Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Haunted Rooms at the Crescent Hotel:

A number of rooms are haunted in the historic Crescent Hotel. Room 218 is the spot where Michael, an Irish stonemason, landed when he fell from the hotel's roof during construction. His ghost is said to bang on the walls and turn the lights and television on and off. Rooms 202 and 424 of the Crescent Hotel are also said to be haunted.

The Haunting of the Crescent Hotel:

You don't need to stay in a haunted room to see a ghost at the Crescent Hotel. Outside of the Recreation Room, the ghost of Dr. Norman Baker often appears, looking a bit confused. He ran a controversial hospital and health resort in the building during the 1930s. A nurse, dressed in a white uniform, has been seen on the third floor of the Crescent Hotel. A woman in Room 419 introduces herself as a cancer patient to guests and housekeepers, then vanishes.

In the Lobby:

In the lobby of the Crescent Hotel, look for the ghost of a man who hangs out at the lobby bar or stands at the foot of the staircase.

Recent Developments at the Crescent Hotel:

A group of teens getting ready to take a ghost tour of the Crescent Hotel recently reported seeing a man carrying a tray of butter and dressed in a uniform similar to the waiter's uniforms. He followed them out of an elevator and towards their third floor room, where he seemed to disappear. A third girl at the room opened the door and saw him staring directly at all of them.

The Dining Room:

The Crystal Dining Room of the Crescent Hotel is particularly active, and many spirits in Victorian garb hve been spotted there at the tables or in the mirrors. Once, at Christmastime, the staff reported leaving a Christmas tree and presents at one end of the locked and empty Crystal Dining Room. Upon their return, the staff found the tree and presents moved to the other end of the room, and chairs facing the tree in a semi-circle.

(The town of Eureka Springs is in the extreme northwest corner of Arkansas in Carroll County, near Beaver Lake at the intersection of Hwy 23 and U.S. Hwy 62. The building used to house the Baker Hospital. Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, AR 72632. Phone: 501-253-9766.)

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Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The Story:

The ghost is believed to be that of Dr. William Jacocks, who lived at the Inn for nearly 20 years.

The Haunting:

Guests who stay in the second-floor room that was once the home of Dr. Jacocks often find themselves locked out. At one time, the room's door had to be removed from its hinges because it wouldn't budge. Paranormal researchers have collected video and audio of ghostly happenings in this hotel, including piano notes, softly spoken words, and an orb-like object floating in the air.

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The Brown Palace Hotel

The Story:

A couple of former employees and at least one guest don't seem to want to leave the hotel.

The Haunting:

Current hotel employees often run into this former uniformed waiter in the service elevator. Luckily, the ghost always leaves the elevator when it stops.

Also, where a United Airlines ticket office now stands, there was once a railroad station ticket office. Once, a man dressed in the style of an old-fashioned train conductor appeared just outside the ticket window and disappeared through the wall.

The Guests Won't Leave Either:

Mrs. Louise Crawford Hill was a socialite who lived in Room 904 for fifteen years. The story of her heartbreaks and lost loves were told in ghost tours conducted by the hotel's historian. Soon after this began, the switchboard began receiving calls from Room 904. Interestingly, the room didn't have a telephone, or even furniture or wallpaper, because it was in the midst of a renovation. The historian stopped talking about Mrs. Hill on the tour, and the phone calls stopped.

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1891 Castle Inn in New Orleans, Louisiana

The Story:

Reports are that a little girl who drowned in the pond behind the house still wanders the grounds. She is often spotted wearing a white dress and is barefoot. She is seen throughout the surrounding neighborhood, presumably in search of her mother. Guests report a feeling of brushing against bare legs (especially women), beds bouncing up and down, and the sound of bare feet running down the hallway.

The Haunting:

Another ghost was a servant who was emplyed as a gentleman's gentleman. He is a light-skinned black man who is known as the "translucent man" because he is often seen out of the corner of an eye or in a glimpse of a mirror. In life, he is known to have been fluent in several languages, loved wine, women and song, and loved pranks. He is curious about technology and will often play with televisions, microwaves, ceiling fans and lights.

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