Haunted Hotels: 21 Spooky American Overnights (PHOTOS)

Halloween season is here again and hoteliers are buying fake cobwebs and orange balloons in bulk.

Without knocking the Oriental Trading Company's fine products, we would like to suggest that horror can't truly be manufactured. It has to be found, which is where the nation's ghost-riddled and eerie hotels come in.

From the famously odd Hawthorne Hotel in the witchy town of Salem, Massachusetts, to some surprises -- hello, scaredy-cat MLB players -- this list is perfect for anyone looking for a one-night stand with the bizarre.

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The Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana

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Built around 1796, this former home is considered one of the most haunted homes in the country as it was the site of a murder and several natural deaths over the years. The Plantation now features 11 guest rooms.

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Built around 1796, this former home is considered one of the most haunted homes in the country as it was the site of a murder and several natural deaths over the years. The Plantation now features 11 guest rooms.

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[lpi2007]

01:19 PM on 10/09/2011

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[sponsi]

11:50 AM on 10/09/2011

Why do they do investigations with the lights out? Are ghosts afraid of light?

[ecurbwl]

01:38 PM on 10/09/2011

It's harder to see the "stains" on the sheets.

[frankieboy26]

03:38 PM on 10/09/2011

Good questions. I've always wondered why they always look for ghosts in the middle of the night. Where are ghosts during the day, at work?

[Darryl B Corfman]

10:51 AM on 10/09/2011

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[Eenkling]

10:33 AM on 10/09/2011

I'm going to the Windsor Hotel this weekend. I heard it was haunted and I hope that it is. I'm going to try to catch something on digital.. I hope I cna go up to the third floor that is supposedly haunted by a little girl. If nothing happens that is OK too. It looks like a pretty cool Victorian Era hotel to stay at.

[Eenkling]

10:10 AM on 10/09/2011

I can guarantee the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is haunted. I took pictures in the room they attest is haunted, and there was mists in the photo of a woman with a period style of hair do, and a man who also appeared of the same era. The next morning when I awoke I was laying on the roll in cot when I heard a strange tapping noise coming from the far side of the room and it sounded as though it was above the bed, but there is no room above that one. When the noise stopped, something pushed up on the bottom side of the cot mattress very hard. My son and I both introduced ourselves to the woman that haunts the room when we first arrived, but my spouse refused. The next day, my swim suit and my son's swim suit and flotation device were solidly dry, (something that usually takes a couple of days to dry...). My spouse's thin nylon type trunks were soaking wet. All were hung in the same area on the bathroom curtain rod. I think his were not dry because he refused to address the woman who haunts the room. It was a pretty cool experience.
We also stayed in the haunted room at the Queen Mary. I didn't feel haunted, but it was halloween so maybe they were busy elsewhere. It was a pretty neat room. I felt as though I was on the Titanic.

[MSUBones]

09:36 AM on 10/09/2011

I was hoping to see the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. There is a story of a little girl who wanders the halls of this legendary hotel. There are many other stories too. This would have been a great addition to this list.

[Eenkling]

10:34 AM on 10/09/2011

I wonder why it is always little girls and never little boys...

[Magick1]

10:47 AM on 10/09/2011

I don't think that is the case.

[skyhawk61x]

08:38 AM on 10/09/2011

I wonder why the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells TX didn't make the list.

[sugarcreekchile]

05:13 PM on 10/08/2011

Anyone else notice that all the ghosts seem to haunt homes and places built in another era? Where are the modern ghosts? Don't any want to haunt the Motel Six or cookie-cutter houses in subdivisions? Perhaps, in the afterlife, coming back as a ghost has just gone out of fashion.

[rodneyvgt]

05:15 PM on 10/08/2011

LOL

[rodneyvgt]

05:19 PM on 10/08/2011

no internet no porn they need somthing to do with there time

[rodneyvgt]

05:11 PM on 10/08/2011

You all need to get a grip,its all in your mind,you see and feel what you want to

[Eenkling]

10:18 AM on 10/09/2011

Untrue.

[exdj]

04:37 PM on 10/08/2011

"Opinions expressed on the preceding program do not ness.reflect station management! Tune in again when we can really "tell it like it is"! "Get it"!

