13 Haunted Hotels You’ll Regret Checking Out
For thrill-seekers and paranormal enthusiasts, haunted hotels offer the perfect mix of luxury and a spine-chilling experience. From shadowy apparitions to mysterious sounds echoing in empty hallways, these hotels have histories as eerie as they are fascinating.
If you’re brave enough to try it, here’s a list of haunted hotels that promise more than just a night’s rest!
The Stanley Hotel, Colorado
Famous not only for the stunning Rocky Mountain views, this one also sees its own shuddersome influence in Stephen King’s The Shining. When there were no children around, many guests have reported hearing children laughing in the halls. There are said to be hauntings of hotel employee past rooms, including a housekeeper that never quite seems to quit working even from the afterlife.
The Queen Mary, California
The Queen Mary was once a luxury ocean liner, now it’s a permanent fixture in Long Beach as a floating hotel. The ship saw more than its fair share of deaths during the time it was at sea. Guests now say they’ve seen the ghost of a young girl by the pool and hear phantom footsteps in the corridors. It is said that the engine room is hotbed of paranormal activity.
The Crescent Hotel, Arkansas
The Crescent Hotel’s spooky reputation is well deserved and it’s been dubbed “America’s Most Haunted Hotel.” A long history of ghost sightings, this former hospital turned luxury resort has a long history of ghost sightings. One of the most often claimed apparitions is the ghost of a former nurse, who is supposed to be still wandering the hallways. If you stay in Room 218, you’ll also get some unexplained bumps in the night.
The Omni Parker House, Massachusetts
The Omni Parker House in Boston is a ghostly hotel. Harvey Parker, the hotel’s founder, is supposedly still wandering the halls looking out for his guests—even though his ‘corpse’ has been dead for more than a century. Guests have also said they’ve seen the reflection of a woman in mirrors, only for her to disappear when they turn around.
The Myrtles Plantation, Louisiana
Now a bed-and-breakfast, the Myrtles Plantation is often called one of the most haunted homes in America. According to legend, there’s a ghost on the grounds — the shape of a former slave named Chloe — and many have claimed to see her around their beds. The plantation has also been photographed, and ghostly figures have appeared that weren’t visible at the time.
The Roosevelt Hotel, California
The Roosevelt Hotel may be Hollywood’s glitz and glamour, but there’s a much darker side. Her former suite is said to haunt and others have heard disembodied voices and seen mysterious shadows down the hallways. In some cases, guests say that elevator moves on its own, as if some invisible force is pulling the elevator.
The Langham Hotel, London
The Langham Hotel in London is your destination if you are looking for a brush with royalty, or ghosts. Famous guests stayed here, but the doing so often comes with the added perk of paranormal visitors. There is said to be a German prince who threw himself out of a window. Guests in Room 333 have complained of seeing him and feeling sudden drops in temperature.
The Banff Springs Hotel, Canada
The Banff Springs Hotel, tucked into the Canadian Rockies, is both beautiful and frost bite inducing. In addition to the infamous “Ghost Bride” a woman who died on her wedding day the property is said to be inhabited by several spirits. You see her dancing in her wedding dress, or walking down the grand staircase. There’s also the tale of a bellman who keeps helping guests with their luggage, long after his death.
The Emily Morgan Hotel, Texas
Located next to Alamo, the hotel has been described as one of the most haunted place in San Antonio. It was a medical facility before it was a hotel, and some of its former patients never left. Unexplained voices and footsteps are the sounds heard by guests. Others even report seeing figures in old fashioned hospital gowns.
Hotel del Coronado, California
The Hotel del Coronado in sunny san Diego has a ghostly tale that still haunts it today. In 1892, a young woman named Kate Morgan checked into the hotel, and was found dead five days later. But many guests have since claimed to have seen her ghost wandering the grounds of the hotel, and her death was ruled a suicide. Rooms near where she stayed are known to be places where cold spots and flickering lights suddenly appear.
The Heathman Hotel, Oregon
The Heathman Hotel is also a haunted hotel, right here in Portland, and not just that, but it’s a historic one. Guests in rooms on the third floor have reported seeing ghostly figures by their beds when they wake up. Some even say they hear knocks on the walls, and when they investigate, there’s no one there.
The Talbott Tavern, Kentucky
This tavern, built in 1779, has been a waystop for Abraham Lincoln and Jesse James and a host of other famous figures. It’s the ghostly residents that bring visitors back—or, more likely, run them away. Strangely enough guests have also been heard complaining of hearing weird noises, objects moving by themselves and even seeing spectral figures in the hotel’s bar area. Some say Jesse James himself haunts the tavern, and that in old photographs you can see his ghostly outline.
The Skirrid Mountain Inn, Wales
The Skirrid Mountain Inn is one of the oldest inns in Wales with a grim history. Once a courthouse where executions took place, it seems some of the condemned to die still linger. Others say they see shadowy figures moving across the rooms and claim to feel a choking sensation, as if they were being hanged, according to guests. If you ever make it, please don’t get a room with a noose.
Disclaimer: This list is solely the author’s opinion based on research and publicly available information.
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