Sleep With Ghosts
229 haunted hotels, inns, and B&Bs where you can spend the night
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All Haunted Hotels
1886 Crescent Hotel
hotelTheodora sorts your spare change by denomination. She lines quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies on the dresser in Room 419, folds your clothes…
👻 "She lines quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies on the dresser in Room 419, folds your clothes…"
Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa
hotelRoom 443 smells like cigars. The hotel has been non-smoking for years. There's no connecting door on the other side of 443…
👻 "Room 443 smells like cigars."
Basin Park Hotel
hotelJohn Simpson Chisum died in late December 1884 in a hotel room that's now Room 310 of the Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs.
👻 "John Simpson Chisum died in late December 1884 in a hotel room that's now Room 310 of the Basin Park Hotel in Eureka…"
Capital Hotel
hotelHousekeepers at the Capital Hotel refused to clean Room 444 alone. The lights flickered on their own.
👻 "Housekeepers at the Capital Hotel refused to clean Room 444 alone."
Palace Hotel and Bath House
hotelA couple was in the middle of an intimate moment at the Palace Hotel when someone pounded on their door.
👻 "The bath house opened with 16 rooms, steam heat in every one, and electric light bulbs that were still a novelty in…"
Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast
hotelEvery Sunday, Rev. D.D. Shuck climbed the stairs to the upstairs turret and wrote his sermons. The reverend has been gone a long time.
👻 "A TripAdvisor guest writing in May 2019 described another couple staying the same night calling their main-house room…"
Brookdale Lodge
hotelThe Brookdale Lodge built its dining room over a creek on purpose. The Brook Room, added in 1923…
👻 "The Brookdale Lodge built its dining room over a creek on purpose."
Cecil Hotel (Stay on Main)
hotelIn February 2013, maintenance workers at the Cecil Hotel climbed onto the roof to check the water tanks because guests had been complaining the water…
👻 "The footage shows her pressing every floor button, stepping out, stepping back in, hiding in the corner…"
Claremont Club & Spa
hotelRoom 422 is the one that keeps coming up. Guests in that room at the Claremont have reported a little girl sitting on the edge of the bed…
👻 "Room 422 is the one that keeps coming up."
Cosmopolitan Hotel
hotelRoom 11 is the one they'll warn you about when you check in. Guests sleeping in 11 at the Cosmopolitan (formerly Casa de Bandini) report lights…
👻 "Room 11 is the one they'll warn you about when you check in."
Delta King Riverboat Hotel
hotelThe Delta King doesn't go anywhere. She's been tied to the Old Sacramento waterfront since 1984, a 285-foot sternwheeler in glossy red and white…
👻 "Dancing in the saloon, dinner in the dining room, a bunk for the overnight run down the delta."
Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel
hotelOn Halloween night 1936, Bess Houdini held a séance on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel.
👻 "DeMille kept a suite, Mae West lived here, Elvis stayed during filming in the late 1950s."
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
hotelSomebody on the ninth floor keeps practicing the bugle. Guests have complained about it for decades…
👻 "Somebody on the ninth floor keeps practicing the bugle."
Hotel del Coronado
hotelOn Thanksgiving Day 1892, a 24-year-old woman checked into the Hotel del Coronado under the name Lottie A. Bernard.
👻 "Over the next five days she wandered the hotel, bought laudanum at a pharmacy…"
Mission Inn Hotel & Spa
hotelThe Alice Room sits on the fourth floor, southeast corner. Alice Richardson, sister of hotel founder Frank Miller, lived and died at the Mission Inn…
👻 "The Alice Room sits on the fourth floor, southeast corner."
Monterey Hotel
hotelFred keeps complaining about the stairs. The staff at the Monterey Hotel will tell you this matter-of-factly…
👻 "He fiddles with alarm clocks in guest rooms, setting them off at odd hours or killing them entirely."
Queen Anne Hotel
hotelRequest Room 410 at the Queen Anne Hotel and something strange might happen while you sleep.
👻 "Request Room 410 at the Queen Anne Hotel and something strange might happen while you sleep."
Sainte Claire Hotel
hotelGuests at The Westin San Jose keep hearing high heels click-clacking down the hallways. That shouldn't be possible.
👻 "Every hardwood floor in the building has been covered in thick carpet for years."
Brown Palace Hotel
hotelRoom 904 kept calling the front desk. Empty room, locked door, no guests. Just static when the switchboard picked up.
👻 "Room 904 kept calling the front desk."
Grand Imperial Hotel
hotelHousekeeping refuses to enter Room 314 alone. They go in pairs or they don't go in at all, and the reason they give is the same one they've been…
👻 "Housekeeping refuses to enter Room 314 alone."
Hotel Boulderado
hotelA couple checked into the Hotel Boulderado not long after it opened and made a double suicide pact. The husband went through with it.
👻 "The fuller version, retold for decades on ghost tours, puts the rooms at 302 and 304."
Hotel Colorado
hotelIn 1993, a houseman named Dave walked out of a basement storage area at the Hotel Colorado and found an old woman pressed against the outside…
👻 "In 1993, a houseman named Dave walked out of a basement storage area at the Hotel Colorado and found an old woman…"
Hotel Jerome
hotelThe housekeepers at the Hotel Jerome know what to do about the wet footprints.
👻 "A guest calls down to report a soaking-wet little boy in the third-floor hallway, shivering, asking for a towel."
Rochester Hotel
hotelRoom 204 is the one guests ask for by name. They call it the John Wayne Room because Wayne actually stayed there while filming a Western in the…
👻 "Room 204 is the one guests ask for by name."
Strater Hotel
hotelThe Strater Hotel doesn't promote its ghost stories. The official history skips over them entirely.
👻 "That silence is an interesting position to hold about a 139-year-old Victorian hotel with a cast-iron safe in the…"
The Baldpate Inn
hotelLight a cigarette in the Baldpate Inn and something will knock it out of your hand. Smash it. Or take the whole pack.
👻 "The Key Room now holds more than 20,000 keys, including ones from Westminster Abbey, Mozart's wine cellar…"
The Broadmoor
hotelA guest in an upper-floor suite woke up in the middle of the night to find the covers being peeled back…
👻 "A guest in an upper-floor suite woke up in the middle of the night to find the covers being peeled back…"
The Oxford Hotel
hotelSingle men who book Room 320 at The Oxford Hotel wake up to the covers yanked off the bed and the feeling that somebody has been pulling at their…
👻 "Single men who book Room 320 at The Oxford Hotel wake up to the covers yanked off the bed and the feeling that somebody…"
The Stanley Hotel
hotelOn June 25, 1911, head chambermaid Elizabeth Wilson walked into Room 217 with a lit acetylene lamp.
👻 "On June 25, 1911, head chambermaid Elizabeth Wilson walked into Room 217 with a lit acetylene lamp."
Victor Hotel
hotelEddie McDermott was one of the miners who lived at the Victor Hotel semi-permanently after the Cripple Creek gold rush started tapering off.
