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When it comes to ghost tourism, there are few destinations that offer their guests the opportunities quite like hotels and bed & breakfasts with a reputation of a haunting. Typically rich with history, these locations are often home to very detailed and specific accounts of paranormal activity and even the spirits themselves. They offer the average tourist that chance of experiencing the stories firsthand and perhaps, even the possibility of sleeping with the dead. Dark Destinations has only scratched the surface of the countless hotels around the world, but a few have certainly appeared to resonate with our users. The following are the top-five locations that fall under the sub-category of Haunted Hotels, based on overall hits by our users.
1. The Lemp Mansion - Featured in this blog only a week ago, The Lemp Mansion in Saint Louis, Missouri was rated one of the top ten "most haunted places in America" by Life Magazine in the 1980s. It was the site of the rise and fall of the Lemp family that made its fortune from the nearby Lemp Brewery. Several family members took their own lives inside the mansion, which was purchased in 1975 and converted to a restaurant and bed and breakfast. Since that time, countless curious guests have descended on the place to witness the accounts of paranormal activity for themselves and by most accounts, many got what they were after.
2. The Seelbach Hilton - This famous hotel in Louisville, Kentucky is well known for more than their resident ghosts. After all, it appeared in the classic American novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and even had a hand in its inspiration. It has played host to several presidents, actors, musicians and even several gangsters over the years, but it has a few ghost tales as well. The most famous spirit said to still walk the halls of the Seelbach is dubbed the Lady in Blue, which might actually be the spirit of Patricia Wilson who was found dead in a service elevator shaft in the 1930s. Her ghost made a splash in 1987, but she is hardly the only soul believed to still reside there.
3. Fort Garry Hotel - Located in Canada, this luxury resort has become a mainstay in the Winnipeg skyline since its opening in 1913 and continues to thrive to this day. Overtime, the Fort Garry has also built something of a reputation for its ghostly encounters. On top of the list is the infamous Room 202, which is said to have been the site of a suicide or possibly even a murder. While its chilling tales are sure to attract a few guests, the entire second floor is believed to be a hotbed of activity. Those that are not able to secure a room on the second floor should not be disappointed, as there are plenty of tales of mysterious lights and figures seen all throughout the Fort Garry Hotel.
4. Crescent Hotel & Spa - This hotel was recently popularized by a recent investigation of the Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters. Located near the "healing waters" in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, this hotel was used as a "health resort" in the late-1930s by an unlicensed physician who offered a miracle cure of cancer. Several people are believed to have died seeking these miracles and the owner was subsequently found guilty of fraud. The spirits from the days of the "health resort" are only but a few of the ghosts believed to still reside here, as the Crescent Hotel is said to have a wide array of paranormal activity that echoes throughout the entire structure.
5. The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast - This bed and breakfast in Fall River, Massachusetts requires very little introduction. According to the popular rhyme/song, this is the house where Lizzy Borden gave her mother and father 40 and 41 whacks of an axe in that order. Today, the owners offer the unique opportunity for guests to stay in the very room where Abby Borden met her demise, as well as chance to meet a few lingering spirits. The theories abound about who might be haunting the house to this day, with some theories even hinting that Lizzy might have finally come home after her death.
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