Is The Queen Mary REALLY Haunted??

Since I make videos about the RMS Queen Mary and her history, I get asked a lot if the ship is really haunted or if it's some kind of gimmick, the answer is yes. But it goes deeper than that, because technically speaking, there are no such thing as ghosts right? So why do so many people leave the ship feeling like they encountered the paranormal? Well this is my take on it. Happy Halloween!
NOTE: I am not an actual university-educated historian. "Alex the Historian" was a stage name created back in 2016 as a light-hearted reference to my Disneyland history content, and I never try to mislead people into thinking otherwise. The name has grown to become part of my channel, just like my hat has become part of my appearance. To change it now, so late in the game, would be detrimental to my channel.
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[@AlextheHistorian]

I can easily tell when ghost believers don't watch more than 3 minutes of the video, because they don't realize that towards the end of the video, I give reasons why the ship IS haunted and that I have seen a ghost on it.

[@fredflintstone7061]

I saw a red dress move from left to right and back again, while hanging in the shop one evening while ironically waiting for the Haunted tour at midnight. I would be happy to send you a photo of the dress hanging in the window.

[@steamerbv]

I had two distinct experiences. While working on the ship’s bow during the off season. I was standing at my post without a person in sight. I could see for a few hundred feet down prom deck and out on the bow. It had rained the night before. This always sends tons of tree branches and urban debris Dow the LA river. The ship was surrounded by debris that had worked its way through the rock wall. I thought to myself “it would sure be scary to fall into that”. Just as I was finishing this thought I heard a woman behind me saying “hello?” As if to ask my something. I turned to reply but no one was there anywhere. Again wide open deck with clear view. The voice sounded like she was right behind me. Hhmmmm? I was there another evening years after that having dinner with friends, after which we walked around enjoying the sites. We were very far forward in 3rd class areas when we headed down the main staircase when it felt like someone grabbed my right are very hard yanking it in a downward direction. My arm got very cold which caused it to ache the rest of the night. One of my friends had also been a tour guide who knew a lot of the ship’s history. He recalled a time when a woman fell down that staircase in rough weather killing her. Was she falling again and grabbing me in her fall? Lastly, while celebrating our anniversary overnight in the hotel, my wife woke early and decided to let me sleep and go walk Sun Deck. She saw a staircase leading to a small deck space on Sports Deck. A woman up there was looking down from the railing. My wife went up to check it out. When she reached the deck nobody was there. She had not passed the woman on the stairs and there was no door or other staircase. She thought for a moment and suddenly felt frightened which sent her hurrying back to our cabin to tell me the story. In my life I keep information in one of two categories. There is stuff I know and can show proof of accuracy. This I share with people as fact. There is also stuff I believe. I have no way of proving any of it but I believe it based on personal experience. This I will only share as belief, but not very often. I know what I experienced but would not assert it as fact.

[@Trucker001]

She is haunted. A family was also found strangled to death in one of her rooms I couldn't remember properly but I think that rooms were B37 or B34

[@fionawimber1028]

My biggest problem with the ghosts is how they take away from the ship's history. So I choose not to believe in them as long as she's marketed as a haunted hotel. I find it insulting!

[@AlextheHistorian]

@Lets Lego, a family was not strangled to death on the Queen Mary, that happened at their home. It is a common story that is incorrectly associated with the Queen Mary, that family were never even passengers on the ship, their grandmother was.

[@NorseNerdleMeister]

Not gonna lie, the QM is hella creepy in some areas, especially the hallways where the hotel rooms are. The ships sheer adds to the eerie effect.

[@AMHC19]

In 2013, whilenin highschool, my girlfriend and I escaped to the queen mary for a night. We stayed in a city view room and loved it. Between the tour we took, dinner across the marina at chillis, and me being a history gee, made that one of the specialist memories we have. 8 years later now, we tried taking our two kids this past Saturday to find it closed. It was so sad, I hope someone will step up and save the queen mary. Thank you for all you do bro! Just discovered your channel and your content is awesome

[@AlextheHistorian]

Thanks! Yeah the city is currently planning out the preservation work. They want to get the ship open sometime next year so it can start earning revenue again to help pay for the restoration. So hopefully it will.

[@davidadamsmusic]

It’s a beautiful ship. I have stayed overnight on the ship a couple of times and had an experience that could be interpreted as supernatural. However, it was in 1989 which is exactly when Disney started marketing that it was haunted. I have always suspected the crew but it was fun nonetheless. More importantly, it would be a shame if this ship fell into obscurity. The history, beauty, and grandeur would be missed.

[@talltelleroftales]

Hey, Alex. I was a former tour guide and Chief Officer in charge of overseeing the ghost stories told about the ship. My main role was research to learn what was true and what was legend. If you ever have any questions about the casualties that occurred on board (or about the ship in general), I would be happy to assist! P.S. I also worked at Disneyland for 10 years in the late '80s to late '90s. I'm sure we could swap stories!

[@AlextheHistorian]

Hey Chris, I've seen a few KZbin videos of tours you did aboard QM, and recognize your picture and name. Yeah I'm sure we both have quite a bit to share about our days at Disneyland. I'm curious to know what you thought of this video, and possibly if it differs from your experience or research. If you'd like, we can email: [e-mail]

[@moistsalt]

I'd love to know, why isn't there a ton of information on jackie?