👻 "He always stayed in Room 301."
Windsor Hotel
hotelSometime in 1906, a woman named Maud shot herself in a room on the upper floor of the Windsor Hotel in Del Norte, Colorado.
👻 "Sometime in 1906, a woman named Maud shot herself in a room on the upper floor of the Windsor Hotel in Del Norte…"
Blackberry River Inn
hotelThe basement has tunnels. Not small crawlspaces or root cellar extensions, but full-height passageways big enough to walk through…
👻 "The basement has tunnels."
Boardman House Inn
hotelThe cigar smell is the part that gets people. Guests walk into the library at the Boardman House Inn and catch it immediately, rich and heavy…
👻 "He doesn't acknowledge anyone in the room."
Captain Grant's 1754 Inn
hotelCaptain William Grant sailed out of Poquetanuck and never came back. He fell from the mast off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina…
👻 "Adelaide's room is the most active spot in the house."
Curtis House Inn (1754 House)
hotelLucius Foot won big at poker one winter night in the 1850s. He owned the Curtis House Inn in Woodbury at the time, and after pocketing his winnings…
👻 "But Lucius apparently wasn't done with Room 1."
Saybrook Inn
hotelOn the night of January 23, 1900, night watchman Arthur Beebe was polishing metalwork on the locomotives inside the railroad engine house in Old…
👻 "Then came the footsteps: a rhythmic hammering on the boiler jackets that Beebe described as "a ghostly clog dance." In…"
The Griswold Inn
hotelThey named a cocktail after the ghost. Clarence, whoever he was, knocked so many glasses off tables at the Griswold Inn that the staff eventually…
👻 "The bar they argued in, the Tap Room, wasn't even part of the original building."
The Lighthouse Inn
hotelThe most popular story at the Lighthouse Inn — and one of the most widely repeated ghost legends in Connecticut — is the tale of a bride on the…
👻 "She died at the bottom, at the feet of her groom, still in her white dress."
Biltmore Hotel
hotelThe Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables was built in 1926 by developer George Merrick and hotelier John McEntee Bowman.
👻 "Gangsters Al Capone and Thomas Fatty Walsh ran illegal gambling in the Everglades Suite."
Casa Monica Resort & Spa
hotelCasa Monica Resort opened on New Year's Day 1888, built by Boston hardware merchant Franklin W. Smith.
👻 "The fourth floor has the highest concentration of activity--children run through corridors even when vacated."
Casablanca Inn on the Bay
hotelThe Casablanca Inn, built in 1914 as a luxury resort with Moroccan-inspired design, was originally the Matanzas Hotel.
👻 "Nearly a century later, a light still swings atop the roof in the black of night."
Cassadaga Hotel
hotelThe Cassadaga Hotel opened in 1927, replacing an earlier wooden hotel that burned on Christmas Eve 1926.
👻 "He haunts the second floor, flickering lights, passing through guests as cold chills…"
La Concha Hotel
hotelLa Concha Hotel towers six stories above Duval Street, making it the tallest building in Key West--a distinction that has led to a tragic legacy.
👻 "Tennessee Williams finished A Streetcar Named Desire while staying at the hotel--a plaque marks his room."
Marrero's Guest Mansion
hotelMarrero's Guest Mansion at 410 Fleming Street in Key West holds the heartbreaking tale of Enriquetta and her eight children—spirits who fulfilled a…
👻 "Today, Marrero's Guest Mansion operates as an adults-only inn—yet guests in rooms 17 and 23 regularly hear babies…"
Miami River Inn
hotelThe Miami River Inn, built as private homes and boarding houses in the early 1900s, is technically Miami's oldest still-operating hotel.
👻 "Its prime location near the Miami River made it ideal for travelers arriving by boat…"
Old Town Manor
hotelOld Town Manor, dating to 1886 when it was known as Eaton Lodge, is a classic three-story Greek Revival structure built by Samuel Otis Johnson. Dr.
👻 "William Richard Warren purchased the home in 1913, using the front porch as a waiting room and front rooms for…"
Plant Hall (University of Tampa)
hotelPlant Hall at the University of Tampa was originally the 511-room Tampa Bay Hotel, built by railroad tycoon Henry Plant between 1888 and 1891.
👻 "Plant Hall at the University of Tampa was originally the 511-room Tampa Bay Hotel…"
Safety Harbor Resort and Spa
hotelSafety Harbor Resort and Spa sits on land inhabited by Native Americans for at least 10,000 years…
👻 "During 1990s renovations when most rooms were unoccupied, front desk staff received late-night calls from empty…"
St. Francis Inn
hotelThe St. Francis Inn at 279 St. George Street holds the distinction of being the oldest inn in St.
👻 "They conducted their romance in secret, meeting in various rooms for their forbidden affair."
The Biltmore Hotel
hotelThe Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables rises 315 feet with its distinctive tower modeled after the Giralda in Seville, Spain.
👻 "In the late 1920s, local gambler Edward Wilson rented the 13th and 14th floor suite and opened a speakeasy…"
The Don CeSar Hotel
hotelThe Don CeSar Hotel, known as the "Pink Palace," rises like a fairytale castle on St. Pete Beach.
👻 "A gentleman in a white summer suit and Panama hat--matching Rowe's description--appears in the lobby, gardens…"
17Hundred90 Inn
hotelTwo women staying in Room 204 woke up one morning to find their underwear missing from their suitcases.
👻 "Two women staying in Room 204 woke up one morning to find their underwear missing from their suitcases."
Forsyth Park Inn
hotelCaptain Aaron Flint Churchill warned his close friend, Titanic captain Edward Smith, not to make that maiden voyage.
👻 "During renovations, tools vanished from rooms and turned up in completely different parts of the building."
Hamilton-Turner Inn
hotelSpectators gathered outside 330 Abercorn Street in 1883 to watch Samuel Pugh Hamilton turn on the lights.
👻 "By 1886, Hamilton had wired every room."
Hotel Bardo Savannah
hotelThe restaurant at 700 Drayton Street serves dinner in the exact room where Savannah held its funerals for fifty years.
👻 "The restaurant at 700 Drayton Street serves dinner in the exact room where Savannah held its funerals for fifty years."
Jekyll Island Club Hotel
hotelIn November 1910, six men boarded a private train car in New Jersey under fake names, traveled to a private island off the Georgia coast…
👻 "Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railroad Company, kept a favorite suite in the Annex."
Kennesaw House
hotelA visitor stepped off the elevator into the basement and walked into a Civil War hospital.
👻 "A visitor stepped off the elevator into the basement and walked into a Civil War hospital."
The 1842 Inn
hotelThe front desk gets phone calls from vacant rooms. The line connects, holds for a moment, and goes dead. Staff check the room. Nobody is there.
👻 "The front desk gets phone calls from vacant rooms."
