Spirits Lurking in Hotel Rooms

Do you believe in ghosts? Countless hotels claim to be haunted, and some boast sightings of apparitions. Some people associate spooky hotels with creaky old buildings, while others think of newer hotels.

A Ghostly Guest in the Stanley Hotel

The AAA Four-Stars Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is known for inspiring Stephen King’s ‘The Shining.’ This hotel also lauds an apparition by the name of Lucy. She haunts room 217 and flips the lights on and off.

The Eerie Happenings at the Heathman Hotel

A long-time hotspot in downtown Portland, the Heathman Hotel, has boasted a room that has hosted specters for years. Spook-seekers should reserve room 703, which once witnessed an eerie suicide. The room has since played host to supernatural happenings.

A Victorian Grimoire in The Marshall House

The Marshall House is revered as Savannah, Georgia’s historic haunted hotel. Travelers have reported spirits lingering, apparitions staring from mirrors, and electronic recordings of spooky whispers. Rumors abound that room number 414 houses a Victorian grimoire, once used as a novel mechanism for predicting everything from the weather to favorite colors.

A Chaotic, Former Asylum Horton Grand Hotel

The Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego opened in 1887, constructed with Brick and Victorian garnet. This iconic structure acts as two buildings that share a courtyard, plus features the site of the former Lone Star saloon. Reports of supernatural wings opening to ghosts sometimes visiting overnight on rocking-chair screens echo throughout the hotel. American President John F Kennedy’s Boston had an ornate mantle mirrored in the lobby.