Most Haunted Hotels in the United States

Hot Lake Hotel

La Grande, Oregon

This building has an extended history as a former resort and a former asylum and is reportedly haunted by numerous ghosts including former patients and people who are claimed to have killed themselves on the property. People report numerous sightings of various ghosts, including a gardener who is...

Days Inn and Suites

Flagstaff, Arizona

The ghost of a tall man will sometimes appear at the foot of your bed at the Days Inn and Suites. No word on whether only specific rooms are...

Congress Plaza Hotel

Chicago, Illinois

This is one of those hotels that is so old and has so much history floating around it that there are practically as many ghost stories as there are room. The Al Capone one (where people claim to see him waking the halls) however is one that is certainly not accurate, he never stayed there and he...

Menger Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

This hotel is apparently haunted by dozens of ghosts, including (allegedly) Teddy Roosevelt. As one of the oldest hotels in Texas, it is only natural that many people would have stayed and some would have died within its walls, which might lead to the absolute plethora of ghosts. [gallery...

Stanley Hotel

Estes Park, Colorado

Anyone who is vaguely interested in haunted hotels will have heard of the Stanley Hotel. The Stanley claims it is the inspiration for the haunted horror of  Stephen King's The Shining and with a long oral history of "ghostly adventures" occurring there, the Stanley is well aware of the money to be...

Amargosa Opera House and Hotel

Death Valley, California

If you wish to visit the haunted opera house you should be aware that it is apparently only open for very brief periods of time and there are no operating tours. Apparently it is rarely open except during performances done by the 70+ year old ballet dancer who owns the hotel. Reports of what...

Murphys Historic Hotel

Murphys, California

Boasting an entry in the national registry of historic places, this hotel has hosted many famous names throughout its days. Some believe that some guests checked in, but never checked out as there are reports of at least three different ghostly entities haunting the inn. People claim a...

Belleview-Biltmore Hotel

Belleair, Florida

The Belleview Biltmore Resort and Spa is a historic resort hotel located at 25 Belleview Boulevard in the town of Belleair, Florida, USA. The hotel is closed, but a renovation plan has been announced. The hotel situated along the eastern shores of Old Clearwater Bay, with views of the bay and...

National Exchange Hotel

Nevada City, California

This is considered to be the oldest operating hotel in California, and possibly all of the West. Established in 1856, it has been in continuous operation except for a brief period where it was closed down due to fire damage and repaired.  People have reported seeing full body apparitions of men...

Mission Inn

Riverside, California

This hotel is awesome. If you are interested in amazing architecture, stairways that descend to nowhere, towers, flying buttresses, and just a constant feeling of "this place was designed by a madman" the Mission Inn is definitely a place that you must visit. Quite probably one of the most...

Union Hotel

Benicia, California

There is one sole ghost reported being at this location: a woman who reportedly hanged herself in the 1800's and apparently appears to modern-day visitors peering through the windows of allegedly-vacant...

Sheraton Read House Hotel

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Room 311 is alleged to be haunted by the ghost of Annalisa Netherly. Although not much is known about her, her legend claims she was living in the hotel and was killed when her husband caught her in a tryst with another man....

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

This former hospital hosts ghosts. Lots of ghosts. The maintenance man who was crushed by the elevator, two others who committed suicide by hanging, and a plethora of other macabre events lead to a most haunting hotel...

Hotel Leger

Mokelumne Hill, California

Sightings of George Leger who died in 1879 have been reported. He has been seen walking the halls throughout the hotel. People also claim to hear a woman crying and there have been some sightings of a young girl ghost sitting by the fireplace. ...

La Posada de Santa Fe

Santa Fe, New Mexico

This hotel is allegedly haunted by the former mistress of the mansion, Julia Staab, who died after sinking into a deep and enduring depression following the death of one of her children. Full body apparitions, items flying off shelves and other ghostly happening are all said to have occurred here....