[@talltelleroftales]

@@moistsalt because Jackie (Jacqueline Torin) was a name not found in the ship's records. Ghost hunter Peter James is the one who first spoke that name. If a little girl died on the ship, her name would have certainly been entered into the ship's logs, and there would be death certificated of hers independent of the ship. So far, none of these materials have been produced.

[@weserman7522]

As a person who truly believes in ghosts and spirits, I like how you word it in the end. There may or may not be ghost or spirits. but who knows if scientists might find proof of them one day? We will see. As much as I love ghost hunting i hate when people turn things that arent haunted into it being haunted for profit. Kind of disrespectful I will say. Hope queen mary has a bright future one day.

[@luk1416]

I think the Ship is haunted, but I hate when people always associate her with that. Queen Mary is so much more than a bunch of ghost stories.

[@AlextheHistorian]

Well said!

[@jamesholton2630]

This ocean liner does not appear in Disney's amphibia

[@PhotographyByDerek]

Water tight door #13 isn't the actual door. it was simply labeled #13 for the "Haunted" events. The actual door was totally removed, and yet, people claim to experience paranormal activity at that spot, simply because they pre-suppose that the spot is "haunted". It's all power of suggestion.

[@AlextheHistorian]

Yeah I wanted to mention that part too. There were so many things I wanted to say lol

[@amandac8458]

the curator of the boat has said that's the original door number

[@AlextheHistorian]

Curators of private collections/property are often told to say things. Look at the Winchester Mystery house, the curator KNOWS the true story behind the house, but they're forced by the property owners to perpetuate the spooky, completely fabricated explanation of the house's construction.

[@talltelleroftales]

Watertight door #13 is exactly where you see it. Nothing has been changed about it, except the size of the opening. You can find the location of the door matches the original blueprints.

[@steamerbv]

There have been many deaths aboard QM that gave rise to ghost stories. I've known people who claim to have had odd experiences they couldn't explain. I've had a couple myself. The stories they tell now did come from Disney. When I was a QM tour guide in the 70s we were told by management that even if we were not in uniform and not on board the ship, if we were caught stalking ghosts and QM we would be fired. Yes Disney imagineers did write the stories taking great liberties with existing stories. A fellow tour guide recalled stories near the first class swimming pool featuring a green mist the came from the dressing rooms in the aft section of the pool area . . . where off-duty guides would go to smoke pot on their breaks. He wrote a story that was published where he said, yes, there were such sitings in the pool, but we just called it cannabis. Good job telling the truth about ghosts and QM. BTW, Halloween in all of its iterations was good for about one third of the annual income there for several years through Shipwreck to Dark Harbor. by the Former Executive Director of the RMS Queen Mary Foundation and current President of the Steamship Historical Society of America, SoCal Chapter.

[@michaelnewell6385]

I have been onboard the Queen Mary twice. Once shooting a wedding video. Totally different ambience from a bygone era. Beautiful ship. All I can say is everyone is a skeptic until it happens to them.

[@BrancyCDA]

Excellent way of presenting the idea of how people possibly experience ghosts even when scientists cannot find (yet) a way to prove their existance. I have no idea what people's expereince of ghosts, but to discount their possiblity, considering how much we have discoovered about our world in the last 100 years that seemed impossible back when, I think it's pure folly to insist that another dimision could never exist. Thanks for another fun and informative video on the Queen!

[@justinpritt7897]

I had an experience with a Ghost or as i think i experienced was a Demon. Because everynight when i was still in High School; Kept hearing scratching in my Wall on random nights and everytime when i bang the wall, It'll stop. And when it happens i get up and tell my parents that i hear weird scratching noises coming from my wall. And what's weird is that when my dad or mom or my Grandma comes into my room; It'll stop in a instant. My Parents thought it was a small animal. But trust me when i say that it wasn't an animal. Every time when i bang the wall. There was no Animal Scurrying. So i kept ignoring it every night to get some sleep; And boy i was so dumb to do so. On some nights (Mainly on Weekends) I would wake up and down my shoulder straight my arm would be three claw marks. And when i heard the sounds again; I got up and told my grandma that it was happening again. So she grabbed a Cross Necklace and went into my room. And then; I kid you not! When she put it on a nail in my wall and said a prayer; The sounds stopped and i haven't heard it since then.

[@thepeculiarswede8617]

@@justinpritt7897 If your story is true you where extremely lucky that trick with the cross worked and didnt just make the demon go Amityville on you.

[@justinpritt7897]

@@thepeculiarswede8617 It really was true. Plus, I'm not the only one that experienced weird stuff in my home. When my grandma was still living with my grandpa. My mom and dad used to live down stairs's bedroom. But one day or i think night; They went to their bedroom. And as soon as they open the door. They heard someone say "Oh crap!". No one was in the house expect me, my sister and my parents.

[@thepeculiarswede8617]

@@justinpritt7897Are you afraid of using profanities on KZbin or did the demon really say "oh crap"? Im not in a position to disbelieve you but it sounds more like a rather naughty but Godfearing spirit than an actual demon.

[@justinpritt7897]

@@thepeculiarswede8617 I'm not really sure. When we first moved to the house. Our neighbor came by and told dad that one of the people that did the house's roof; Fell off from a ladder and died on impact of the sidewalk behind my now bedroom years ago. And not to mention that he also found a scroll some where on the land that he dug up; So i don't know how the house got haunted. Thankfully the demon was gone but i did expernce another ghost even a year ago. But i didn't get attcked but i felt a presence when our air conditioner wasn't working. My grandma went into my room to see if i was in there (Which i was) and she said that she saw someone wearing a red shirt; A few hours later i got up and went to the washroom to get some clothes to take a shower. And i kid you not; From behind me i felt cold but it wasn't evil or anything like that, But boy when i felt that, i quickly got my clothes and got the hell outta there and went straight to the bathroom!