The Ellis Hotel
hotelThe smoke alarm goes off at 2:48 a.m. Not every night, but often enough that staff have stopped treating it as a malfunction.
👻 "The building had a single stairway serving all 15 floors."
The Fitzpatrick Hotel
hotelThe gravestones were moved in the 1850s. The bodies were not. When the Fitzpatrick brothers built their hotel overlooking Washington's town square…
👻 "Room 307 is the room that draws the most attention."
The Kehoe House
hotelA couple staying in Room 201 woke up in the middle of the night. The wife felt small hands stroking her hair and cheek.
👻 "A couple staying in Room 201 woke up in the middle of the night."
The Marshall House
hotelDuring a 1998 renovation, workers pulled up the floorboards on the fourth floor and found human bones underneath.
👻 "During a 1998 renovation, workers pulled up the floorboards on the fourth floor and found human bones underneath."
The Partridge Inn
hotelHerman Duncan has worked housekeeping at the Partridge Inn for over 25 years.
👻 "When doors slam on the fifth floor and nobody's around, he calls it Emily being in one of her playful moods."
Windsor Hotel
hotelHousekeeper Michelle Maness was vacuuming near Room 401 when she heard a little girl's voice. She was alone on the floor.
👻 "Housekeeper Michelle Maness was vacuuming near Room 401 when she heard a little girl's voice."
Congress Plaza Hotel
hotelTwo Marines fled Room 441B at three in the morning in 1989, wearing nothing but boxer shorts.
👻 "Two Marines fled Room 441B at three in the morning in 1989, wearing nothing but boxer shorts."
DeSoto House Hotel
hotelDuring the 2011 Galena flood, workers tearing out damaged drywall in the lower level of the DeSoto House Hotel found a bricked-up doorway.
👻 "Grant's welcome-home reception after the Civil War was held in its dining room."
Hotel Baker
hotelThe sixth-floor penthouse at Hotel Baker has a weeping problem. Guests check into what looks like a luxury suite overlooking the Fox River…
👻 "The sixth-floor penthouse at Hotel Baker has a weeping problem."
Mineral Springs Hotel
hotelVisitors to the Mineral Springs Hotel in Alton leave marbles at the deep end of the old swimming pool.
👻 "Sons checked into a room on a Monday in 1965 and was found dead of an intentional overdose on Wednesday."
Ruebel Hotel
hotelSmall things vanish from guest rooms at the Ruebel Hotel. A phone charger left on the nightstand, a hair tie on the bathroom counter…
👻 "Small things vanish from guest rooms at the Ruebel Hotel."
The Drake Hotel
hotelSomewhere between the tenth floor and the sidewalk, a woman in a red evening gown became Chicago's most persistent ghost story.
👻 "Somewhere between the tenth floor and the sidewalk, a woman in a red evening gown became Chicago's most persistent…"
Broadway Hotel and Tavern
hotelThe most persistent ghost at the Broadway Hotel and Tavern has a name, a rap sheet, and a Ouija board to thank for both.
👻 "Local lore says a new owner in 1992 ran a session in the dining room and walked away convinced the shadow in a 1920s…"
French Lick Springs Hotel
hotelHousekeepers on the sixth floor of French Lick Springs Hotel keep smelling cigar smoke where nobody's smoking one. The smoke moves.
👻 "Housekeepers on the sixth floor of French Lick Springs Hotel keep smelling cigar smoke where nobody's smoking one."
Historic Roads Hotel
hotelEverett Roads was eighteen when tuberculosis confined him to a room in his parents' hotel. He died there in 1909. The hotel didn't close.
👻 "Everett Roads was eighteen when tuberculosis confined him to a room in his parents' hotel."
Indianapolis Athletic Club
hotelThe Indianapolis Athletic Club fire started with a faulty refrigerator wire on the third floor on February 5, 1992.
👻 "The Indianapolis Athletic Club fire started with a faulty refrigerator wire on the third floor on February 5, 1992."
Story Inn
hotelWhen Rick Hofstetter bought the Story Inn in 2003, he started reading the guest books. The old ones, going back decades.
👻 "Strangers staying in the same upstairs bedroom ten, twenty, thirty years apart had written down the same specific…"
West Baden Springs Hotel
hotelAt the crown of the 200-foot dome at West Baden Springs Hotel, tucked into a drum-shaped chamber that nobody noticed for decades…
👻 "The French Lick Springs Hotel down the road turned him away; West Baden rented him rooms."
DuPont Mansion Bed and Breakfast
hotelAlfred Victor du Pont was shot to death by his mistress Maggie Payne in Louisville on May 16, 1893.
👻 ""They have smelled cigar smoke that would come late at night in their room." The smell shows up in rooms where nobody…"
Gratz Park Inn
hotelThe Gratz Park Inn keeps a paranormal ledger at the front desk. Guests who see or hear something are invited to write it down.
👻 "Some of the scuppers from the old basement morgue are still visible."
Louisville Bourbon Inn
hotelA nanny named Annie Whipple tried to save a sick child in the 1880s by calling a doctor from beyond the grave…
👻 "Her ghost, if that's what she is, keeps to the side parlors and the second-floor hall."
Maple Hill Manor Bed and Breakfast
hotelFour of the McElroys' seven children died inside this house before reaching adulthood.
👻 "Thomas and Sarah died here too, years later, in the same rooms."
The Seelbach Hilton Hotel
hotelPatricia Wilson came to the Seelbach in July 1936 to meet a man she thought would marry her.
👻 "On July 16, 1936, a guest on the eighth floor heard a violent argument between a woman and a man later identified as…"
Andrew Jackson Hotel
hotelGuests at the Andrew Jackson Hotel keep waking up on the floor. The ghost of a boy named Armand, who haunts Room 208…
👻 "Guests at the Andrew Jackson Hotel keep waking up on the floor."
Bourbon Orleans Hotel
hotelRoom 644 at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel is the one people ask for and the one people try to leave.
👻 "Room 644 at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel is the one people ask for and the one people try to leave."
Dauphine Orleans Hotel
hotelGuests at the Dauphine Orleans Hotel describe a woman in a lace wedding gown pacing the courtyard near May Baily's Place bar…
👻 "Glasses fly off shelves and break on the floor with no one standing near them."
Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center
hotelThe Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center has been smoke-free since its 2006 reopening.
👻 "The housekeepers on the tenth floor keep catching whiffs of cigar smoke anyway…"
Hotel Monteleone
hotelThe Hotel Monteleone has one line its ghost has been repeating for more than a century: "Mommy, don't cry.
👻 "I'm fine." According to the hotel's own ghost-stories archive, that's what Maurice Begere said to his mother on the…"
Hotel Provincial
hotelA guest at Hotel Provincial rode the elevator to the second floor of Building 5 and the doors slid open on a Civil War hospital ward.
👻 "A guest at Hotel Provincial rode the elevator to the second floor of Building 5 and the doors slid open on a Civil War…"
Le Pavillon Hotel
hotelA young woman in black keeps walking up to guests in the lobby of Le Pavillon Hotel and asking them the same thing.