Bourbon Orleans Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

Numerous ghosts are reported to haunt the Bourbon Orleans Hotel. A confederate soldier is said to roam the halls as well as the ghosts of nuns and children who died during the yellow fever epidemic when the hotel was being used as an orphanage. It is also claimed that a lone, ghostly dancer...

Hotel del Coronado

Coronado, California

The tales of the Hotel del Coronado are remarkably consistent and their ghost has a name: Kate Morgan a young woman who checked in to the Hotel del Coronado and committed suicide with a gunshot wound to her head. There is no suspicion that it might have been a murder as she was seen to be...

Biltmore Hotel

Coral Gables, Florida

Supposedly the thirteenth floor is home to some resident WWII-era ghosts - soldiers who convalesced there during the war, when it was used as a hospital. Weird noises are heard throughout, and there are reports of unexplained lights popping in and out of...

Casa Esencia - Salvador Armijo House

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The old Salvador Armijo House is now a hotel named "Casa Esencia". Many who have worked there throughout the years have reported experiencing the sensation of being touched, hearing voices and strange noises and other ghostly activities. This building is almost two centuries old, and is haunted...

Multnomah County Poor Farm - Edgefield

Troutdale, Oregon

If you are looking to stay in this haunted hotel, you need to search under its hotel name McMenamins which is the modern incarnation of the Poor Farm. This place was once an asylum for the old, disabled, and mentally challenged and people believe that many of its former residents still haunt the...

Tillie Pierce House Inn

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

You can't swing a dead cat in Gettysburg without hitting something haunted and the Tillie Pierce house is no exception. Tille Pierce is well known as she wrote a book in the aftermath of Gettysburg about her experiences during the battle. A teenager during the time of the battle, she was involved...

Hay–Adams Hotel

Washington, District of Columbia

Allegedly haunted by the ghost of Marian (Clover) Hooper Adams who lived in the residence that occupied this site prior to the hotel being constructed. Mrs. Adams committed suicide by ingesting potassium cyanide. People claim to see and smell distinct scents that they attribute to her, including...

The Tutwiler Hotel

Birmingham, Alabama

A mischievous ghost is said to turn on the lights and appliances. Although legend attributes the haunting to Colonel Tutwiler, it is highly unlikely, since the current location of the Tutwiler hotel is not the same as the one that originally bore his name and therefore, it is unlikely that he...

Miss Molly's Hotel

Fort Worth, Texas

In the historic Stockyards of Fort Worth Miss Molly's is allegedly haunted by ghosts from its former bordello days including the ghost of a cowboy that is mostly seen in the aptly named Cowboy Room....

Old St. Vincent's Hospital - Drury Inn

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Babies crying and the sounds of someone running down the halls are claimed to be the major haunting that occurs at this Drury Inn....

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Los Angeles, California

Although no famous actor died in the hotel, the place is rife with celebrity "hauntings". If they are, they are of the residual sort, as many claim to see Marilyn Monroe peering at them from a mirror she once favored when she stayed there, or Carol Lombard seen in the hallway of the floor she...

Holbrooke Hotel

Grass Valley, California

The Holbrooke Hotel has a lot of history and a lot of famous former guests. From Ulysses S. Grant to Mark Twain this place did not suffer from a lack of swanky clientele. There are a variety of ghostly rumors that surround this place that was also home to some misfortune and misery, including one...

Place d'Armes Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

At this hotel you may find the ghost of a small girl in old-fashioned clothes. She may ask if you have seen her grandmother before she vanishes. Also reported here have been the sounds of music, voices, and footsteps....

Hotel Vendome

Prescott, Arizona

Reportedly haunted by a former owner and her cat. The owner apparently died of a broken heart due to her husband's desertion, and not content to go into the afterlife alone, chose not to feed the cat either....