[@thesnapple306]

I remember seeing a segment about Queen Mary being haunted on a episode of unsolved mysteries it was pretty interesting segment.

[@HistoricTravels]

Excellent video

[@AlextheHistorian]

Thanks!

[@ajgamers9283]

Bro it's historic travels

[@julesnemo444]

Alex, this is one of your best videos ever. You are an artist and an intellectual. your love for this ship also tells a lot. Thanks for sharing this passion.

[@krikri5020]

Really cool that you touched on occult and spiritual concepts in this video, more diverse content!

[@JaimeExploring]

Disney with the Haunted Idea sounds about right

[@TheAtlantaRailfan]

When I went on the queen Mary I had not heard any of the ghost stories, but the ship does have a creepy vibe to it.

[@Kaidhicksii]

Finally got around to finishing this. Once again, you have quite the bank of knowledge on the Queen Mary and Disney, and I learned a couple of new things today. I should've known that Disneyland and other companies later on would've made up fictional ghost stories about the Mary to draw attention, and the dark matter theory is quite intriguing indeed. As one who has never been a believer in parallel dimensions, it provides some more food for thought on that matter. I will conclude with this. While the experiences of others on KZbin do provide compelling evidence that there may be ghosts aboard the ship, not to mention the several stories throughout her service life in peace and war, I have never been on the Queen Mary, so I cannot say definitively as to whether or not she is haunted. That said, do ghosts exist? Oh yes, they do. My evidence of this dates back a few short years ago, 2018 at the latest. I was in my bedroom on the third floor of my house. To give an accurate depiction of the environment, my condition, and the ensuing event, I share this room with my younger brother. My bed is on the right of the room, closest to the exiting door, while his is on the left, closest to the window. In front of my bed is a large chest of drawers with a heating lamp on the far left, as well as additional items that have since accumulated on it. There is nothing that dangles over the edge however. The drawers face away from my bed, towards the middle of the room. As for my bed, it is fairly neat if I do say so myself for a teenage boy. The only things that stick up from the ground are a paper totem pole that I made back in elementary school, which I have since removed and placed under the bed with everything else, and two wooden pillars that adorn the corners of the bed. The tent that I have on the bed today, which provides extra shade and privacy for sleeping, was not something I had at that time. I was laying down in the plain open, my legs and feet above the sheets as I was a bit warm that night. Additionally, I was also restless and a bit itchy, tossing and turning back and forth and sometimes scratching the occasional itch. Lastly, my brother was in my mother's room on the other side of the hallway that night, sound asleep, and I saw him leave at the time. I was all alone. I had just finished rolling back into a straight, standard sleeping position - back on the bed, legs straight and facing the front edge of the bed, laying in the middle - when I was scratched on my left foot. Now to get an idea as to what this sensation was like, it was the equivalent to giving someone a handshake, and then that person pulls a prank on you by scratching the palm of your hand. That was exactly what this sensation felt like: as if someone used their fingernail to slowly but deliberately scratch down the sole of my foot. At that, I immediately froze. No more tossing, no more turning, no more scratching, no more breathing. My eyes were also closed when this happened, so I didn't see anything. Needless to say they stayed closed, and I remained like this for about 5 minutes, before finally working up the nerve to open my eyes and move my legs. I want to emphasize one more time that there was no one and no thing in that room at that time that could've possibly done that. There was nothing dangling from my drawer like I said, and my totem pole was tucked in the far right corner between my bed and drawer, to where I'd have to deliberately stretch my leg to reach it. My foot did not graze the wooden pillars of the bed; otherwise I would've received a distinct and obvious rubbing sensation instead of a scratch. It could not have possibly been an itch either. The difference between an itch and a scratch is that an itch is a tingling sensation. It gradually comes up, and you might not notice it at first until it becomes a lot more obvious and irritable. You either have to scratch it to get rid of it, or wait it out until it eventually goes away. It isn't like a freak wave in that it comes up and leaves you in mere seconds. With a scratch, it is a much more solid feeling that only a physical object can make, whether it's something you've done yourself or if someone else has done it. It can travel any part and any distance of your body, and it can take as long or as short as it wants to go away, depending on the situation. That is the exact sensation I felt on my foot: it wasn't any mere itch. Lastly, the only person who could've possibly been responsible for this act was my younger brother. He is the kind of person who would do and does this kind of stuff, long story short. Yet again, I saw him leave our room with my own eyes. Furthermore, after I scampered out of my bed and ran to my mother's room, he was right there, sound asleep. If he were the one to scratch my foot, I would've known. I'd have either heard him, seen that he was still awake in my mother's bed, or even recognized the sensation of his finger scratching my foot. And he would've admitted it. To this day, he still denies that he ever did that. Normally if he did something, he will admit it, whether it's the moment after or some time later. And I believe him for all of the reasons that I listed above. This is just one of several stories that myself and my family have had with ghost encounters, stories which I will not delve into unless asked, lest I write another essay or fail to give an accurate recreation of what happened. You can take this with a grain of salt. Like you said, something can happen to one person, but it didn't happen to others. I am just a complete stranger who comments on your videos. You haven't any idea who I am, and thus no way of knowing whether I'm legit or not. I have no way of proving this happened to me besides my good word, and these days it's a bit hard to take a person's word. And that's fine. But I know what happened to me that night. The last bit of doubt I have that I was touched by a ghost that night is through my own doubt, where I try to come up with a logical explanation such as those I have listed above. Maybe, since I was still tired when this happened - it was roughly the middle of the night - I might've felt an itch, but mistook it for something else. But every fiber in my body and consciousness tells me otherwise. And I don't heavily discount such possibilities unless I know for an absolute fact what happened. If I can leave you with anything to make up your own minds on the legitimacy of my story, it can only be my good word. While I may not have the proof to show you that this happened, one thing about me is that I am a man of few words, contrary to what you see of me here online. Things like this I will not say, unless I know for a fact as to what happened.

