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Vampire Expert Alleges Haunted Happenings at the Bowery Hotel

Where: 355 Bowery [map], New York, NY, United States, 10003

October 23, 2008 at 9:00 AM | 1 Comment

We're well aware that the Bowery Hotel has questionable neighbors, 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 marble cemetery just behind the Bowery Hotel on Second Avenue (not to be confused with the more conspicuous marble cemetery 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 longer fazes the staff.

We thought about hanging around the Bowery Hotel to check out this purported paranormal activity, but we were scared off when told about the wait for a table at Gemma.

Got a Ghostbuster-like Bowery Hotel story? Let us know.

[Photo: Casey Kelbaugh for the NY Times]