👻 "A couple in 1920s formal wear shows up on the first floor and walks hand-in-hand toward the elevators…"
Omni Royal Orleans
hotelGuests at the Omni Royal Orleans sometimes wake up with their sheets tucked tight around them, as if a maid came through while they slept.
👻 "Staff have watched her work on the second floor for decades, a Creole woman in period dress who rearranges toiletries…"
Place d'Armes Hotel
hotelGuests at the Place d'Armes Hotel keep hearing children running in the courtyard at three in the morning.
👻 "They hear them through the floor, above them in rooms that are empty, and sometimes right outside their own door."
T'Frere's House
hotelAmelie only speaks French at T'Frere's House. She's the ghost of a young math teacher who moved into the property sometime in the early 1900s after…
👻 "A guest review from February 2021 described the attic door opening without anyone touching it…"
Charlesgate Hotel
hotelThe Charlesgate Hotel stands as one of Boston's most notoriously haunted buildings, a Romanesque Revival masterpiece that has accumulated over a…
👻 "Doors would slam shut after sudden bursts of cold air swept through rooms."
Concord's Colonial Inn
hotelConcord's Colonial Inn stands at 48 Monument Square, one of America's oldest continuously operating hotels…
👻 "He converted what is now the Liberty Room into a treatment ward, used his bedroom -- now Room 24 -- as an operating…"
Daniels House
hotelA gray tabby cat walks the halls of the Daniels House. Guests see it, reach down, and it is gone.
👻 "A man in Puritan clothing — believed to be Stephen Daniels himself — shows up in the historic rooms without warning."
Hawthorne Hotel
hotelRoom 325 is where it starts for most guests. They wake in the dark to the sound of a baby crying — frantic, inconsolable, clearly inside the room.
👻 "Room 325 is where it starts for most guests."
Omni Parker House Hotel
hotelThe Omni Parker House has been welcoming guests at 60 School Street since 1855, making it the longest continuously operating hotel in the United…
👻 "tour, residing in Suites 138-139 on the third floor for six months between 1867 and 1868."
The Salem Inn
hotelThe Salem Inn occupies three historic houses on Summer Street: the West House, built in 1834 by Captain Nathaniel West…
👻 "Room 17 in the West House has achieved legendary status as the most haunted room in the inn."
Admiral Fell Inn
hotelAn elderly woman walks into your room uninvited, sits on the edge of your bed, and waits for you to wake up.
👻 "An elderly woman walks into your room uninvited, sits on the edge of your bed, and waits for you to wake up."
Governor Calvert House
hotelThe sitting room at the Governor Calvert House has a glass floor, and the faces looking back at you through it aren't always your own. The glass…
👻 "The sitting room at the Governor Calvert House has a glass floor, and the faces looking back at you through it aren't…"
Kemp House Inn
hotelA blue ball of light races up the staircase of the Kemp House Inn, and every time it reaches the top, a door slams shut.
👻 "Staff and guests have seen a uniformed figure matching Lee's description standing at a second-floor window…"
Lord Baltimore Hotel
hotelA handprint the size of a small child appeared on a wall in one of the Lord Baltimore Hotel's penthouses.
👻 "Over 20 documented suicides occurred between 1929 and 1932, with victims jumping from the 19th-floor rooftop deck."
Reynolds Tavern
hotelAn employee at Reynolds Tavern was heading for the door with a backpack full of stolen frozen filet mignons when the strap snapped on its own.
👻 "The steaks went skidding across the floor."
Shenanigan's/Shoreham Hotel
hotelA paranormal team leader from Pittsburgh deliberately locked himself in the Shoreham Hotel's basement one night.
👻 "A paranormal team leader from Pittsburgh deliberately locked himself in the Shoreham Hotel's basement one night."
The Maryland Inn
hotelGuests in Room 405 at the Maryland Inn hear footsteps pacing back and forth on the hardwood floor above them. There is no floor above them.
👻 "Guests in Room 405 at the Maryland Inn hear footsteps pacing back and forth on the hardwood floor above them."
The Wayside Inn
hotelEvery window at the Wayside Inn in Ellicott City glows with candlelight at night.
👻 "The actual explanation is less heartbreaking: the Hartkopfs, who bought the place in 1963…"
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
hotelThe elevator that killed Mary Monko in 1914 remains the best-known ghost story at the Amway Grand Plaza, then called the Pantlind Hotel.
👻 "The ballroom is famous for its gold-leafed ceiling, which the Pantlind claimed at the time was the largest gold-leafed…"
Detroit-Leland Hotel
hotelOn the fourth floor of the Detroit-Leland Hotel, behind a padlocked iron door pocked with bullet holes, something about the air is wrong.
👻 "On the fourth floor of the Detroit-Leland Hotel, behind a padlocked iron door pocked with bullet holes…"
Grand Hotel
hotelThe construction crew digging the foundations of the Grand Hotel in 1886 kept pulling up human remains.
👻 "The rest of the bones are still under the dining room."
National House Inn
hotelThe Lady in Red at the National House Inn walks the same route every time. Down the upstairs hallway, past the rooms on the east side…
👻 "Down the upstairs hallway, past the rooms on the east side, toward the staircase."
Stafford's Perry Hotel
hotelSomewhere in the basement of the Perry Hotel, the Noggin Room Pub has a problem with its glassware.
👻 "Somewhere in the basement of the Perry Hotel, the Noggin Room Pub has a problem with its glassware."
The Landmark Inn
hotelThe sixth floor of the Landmark Inn is where guests ask for a different room.
👻 "The sixth floor of the Landmark Inn is where guests ask for a different room."
Chase Park Plaza Hotel
hotelA hotel worker at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel showed up to his shift late one morning with a broken arm and shattered glasses.
👻 "He told his coworkers he had seen a red-haired woman in the bathroom mirror, panicked…"
Hotel Bothwell
hotelHarry Truman was sitting in the Hotel Bothwell in 1934 when he got the call that changed American politics. He'd been selected to run for U.S.
👻 "The Hotel Bothwell in Sedalia, Missouri has been collecting moments like these since June 10, 1927…"
Hotel Savoy
hotelRoom 505 at the Hotel Savoy has a problem it can't renovate away. Doors open and close on their own.
👻 "Room 505 at the Hotel Savoy has a problem it can't renovate away."
The Elms Hotel and Spa
hotelHarry Truman spent election night 1948 at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. He went to bed early, convinced he'd lost.
👻 "The original wooden hotel opened in July 1888 as a 200-room resort built to serve visitors drawn to Excelsior Springs'…"
Balsam Mountain Inn
hotelFormer employees of Balsam Mountain Inn tell the same story about closing the place for winter.
👻 "You shut the rooms one by one, flip the breakers, lock the front door, drive down the mountain."
