From
the U.S.S. Salem Ghost Hunters Episode - October 7, 2009
Case # 1: Quincy, Massachusetts
This week the team travels to Massachusetts to investigate the USS
Salem. The heavy cruiser ship was built in 1945 toward the end of
WWII. Presently, volunteers and crew members claim they've seen
full-bodied apparitions and heard voices throughout the vessel.
The investigation begins in the anchor room where John, an elderly
volunteer, was found dead. Always a happy helper, John's spirit
reportedly still lives on in this room and offers tours to anyone
aboard the ship. Ghost Hunters Jason and Grant conduct an EVP
session in the area and quickly find out that they are not alone.
The two hunters hear footsteps and faint voices around them. So it
seems that John—or another entity has claimed the anchor room as
their space.
Meanwhile, Joe Chin, from the Ghost Hunters International team, and
Amy analyze the operating/birthing room where volunteers say they've
heard a woman yelling what sounds like, "Get it out!" Ouch. So,
while Joe and Amy don't personally hear the woman experiencing labor
pains, they do hear noises that sound like a metal chair being
pushed across a metal floor. When they go to investigate the sound,
they can't find any plausible explanation.
Then Dave and Steve head to the bakery. Toward the end of their time
in the room, they start to hear banging noises from above. When
Steve reaches up and touches the ceiling he feels a vibration. They
deduce that it isn't the pipes, but rather some unknown force making
the sounds and vibrations.
After reviewing all of the evidence gathered, the team assesses that
there are high electromagnetic fields in certain areas of the ship
that could be giving people hallucinations causing them to feel
creeped out. But this doesn't explain away other evidence the crew
found aboard the USS Salem, like the vibrations felt in the bakery
or the figure that Jason and Grant saw in the sleeping quarters.
Based on this information, TAPS gives the USS Salem the haunted
stamp of approval.
