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Famous Haunted Hotels

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Location
Year Built
Famous Ghost
Known For
The Stanley Hotel
Estes Park, Colorado, USA1909F.O. Stanley and his wife FloraInspired Stephen King's The Shining, Room 217 is the most haunted, Flora's ghost plays the piano, REDRUM vibes
The Langham
London, England1865A Victorian-era doctor (Room 333)Room 333 is Europe's most haunted hotel room, BBC cricketers refused to stay, ghostly figure walks through walls, Napoleon III's spirit
Fairmont Banff Springs
Banff, Alberta, Canada1888The Bride (fell down staircase)Castle in the Canadian Rockies, ghost bride dances in the ballroom, phantom bellman Sam McAuley helps guests then vanishes
Hotel & Fairmont Queen Elizabeth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada1958No confirmed ghost, but John Lennon's energyJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded Give Peace a Chance in Room 1742, guests report hearing music and voices
The Crescent Hotel
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA1886Michael, a stonemason who fell during constructionAmerica's most haunted hotel, was a fraudulent cancer hospital in the 1930s, bodies found buried on grounds, ghost tours nightly
Hotel & del Coronado
San Diego, California, USA1888Kate Morgan (found dead in 1892)Beautiful beachside Victorian, Kate Morgan checked in but never checked out, Room 3327 has unexplained breezes and flickering lights
The Myrtle Plantation
St. Francisville, Louisiana, USA1796Chloe (a former slave)12 ghosts reported, built on a Tunica burial ground, Chloe appears in a famous photograph, one of America's most haunted homes
Dragsholm Castle Hotel
Horreby, Denmark1215 (castle), hotel since 1937The White Lady, The Grey Lady, Earl of BothwellThree well-documented ghosts, 800-year-old castle, skeleton of the White Lady found bricked into a wall during renovations
The Russell Hotel (The Adelphi)
Sydney, Australia1888A woman in Victorian dressHeritage-listed haunted hotel, guests see a woman in old-fashioned dress walking the halls, cold spots and strange sounds
The Skirrid Mountain Inn
Abergavenny, Wales~1100 ADHanged criminals (over 180 executions)Oldest pub in Wales, beam used as gallows still visible, rope marks on the staircase beam, over 180 people hanged inside
Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
Mumbai, India1903W.A. Chambers (architect who died before opening)Architect supposedly committed suicide when the hotel was built facing the wrong way (likely myth), guests report his ghost on upper floors
The Don CeSar
St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA1928Thomas Rowe (founder)Pink Palace on the beach, founder's ghost reunites with his lost love Lucinda in the lobby, Art Deco masterpiece
Château Frontenac
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada1893Louis de Buade, Count of FrontenacMost photographed hotel in the world, ghost of the Governor of New France roams the halls, iconic castle silhouette on the St. Lawrence
The Pfister Hotel
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA1893Charles Pfister (founder)MLB players refuse to stay alone, visiting baseball teams report haunted rooms, Charles Pfister watches over his hotel from the balcony
Ballygally Castle Hotel
County Antrim, Northern Ireland1625Lady Isobel ShawLady Isobel locked in a tower room, threw herself from the window, knocks on guest doors at night, her room is now the Ghost Room

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