Battery Park Apartments (Former Hotel)
hotelHelen Clevenger was 19 years old, a freshman at NYU visiting the South for the first time with her uncle William, an N.C. State professor.
👻 "On the night of July 15, 1936, a thunderstorm pounded Asheville hard enough that no one in the Battery Park Hotel heard…"
Green Park Inn
hotelRoom 318 of the Green Park Inn has a ghost log. The hotel keeps it in the lobby.
👻 "Room 318 of the Green Park Inn has a ghost log."
Omni Grove Park Inn
hotelA doctor staying at the Grove Park Inn once left a thank-you note at the front desk on his way out.
👻 "Presidents, novelists, movie stars, Manuel Quezon running a government-in-exile from the fourth floor during World War…"
The Carolina Inn
hotelDr. William Jacocks moved into Suite 252 of the Carolina Inn in 1948 and stayed for seventeen years.
👻 "William Jacocks moved into Suite 252 of the Carolina Inn in 1948 and stayed for seventeen years."
The Carolina Inn - Dr. Jacocks' Room
hotelThe guest had just turned out the light in Room 256 of the Carolina Inn when she felt someone sit down on the edge of the bed. The mattress gave.
👻 "The guest had just turned out the light in Room 256 of the Carolina Inn when she felt someone sit down on the edge of…"
Oceanic Hotel
hotelThe story on Star Island goes that an old man with a white beard was seen floating down the main staircase of the Oceanic Hotel, paused on a landing…
👻 "The fourth floor is the one guests talk about."
Omni Mount Washington Resort
hotelRoom 314 at the Omni Mount Washington Resort still holds the same carved wooden bed Princess Carolyn Stickney slept in when the hotel opened in 1902…
👻 "Room 314 at the Omni Mount Washington Resort still holds the same carved wooden bed Princess Carolyn Stickney slept in…"
The Shaker Inn
hotelGuests at The Shaker Inn sometimes hear a gunshot outside. There is no gunshot.
👻 "Guests describe the murder sounds as the signature experience: the phantom shot, the stumbling figure…"
The Tilton Inn
hotelA male guest checked into the Sanborn Room at the Tilton Inn and woke up to a small figure jumping clean over his head on her way out of the room.
👻 "A male guest checked into the Sanborn Room at the Tilton Inn and woke up to a small figure jumping clean over his head…"
Wentworth by the Sea
hotelPipe tobacco in an empty fourth-floor corridor is the detail guests at the Wentworth by the Sea mention most.
👻 "Pipe tobacco in an empty fourth-floor corridor is the detail guests at the Wentworth by the Sea mention most."
Angel of the Sea B&B
hotelIn the late 1960s, Sarah Brown locked herself out of her room at what's now the Angel of the Sea.
👻 "In the late 1960s, Sarah Brown locked herself out of her room at what's now the Angel of the Sea."
Congress Hall
hotelIn the summer of 1891, while electricians were running the White House's first wiring, President Benjamin Harrison moved the federal government to a…
👻 "In the summer of 1891, while electricians were running the White House's first wiring…"
Hotel Macomber
hotelIrene Wright checked into Room 10 every June and checked out every November, dragging the same enormous steamer trunk behind her.
👻 "Irene Wright checked into Room 10 every June and checked out every November…"
Nassau Inn
hotelThe Nassau Inn keeps one of the strangest haunted-hotel profiles in the country.
👻 "The Yankee Doodle Tap Room is the piece most visitors photograph."
Resorts Casino Hotel
hotelOn November 27, 1943, the U.S. Army leased Haddon Hall on the Atlantic City boardwalk and converted it into Thomas M. England General Hospital.
👻 "By the time the last patients left in June 1946, tens of thousands of men had passed through the wards…"
The Chalfonte Hotel
hotelRoom 19 has a guest problem. Whoever checks in tends to call the front desk about banging on the brass bedposts…
👻 "Room 19 has a guest problem."
The Flanders Hotel
hotelEmily is barefoot. That's one of the first things guests mention. She wanders the Flanders Hotel in a long white gown with her brown hair loose…
👻 "There's a painting of her on the second floor by artist Tony Troy, done from descriptions compiled from dozens of…"
The Inn at Cape May
hotelGuests at The Inn at Cape May come down to the front desk to complain about the children.
👻 "On the fifth floor, in what used to be the servants' quarters, McManus saw a light coming from under a closed door."
Belhurst Castle
hotelStaff at Belhurst Castle have walked into the bar to find tablecloths tied to the chandeliers. Nobody on the overnight shift touched them.
👻 "Bottles and glasses have been seen flying across the room with nobody behind the counter."
Burn Brae Mansion
hotelThe Ghost Nation team tore down a wall at Burn Brae Mansion and found a hidden room.
👻 "The Ghost Nation team tore down a wall at Burn Brae Mansion and found a hidden room."
Fainting Goat Island Inn
hotelTwo women sit in the Fainting Room drinking tea. Guests see them clearly enough to describe the scene. Then the women vanish.
👻 "Two women sit in the Fainting Room drinking tea."
Hotel Chelsea
hotelActor Michael Imperioli was staying at the Hotel Chelsea in 1996 when he saw a woman dressed in 19th-century clothing lying hunched on the floor…
👻 "Actor Michael Imperioli was staying at the Hotel Chelsea in 1996 when he saw a woman dressed in 19th-century clothing…"
Montauk Manor
hotelA woman on the fourth floor woke up five feet above her bed. She wasn't dreaming. She wasn't sleepwalking.
👻 "A woman on the fourth floor woke up five feet above her bed."
The Haunted Shanley Hotel
hotelThree babies, a three-year-old, a pregnant woman, and a bodyguard. That's the body count at the Shanley Hotel…
👻 "The sound of children laughing comes from empty rooms."
The Sagamore Resort
hotelA prep cook at Mr. Brown's restaurant inside the Sagamore Resort looked up and saw a tall woman walking toward him.
👻 "She had flowing sandy blonde hair and wore a long white evening gown."
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
hotelA server stepped into the elevator and found himself face to face with an African-American woman in a green formal gown.
👻 "The hotel's French Art Deco interiors, designed by Walter Ahlschlager, include the Hall of Mirrors ballroom…"
Lafayette Hotel
hotelA guest returned to their room at the Lafayette Hotel to find their sandwich missing.
👻 "A guest returned to their room at the Lafayette Hotel to find their sandwich missing."
Punderson Manor State Park Lodge
hotelThree employees watched a lumberjack swing from the ceiling for three hours. It was 1979, sometime after dark in the Punderson Manor lounge.
👻 "Three employees watched a lumberjack swing from the ceiling for three hours."
Rider's Inn
hotelSuzanne Rider died weeks after her wedding. The official story is that she fell down the stairs, but anyone who has seen that staircase has doubts.
👻 "During those ninety years, it served as an Underground Railroad station (an estimated 3,000 freedom seekers passed…"
Six Acres Bed & Breakfast
hotelThere's an African healing circle carved into the attic floorboards. The owners don't do ghost tours up there.
