An Eerie Night on the USS Hornet

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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There are plenty of 'haunted' places in the Bay Area. But some locations are said to attract ghosts, even if they don't have a connection to the place. Ghost hunters say the USS Hornet, a retired WWII aircraft carrier docked in Alameda, is one such place. Reporter Katherine Monahan recently took a late night tour of the ship with a group of paranormal enthusiasts, and took along her recorder to see if she could pick up any ghostly communications. Additional Reading: The USS Hornet in Alameda Is a Destination for Paranormal Enthusiasts — and You Can Spend the Night There Read a transcript of this episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Katherine Monahan. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, Christopher Beale, and Ana De Almeida Amaral. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan, and the whole KQED family.

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1:06.0	From KQED. There's a number of spaces around the Bay Area that attract ghost hunters.
1:11.0	People who don't run away from things that go bump in the night, but rather seek
1:16.0	them out. And one of those hot spots is floating in Alameda. It's the massive retired aircraft carrier, the USS Hornet.
1:29.0	During World War II, the Hornet carried thousands of crewmen and more than a hundred aircraft as it battled around the Pacific.
1:38.0	And decades later, the Hornet picked up American astronauts after splashdown following two of the moon
1:45.2	landings. There's a lot of history to this place but today we're actually going to put that
1:49.8	all aside because it's Halloween after all. So instead of history we're going in on
1:56.7	the mystery. The USS Hornet is said to be haunted. So today on the show we're tagging along
2:04.6	on an after-hours tour
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