Her execution ceremony has been seen re-enacted by spirits on Tower Green, Wagner writes. The Queen Mary . Now retired in the U.S., the luxury liner Queen Mary is a floating haunted house that's moored in the city of Long Beach. Purchased by the city in 1967, she's been transformed into a hotel. In the hallway of the pool's changing rooms is an area of unexplained activity.
Furniture moves about by itself, people feel the touch of unseen hands and unknown spirits appear.
The Whaley House . Built in 1857 by Thomas Whaley on land shared by a former cemetery, dozens of ghost sightings have been reported around the house. On a recent visit, I could feel the energy in several spots in the house, particularly in the courtroom, where I also smelled the faint scent of a cigar, supposedly Whaley's calling card. In the hallway, I smelled perfume, initially attributing that to the young woman acting as docent, but some later surreptitious sniffing in her direction as I talked to her about the house revealed her to be scent-free. Raynham Hall .