"People in the paranormal field say it is one of the most-haunted ships around," Carnahan told an audience of about 70 people on Wednesday at the Alameda Free Library. "It also had a high suicide rate, among the highest in the Navy, and that makes it an active place for both the living and the dead." To illustrate his views, Carnahan and colleague Shane Thornton shared a series of audio and video recordings with the library group. The ghost busters recorded "voices of spirits" on the ship picked up as EVPs or electronic-voice phenomena.
From the Alameda Journal, October 31, 2008
The USS Hornet is the decommissioned aircraft carrier at the old Alameda Naval Air Station.
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I went there a few weeks ago when Mom and Dad were here. Maybe I could make a sequel to my haunted dam movie on an aircraft carrier. It's a creepy place.
The Hornet picked up the Apollo 11 astronauts after they splashed down, then put them in this vacuum-sealed Airstream to protect them from Nixon. My folks wanted to see what that was like.
According to the Interwebs, more than 300 people died on the Hornet in only 27 years of active service. That's a lotta potential ghosts. Or maybe I could turn it into a zombie-type deal, playing off the name "Carrier." The lady in this old-timey poster is looking pretty scared already:
A lot of famous people visit the Hornet, as evidenced by the guestbook:
Finally, this very tough-looking guy kicked us off the boat...and then disappeared...
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