👻 "There's an African healing circle carved into the attic floorboards."
Spread Eagle Tavern & Inn
hotelOlevia Nicholas came home to Hanoverton with a broken heart, moved back into her third-floor bedroom at her family's tavern…
👻 "Olevia Nicholas came home to Hanoverton with a broken heart, moved back into her third-floor bedroom at her family's…"
The Buxton Inn
hotelIn the mid-1980s, a nurse manager staying in Room 7 at the Buxton Inn woke to a woman in an old-fashioned dress with puffed sleeves standing in her…
👻 "In the mid-1980s, a nurse manager staying in Room 7 at the Buxton Inn woke to a woman in an old-fashioned dress with…"
The Golden Lamb
hotelIn 1871, defense attorney Clement Vallandigham was staying at the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio…
👻 "Another guest tripped outside his room and heard a young girl laughing from the empty hallway."
The Lofts Hotel
hotelSecurity guard Kevin was on his afternoon shift at the Lofts Hotel in Columbus when he heard a woman screaming on the second floor.
👻 "Security guard Kevin was on his afternoon shift at the Lofts Hotel in Columbus when he heard a woman screaming on the…"
Crater Lake Lodge
hotelCrater Lake Lodge sits on the rim of a volcanic caldera, almost a thousand feet above the deepest lake in the United States…
👻 "The lodge, when it finally opened on July 16, 1915, gave guests rooms specifically built so they could."
Geiser Grand Hotel
hotelIf you check into Room 302 at the Geiser Grand Hotel and lay your wedding ring on the nightstand…
👻 "If you check into Room 302 at the Geiser Grand Hotel and lay your wedding ring on the nightstand…"
Hot Lake Hotel
hotelDuring one brutal typhoid epidemic in eastern Oregon, the Hot Lake Hotel served as a temporary morgue.
👻 "Phy added a state-of-the-art hospital on the third floor, complete with a surgical theater and x-ray facilities."
McMenamins Edgefield
hotelDuring a paranormal cleansing of Room 215 at McMenamins Edgefield, investigators found animal bones arranged on the floor in the shape of a…
👻 "During a paranormal cleansing of Room 215 at McMenamins Edgefield, investigators found animal bones arranged on the…"
McMenamins Hotel Oregon
hotelA guest at McMenamins Hotel Oregon woke up to find a woman in a long black dress going through his luggage. She didn't react when he sat up.
👻 "She kept rummaging until he looked away, and when he looked back the room was empty and his suitcase was exactly the…"
Oregon Caves Chateau
hotelRoom 310 at the Oregon Caves Chateau is an attic-style room with a steep dormer window that opens inward, swinging right over the bed.
👻 "Room 310 at the Oregon Caves Chateau is an attic-style room with a steep dormer window that opens inward…"
The Benson Hotel
hotelSimon Benson didn't drink, didn't tolerate drinking, and built his hotel partly so Portland would have a respectable place for civilized people to…
👻 "Staff and longtime guests describe him in a black tuxedo on the seventh, ninth, and twelfth floors…"
The Heathman Hotel
hotelA 2008 guest at the Heathman Hotel arrived in Room 703, came back from dinner, and found her clean towels thrown on the bathroom floor.
👻 "A 2008 guest at the Heathman Hotel arrived in Room 703, came back from dinner…"
Wolf Creek Inn
hotelJack London finished "The Valley of the Moon" in a second-floor room at the Wolf Creek Inn during the summer of 1911.
👻 "Jack London finished "The Valley of the Moon" in a second-floor room at the Wolf Creek Inn during the summer of 1911."
Cashtown Inn
hotelA.P. Hill slept on the second floor. He had chronic kidney disease, probably gonorrhea-related…
👻 "Hill slept on the second floor."
Doubleday Inn
hotelThe smell hits first. Gunpowder, sharp and unmistakable, in an upstairs bedroom of a bed and breakfast where nobody is holding a gun…
👻 "Gunpowder, sharp and unmistakable, in an upstairs bedroom of a bed and breakfast where nobody is holding a gun…"
Farnsworth House Inn
hotelThe attic at the Farnsworth House Inn has bullet holes in the walls. That part is real, and you can stand in the garret window the Confederate…
👻 "The attic at the Farnsworth House Inn has bullet holes in the walls."
Gettysburg Hotel
hotelA dining cart in the basement of the Gettysburg Hotel rolled twelve feet across the concrete, turned completely around…
👻 "A dining cart in the basement of the Gettysburg Hotel rolled twelve feet across the concrete, turned completely around…"
Omni William Penn Hotel
hotelIn 1976, two dishwashers at the Omni William Penn were arguing in the 18th-floor locker room over which of them could take home the better-looking…
👻 "In 1976, two dishwashers at the Omni William Penn were arguing in the 18th-floor locker room over which of them could…"
Battery Carriage House Inn
hotelIn 1993, a self-described skeptic staying in Room 8 woke up to find a headless torso floating beside his bed.
👻 "In 1993, a self-described skeptic staying in Room 8 woke up to find a headless torso floating beside his bed."
Hotel Aiken
hotelThe TV in Room 225 turns itself on when nobody is staying there. Staff at Hotel Aiken got used to it…
👻 "The TV in Room 225 turns itself on when nobody is staying there."
The Rhett House Inn
hotelThomas Smith Rhett was born a Smith, but his childless uncle with the surname Rhett promised to leave his entire fortune to any nephew who'd carry on…
👻 "Original Adam-style carved mantels, heart pine floors, and gibb doors, eight-foot windows disguised as doors that open…"
Westin Poinsett Hotel
hotelA businessman staying at the Westin Poinsett woke up twice to find his bathroom lights on after he'd shut them off.
👻 "A businessman staying at the Westin Poinsett woke up twice to find his bathroom lights on after he'd shut them off."
Chester Inn
hotelA worker at the Chester Inn hears her name called from the back stairs. She goes to look.
👻 "The building is empty, locked down to one floor, and there is nobody there to have called her name."
The Hermitage Hotel
hotelThe crying-baby reports from Room 912 at the Hermitage Hotel have been surfacing in Nashville ghost accounts for decades.
👻 "The crying-baby reports from Room 912 at the Hermitage Hotel have been surfacing in Nashville ghost accounts for…"
The Read House Hotel
hotelRoom 311 at the Read House Hotel has a clawfoot bathtub, an antique AM radio, and a dead woman who doesn't like men who smoke.
👻 "Room 311 at the Read House Hotel has a clawfoot bathtub, an antique AM radio…"
Thomas House Hotel
hotelRoom 37 at the Thomas House Hotel is the room ghost-hunting groups book first.
👻 "Room 37 at the Thomas House Hotel is the room ghost-hunting groups book first."
Union Station Hotel
hotelUSA Today's readers voted Union Station Hotel the best haunted hotel in America, ahead of the Stanley in Estes Park.
