As some of you know, my friend, Runere McLain, is a paranormal investigator as well as a writer. I sent her this picture I took on the Queen Mary. A little girl named Jackie drowned in the first class/third class pool in the late 1930s. (First class used the pool until tea time when the water was drained and the pool refilled for third class- and then when they were done, it was drained and refilled again). When we were there, the room itself was not foggy or hazy but the lower part of the pool was full of this haze. Runere tells me that the circle at the end of the ladder is an orb. An orb is a ball of energy. I’ve read lots of articles about what orbs really represent and it is a fascinating subject. Some believe them just to be camera anomolies or dust. Others believe them to be manifestations of spiritual energy. What do you believe?
And for fun, here’s another shot (taken in the former engine room) with some orbs- Runere says the perfectly round ones are orbs but the ones with frayed edges are condensation from the metal most likely. Weird thing is, I took over 25 pictures on the pitch dark tour and these are the only ones with orbs. I can’t wait to see if my cousin/traveling companion got any on her shots.
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Jillian Chantal 
I love ghost stories. They are so much fun. Thanks for sharing the pics. 🙂
By: Ciara Knight on March 23, 2011
at 8:18 am
I love it too Ciara! Thanks for looking!
By: Jillian Chantal on March 23, 2011
at 8:34 am
I got the same haze in the pool… and tons of orbs in the engine room, among other rooms. I had MULTIPLE shots of the pool, in lots of different areas and angles, and they ALL had haze.
They used the Queen Mary in a war (can’t remember now which one), and they put injured and dying men in the drained pool. I’m sure many died in that pool.
By: Ashley Henry McCormick on August 10, 2012
at 11:14 pm
Ashley, they used the ship as a troop transport in world war II. And yeah, a lot of men died on the ship. A lot of people over the years did. Even many natural deaths. It’s a fascinating ship, isn’t it? I love that you got some great shots, too.
By: Jillian Chantal on August 11, 2012
at 6:09 am