Harvey Mansion Historic Inn

New Bern, North Carolina

Established in the early part of the 1800's it is one of the last remaining original buildings in the town. People claim that a woman in period dress glides through the dining room and through walls of the restaurant located in this Inn. Some people also say that they hear what sounds like a...

Mount Washington Hotel

Carroll, New Hampshire

Room 314 is said to be the hotbed of haunted activity in this hotel. Allegedly haunted by Carolyn Stickney, the wife of the original owner. There have been reports of her being sighted since shortly following her death. She has been seen variously walking the halls, brushing her hair on the end...

Brookdale Lodge - Brookdale Inn and Spa

Brookdale, California

Reportedly haunted by the niece of the former proprietor who is alleged to have drowned in the creek that runs through the dining room. People claim to have seen her ghost running through the dining area, sitting by the fireplace crying and other times at various places. One of the motel wing...

Farnsworth House Inn

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Reportedly haunted by over a dozen ghosts, including the most ubiquitous, a former nurse named Mary who is said to still attempt to comfort the ill and a young boy who was killed in an accident....

Copper Queen Hotel

Bisbee, Arizona

Holding the distinction of being Arizona's longest continuously operated hotel, the Copper Queen was constructed from 1898 to 1902 by the Phelps Dodge Corporation to serve as lodging for investors and dignitaries visiting its nearby copper mine. The Copper Queen is allegedly haunted and has been...

Palmer House Hotel

Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Reportedly haunted by numerous resident ghosts, from a young boy who is often seen bouncing his ball to a possible former prostitute to a tall, lanky man who appears over your bed. Rooms 11 and 17 are apparently the rooms to rent if you are into a ghostly encounter....

Punderson Manor

Geauga, Ohio

It is alleged that the original owner of Punderson manor committed suicide by drifting out on the lake in a bathtub, and then, when he reached the middle, he pulled the plug and drowned. Why precisely he would have chosen this method is not known, whether it actually occurred like this is unknown,...

Island Hotel and Restaurant

Cedar Key, Florida

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Buford House Bed & Breakfast

Tombstone, Arizona

Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a man who, in a jealous rage over his woman walking home with another man, decided to shoot her and then himself. Luckily, the woman survived his murder attempt and he was the only one who died. He continues to haunt the house where he died....

Lamothe House

New Orleans, Louisiana

A ghostly woman in red is apparently sighted frequently as well as the sounds of ghostly children at play....

Park Inn by Radisson

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Ghostly noises, scratching sounds and screaming can all be heard at the Park Inn. It is rumored that in the 70's a wife discovered her husband was having an affair so she followed him to the hotel, killed him and his mistress and then herself in the bathroom. Supposedly this room is extremely...

Mission Point Resort

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a man who committed suicide nearby as well as spirits from people who drowned in a nearby lagoon. ...

Gadsden Hotel

Douglas, Arizona

The hotel opened in 1907. Named for the Gadsden Purchase, the stately five-story, 160-room hotel became a home away from home for cattlemen, ranchers, miners, and businessmen. The hotel was leveled by fire and rebuilt in 1929. The Gadsden is recognized as a National Historic Site. The Gadsden's...

Hassayampa Inn

Prescott, Arizona

Rumored to be haunted by a woman named "Faith" who killed herself in despair (over a man, of course) and a the ghost of a man that the employees call "the Night Watchman"....

Blennerhassett Hotel

Parkersburg, West Virginia

A wide variety of ghosts and haunted activity is claimed about this hotel with the hard to pronounce name. Allegedly there is a man in grey who haunts the second floor and this floor is also where the elevator makes frequent, unplanned and unasked for stops. Is the Grey Man calling the elevator? ...

Cedar Grove Inn

Vicksburg, Mississippi

This house has a cannonball lodged in the wall. I really don't care if it's haunted or not - it has a cannonball lodged in the wall. How cool is that? The result of being strafed during the Civil War, the homeowners apparently decided the cannonball was a nifty conversation starter and left it...

