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We've unearthed five tales about haunted locations in Louisville, including the Seelbach Hotel, The Palace Theatre and the Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
Founded by Bavarian-born immigrant brothers Louis and Otto Seelbach, it opened in 1905 as the Seelbach Hotel, and is designed in the French Renaissance style. [5] The hotel has hosted numerous celebrities, including F. Scott Fitzgerald , who took inspiration from the Seelbach for a hotel in The Great Gatsby .
The ghost story that inspired Stephen King's popular horror novel The Shining while staying in Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado during a snowstorm on October 30, 1974 is told. The Patee House in St. Joseph, Missouri plays a major role in the legend of infamous outlaw Jesse James who was double-crossed by his own gang ...
Richard King's painting Love Letters (painted circa 1990) is said to be haunted by Samantha Houston, a four-year-old girl who fell to her death in the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas where the painting hangs. As a result, the expression of the girl in the painting is said to change [19] whenever one looks away. Guests have also reported ...
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People flooded Bodie during the gold rush of the late 1800s, but when the promise of riches faded, the place found itself spookily abandoned. It now remains in "arrested decay." Google Street View
A fact from Seelbach Hotel appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 November 2010 (check views).The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, was frequented by Al Capone, who is said to have once avoided police by escaping through secret tunnels in the hotel?
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