Episode 64
The Ship That Won't Let Go, Night 2 of 7 Nights of Terror
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- The RMS Queen Mary, launched in 1934, served as a Second World War troopship painted grey and nicknamed the Grey Ghost; she carried more than 15,000 soldiers per crossing.
- On October 2, 1942, zigzagging to evade U-boats off the Irish coast, she sliced the escort cruiser HMS Curacoa in two; more than 300 sailors died.
- Retired in 1967, she was bought by Long Beach, California, and opened as a hotel and museum in 1971.
- Stateroom B340 carries guest complaints logged in the ship's own records from the final 1967 voyage: knocking at night, lights switching on and off, and bedding pulled from sleepers. She sailed her last voyage on October 31, 1967.
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Episode 64 case file
The facts
- The RMS Queen Mary, launched in 1934, served as a Second World War troopship painted grey and nicknamed the Grey Ghost; she carried more than 15,000 soldiers per crossing.
- On October 2, 1942, zigzagging to evade U-boats off the Irish coast, she sliced the escort cruiser HMS Curacoa in two; more than 300 sailors died.
- Retired in 1967, she was bought by Long Beach, California, and opened as a hotel and museum in 1971.
- Stateroom B340 carries guest complaints logged in the ship's own records from the final 1967 voyage: knocking at night, lights switching on and off, and bedding pulled from sleepers. She sailed her last voyage on October 31, 1967.
The evidence
- On October 2, 1942, zigzagging to evade U-boats off the Irish coast, she sliced the escort cruiser HMS Curacoa in two; more than 300 sailors died.
- Retired in 1967, she was bought by Long Beach, California, and opened as a hotel and museum in 1971.
- Stateroom B340 carries guest complaints logged in the ship's own records from the final 1967 voyage: knocking at night, lights switching on and off, and bedding pulled from sleepers. She sailed her last voyage on October 31, 1967.
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Transcript
EP64: The Ship That Won't Let Go, Night 2 of 7 Nights of Terror
A grey ghost sliced a warship in two.
She was the Queen Mary, launched in nineteen thirty four. Painted grey for war, the Grey Ghost carried more than fifteen thousand soldiers per crossing.
On October second, nineteen forty two, zigzagging from U-boats, she cut the cruiser Curacoa in two off the Irish coast. More than three hundred sailors died.
Retired in nineteen sixty seven, she opened as a Long Beach hotel in nineteen seventy one.
In stateroom B three forty, the log records knocking at night, lights switching on and off, bedding pulled from sleepers. The knocking never stopped.
She sailed her last voyage on October thirty first, nineteen sixty seven. Leave a comment in the comment section if you would sleep in stateroom B three forty tonight. Follow for a new true nightmare every day. Sleep with the lights on, if you can.
Dramatized for the telling. The facts above are documented; the narration is the Draugr’s retelling of them.
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