HotelChatter || HotelChatter's Favorite Haunted Hotels

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays here at HotelChatter and not just because we like to dress up our dog in dandy outfits and eat candy, but because its gives us a chance to spotlight some of the Haunted Hotels that we write about throughout the year. These hotels may be haunted but that's not all there is to them. So here are our top picks for a frightening but fun stay.

· The Timberline Lodge: HotelChatter Maven Annie0007 just wrote about this the other day as part of her Oregon Hotel Trail Guide It was the set for Kubrick's scary The Shining movie but the food here is out of this world.

· Hotel Del Coronado: Who knows if this San Diego hotel is haunted or not. Paranormal researchers believe it is but when we stayed there nothing funny happened. Instead we enjoyed the beach, spa and hotel lounge. Still, the story of the ghost Kate Morgan is pretty scary and the hotel is pretty darn old.

· The Hollywood Roosevelt: Some reports say Marilyn Monroe shows up in her namesake suite, others report a man dressed in black skulking around a ball room. Either way, if you don't see ghosts you will see celebs.

· The Ocean Edge Resort: The hotel has a weepy widow who roams the halls (doing pretty standard ghost stuff) but you can bring the kids along for a ghost-hunting package.

· The Stanley Hotel: This place inspired Stephen King to write one of the scariest books-turned-movies of all time, The Shining. So you know you will be freaked out here whether you see something or are just imagining the Red Rum twins.

Have your own favorite Haunted Hotel? Let us know.

[Photo: Riv]

4 Comments - Add Yours by juliana

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CourtneyMay
HotelChatter Member

Re: HotelChatter's Favorite Haunted Hotels (none / 0)

The Don CeSar in St Pete Florida has a whole book on their history and "hauntings" that is pretty cool. I think it is on their website too (they are Loews).

by CourtneyMay on 10/12/2007 at 9:48 AM

markj
HotelChatter

Re: HotelChatter's Favorite Haunted Hotels (none / 0)

Hawthorne Hotel, it is in freakin' Salem -- home of the witches and all.

by markj on 10/12/2007 at 12:04 PM

juliana
HotelChatter

Gramercy Park Hotel, after Schrager (none / 0)

I should have included this hotel. I don't think there are any documented hotel ghosts roaming the halls. But I just imagined all the old souls that used to visit the place before Schrager Schragerized it and I imagined they were mad. Plus the hallway walls and carpets are a deep blood color. Sppooooookieeee!

by juliana on 10/12/2007 at 1:40 PM