[@Sarasdad91]

No the Queen Mary is not Haunted. I know this, because for years and years it was like a 2nd home to me, I even knew many of the staff working there, and never did I hear word of a single haunting. I'd like to add, I have respect for Alex and his videos, but only stating my experiences on Queen Mary, which was back just a few years after arriving in Long Beach. I spent many years visiting the grand old lady.

[@grneal26]

Did you work there?

[@user-gj1ld4uw9v]

I agree. I've been on the ship many times looking for ghost activity and did not find anything.

[@hattershouse710]

I stayed overnight one time. Within 20 minutes of checking in I experienced 2 unexplained occurrences.

[@Sarasdad91]

@@grneal26 No but I hung out there almost every weekend and would help out the staff for free just so i could be there, and I've been all over the ship un-countless times.

[@stratostatic]

My father and I saw something with our own eyes on the ship. I think it had to be a ghost, normal people don't pass thru walls. My dad, who doesn't believe in ghosts, refuses to speak of it. This was a couple years before the haunted ship promotions.

[@the4tierbridge]

And you can prove this how?

[@stratostatic]

No proof required.

[@Science_Fiction13]

@@the4tierbridge there are things you can't explain

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Science_Fiction13 As in, you can prove this encounter happened.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@randomuser0483 "Pics or it didn't happen".

[@tylerfrederick246]

Alex The Historian. I knew from the moment I saw your Queen Mary videos that you had a cool name. Now, I think it's Way Past Cool! This video is very educational and eye opening. I can't believe the Disney company would dare to milk money off a great Queen by telling the public she's haunted. What were they thinking? I know Walt Disney would be disgusted. I'm beginning to doubt if she's haunted at all, though some of the things that happened to me on the ship were real. You're awesome Alex!

[@jetsons101]

Can't wait till the Queen Mary opens again. We were there a few weeks ago to get some close-up pic's but we got the boot from security. Thank to Alex for his great videos......

[@grneal26]

I don't think it ever will again. The price to restore is astronomical. $300 million is on the low end.

[@davidmariarivas]

Love it Alex!!! Your Disneyland hotel video is awesome also!!!

[@joeyserna2605]

Last time I was at the queen Mary we were in a big room and I swear there was a shadow that went through a wall. It was really creepy

[@MrPh30]

Have you seen the XFiles episode about the old cruiseliner turning up against after 50 years, not a haunted episode but a very good homage to many good a spy and war movie and lot of humor mixed in.

[@AlextheHistorian]

I haven't, actually but it sounds cool

[@MrPh30]

Its one of them best of them all,and for oceanliner devotee its a must.

[@chrisjeffries2322]

Thank you Alex, I love everything you do.

[@samuelroseberry2976]

Once again, new facts I never new about the Queen Mary I never new and keep up the good work Alex!

[@davew5383]

My Mother took me to stay on the Queen Mary for the weekend on my birthday when I was a teenager back in 1986, because since the age of 11 years old I became interested in the Titanic after watching the movie "Raise the Titanic" back in 1980 before the Titanic was found. We went on the tour and on the tour the tour guide took us into one of the pool areas and did tell us about the tragic event of the little girl and told us about her still being seen or heard there, I can't fully remember. I have never been the most observant person, but I have been on the Queen Mary many times over the years walking the decks and taking the tours, even the tour of the Titanic exhibit that they had on board the ship and after all that including staying aboard the ship for the weekend of my birthday as a teenager, I can very honestly tell you that I have never heard, seen or felt anything strange or spooky aboard that ship, I have always enjoyed every moment of walking along her decks with a sort of feeling of being able to experience a bit of the past.

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

I work in a 120 year old hotel, it can be creepy sometimes, but it’s always important to honor the past of any place. And embrace what is there and what isint.

[@MrTwenty6point2]

whats the hotel?

[@Science_Fiction13]

I know it isn't related to the Queen Mary, but I did have experience with the paranormal. Basically I was on the USS Midway in San Diego around July 2013. At the time it was a self guided tour. During the tour, I walked into the sick bay or the hospital of the ship. When I walked in, it was cool like 60°F. As I walked passed one of the beds, it got real cold as in freezer temperatures. I literally started bolting out of there, and when I did that the air was 60°F. When I went back to the spot, no freezing temperatures. I asked the staff and was told that at some point in it's service some died in the sick bay. Either I felt a dead person's presence or someone that was sick on the ship. Only the Lord knows.

[@the4tierbridge]

Or maybe the aircraft carrier with no air conditioning besides vents was acting up?

[@Science_Fiction13]

@@the4tierbridge it has ac. The beds around it were cool but that one bed I was at was freezing cold.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Science_Fiction13 Ok? And? Was there a vent near by? A duct? Some ice?

