Ghost Stories from the Stanley Hotel

The Mysteries of the Stanley

The Stanley Hotel, located in Estes Park, Colo., has nearly a century of history. The hotel was also the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel, the setting for Stephen King's masterpiece The Shining. It has also hosted some famous names such as Stephen King, Theodore Roosevelt, and even the Emperor and Empress of Japan. But the Stanley may be hosting more than just guests. It has been the site of numerous reports of supposed hauntings

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  Erin M.

  Arlington, MA

  

  9/1/2010

  Stayed here for 1 night after hiking and camping our way through RMNP. We chose it because it was a good value on http://hotels.com for a pretty looking hotel. Of course we didn't exactly do our research and didn't know the place was haunted...but it turned out ok.
  
  At first, we were given a room with mold in the tub...they have no A/C and apparently when they remodeled, they used the wrong caulking...anyway - they moved us rooms from the 1st to the 3rd floor of the Manor house. This was nice but there was still some mold in the tub...oh well...
  
  It gets 4 stars because it IS actually haunted. We were on the top floor of the Manor house and heard a loud crash above us in the middle of the night! So maybe it was just a guy with a big roller bag next door, but hey - they did a good job convincing us it was haunted so we ran with it...
  
  The swimming pool was heated and a nice way to spend the morning before checking out

  
  Had appetizer, dessert and drinks at the restaurant in the evening - all awesome. The Meze plate was amazing. Eggplant relish, avocado goat cheese and hummus serves with pita bread. YUM. Lots of people spent the evening drinking on the balcony.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

See the ghosts I caught on film

here

http://freshbloodfaceweb.blogspot.com/2011/03/stanley-hotel-ghosts.html

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1 huge TV poorly mounted to the wall; exposed wires everywhere
1 desk / chair along the opposite wall.
2 old fashioned window which really open.

The bathroom and closet was as big as the room -- no kidding.

Although it may sound as if I'm bitching, I'm really not. The room was fine, and my problems didn't lie in the lack of decor.
It was, as the other called it -- the creakiness.
We were on the dreaded 1st floor - and either the room above was haunted, or. more likely, we heard every footstep on the non-carpeted floor.
It was, of course our luck, that our upstairs neighbor was not only a night owl, but liked to pace
Back and Forth
Back and Forth
Step, step, step -- creak, creak,, creak
The entire Friggin night !!!

On a positive note, the bed wasn't bad, and the huge TV had every HBO channel, so I caught up on my shows during the night.

I'll review the bar and restaurant separately, but I will mention that that the bar staff was very friendly, and shook up some fine martinis.
The food at the restaurant was quite good -- Very Pricey, but very tasty.