QUEEN MARY FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

Listed below are bits and pieces from an article about the subject and a link to the actual article... Of interest the story says the Queen Mary's haunted house event grosses over 1.5 million dollars and makes more than a 1 million dollar profit. The article claims the ship owes more than 3.6 million in back rent, and the most successful events relate to ghost tours.

Today, the Queen Mary is perhaps best known as a ghost ship. It offers a year-round tour of supposedly haunted sites, such as a children's playroom where a baby's cries can be heard and a long-empty, first-class pool that has sounds of splashing.

Back in January the ship hosted a three-day "paranormal retreat" for ghost hunters.

Last month, the ship was the site of GhostFest Expo 2006, with seminars such as "The Poltergeist Syndrome" and "The Unquiet Dead."

Queen Mary's most lucrative inspiration is the annual Halloween Shipwreck, when parts of the ship and parking lot are converted to haunted houses. This year's event brought in $1.5 million, of which $1 million was profit according to the article.

Here is a link to the story...

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/money/article_1395675.php