The Most Haunted Hotels In Every State
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Alabama: Redmont Hotel
Photo: Chris Pruitt / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Birmingham, AL
- When Was It Built: 1925
- Haunted History: The Redmont Hotel has its fair share of ghostly guests. The spirit of country music hero Hank Williams is said to roam the halls - but if he's not there, visitors won't be so lonesome that they would cry, as a ghostly woman in white has also been seen drifting through its halls. Moreover, the spirit of Clifford Stiles, a former owner of the hotel, has been known to keep tabs on his old property.
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Alaska: Anchorage Hotel
Photo: Dmadeo / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Anchorage, AK
- When Was It Built: 1916 (with an annex added in 1936)
- Haunted History: A plethora of hauntings have occurred at the Anchorage Hotel, but one of the most unsettling ghosts is that of former Chief of Police Jack Sturgus. He was slain just outside the building; it's said that each year, near the time of his passing, he returns to the scene of the incident to search for the culprit.
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Florida: The Biltmore Hotel
Photo: Ebyabe / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Coral Gables, FL
- When Was It Built: 1926
- Haunted History: This hotel was a swinging place for local syndicates in the 1920s until Thomas "Fatty" Walsh was taken out on the 13th floor. The Biltmore was used as a military hospital during World War II but was reopened in 1987. Since then, people have reported stories about ghostly hospital patients and severed limbs.
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Colorado: The Stanley Hotel
Photo: Rominator / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain- Location: Estes Park, CO
- When Was It Built: 1909
- Haunted History: This hotel is so haunted that it was the basis for Stephen King’s horror classic The Shining. Visitors to the Stanley have seen and heard all manner of spooks and spirits, and one couple even managed to capture photographic proof of a haunting - two girls walking down a set of stairs.
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New York: The Shanley Hotel
Photo: Ducklatch Productions / YouTube- Location: Napanoch, NY
- When Was It Built: 1895
- Haunted History: The haunting in this hotel is a family affair, with the spirits of the Thayer family roaming the halls. The spirit of 5-year-old Walter Nelson Thayer III, who lost his life here, plays in the attic of the hotel; his father has also been sighted making his way around the hotel.
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Connecticut: The Yankee Pedlar Inn
Photo: Doncram / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Torrington, CT
- When Was It Built: 1891
- Haunted History: Yet another hotel that's so haunted it serves as the basis for a creepy film, the Yankee Pedlar has been spooking out visitors for years. According to local legend, the hotel's founder, Alice Conley, perished in Room 353 and walks the halls of the Pedlar to check up on her customers. Those who haven't seen the ghost of Conley have smelled something strange in Room 353, and a few people have even seen Conley's rocking chair move on its own.
- Photo: ArtisticAbode / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- When Was It Built: 1927
- Haunted History: Los Angeles is one of the most haunted cities on the planet. After a hundred years of broken dreams, it's shocking that there's not a ghost on every street corner. The Roosevelt Hotel played host to stars like Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift, who are said to still reside there. Monroe can supposedly be found in Suite 1200, and visitors to the Roosevelt claim they've heard Clift practicing the trumpet outside of Room 928 when he's not pacing the hallways.
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Missouri: The Elms
Photo: Melissa Kothe / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Excelsior Springs, MO
- When Was It Built: 1888
- Haunted History: This hotel has a few different spirits, and while most of them are totally fine with people coming and going, one of them supposedly has something to do with the hotel catching fire in 1898 and 1910. According to the housekeeping staff, they've come in contact with a member of their crew who worked at the hotel in the 1920s.
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Illinois: Congress Plaza Hotel
Photo: IvoShandor / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Chicago, IL
- When Was It Built: 1893
- Haunted History: The Congress Plaza Hotel is one of the most haunted places in Chicago, a veritable saucepan of spectral activity. Visitors have experienced quite a bit of activity in the hallways, and they've noted that their appliances turn on and off. Supposedly, there's a gloved hand that sticks out of a wall and has been referred to as the "hand of mystery." Rumors have stated the hand belongs to a former worker who was trapped in the wall during the hotel's construction.
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Hawaii: Hilton Hawaiian Village
Photo: gbern3 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Honolulu, HI
- When Was It Built: 1955
- Haunted History: Visitors have claimed they've seen a woman in a red dress walking through the hotel, and one employee says that she disappeared in front of them. It's believed that this woman is an incarnation of a "volcano goddess."