[@Science_Fiction13]

@@the4tierbridge no vent, no duct and no ice. There are things you can't explain. Also the time for me to walk out and and walk back to the spot was about 15-25 seconds. Now explain how a freezing temperature in a small spot went from freezing cold to cool in matter of seconds, with no vents ice or ducts

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Science_Fiction13 You said there was A/C, so it must have been flowing air.

[@fredflintstone7061]

I am a skeptic, I stayed on the Queen Mary, but I assure you, I saw a red dress in the window of the ship move left to right and back again. My friend who was with me also saw it. This is the only time in m life I can say that I actually saw something paranormal. Was the dress rigged ? I don't know, but it certainly didn't look like it. I have a photo of the shop window with the dress.

[@Trucker001]

Thanks for doing my request!!

[@TheGozalus]

Or...MAYBE the ship WAS haunted at some point in the past, but is not haunted ANYMORE because most people who have some knowledge of paranormal occurrences understand that hauntings don't last forever.

[@AlextheHistorian]

I think its still haunted. I saw a ghost on it back in 2020, and people in recent years have still experienced paranormal phenomenon.

[@jenniferlevine5406]

It's so nice to see the beautiful spaces of this ship in your video. You tell a great story in a wonderful way. Thanks so much!

[@AlextheHistorian]

Thanks!

[@will-qw1tk]

I didn’t know the queen mary was haunted, I remember being on the ship first time and when we were booking in I loooked at the sign that said about a girl sitting down on the piano chair and the piano started playing by itself.

[@Anubis81]

Once I took my friend who just moved to town to an old abandoned house . I made up a story about a double murder that occured in the house. During multiple visits my friend felt a "presence" and brought a ouija board and found out the names of the ghosts. That house was my old kindergarten and one of the happiest places I know. When I told my friend, they weren't happy but eventualy came to understand what our mind can do if we will ourselves to believe something.

[@iroserena]

I remember going to the Queen Mary when I was around 10-11 years old. We were on the main deck where everyone else was and we were near the hospital room. I saw a man in a fancy black suit with a hat and I watched him walk across the deck and into the hospital/quarantine room? Then my family and I decided to go in and look at the room too so we walked in and the man was gone. From what I remember the room only had one way in and one way out. I still remember it like it was yesterday, I was so mesmerized by his outfit that I remembered it very well. I'm not sure if he was an apparition or spirit or just a nicely dressed person enjoying their day out but he sure did look old fashioned.

[@ronaldmiller2740]

THANKS AGAIN CPT.ALEX.. I THOUGHT I WOULD WATCH THIS VIDEO AGAIN!!!! CHEERS..

[@johnfranklin5277]

2 days after my mother died, and yes I was in deep grief. Around 11 pm, I was just starting to undress, I suddenly heard my mother, very loudly shout my name! I literally jumped, and about 2 or 3 seconds again, she shouted my name. I was very shaken, and somewhat frightened..but that was all. It never happened again. I will say, it wasn't like a thought, but very much seemed to come from my ears, just normal hearing. I think, she just wanted to let me know that death is not the end, and that all though no longer in human form, her spirit lives on, and knows I'm her son.

[@AlextheHistorian]

That is a very touching story. I think that somehow, our family members are able to visit or communicate after death.

[@johnfranklin5277]

@@AlextheHistorian yes, I believe that now. And Alex, She loved going to visit the queen Mary. Last time I took her she was 87, and thoughoughly enjoyed it. Yes she remembered when it was doing troop service, she also worked in a factory in Los Angeles to build war airplanes.

[@ThomasGrillo]

A very interesting perspective. Thanks.

[@theseek7278]

I definitely believe it is haunted. But I’m open to the view that people made it haunted or made it “more” haunted than it already was because of their belief that it is haunted. Probably attracted a lot of spirits to go there. During the day time I went to the bathroom in the front of the ship and I saw a man in a suit come out of the stall. I looked directly at him through the mirror and he was gone.

[@vincentstrack4933]

When they rammed the HMS Hawke the Queen Mary was under orders to the stop for survivors. I can't remember how long most of them were in the water until it rescue ship got there. If I remember how it happened one of the ships was on a straight direct course to Port and the other had to zigzag. In one of the turns for the zig zag the ship which might have been Hawke that's from the ship got in the way of the Queen Mary.

[@AlextheHistorian]

It was the HMS Curacoa

[@vincentstrack4933]

@@AlextheHistorian oh, not the Hawke? I really thought that was the name. Rats, I wonder where I got the name. I'm going to have to look up that ship name to figure out why that sounded so familiar to me.

[@vincentstrack4933]

@@AlextheHistorian I found it. I'm interested in Titanic history and her sister ship the Olympic hit the Hawke. I got two ocean liners mixed up. I need more sleep sorry about that.

[@aftoery]

The bloody Mary’s always creeped me out

[@jameshinton-howard6778]

Thank you for your well grounded views on this topic, Alex. I have been to the Queen Mary a number of times, even a private tour with a well-known psychic. I always shake my head when people think of the Queen Mary as only a 'haunted ship'. The Queen Mary has so much rich history and art deco that also needs to be appreciated. I've witnessed people seeing a ghost in everything, from lights flickering to a face that is no more than a pattern in the wood paneling. The psychic I was with many years ago told me that room B340 was not haunted. He never felt anything there and it was a gimmick started by Disney. He did however tell me that Jackie was a true ghost that came from the second class swimming pool and now resided in the first class pool area. I have heard incredible audio from video in the first class swimming pool area of a little girl. I do have an open mind about that one. My understanding is that not all deaths were recorded on the Queen Mary. I do see in your own recent video that you and your videographer captured a whispery voice and a moving orb spotted at the door at the same time which you believe to be ghostly in origin. I have also known techie people who did network wiring on the Queen Mary late at night that heard disembodied voices. So, yes I think The Queen Mary could be haunted but it is also overly sensationalized and most of the time you will never experience anything out of the ordinary if you visit.

