mary is believed to be one of the most haunted properties in the United States, with more than 600 ghosts believed to reside within her metal walls.
In the first class suite area of the ship, a man dressed in a 1930s suit has been seen many times by both tour guides and guests. In the first class bedrooms, lights switch themselves on and off, heavy breathing has been heard on many occasions, and several guests have reported feeling the bed clothes being pulled off them in the middle of the night. The presence of a lady has also been felt in the first class suite bedrooms, and she is thought to be responsible for much of the paranormal activity in this area.
In the engine room, many guests and tour guides have witnessed the ghost of a man who is thought to have died after getting crushed in one of the doors, door 13 to be exact. Screams have also been heard coming from the engine room, as well as mysterious knocking sounds and doors opening and closing on their own.
In the Queen’s Salon, the ghost of a woman in a long, white gown has also been reported. She has been seen dancing on her own on many occasions, and strange globes of light have also been witnessed floating across the room.
Room B340 is said to be particularly paranormally active. So much paranormal activity has been experienced here, that it is never used for guests. This room is thought to be the site of a murder, and dark shadowy figures, strange noises and screams have all been reported there, along with a variety of poltergeist phenomena. Before it was closed to guests, guests who did stay in the room often fled the room in fear and insisted on being moved to another.
The first class swimming pool is also believed to be haunted. The ghosts of two women have regularly been seen in the area. One of them is thought to have died there in the 1930s, the other in the 1960s, and both of them died from drowning. Although the swimming pool is no longer in use and there is no water in it, the sounds of footsteps have been heard and wet footprints have been found in the area, despite there being no water sources nearby. This swimming pool is also believed by mediums to be a ‘vortex’ where spirits enter and leave the Queen Mary’s atmosphere. For this reason, the swimming pool and surrounding area is thought to be one of the more active areas of the ship.