HotelChatter - Tag: haunted hotels

Los Angeles: Halloween Hotel Thrills Continue Through November

abigailmschilling — 2008-10-27T14:54:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/biltmorehalloween.jpg" class="top">Over 50 years ago, the murder of the Black Dahlia froze Los Angeles, embroiling the whole city in a mystery so deep it was never solved and so controversial that it is still being retold through books, movies, music, and late-night ghost stories. And of course, like all good stories, it began at a hotel. Cue creepy music. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Millennium+Biltmore+Hotel+Los+Angeles/ian/124965 ">The Millenium Biltmore</a> was the last place the victim, The Black Dahlia, was seen before she was seen dead, in lots of pieces and so it makes sense that her story be told starting in the same place. If Halloween doesn't scare your socks off on Friday night, then sign up for the Black Dahlia Bus Tour

New York: Vampire Expert Alleges Haunted Happenings at the Bowery Hotel

jennm — 2008-10-23T09:00:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/bowery_NYT.jpg" class="imgborder">We're well aware that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220">Bowery Hotel</a> has <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/10/144031/11/hotels/Will_The_Bowery_Hotel_Be_the_Scene_of_the_Next_Prison_Break_">questionable neighbors</a>, but we're wondering if anyone has had any experience with the hotel's more ghastly guests? We were geeky enough to take a walking ghost tour of the Lower East Side last week, when our guide (who specializes in vampires!) had us stop to check out a hidden <a href="http://www.marblecemetery.org/">marble cemetery</a> just behind the Bowery Hotel on Second Avenue (not to be confused with the more conspicuous <a href="http://www.nycmc.org/">marble cemetery</a> around the corner on Second Street). Our guide then proceeded to tell us about how just about every night at 1 a.m., the hotel's elevators go haywire--an occurrence that allegedly happens often enough it no

Granville: Fall Foliage Hotels :: Ohio's Granville Inn

annie0007 — 2008-09-18T13:31:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/granvilleinn.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Fall-Foliage-Hotels"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fallfoliagemap2.jpg" align="right"></a>Ask anyone where to see fall foliage, and they'll chime in the same answer: New England. But look, folks, wherever there are maples, elms, beeches, and hickories, there's gonna be foliage. What about those buckeye trees? Yes, nobody ever thinks of Ohio when it comes to trees turning, but <a href="http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/9584/Default.aspx">The Ohio Department of Natural Resources</a> reports that mid-October is going to be a choice time to see the colors change before the leaves drop. There's no place better to snuggle up than in a picturesque, hilly college town, with peaceful sidewalks perfect for strolling, and one of the best beer bars in the entire state... That place is Granville, Ohio, a half hour's

MA: Hotel Fights Museum Over Who Gets to Use Accused Murderer's Name

Jenna — 2008-08-22T15:53:29-05:00

Oy. This world.

Lizzie Borden, the Massachusetts Sunday school teacher who was accused of murdering her mother and stepfather in 1892, committed her (alleged) famous crime in a home in Fall River, Mass.

That home is now a lucrative bed and breakfast (no, we don't know why anyone would want to stay there either) named after the lovely Lizzie herself! It features historical tours and a giftshop, essentially functioning like a museum. Unfortunately, someone up in Salem, Massachusetts wants to start up an official Lizzie Borden Museum (using her name and all)...and that's not gonna fly with the B&B owner.

Louisville: The Ultimate Haunted Hotel :: A Former Sanatorium Will Reopen as Hotel

JetSetCD — 2008-08-13T16:30:10-05:00

Add another to the list of haunted hotels: A former Ford employee purchased the abandoned, vandalized 30 acres of Waverly Hills Sanatorium in south Louisville for $225,000 in 2001, and is now determined to turn the spooky property into a first-class hotel complete with spa and business center.

Currently this gutted old hospital for tuberculosis patients, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, hosts paranormal camp-outs for $100-a-head and was the subject of a six-hour feature on the Sci Fi Channel. Even wikipedia-ing this place will give you the heebie-jeebies. So will night-vision goggles and thermal sensors be part of the mini bar?