The Queen Mary

The engine room corridor leading to Door 13 is the most consistently reported location for paranormal phenomena on the ship. The heavy watertight door killed at least two crew members — including an 18-year-old during a door drill in 1966 — and investigators have since documented anomalous sounds and shadow figures in the corridor. Staff and guests arriving before other passengers have reported a figure in blue coveralls near the door before it opens to visitors.

The first-class swimming pool has generated the most public interest. Investigators have logged auditory phenomena — water sounds, laughter, footsteps in wet tile — in a pool that has held no water since the 1960s. A child, identified in recurring accounts as 'Jackie,' is most associated with the second-class pool. Paranormal investigator Cher Garman found no historical records of any drowning in either pool; the backstory attached to Jackie appears to have developed organically through successive investigations rather than from any documentary source.

Room B340 accumulated a reputation for cover-pulling and shadow figures standing at the foot of the bed. Investigation of the legend's origins found it likely dates to the Disney era of the 1980s and early 1990s, when cast members developed it as an entertainment piece. Despite this, the room remained closed for roughly 30 years before reopening on April 13, 2018.

The Queen's Salon produces recurring accounts of a dark-haired woman in a white evening gown seen dancing, then absent when observers approach. Additional reports describe a dark-haired man in 1930s attire in first-class staterooms and an infant's cry in the children's playroom.

The ship has accumulated more than 600 documented paranormal reports since opening as a hotel. It has appeared in multiple paranormal investigation television programs, which have contributed to and complicated the evidentiary record.