Here’s a video of a ghost caught on tape in one of my most favorite places: a hotel. It doesn’t have to be a specific hotel. (This one happens to be a Wingate in Illinois supposedly.) I just like hotels that are haunted. (It’s why I added a Haunted HotelsContinue Reading

Earlier this year I put a call out on HARO for romantic haunted places. I was intending to write a Valentine’s Day article, but that was right when I got sick so that post never happened. However, that’s how I “met” (online at any rate) Bill, the PR rep forContinue Reading

This is a guest post from Matt Smith at Skyscanner Ltd about just what the title suggests: Haunted Hotels. (Or Spooky Stays as I like to think of them.) Whenever you go on vacation there are always certain things you expect from a hotel. It’s always going to have aContinue Reading

Earlier this year, I was asked about doing a media event for travel professionals in Galveston, Texas. It didn’t pan out, but it still might at a later date. The really cool thing was that they were going to put us all up in the Hotel Galvez, which was oneContinue Reading

When I used to go with coworkers to George & Dragon in Phoenix after work on Friday nights I never thought twice about using the bathroom. (Unless it was a particularly busy night and there’d be a line.) Until I stopped one of the waitresses and complimented her on herContinue Reading

I’ve been putting my own Haunted Places Page to good use again. We’re heading to New Orleans and I need to find a hotel. Preferably a haunted one. I’m in luck. I’m heading to one of the nation’s haunted hotel meccas. But not just hotels. There’s no shortage of allegedly hauntedContinue Reading

San Diego Comic Con 2010 is this weekend, which means it’s Halloween in July! What am I talking about? A post I saw on The Haunted Hotel’s Facebook page yesterday. For your convenience, I copied it and pasted it below. But long story short, if you live in or areContinue Reading

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There’s no guarantee that you’ll experience anything paranormal at the following hotels and bed & breakfasts, but you might. They all have quite the history –either of murder and mayhem or of paranormal mischief in general. They’ve also all been featured on various TV shows, including ones likes Scariest PlacesContinue Reading

Dromoland Castle Hotel interior decorated for Christmas

In December and January, many hotels do the same as homes. They deck their halls for the season with spectacular displays of Christmas or holiday trees, light exhibitions, magnificent gingerbread houses and hotel replicas, and greenery. But which ones exhibit the most spirit? Historic Hotels Worldwide recently released its TopContinue Reading

West Baden Springs Hotel dome

The haunted hotel’s magnificent dome beckoned to me the moment I spotted it in the trailer for So Cold the River. The first thing I wanted to know was, “Is that a real place? If so, where was this movie filmed?” The second thing I wanted to know was whetherContinue Reading

Romantic historic hotels with haunted 14th floors would’ve been an even better list in time for Valentine’s Day and February 14 and all, right? Yes, I agree with you. However, I really only know of one with a storied haunted 14th floor: The Hotel Monteleone. That doesn’t mean there aren’tContinue Reading