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Iowa: Hotel Ottumwa
Photo: Mark Warner / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0- Location: Ottumwa, IA
- When Was It Built: 1917
- Haunted History: This hotel in the heart of Iowa sounds genuinely spooky. Visitors claim they've heard heavy breathing in their rooms and seen shadow creatures roaming the halls - as well as the disembodied face of a mysterious man. Visitors who find their way to the basement have spotted the ghost of a woman in a white dress.
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Delaware: Addy Sea Inn
- Location: Bethany Beach, DE
- When Was It Built: 1902
- Haunted History: Visitors to this hotel have reported that there are three haunted rooms in the building, each of them with their own particular ghosts. The bathtub in Room 1 shakes for no reason, strange organ music plays through Room 6, and something in Room 11 turns phones on and off at random.
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Maine: The Lucerne Inn
Photo: Dex Media Videos / YouTube- Location: Dedham, ME
- When Was It Built: 1818
- Haunted History: Stories about this hotel claim all the hauntings stem from a slaying/suicide that took place on the premises; this tragedy has led to strange occurrences for generations. Visitors have heard voices passing through the hallway, and a few have even seen shadow creatures moving in the corners. Some folks staying at the hotel have heard the inn's piano playing when no one was around.
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Massachusetts: The Hawthorne Hotel
Photo: Channa Extravaganza / YouTube- Location: Salem, MA
- When Was It Built: 1925
- Haunted History: It's hard to believe there's anything that's not haunted in Salem, the site of one of the worst witch hunts in history, which ended in the demise of dozens of people in 1692. According to people who've stayed at this hotel, Rooms 325 and 612 have attracted quite a bit of supernatural activity, with visitors claiming they can't shake the feeling of being watched. People have seen the apparition of a woman creeping though the hallways and looking into rooms.
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New Hampshire: The Omni Hotel
Photo: Fariha Sheikh / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0- Location: Bretton Woods, NH
- When Was It Built: 1902
- Haunted History: One year after the hotel was finished, original owner Joseph Stickney perished. The spirit of his wife has been said to walk through the halls, crying out after her late husband.
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Arizona: Jerome Grand Hotel
Photo: Finetooth / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Jerome, AZ
- When Was It Built: 1927
- Haunted History: Who wouldn't want to sleep in a hotel that used to be a hospital? Former guests have reported hearing voices waft through the hallways, and people staying on the third floor have claimed they've caught glimpses of people on gurneys.
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Arkansas: Crescent Hotel
Photo: Unknown / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain- Location: Eureka Springs, AR
- When Was It Built: 1886
- Haunted History: Travelers seeking a truly scary experience should look no further than the Crescent Hotel. Initially built as a "health resort," the hotel was purchased by Norman Baker, who painted the entire building lavender and purple before reopening the hotel as a sanitarium. Baker claimed he could cure cancer, but he only took in patients with no family and had them sign undated letters stating they were cured. Baker's work involved drilling holes in the heads of his patients before pumping their brains full of a mixture of spring water, corn silk, carbolic acid, and ground-up watermelon seeds. The sight of his house of horrors is now a hotel where visitors claim to see doctors and nurses roaming the halls. Supposedly, Room 218 features the most paranormal activity, so make sure to avoid it if you're looking for a relaxing stay.
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Indiana: The Story Inn
Photo: The Pug Father / Flickr / CC BY 2.0- Location: Nashville, IN
- When Was It Built: 1851
- Haunted History: Like many of the best haunted houses and hotels, the Story Inn is frequented by a ghostly woman. Known as the "Blue Lady," she passes through the hotel's Garden Room while leaving small blue objects behind. Even if visitors don't see her, they always catch the scent of cherry tobacco.
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Minnesota: The St. James Hotel
Photo: Elkman / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0- Location: Red Wing, MN
- When Was It Built: 1875
- Haunted History: The spirit of former hotel owner Clara Lillyblad reportedly resides on the third floor, where she continues to keep things spick and span in her old quarters, Room 310. Supposedly, she straightens up the cutlery, plates, and napkins.
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Maryland: The Admiral Fell Inn
Photo: kke227 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0- Location: Baltimore, MD
- When Was It Built: 1730
- Haunted History: Anyone who's looking to be harassed by ghosts while staying at the Admiral Inn absolutely must request Room 413, due to the hauntings that take place in that spot. Visitors have claimed there are cold spots that move around the room and, in some cases, a full-bodied ghost has been seen at the foot of the bed.