[@lauri-jeancarlson8476]

queen Mary haunted during halloween

[@briancalifornia1]

I went on a ghost tour on the Queenmary and didn't experience anything

[@amandac8458]

The fact that it was owned by disney makes me believe its not haunted at all

[@AlextheHistorian]

Well it was leased by Disney, owned by Long Beach, but I get what you mean. Yeah Disney made up all the big scary stories that are told on tours, but I'm more inclined to believe in the smaller, more common stories of seeing shadow figures, taps on the shoulder, disembodied voices, etc. There's a video that has nothing to do with ghost hunting, it's just a guy doing a silent walk through of the ship. Suddenly a cabinet door unlocks and opens. He gets a little spooked and walks away from it. He told me himself that it took him by surprise. Normally I wouldn't think anything of a cabinet door suddenly opening, due to the ship's design, gravity can open or close doors...but in this particular area of the ship, the door would be prone to closing, not opening. And the latch is designed to hold during rough weather at sea...so it was a pretty interesting video capture.

[@phatboy94]

Great video 👍🏽

[@danwilson9530]

I’ve stayed aboard the QM twice in recent years and saw MANY spirits while there. Oddly they were all located in the First Class Lounge/Observation bar. I indulged in many. That was a treat. But in all seriousness, do I believe the QM is haunted? Yes. Do I believe she’s as haunted as the lease holders want me to believe she is? Not even close. Fantastic video.

[@Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101]

Remember Alex, you said when you go to the Queen, I wanna try and see if she's haunted. So please allow me to do some investigating with ya.

[@AlextheHistorian]

Of course, I can't go without you, it wouldn't be as much fun!

[@Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101]

@@AlextheHistorian AAAWWWWW!!! It hasn't been the same for me either when I went to Disneyland on July 17th without you, felt like a piece of my life was missing

[@Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101]

You want something from me? You're gonna feed me to those ghost aren't ya?

[@AlextheHistorian]

The spirits are calling you to visit them on the Queen Mary, they've all been dying to meet you.

[@Eric_Ramirez_Gaming_101]

@@AlextheHistorian Well, I've been dying to meet them to. Do they give out Death Certificates?

[@369284ab]

So the ghost cam they used to have in that exact pool was a scam, too? Speaking of, whatever happened to that ghost cam?

[@nanotech1921]

Now that I know Disney owned the Queen Mary, I demand to hear “grim grinning ghosts” on that ship lmao

[@AlextheHistorian]

They leased it from Long Beach, not owned it. :)

[@nanotech1921]

@@AlextheHistorian oh…well still

[@Roger-hp1yg]

Haunted or not the Queen Mary is still an awesome looking ship ! Thanks for the video.

[@AlextheHistorian]

You're welcome!

[@forestghost7]

I TRAVELED on this ship 2x ages 6,7 at very end of her service. I had free run of almost the entire ship ... no ghosts at all, but the whole ship was a ghostly creaking empty thing.

[@joek5882]

I have stayed on board several times and, as an ocean liner nerd, spent much of that time wandering around late at night in spaces I wasn't supposed to be in. I have never experienced anything paranormal. BTW...the Ghost Hunters exposed the then management of the ship claiming it to be haunted as abject liars. I love this ship...but she's just not haunted. 🤷‍♂️

[@Saddletramp1200]

Just because you can't see it, don't mean it's not there. 😎

[@kirkmanning6232]

What nobody talks about is the fact that while transporting thousands of German & Italian POW’s to the states and Canada, hundreds of them died. Most succumbed to their injuries in the sweltering heat below decks in transit from Africa and the meddle east! Hundreds!

[@airtiki2374]

very well narrated..i had a weird experience during a walk down one of the long halls of seeing someone then not seeing them and i didnt hear a door open....weird..haunted maze wont be the same w/o the village

[@chefdan8661]

Growing up in Cypress, oc cal. We'd go for a field trip. 2 places I had to leave immediately. 1. The pool. 2 the engine room. I had every cell of my being want to leave. Now I'm older and I realize what happened and that there are 2 pools etc but I know what I felt and I've known that feeling many times. Oh and Hi Alex And the funny thing I just thought of is the running water in the bathroom in the Disney hotel, heard the footsteps but never saw a person. Didn't realize that place had anything going on there, until you mentioned it.

[@awp2902]

After my dad and my grandmother died in 2016 my entire family gotten a lot of signs from them. Other day me and my mom we're talking about my dad out the blue one of his favorite songs came on

[@user-gj1ld4uw9v]

I've been on the Queen Mary many times looking for ghosts. I didn't find any activity anywhere, including the places covered on the haunted tour.

[@christopherorrante289]

Back in 2011 my mom had a camcorder and was taking pictures of the supposed haunted parts. She said she saw a man wearing a blue suit with a hat on standing on the side of the door to leave the boiler room area but he didn't say anything and looked very out of place and was just standing there by himself. When she took a photo before leaving you can see a man standing there but you could see through him the wall and the door and he was wearing what looked like a blue suit and a hat. When we left that part of the ship, she didn't see him at all after that. Of course it could probably be explained but it was weird the photo and what she said she saw and we've only been on the ship 2 times.

