Famous Hauntings from around the World.




The Queen Mary

The Queen Mary is definitely one of the most famous residents of Long Beach, California. She was once the world's longest luxury liners before and after carrying military personnel at the beginning of WWII. She carried up to 15,000 troops at one time, and returned the wounded to the US. Some of her more famous passengers include Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor,Bob Hope
and Clark Gable. Queen Mary might be a hard working boat but she's known for a lot more than her services.

Queen Mary - One Scary Ship

Experts of the paranormal have believed for years that the Queen Mary is haunted. Passengers and crew members have all reported seeing several spooky sights. In fact, the ship has such a reputation for being haunted that you can take ghost tours on it. Here are a few of the spooky sightings.

Door Number 13

An 18 year-old man was crushed to death during a routine watertight door drill on July 10, 1966. He was crushed in doorway number 13 in the engine room. Several sightings of a ghost fitting this man's description have been reported by visitors and crew members. They describe seeing a young bearded man in blue coveralls walking around. When he gets near door number 13 he usually disappears. The man who got crushed was wearing a similar outfit the day he died.

Enter the Abyss


The First-Class swimming pool is where a lot of
A stateroom for guests to stay in.
Haunted Queen Mary
ghosts have been seen. People have seen women dressed in old-fashioned bathing suits wandering the decks near the pool, heard splashing and seen a trail of wet footprints from the deck to the changing room. Normally that wouldn't be considered spooky, but the pool is no longer in use. No drownings were ever documented, but experts say the location allows ghosts from other realms to enter the Queen Mary.

Lady in White
The Queen's Salon (previously the First-Class lounge) is another place where many people have seen a certain ghost. A beautiful young woman, dressed in a fancy white evening gown, is often seen dancing by herself in the shadows. One time, a little girl on a tour pointed out a woman in white. Looking around, the tour guide didn't see anything. The little girl insisted and kept pointing to a corner of the room. The guide saw nothing and continued with the tour. The little girl kept repeating what she saw - one of several people to make the same claim.

The Playroom
The Third-Class children's playroom also has its own spooky story. Leigh Travers Smith died a few hours after being born. The ship's doctors did all they could to save him but failed. Late at night a baby's cry can be heard coming from the room that used to be the Third-Class children's playroom.

The front lounge to relax and visit ghosts maybe?




The Grey Ghost

The Queen Mary was painted a camouflage gray and transformed into a troopship and nicknamed "The Grey Ghost" during World War II. The Grey Ghost proved herself as an important member of the allied forces and Adolf Hitler offered a $250,000 reward and the Iron Cross to any submarine captain who could sink her. While performing a routine zigzag pattern, she sliced the British cruiser H.M.S. Curacao in half. Over 300 British soldiers went down with the Curacao. Forty years later, a television crew left their audio recorder running overnight in the exact location where the two ships have collided. As the tape played back the next day, incredible sounds of pounding could be heard. Others have claimed to hear voices and blood-curdling noises from the same area.