[exdj]

04:31 PM on 10/08/2011

What happens after death?, do we really die? No, we move on to another demention of time and space! We all have been here before, learning lessions, so we will be more in God's image!

[Eenkling]

10:19 AM on 10/09/2011

People are made of energy. When the body dies, where does the energy go?

[exdj]

12:51 AM on 10/19/2011

This is a good question, since you have to die in order to find out all the mysterys of the universe, as will be manifested to you after a physical active life here on earth. No need to worry, as the Master of the universe will direct you, as your new life begins. There is nothing new under the sun, as I beleive we have all been here before. Just trust in the master of the universe, along with his son, as in order to get to the Master, you must go through his son, the son of God. " That who so ever shall beleive in me, shall have everlasting life" to quote the Lord. Do make an effort to do his good works, and I am sure that you will be rewarded. Remember that energy is never destroyed, only "altered". Don't worry, as he will take care of any mans fears, so just trust in the higher Power. A very famouse Bible quote...."not by might, nor by Power,but by my Spirit says the Lord. Think about the Power of the Lord, and the Heavenly Father, as you are a part of the Universe too!

[exdj]

04:27 PM on 10/08/2011

"there is more to the unseen world, than to the seen world! Happy Halloween People!

[rigel1048]

05:36 PM on 10/08/2011

Another acid hit.

[Eenkling]

10:20 AM on 10/09/2011

People who have never experienced any spiritual activity will never understand it or acknowledge that it exists.

[William Dunigan]

04:26 PM on 10/08/2011

I know some believe in all of this...so...I'm not ridiculing your believing in all of this. I also believe some of this is altogether possible for those of whom believe in such. However, there is a realm of darkness and most importantly there's a realm of light. We each as human beings have a choice. We can choose light or we can choose darkness...it's entirely up to each individual to chose darkness of light. If a person's choice has been darkness, not only can these things exist, but possibly can bring physical harm or death to them, under some given circumstances.
Even so, if the person is living within the realm of light, these spirits of darkness can do them no harm...neither will they approach them. For as natural light dispel's darkness so does spiritual light dispel spiritual darkness. For if a person is truly having an experience like this, it's a direct indication they need to receive the Lord, Jesus within their lives. Also if a Christian is having this kind of an experience, they're not walking within the light as they should. For darkness will not approach light. That is, if the person is not giving into the darkness. As all know Jesus was put to death by those of darkness...but they were people not disembodied spirits.

[rigel1048]

05:28 PM on 10/08/2011

I want whatever this guy is smoking.

[Eenkling]

10:21 AM on 10/09/2011

Jesus and God have nothing to do with spirits. Spirits are not bad or evil. Some of them are family members that you loved in your life. WHAT is evil about them? Stop watching horror movies. Spirits are not evil.

[William Dunigan]

02:01 PM on 10/09/2011

Eenkling:

There is good and bad spirit's same as there is good and bad people. Some people think that all people of whom have killed five to ten people in cold blood goes straight to hell to every burn within a lake of fire. I also believe if they're un repented souls they'll eventually get there...but none of us know all the details of all of this.

If they therefore killed and harmed others while within this life, we don't have no way of knowing if they would still do the same if there were any way that they could do so. What I'm saying; none of us within this life know all of the details about all of this. We can only wonder about all of it. There also is those who have died in the faith of the Lord Jesus, these, it has been rumored, have come back to visit their loved one's many times and even been a big help to some of their loved ones during a deep crises.
To sum up what I'm saying we can only theorize about all of this for none know in great detail about all of this.

[pisswilliepete]

04:26 PM on 10/08/2011

Greeeeaaaaatt!!! none better than one of the phony members from the T.A.P.S team to lead the way! the photos actually captured my interest until I saw who was representing it underneath. I can't deal with phony shows and or people.

[mtknibbesr]

05:17 PM on 10/08/2011

HEY, PISSWILLIEPETE, I REALLY LIKE YOUR PICTURE AND YOUR STATEMENT TOO.

[exdj]

04:25 PM on 10/08/2011

Approve my writing, as I thought it was really a good "insight" into why things are the way they are!