[@BCrouts06]

Love the vid! Just subscribed! Since you were a cast member at Disneyland I had a question, how come Disneyland is a little secretive when it comes to ride breakdowns. Like last time I was there I asked why a particular ride was broken and the CMs at the front said they didn’t know, even though I literally saw Maintenance working on it when they could’ve asked. I guess simply, why doesn’t Disney give guests a more informative reason why it isn’t working rather than I don’t know. Also, do you think Dark Harbor will ever come back? I know the third party who ran it said they weren’t gonna do it anymore. Thanks.

[@AlextheHistorian]

As Cast Members we are simply told not to divulge information about ride break-downs. When you think about it, nobody really needs to know why. All you need to know is the ride is down. And telling them only helps spread information about the condition of the ride systems, which can be detrimental to the ride or the park. As for Dark Harbor, I don't think it will, and I hope not. There has been video online showing the old fire-hazard haunt maze was finally removed from inside the ship.

[@BCrouts06]

@@AlextheHistorian Thanks for the info!

[@BCrouts06]

Also, I have a follow up question. What if I just happen to see one of the mechanics walking out of the ride after they fixed the issue, am I welcome to ask him or her what was wrong with it?

[@AlextheHistorian]

They're not likely to tell you.

[@Flavum]

Betteridge's law (of headlines) is an adage that states "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

[@dhotnessmcawesome9747]

1st, liked the vid. Second: So, not even kidding... Yesterday I was a bit tired and hadn't had as much sugars or caffeine as I'm used to. Long story short... I was certain I kept seeing a wolf following me out of the corner of my left eye frequently. I promise... There was no wolf. Not where I was. The problem... Was that I'd had too little Coke and I have a SERIOUS Coke (yes, Coke A Cola) habit I'm trying to kick... hence the too little sugars and any other uppers. Basically... I was having hallucinations due to drug withdrawals that happen from that particular combo. How was your diet that day? You've got the right idea though... YOU can't explain it. Nobody may EVER be able to explain what YOU saw at THAT time. It was probably a sign you hadn't something you're used to so you're senses have you extra on edge to keep you safe while in a "strange place" which is also where paranoia comes from. Those who freak out... had ancestors who survives some bad juju. Spooky it isn't. Wait... Was that a wolf again? I... Should go.

[@drixcuz6695]

I am a housekeeping at the queen mary and I’ve actually cleaned the room b340 and let me tell you. The door closed by itself and was locked shut but the door was not locked.

[@Lalo6169]

Wow, that’s incredible. Have you had any more ghostly encounters any more stories you can tell us ?? I was just recently there for a ghost tour with my girlfriend and we felt high energy. You could feel different things in certain areas.

[@James-4812]

The thing I don't understand is that you can have a lot of people who will tell you the same story about a haunting, ghost or whatever, but they say it in such a way that is convincing and it makes you wonder why they have any reason to lie about it? I mean, why would you make up a story, even if you gain literally nothing from it? It just doesn't make any sense.

[@AlextheHistorian]

I dont know, but sometimes multiple people over the course of time will claim they see the same things in an area where a ghost has no reason to be. Like the girl Jackie for instance, she was totally made up, but people claim they knew nothing about her until after they saw her ghost, but no young girl ever died on the ship. There were I think 2 infant deaths and a few elderly female deaths, but not young girls. It makes me think the people who claim they saw Jackie before they learned about her, aren't being 100% honest.

[@James-4812]

@@AlextheHistorian Yeah, it sickens me when people make stuff up. The way I see it is, if you know you're talking bullshit, then you have no choice but to accept that you're insane. Otherwise, if you really think you are seeing things (whether they're there or not) then either, you really are seeing them or you're hallucinating which doesn't mean you're insane.

[@bh6344]

Your explanation of dark matter made me a subscriber.

[@gridley]

I wish the paranormal or so-called ghosts didn't exist, particularly for locations like the QM. "Spookiness" probably hurts the QM more than helps it. I read a person saying when she worked on the ship, room B340 was used as an office. She sort of dismissed the idea it was haunted, which made me go a-ha! & feel relieved (I'm looking at you, Disney). But she also said on one occasion the coffee maker in the room apparently did a poltergeist routine. Don't know how honest or accurate she is, but the metal placard for room B340 being pulled out & left missing because of vandalism can be traced to real-life demons. Also the jerks who through the decades have ripped off or ruined historic valuables belonging to the QM

[@diegosilang4823]

I visited the Qeen Mary back in 2018 and took the "scary" tour and we cam all the way to the bow section of the ship of a haunting involving a dead crew of the British destroyer got sliced in half during WWII.