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Idaho: The Idaho Hotel
Photo: Bureau of Land Management / Flickr / CC BY 2.0- Location: Silver City, ID
- When Was It Built: Originally built in Ruby City in 1863, later dismantled and moved to Silver City
- Haunted History: According to locals, there was a violent standoff in front of the hotel shortly after it was constructed, and the spirits of the two men involved still move through the hotel. O.D. Broombaugh, a former owner who lived in Room 27, ended his own life in the hotel's saloon after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Visitors have noted that they've felt strange sensations when staying in Broombaugh's old room.
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Louisiana: Dauphine Orleans Hotel
Photo: The Travel Vlogger / YouTube- Location: New Orleans, LA
- When Was It Built: 1775
- Haunted History: New Orleans is a city of ghosts, so it's no surprise the Dauphine Orleans is filled with spirits. Visitors have witnessed Civil War soldiers slowly walking through the courtyard.
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Kansas: Drury Plaza Hotel
Photo: Judy Handley / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Wichita, KS
- When Was It Built: 1922
- Haunted History: People who've stayed at this hotel claim the lights in their rooms have turned on and off, and that their furniture rearranges itself when no one's in the room. Allegedly, the doors rumble in the wee hours.
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Georgia: The Marshall House
Photo: Daniel Mayer / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Savannah, GA
- When Was It Built: 1851
- Haunted History: This hotel was constructed shortly after the end of the Civil War, in a state that famously bore the brunt of some of the most widespread destruction inflicted on American soil. As such, it's no surprise it's full of spirits. Hotel guests have claimed to see all manner of 19th-century military personnel walking through the halls, but the most unsettling spirit is that of a young soldier walking though the hotel holding his severed arm and searching for a medic to put him back together.
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Kentucky: The Seelbach Hilton Louisville
Photo: local louisville / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0- Location: Louisville, KY
- When Was It Built: 1905
- Haunted History: Visitors to the Seelbach have described a "Lady in Blue" walking the hallways; she especially likes taking the elevator because that's where she ended her life. Supposedly, she was the wife of a man who perished en route to the hotel - a tragedy that presumably drove her to her desperate act.
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Mississippi: Cedar Grove Mansion Inn
Photo: Frederikto / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0- Location: Vicksburg, MS
- When Was It Built: 1840
- Haunted History: Visitors to Cedar Grove have experienced a variety of hauntings that include everything from hearing strange noises to actually being bitten while asleep. Some people staying at the inn have heard children running through the halls when no one's there.
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New Mexico: Hotel Parq Central
Photo: Creative Projects / YouTube- Location: Albuquerque, NM
- When Was It Built: 1926
- Haunted History: The Hotel Parq has been through several permutations, and at one point it was a psychiatric facility. Visitors to the hotel have been seeing and hearing apparitions for years. They hear voices in the hallways, and some have claimed they were being watched.
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Michigan: The Landmark Inn
Photo: rossograph / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0- Location: Marquette, MI
- When Was It Built: 1930
- Haunted History: The haunting in this hotel is a doozy. In the 1930s, a librarian fell in love with a crewman on a ship, and they moved into the Landmark. Supposedly, he shipped out one last time, then drowned. The news of his demise so shattered the librarian that she perished in the Lilac Room on the sixth floor. Decades later, in the 1990s, a man was staying in the Lilac Room when he found his sheets full of screws. After asking the housekeepers to change the sheets, he returned only to find the new sheets once again filled with screws.
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Nevada: Flamingo Hotel And Casino
Photo: LasVegasGuy / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0- Location: Las Vegas, NV
- When Was It Built: 1946
- Haunted History: This hotel and casino smack dab in the middle of Las Vegas is said to be haunted by the spirit of syndicate Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. He's joined by strange whispers in the hallways and doors that seem to have a mind of their own. Bugsy is sometimes known to pass through the memorial that was created for him in the hotel's garden.
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Vermont: The Black Lantern Inn
Photo: TP94 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0- Location: Montgomery, VT
- When Was It Built: 1803
- Haunted History: The haunting at the Black Lantern seems to be in more gracious spirits (no pun intended) than some of the malicious hauntings elsewhere in America. A ghost in Room 3 turns the shower on and off at odd intervals, baffling guests and staff alike.