👻 "The whole legend rides on one room, one woman, and one set of train tracks she chose not to walk away from."
Baker Hotel
hotelThe Baker Hotel opened in 1929 in Mineral Wells--just weeks before the stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression.
👻 "For decades, visitors had flocked to the town for the purported healing properties of its mineral-rich "Crazy Water."…"
Camino Real Hotel
hotelThe Camino Real Hotel, originally the Hotel Paso Del Norte built in 1912, stands as El Paso's most elegant repository of ghosts and sorrow.
👻 "This National Register landmark witnessed the Mexican Revolution from its terrace—wealthy refugees like former…"
Crockett Hotel
hotelThe front desk manager watched curtains in a vacant room open and shut, over and over.
👻 "The front desk manager watched curtains in a vacant room open and shut, over and over."
Emily Morgan Hotel
hotelOn the upper floors, guests open their doors and see hospital patients standing in the hallway. They look again.
👻 "On the upper floors, guests open their doors and see hospital patients standing in the hallway."
Excelsior House Hotel
hotelThe Excelsior House Hotel, standing proudly in Jefferson, Texas since the 1850s, is the oldest continuously operating hotel in East Texas.
👻 "The Jay Gould Room (Room 215) carries the hotel's darkest legend."
Gage Hotel
hotelThe Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas, stands as a refined oasis in the vast emptiness of the Trans-Pecos region…
👻 "After his death, guests began reporting encounters with a tall, distinguished gentleman in period ranching attire who…"
Hotel Galvez (Grand Galvez)
hotelIn the mid-1950s, a 25-year-old woman named Audra rented Room 501 at the Hotel Galvez whenever her fiancé sailed from the Port of Galveston.
👻 "In the mid-1950s, a 25-year-old woman named Audra rented Room 501 at the Hotel Galvez whenever her fiancé sailed from…"
Hotel Gibbs
hotelThe historic elevators no longer operate. Guests have watched them move between floors anyway, doors sliding open for passengers who are not there.
👻 "Guests have watched them move between floors anyway, doors sliding open for passengers who are not there."
Menger Hotel
hotelThe Menger Hotel opened in 1859, built directly adjacent to the Alamo on land that was once part of the battlefield.
👻 "He wrote his will, bade farewell to friends, and died in his personal suite in April 1885."
Miss Molly's Hotel
hotelMiss Molly's Hotel in the heart of Fort Worth's Stockyards is the oldest bed and breakfast in Fort Worth--and one of the most haunted properties in…
👻 "Built in 1910, the building has lived many lives: first as the Palace Rooms, an upscale bordello serving cowboys…"
St. Anthony Hotel
hotelThe St. Anthony Hotel, located a stone's throw from Travis Park in San Antonio, was one of the first luxury hotels in Texas and made history as the…
👻 "The magnificent Anacacho Ballroom—a two-story space distinguished by its twinkling chandeliers—hosts countless…"
The Adolphus Hotel
hotelThe Adolphus Hotel, opened in October 1912 by Adolphus Busch (founder of Anheuser-Busch), stands as one of Dallas's most historic landmarks--and by…
👻 "The most famous haunting centers on the 19th floor, where the ghost known as the White Lady roams."
The Driskill Hotel
hotelColonel Jesse Lincoln Driskill was a determined cattleman who made and lost fortunes over his lifetime.
👻 "Her portrait, commissioned shortly after her death, now hangs on the fifth floor—and some say her expression…"
The Tremont House
hotelThe Tremont House Hotel has a history spanning three incarnations on Galveston Island.
👻 "Floors 3 and 4 are most active: knocking sounds, ceiling fans switching on and off, dark figures in hallways…"
Exchange Hotel
hotelThe Exchange Hotel stands as a solemn monument to one of the Civil War's most harrowing chapters.
👻 "The Exchange Hotel stands as a solemn monument to one of the Civil War's most harrowing chapters."
Hotel 24 South
hotelThe Hotel 24 South, originally known as the Stonewall Jackson Hotel, opened its doors in May 1924 as one of the most elegant hotels in Virginia's…
👻 "The hotel's original features were magnificent: a grand two-story lobby with fine walnut furniture and a balustraded…"
Linden Row Inn
hotel"There is one room that gives me an eerie feeling whenever I go in," a staff member at the Linden Row Inn has admitted.
👻 ""There is one room that gives me an eerie feeling whenever I go in," a staff member at the Linden Row Inn has admitted."
The Cavalier Hotel
hotelThe Cavalier Hotel has towered over the Virginia Beach oceanfront since 1927, its half-million red bricks forming an Art Deco monument to Roaring…
👻 "Scott Fitzgerald swam laps in the saltwater pool, Judy Garland and Bette Davis danced until dawn to Cab Calloway and…"
The Chamberlin
hotelThe Chamberlin stands as the fourth hotel to occupy this storied ground at Old Point Comfort…
👻 "The most famous spirit here is Esmeralda, a young woman who haunts the eighth floor Roof Garden ballroom."
Hotel de Haro
hotelLocal historian Robin Jacobson has studied the spirits at Hotel de Haro and reached a conclusion that complicates the ghost story…
👻 "She opens the kitchen storeroom door."
Hotel Sorrento
hotelThe most famous ghost at Hotel Sorrento never actually set foot inside the building. Alice B.
👻 "The Fireside Room, an octagonal lounge anchored by emerald-green Rookwood Pottery tiles from Cincinnati depicting an…"
Manresa Castle
hotelA young woman in Room 306 of Manresa Castle learned that her lover's ship had sunk. She threw herself from the window. He survived the sinking.
👻 "A young woman in Room 306 of Manresa Castle learned that her lover's ship had sunk."
Mayflower Park Hotel
hotelA couple staying in Room 1120 at the Mayflower Park Hotel woke in the middle of the night to find an old man's ghost floating above their bed…
👻 "A couple staying in Room 1120 at the Mayflower Park Hotel woke in the middle of the night to find an old man's ghost…"
McMenamins Olympic Club
hotelA bartender watched an ashtray fly across the room with nobody near it. That's the Olympic Club in a sentence…
👻 "A bartender watched an ashtray fly across the room with nobody near it."
Palace Hotel
hotelThe Palace Hotel in Port Townsend keeps a guest book that is not for compliments.
👻 "The hotel occupies the second and third floors of the Captain Tibbals Building on Water Street…"
Shelburne Hotel
hotelA traveler checked into Room 8 at the Shelburne Hotel, left for a short errand, and came back to find his door locked from inside.
👻 "A traveler checked into Room 8 at the Shelburne Hotel, left for a short errand…"
Thornewood Castle
hotelDeanna Robinson was reading in the Great Hall of Thornewood Castle when the room filled with a cocktail party.
👻 "Deanna Robinson was reading in the Great Hall of Thornewood Castle when the room filled with a cocktail party."