[@bart7309]

If she is the ghosts were more afraid of me than me being afraid of them. During my stay i decided to explore a little bit on my own. All by myself at two o clock in the morning I've been in places one is most definitely not allowed to be. Strolling through lounges and staircases, crew corridors abandoned kitchens and even the pool. (Yes it is possible and no I'm not telling anyone) No cameras, no security, no locks and no ghosts. The most scary thing is the bill. But most definitely worth it

[@brick6347]

I live in a city in Eastern Europe. A few years ago a British psychic came to stay with me, and she went around town looking for ghosts. In the main market square, which is made up of houses from the 16th century, she saw lots of spirits. Later that day I took her down a modern street a few km away. It's a typical dull 20th century suburb: big wide road, a Circle K, Leclerc supermarket, and a few hideously ugly cement tower blocks from the communist era. She saw nothing. The thing is, that modern area was built over the obliterated ruins of the Jewish Quarter, which was razed to the ground in the 1940s. There was also a hanging site where Polish dissidents would be executed. In total, about 25,000 people were murdered in that area, though there's no sign of it today apart from a bronze plaque. My point being, she saw ghosts where she expected to see them. When she could sense she was in an ancient market square all the stories of witch burnings and beheadings and lepers etc. we're familiar with from the past came out. When she was in a typical modern suburb none of those cues existed. I think the Queen Mary, and places like her, are full of cues. I am not saying that ghosts don't exist, perhaps we need those cues to tune us in to them? I just found it an interesting that the psychic saw nothing in a place you'd logically expect to be very, very haunted.

[@AaronShenghao]

The best way to test and see if some place is haunted is not tell people visiting it’s haunted. Human have a nasty tendency to see pareidolia, which is one of the explanation of supposed “haunting”. Making something that isn’t a face at all looking like a face in 0.1 seconds. Human also experience other things like DejaVu and confirmation bias, hence if you tell someone something is haunted, they will start to see/experience haunting phenomenas.

[@AlextheHistorian]

Well said!

[@rlrober]

When I stayed on the Queen Mary a few years ago......there were "actors" walking around in period clothing....but the front desk didn't know who they were..... As we would walk around....they would just appear.....then walk past us without acknowledging us then walk around a corner and were gone In a way it was funny....but very creepy.

[@MarioLoco03]

Haunted and science in the same sentence is crazy

[@AlextheHistorian]

A lot of phenomena in this world is thought of as impossible until science eventually proves it. It's only a matter of time until we develop methods and technology to prove there is something that visits us from beyond.

[@raiwserkoopa2221]

i have experienced the paranormal. things i cannot explain. so i definitely know for a fact that there is something. after all, all living things are energy

[@Samuel-zl7yw]

I love how you did this video seeming not biased. The only ghost I believe in is the Holy Ghost 😁

[@Kerbal18]

If you are walking in a dark area that you've been told was haunted time and time again, even if you think you don't believe it, you're mind will always have some doubt. Your brain will just make stuff up sometimes.

[@MRnarumaki]

I will love the queen of the ocean. As a 13 year old I have a certain place in my heart for the queen❤️ no matter how far gone the reputation has went… I will always have the memory of this magnificent vessel the first time I saw it 4 years ago… I am a true ocean liner lover like no other.

[@timc2346]

Always get a kick out of scratches magically appearing I often wake up with scratches called Eczama.🙂 I agree perception is everything! I belive overlaps in time is possible.

[@danielx40]

I use to hide behind those engine room tubes scaring people.

[@TheTrue22]

0:01 I was on that cruise ship definitely enjoyed it!

[@maggiehernandez3827]

There is also a sealed record from when it was a transport ship when allegedly Jackie was one of the passengers. I’ve seen Jackie before when I visited

[@ErikVince]

What is with that submarine next to the Queen Mary

[@randalalansmith9883]

There was an actor playing a ghost on the Queen Mary tour c. 1980.

[@lejonfo]

I never been but I have heard stories and I want to go.

[@davew5383]

I just gave a Thumbs up to this video and the number went to 666... I hope that nothing spooky happens🤔 Great Video and Very interesting🙂👍

[@AlextheHistorian]

You have unlocked the demon realm

[@jamesparson]

No But it does help sell tickets in October

[@zazoreal5536]

See this is what I like....I like Ghost hunting and I believe ghosts are real...I have seen the real deal myself. But most of the ghost hunting shows these days only do it for entertainment. Playing scary music instead of completely focusing on Audio.

[@grneal26]

So sad that this ship might be sunk or taken apart.

[@AlextheHistorian]

Neither will happen, because that is too expensive. It's currently undergoing preservation.

[@grneal26]

@@AlextheHistorian that is awesome! I wish it was available to stay in right now. My wife and I are cruising with Carnival on Dec. 11 and wanted to stay there. Love your videos.

[@ste7en777]

Yes

[@jamesholton2630]

It’s a shame that the queen Mary wasn’t featured in the Disney animated television series amphibia

[@gutblown]

Hey Alex

[@nanotech1921]

So yes it could be haunted but disney essentially blasted the haunted name out of the water and amplified it

[@runawaysmudger7181]

Well...it might be Disney's corporate meddling that ultimately tarnished her legacy and turned her into a gimmicky attraction. But given the monstrous amount of troop she ferried back and forth the war theaters I guess I wouldn't be surprised if there's actually something inside her hull

[@user-ff1ur2er4n]

i was on the qeen mary and my mom was like why is it so bent???? i was like bro...

[@warthunderclipper]

It wasn’t room 340, but actually they were strangled in Room B474.

[@AlextheHistorian]

But the thing is, there was never anyone strangled aboard the ship. The man who murdered his family did it in England at their home. They were never even booked on Queen Mary, they had nothing to do with the ship.

[@johnwalters4792]

I believe there is more than just science.

[@boatymcboatface1492]

do you think the wreck of the rms titanic is huntanded by the 1500 people lost on the 14th of april 1912 but i think mabey the wreck is huntaned oh i like your stories alex but you said that a third class passenger passes away on one trip to ethire new york or southhampton and thats it

[@Neptune997]

I’m clairvoyant, went through watertight door #13 & room 304B, I didn’t feel anything. Sorry 👻 ghost hunters.