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Where The Ghosts Are |
Hotels and Motels
 There are lots of places to find ghosts. Let's look at some. Hotels, motels, bed/breakfasts, and inns are ideal locations to find ghosts. This is because traveling is fun
for just about all of us. However, it can also be very stressful. New places,
new faces and a strange bed to sleep in. Think of some of the famous who have
breathed their last while staying in a hotel. A
member of a rock and roll group died in his Hard Rock hotel room in Las
Vegas. No, you aren't going to find out what room he was in, 'cause they aren't telling! Comedian Fatty Arbuckle's 1921 Labor Day debauchery at the St. Francis Hotel in
San Francisco ended in the death of unfortunate actress, Virginia Rappe, and finis to Fatty's career. John
Belushi took too many drugs one night in 1982 and died at Hollywood's Chateau
Marmont as a result. Actor Montgomery Clift is supposed to haunt the Hollywood
Roosevelt. He's not alone.
It's said that Marilyn Monroe's image can be seen
in a hotel mirror that once belonged to her. The Hotel Del Coronado in
California is where a woman by the name of Kate Morgan took her own life in the
late 1890's. A love affair gone bad, was the reason for her decision. At any
rate, she haunts the hotel to this day. Does it have to be a death at the hotel
that keeps spirits in residence? Not necessarily. Perhaps memories of happy
times can keep ghosts from checking out. Room 15 of the Oatman Hotel in Oatman
Arizona is haunted by the ghosts of Clark Gable and Carol Lombard. Apparently
the couple spent their honeymoon night at the hotel and never want it to end. I
always take a few photos in the hotel room whenever I travel. Over the years
I've managed to get very few unexplained shots. This doesn't stop me from
trying.
Theaters
There is much human emotion (real and pretended)
played out in theaters. Perhaps it is this highly charged emotional energy that
attracts ghosts to old theaters. Regardless the reasons, probably every old
theater has at least one ghost residing within its walls. Stories have been told
for years about a ghostly figure that hangs around California's first theater in
Monterey. Here in Nevada we have Las Vegas' haunted school auditorium, Piper's Opera House in Virginia City, and Eureka Opera House in Eureka.There are probably
others as well. Of course one of the most famous haunted theater's in the
country is Ford Theater in Washington D.C. It makes little difference if the
buiding houses an old movie theater or live performance theater, or for that
matter, a Hollywood sound stage. Rumors have persisted for years about a
particular sound stage at Paramount Studio being haunted. Also in Hollywood is
the famous, and haunted, Graumann's Chinese Theater. Perhaps it is very
difficult for entertainers to stop performing.
If you've got an old theater
in your area chances are, it's haunted. However, you might want to ask some of
those who've performed, or worked there if they know of any ghostly activity. An
investigation might be in order if there is a consistent story.
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