Tokeland Hotel
hotelFishermen dining at the Tokeland Hotel have watched their plates lift off the table, spin in the air, and settle back down. Nobody runs.
👻 "Someone lit a fire without knowing he was inside."
Hotel Chequamegon
hotelA liquor bottle behind the bar at Molly Cooper's cracked open on its own one night. No temperature change, no vibration, no one near it.
👻 "Bar staff member Nikki Melland heard the sound from across the room and said it went off like a gunshot."
Hotel Mead
hotelRose worked the overnight laundry shift at Hotel Mead, 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. More than once, she heard people talking and glasses clinking from the…
👻 "The ghost story centers on the Shanghai Room in the basement."
Karsten Inn
hotelChildren who stay at the Karsten Inn sometimes come downstairs and tell their parents about the boy they played with in the hallway.
👻 "William "Billy" Karsten III died on January 25, 1940, three weeks after his grandfather, William Karsten Sr.…"
Maribel Caves Hotel
hotelShine a flashlight at a second-floor window of the Maribel Caves Hotel and something shines a light back at you.
👻 "Shine a flashlight at a second-floor window of the Maribel Caves Hotel and something shines a light back at you."
The Pfister Hotel
hotel"When I woke up in the morning, I swear on everything, the clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite side of the room." That's…
👻 ""When I woke up in the morning, I swear on everything, the clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite…"
Glen Ferris Inn
hotelStaff call him the Colonel. He's tall, skinny, white-bearded, and dressed in Confederate gray. Guests have watched him walk through walls.
👻 "People approaching from the road look up and see a face watching them from a room that turns out to be empty."
The Blennerhassett Hotel
hotelA guest at the Blennerhassett Hotel once woke to find someone sitting on the edge of the bed.
👻 "Room 409 is where the real trouble concentrates."
The Greenbrier
hotelArizona Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson heard a little girl whispering in his hotel room the first night.
👻 "Arizona Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson heard a little girl whispering in his hotel room the first night."
The Lowe Hotel
hotelRoom 316 at the Lowe Hotel has a guest who checks the river every night. Visitors report a legless riverboat captain floating by the windows…
👻 "Room 316 at the Lowe Hotel has a guest who checks the river every night."
Cheyenne Canon Inn
hotelThe Cheyenne Cañon Inn has doors that lead nowhere. Actual interior doors set into walls that open onto blank plaster or a framed-over cavity…
👻 "Actual interior doors set into walls that open onto blank plaster or a framed-over cavity…"
Colorado Grande Casino
hotelRed hair piled on top of her head, white shirtwaist, long cotton skirt, high-heeled boots, and an Irish accent.
👻 "The casino shares a brick storefront in Cripple Creek called the Fairley Brothers and Lampman Building…"
Hotel St. Nicholas
hotelThe bartenders at the Boiler Room Tavern stopped bothering to hide their cigarettes.
👻 "The bartenders at the Boiler Room Tavern stopped bothering to hide their cigarettes."
Lumber Baron Inn
hotelCara Lee Knoche was 17. Marianne Weaver was 18. On October 13, 1970, both were found dead in a rented attic room of the building that now operates as…
👻 "On October 13, 1970, both were found dead in a rented attic room of the building that now operates as the Lumber Baron…"
Tarabino Inn
hotelA guest in the West Gable Room on the third floor woke up to feel someone sit down on the edge of her bed, grab her shoulder, and tell her…
👻 "A guest in the West Gable Room on the third floor woke up to feel someone sit down on the edge of her bed…"
Sweet Dreams Inn
hotelIf William Wallace doesn't like you, he'll whisper "get out" directly into your ear at the Sweet Dreams Inn.
👻 "Staff and overnight guests have heard it in the hallways and the bedrooms."
Terrace Inn
hotelTwo workers died building the Terrace Inn. A beam fell on them during construction in the winter of 1910 or 1911…
👻 "Elizabeth is the Lady in White, described as wandering the halls and sitting rooms in a long pale dress."
Morse Mill Hotel
hotelBertha Gifford nursed her neighbors back to health, and then she killed them.
👻 "The property sits on what was once Native American burial ground, and its basement has evidence of shackles from its…"
Prosperity School Bed and Breakfast
hotelGuests at the Prosperity School Bed and Breakfast used to report something climbing into bed with them during the night. Not a person.
👻 "The rooms were named after the school's longtime teachers, and the ghosts, apparently, were the students."
Walnut Street Inn
hotel"No, this is my room." A man staying at the Walnut Street Inn in Springfield, Missouri was stretched out on the bed in the Rosen Room when he looked…
👻 ""No, this is my room." A man staying at the Walnut Street Inn in Springfield…"
Beal House Inn
hotelSomeone at the Beal House Inn likes leaving messages on steamed mirrors. Guests have walked out of the bathroom after getting ready for bed and found…
👻 "Guests have walked out of the bathroom after getting ready for bed and found words written into the fog on the glass…"
Notchland Inn
hotelThe Notchland Inn keeps a tombstone in the parlor. It reads '1778. Nancy Barton.
👻 "The one most often repeated involves a couple who napped in mid-afternoon and woke to find the name 'Abigail' written…"
Sise Inn
hotelA night clerk at the Sise Inn once followed a trail of ice cubes from the third-floor ice machine to the door of Suite 204.
👻 "A night clerk at the Sise Inn once followed a trail of ice cubes from the third-floor ice machine to the door of Suite…"
The Nutmeg Inn
hotelThe owners of The Nutmeg Inn wanted a new outlet in the Teaberry Room. The electricians they called all came back with the same answer…
👻 "The owners of The Nutmeg Inn wanted a new outlet in the Teaberry Room."
Three Chimneys Inn
hotelHannah Hill got married out of the Three Chimneys Inn in Durham in 1659, and then she vanishes from the record entirely.
👻 "Doors lock from the inside in rooms that don't have inside locks."
Surf City Hotel
hotelBetween 250 and 311 German immigrants drowned off Long Beach Island on April 16, 1854, when the packet ship Powhattan hit Barnegat Shoals a hundred…
👻 "Three stories, a balcony that ran the full length of the top floor, every luxury the era could offer a beach resort."
The Hawke Inn
hotelThe kitchen ghost at the old Inn of the Hawke had a party trick. Pots and pans would lift off their hooks and crash to the floor while the line was…
👻 "Pots and pans would lift off their hooks and crash to the floor while the line was working."
Old Baraboo Inn
hotelA 200-pound griddle moved across the kitchen on its own. Nobody was near it. At the Old Baraboo Inn…
👻 "Tenant Brooke Schonenberg saw her behind the bar on a separate occasion, neither knowing about the other's experience."
General Lewis Inn
hotelNobody knows who the woman in the portrait is. The painting hangs in Room 208 of the General Lewis Inn in Lewisburg…
👻 "The painting hangs in Room 208 of the General Lewis Inn in Lewisburg, and nobody knows where it came from, either."