7. Queen Mary
Many people know the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach, California, simply as a hotel full of ghosts and strange energy. But at one time, this permanently docked ship, which has been turned into a hotel over the years, actually housed a rather morbid history, giving reason to the hauntings around the property.
When the Queen Mary first made its way into the water, it served America as an ocean liner in the year 1936. Whenever the war started, the vessel was turned into a troopship. The Queen Mary served its purpose over the years and eventually won a Blue Riband for crossing the North Atlantic so fast. But the years ticked by and the ship eventually went up for sale. In 1967, it was bought and finally arrived in California, December of that same year. It opened up as a hotel for the first time in 1972 with 150 rooms available to guests. The hotel continued to run until 1992 when the hotel was shut down. However in 1993, it re-opened and continues to function as a docked ship-hotel to this day.
What many people believe makes the hotel so haunted is the result of the accident the ship experienced during the second World War, when the Queen Mary struck its escort ship. 300 men drowned as a result and some people say that the screams and banging of the men can be heard in parts of the hotel. Also, it is rumored that one of the cooks in the kitchen was killed because his food wasn’t good enough. His body was found stuffed away in the oven and to this day, he haunts the kitchen. Some people who have worked in the kitchen have reported hearing screaming coming from the oven.
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