Trick or treat is a thing of the past.
Why not increase the fun of Halloween … or the fear … with a terrifying and downright terrifying stay in one of the most haunted hotels in the United States this spooky season?
Check out our list of the 16 most haunted hotels the United States has to offer:
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In the beginning, we have many tragic stories. According to Travel + Leisure, stories linking the afterlife to the place include a judge shot in the lobby, a businessman who lost everything at the hotel before jumping off the well, and a bride who was killed on their wedding night.
The change that made the ghost appear. According to Time Out, Queen Anne’s location underwent a transformation that brought Miss Mark Lake back. From etiquette school for girls to eventual gentlemen’s club. Lake is rumored to be the ex-headmistress who hangs around the halls and room 410.
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Behind Travel + Leisure, as the name suggests, RMS Queen Mary was once a Cunard ocean liner. After three decades of operation, it was retired and the conversion into a hotel allows visitors to see what life was like when it operated. But it is also said that strange things are happening on the ship, especially in room B340 where a passenger has died.
Another touching experience. Known as “The Pink Palace” according to Forbes, the pair of spirits in love are reportedly still here. It has been suggested that Thomas Rowe, the founder of the hotel, and the Spanish opera singer known as Lucinda, whom he met in London, are a couple. But the parents broke between them. Reuniting at Don CeSar after life is a thought.
This Texas landmark did not officially become a hotel until 1984. Of course, a terrible past is what it is in. Previously, it was a hospital with surgical floors and a crematorium. This led to seeing orbs, a woman in white, flickering lights, smells and sounds. So much so that even the hotel’s website openly admits it.
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A sad ending to the wedding before it even started scares Seelbach. According to Forbes, the two lovers were supposed to get married in a hotel in 1907, but the groom died on the way to the wedding. The desperate bride rushed down the elevator shaft, falling from 10 floors.
The crescent moon wasn’t always a place for healthy visitors. Travel + Leisure notes it has been turned into a hospital and health resort, claiming it has a cure for cancer. It is said to be one of the reasons why ghosts are stuck around.
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Henry Doherty, a shareholder in the hotel, moved in with his family shortly after its construction with Juliette Brown, the executive host. One morning she woke up sick in an apartment on the eighth floor and died. After that, two members of the Doherty family also died peacefully, and eventually the family moved out in 1973. After that, guests had long complained about noises from that area of the hotel, even though the room was empty until 1997, according to NBC Washington …
Famous guests like Ernest Hemingway have visited the Monteleone Hotel, but the maid accompanies haunted tales. Actually, she’s the kind of maid that you’d really like to never leave. With the name “Lady. Clean, ”the paranormal research group is said to have made contact with her and apparently stayed around… to continue cleaning. But Monteleone wears ghastly vibes up its sleeve as their website notes that potentially “over a dozen entities” are still there.
If you’re on the fourth floor of Red Lion, History Hotels of America tells you to watch out for a young girl carrying flowers and a man in a top hat. Additionally, you can also expect the feeling of “someone standing above you” if you dare to stay in room 301.
The real Kacper? Historic Hotels of America notes Harvey Parker is a ghost still living in Boston. But visitors say Parker stays around just to make sure everything goes well without him.
The name Colonial Inn is obvious, it dates from the Revolutionary War and actually precedes it by decades. There were wounded American soldiers. America’s historic hotels warn of room 424. Former operating room.
The city that never sleeps? Here’s a new twist. Famous writers and musicians lived at the Chelsea Hotel, and according to NBC New York, late writer Dylan Thomas died in Room 206 in 1953. Maybe it’s still there.
Hotel Pfister, does it bear the name of its original owner? Or maybe a ghost that might haunt him? Tricky question: It’s one in the same, Charles Pfister. An interesting fact is that countless celebrities and athletes, particularly baseball players, who have reported sightings sometimes refuse to stay.
2. Hollywood Roosevelt (California)
Another of the most famous haunted hotels, this one caters to potential residents who have never checked out. Celebrities such as Shirley Temple and Charlie Chaplin have stayed at the Roosevelt Hotel, according to Travel + Leisure. One of those who are said to have stayed forever is Marilyn Monroe.
Consistently named among the world’s most haunted places, the Stanley Hotel has good reasons for just that. This was the inspiration behind Stephen King’s novel The Shining.
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