Photo of Crescent Hotel © by Mark A. Powers

The Castle in the Air

Dr. Norman Baker started to conduct experiments that often ended in death to the patients. Many of his sadistic experiments took place in the infamous room 419, where several people died at his hands. A well-known and long term resident, Miss Theadora, was also one of his victims; many people who have spotted her apparition walking through the hallways believe that she is in search of the man who killed her or that she is trying to warn others of the danger.

The Crescent Hotel © by Frank Miller

Another widely recognized apparition wandering through the Crescent Hotel is Lula. She was murdered by the evil doctor on Christmas as he seemed callous and upbeat in his blue tie and white suit. The eventual trial that followed involved Lula’s husband Jon who testified that Dr. Norman Baker’s treatments did nothing to help her recover from her illness, and that the human experiments that he was conducting were in fact tortuous and caused the end of her life.

The aftermath of this trial exposed Dr. Baker as a fraud who did nothing but perform boiler room basement antics that were in fact a hoax and brought no benefits to humans whatsoever. It was discovered soon after that he had never possessed a medical license and became a fugitive.

To this day many guests have said that they’ve seen elegantly dressed ghosts and wraiths passing through walls, sitting down in chairs, and even having meals at several different tables in the famous Crystal River Dining Room.

If you go to the Crescent Hotel nowadays, you’ll be able to hear the sounds of silky dresses swooshing on by like there was no one there. Another famous ghost is known to wear a darker suit and a derby hat; it is usually seen in the hotel lobby tipping the brim of his hat at all the ladies passing by.

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The Haunted Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel has many stories but no of which have been violent, so it appears that the ghostly residents are just that, residents. Hotel workers and guests have commented on hearing the piano in the Ballroom being played, when it is investigated no one was found at the piano or even in the Ballroom. The employees of The Stanley Hotel believe that it is the wife of Mr Stanley that is the ghostly piano player.

Room 418 is said to have the most paranormal activity and the full 4th floor has the majority of the paranormal activity, the sound of children playing in the halls has been heard on a few occasions even though there have been no children around. There are reports of people seeing a man standing in their rooms and then running into the rooms closet, others have said they have seen someone standing in the middle of there room and then just disappearing.

The most prolific story to date is the one from GhostHunters TV show, while the camera crew were changing the tapes in their cameras a table had jumped two feet into the air! Now this would have been great evidence if caught on camera. Also, Ghost Hunter Jason stayed in the room of which a spirit stealing from guests is said to stay during the night he claims that the bed moved, closet doors locked and unlocked and his glass at the side of his bed cracked open from the inside.

I have been looking around for some stories about The Stanley Hotel and here is one that sticks out. A person was on a ghost tour of the hotel and happened to take this picture just out side the hotel. As you can see the window has a child at it, but the figure is very hazy when it shouldn’t be because that window is actually opened. The person that took the photo investigated into this photo and called the hotel. This is the response he got:

OK, the room number is 1211. Last Friday, there was a single man checked in that room who was part of a business conference. That doesn’t mean he DIDN’T have a child with him, but it is unlikely that he did. — Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel - A ghost at the window

Source: about.com

The paranormal activity present in The Stanley Hotel is a lot, I do have no reason to think that there are any violent or bad spirits present. So if you are ever near The Stanley Hotel and are need of a hotel for the night, you know where to go.

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Arguably the most haunted part of the ship is the engine room where tapping on pipes can be heard and lights can be seen. This is thought to be the apparitions of a young 17 year old, John Henry, who deceived the management of the ship in order to get a job on board, he was crushed to death while a fire broke out in the engine room which is now the main reception of the hotel.

There was a very mysterious death that occurred on the liner, a man asked a steward to help him get a female to keep him company through the night, in exchange of some cash. The steward took the gentleman’s luggage and stowed it away and shortly after a female was found, they then left together. The next morning the gentleman was missing from the dinning room so the steward went to his room looking for him and instead he found the corpse of the female and a lot of blood. After looking for the gentleman it was soon discovered that there was no trace of him on any of the logs and his luggage was gone which more than just one person dealt with.



The Queen Mary swimming pool is not innocent either, a little girl tried to slide down a banister into the pool, but a large wave hit the ship and she fell before getting to the pool and broke her neck. There have been and still are sightings of a little girl around the pool looking for her mother. Also, there were two women that have died within the pool area and are said to be roaming the pool side.

The Queen Mary also caused the deaths of around 300 sailors. While the ship was being used during the war, it zig-zagged trying to avoid enemy contact and inadvertently collided with the ship it was sailing with. The Queen Mary was then forced to leave around 300 survivors, who can still be heard from time to time banging on the side of the ship.

So as you can see The Queen Mary has been surrounded by deaths for decades, so are you sure you want to stay at the hotel?..

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