Ghost Source

24/01/2026

The RMS Queen Mary, one of the great Atlantic liners, made her first voyage in 1936. Since then, she has completed 1,001 trips across the Atlantic, served as a troop ship in World War II, and has hosted hundreds of thousands of passengers. Having experienced such a rich history, it seems only natural that the ship would be haunted. Throughout the vast ship, which is larger than the Titanic, passengers and visitors have seen and experienced strange things that they simply cannot explain.

https://ghostsource.com/the-rms-queen-mary/

17/01/2026

A Romanian legend about forbidden knowledge, and a price that is always collected.

The Scholomance is described in Transylvanian folklore as a hidden school where a small number of students are taught dark arts under the Devil’s authority. The tradition later echoed into popular culture through Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

https://ghostsource.com/field-guide/scholomance/

13/01/2026

The LaLaurie House is among the best-known haunted addresses in New Orleans. In the French Quarter, the mansion became inseparable from the dark history and the folklore that gathered around Madame Delphine LaLaurie in the early nineteenth century.

09/01/2026

The Voodoo Queen of San Francisco

San Francisco is famous worldwide for its Golden Gate Bridge, trolley cars, and drag queens. But not too long ago, a different kind of queen walked those steep hills, one later labeled by newspapers and rumor as the Voodoo Queen of San Francisco, Mary Ellen Pleasant.

https://ghostsource.com/the-voodoo-queen-of-san-francisco/

08/01/2026

The Ghost of Mary Lake

Who is the friendliest ghost in San Francisco? According to long-standing reports, that distinction belongs to Miss Mary Lake, whose presence is said to linger within the historic Queen Anne Hotel.

The Ghost of Mary Lake is now live on Ghost Source. https://www.ghostsource.com/the-ghost-of-mary-lake/

04/01/2026

As the boat pulls away from “Bloody Island,” l’Illa del Rei shrinks back into Maó’s harbor, its buildings losing detail as distance takes over.

Between visits, the island remains where it has long been, quietly anchored in the water, holding fragments of Menorca’s varied past. What happened here is recorded. What people later claimed came afterward. Both continue to shape how the island is encountered today.

04/01/2026

On l’Illa del Rei, the foundations of an early Christian basilica are among the island’s most striking remains.

The on-site archaeological panel dates the building’s construction to between the end of the 5th century and the 6th century, based on ceramics associated with the mortar and paving.

Nearby, an 18th-century governor’s residence marks a later chapter of the island’s administrative life. And today, the island is still in use, with contemporary gardens growing just outside the museum.

03/01/2026

Once known as “Bloody Island,” l’Illa del Rei earned this nickname during the 18th century, when the island was home to a British naval hospital overlooking the harbor of Maó.

Established in 1711, the hospital treated wounded sailors and soldiers brought ashore from naval conflicts in the Mediterranean. Over decades of use, many passed through its wards. For some, the hospital became the last place they ever saw. The island’s nickname reflects this long-standing medical history rather than a single event.

Today, the island is reached by boat from Maó. Most visitors arrive via scheduled ferry service, though private boats and water taxis are not bound to the same timetable. As a result, some encounter the site when it is quieter and largely unoccupied. The hospital remains preserved rather than abandoned, with rooms, passageways, and historic medical equipment still arranged to reflect their original use.

Because of its history, l’Illa del Rei is sometimes described in tourist literature as a place where the “echoes of laments” of former patients can still be felt. In 2016, the British group Spirit Knights Paranormal Investigators conducted a séance inside the former hospital and later claimed to have recorded unexplained voices. These accounts remain anecdotal and unverified, but they now form part of the island’s modern folklore.

The most notable impression here is not a haunting, but the physical evidence of the island’s former function. The corridors repeat, the rooms remain intact, and the harbor lies just beyond the walls. L’Illa del Rei sits quietly in the water, a sober reminder of one of Menorca’s more turbulent periods of history.

02/01/2026

On l’Illa del Rei in Mahón, Menorca, this natural sea cave was used in the 18th and 19th centuries as a deposit for cadavers connected to the island’s naval hospital (as noted on the plaque outside the deposit). During Menorca’s British era, the island was referred to as “Bloody Island” in connection with the naval hospital.

01/01/2026

The Morgue of “Bloody Island.”

On l’Illa del Rei, this coastal cave was used as a cadaver deposit for the island’s military hospital during the 18th and 19th centuries.

The name “Bloody Island” was used during the British occupation, referring to the island’s role as the site of a naval hospital.

31/12/2025

As seen from the water, l’Illa del Rei sits in the middle of Maó’s harbor, close to the city and just far enough away to feel separate. On the island are the ruins of an early Christian basilica. Later, it became part of the harbor’s military life, changing hands as control of Menorca shifted between Spain, France, and Britain.

During British rule, a naval hospital operated here, bringing wounded sailors and soldiers ashore to recover. The island’s history is well documented. Traditions of hauntings are not.

And yet, in modern times, a small number of ghost tales and anecdotal experiences have attached themselves to the place. This week, we’ll look at both: what the record shows, what people later claimed, and how the island’s past still shapes how it’s experienced today.

30/12/2025