Irma Hotel

Cody, Wyoming

This tribute to the old West hotel, built by Buffalo Bill is reported to be haunted. Guests report the usual haunting activity, ghostly footsteps, strange noises and allegedly the ghost of a man without a bottom half is seen gliding through the halls....

Enders Hotel and Museum

Soda Springs, Idaho

There are conflicting stories about who exactly is haunting the Enders hotel. Some claim it was a man who was shot and killed there, others that it was a man who fell down the stairs, still others that it was a prostitute who was murdered there (this is the least likely since all of the sightings...

The Head Hotel - The Prescott Inn

Prescott, Arizona

Said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who died there, as well as by a pacing cowboy ghost....

Poland Spring Resort

Poland, Maine

Reportedly haunted by the original owner, people claim they have seen his apparition walking the hallways, that they hear his footsteps and that he moves objects in the Inn....

Monte Vista Hotel

Flagstaff, Arizona

Two ghosts are said to inhabit this hotel - a bellboy and a non-descript...

Hotel Connor

Jerome, Arizona

The Hotel Connor is reportedly haunted by at least two spirits, one male and one female. The female is referred to as "The Lady in Red". Reports are numerous and varied as to what occurs in the hotel - from a woman whispering in your ear, being touched, cold spots, electrical appliances going on...

Camberley Gunter Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

Although no body was ever found, a blood-soaked room indicated that something had gone seriously amiss at the Camberley Gunter Hotel. Legend has it that a woman was murdered there in the 1960's and an unsuspecting maid walked in on the murderer as he was escaping out the fire escape of the blood...

Vinoy Hotel

St. Petersburg, Florida

Now owned by Marriott, the Vinoy Hotel is a favorite place for major league baseballers to stay while in town. Several claim to have seen a man in a top hat and long coat standing over their bed. One claims to have felt like someone pressed on his back while he was sleeping. No word on why this...

Hollywood Beach Resort

Hollywood, Florida

This hotel dates back to 1926 and was once home to Al Capone. Residents on the seventh floor have claimed to have captured numerous orbs and heard strange voices throughout the...

Ghost City Inn

Jerome, Arizona

A female ghost haunts the Cleopatra Room of this hotel. A male ghost has also been seen on the veranda. Ghostly voices and doors slamming shut have also been reported....

Hotel Congress

Tucson, Arizona

Hotel Congress is probably best known for the role it played in the capture of John Dillinger and his gang of outlaws, but there are apparently several ghosts who lay claim to the Congress. At least two suicides there have reportedly led to hauntings in the rooms in which they took place (Rooms 214...

San Carlos Hotel

Phoenix, Arizona

ALthough there are apparently numerous ghostly events at the San Carlos, the most famous is that of Leone Jensen who killed herself by jumping from the roof of the newly completed hotel. Although the legend paints her a "romantic" figure, leaping to her death over a broken heart and a feckless...

Chateau Marmont

Los Angeles, California

No one knows who is haunting the Chateau Marmont. Some claim it is John Belushi who died there in 1982 of a drug overdose. Others believe it was a random guest who died in one of the rooms. In any event, many people have reported many different sightings. People have had unexplained phenomena...

Hotel Jerome

Aspen, Colorado

Reportedly haunted by the ghost of a boy who drowned in the swimming pool, a maid who died after falling into the ice covered pond and falling ill and other random hauntings. If you want to try your luck at a haunted room, pick 310, this is reportedly a room that overlooks the pool and where the...

Manresa Castle

Port Townsend, Washington

Two ghosts are said to haunt Manresa Castle. The first is a young woman named Kate who is said to have leapt to her death from her room (306) in despair after her lover either failed to show up, or was killed. The other is the ghost of a monk that legend claims hanged himself in the tower above...

Figueroa Hotel

Los Angeles, California

Haunted, or merely bad wiring? Elevators that stop on random floors, lights that flicker and TVs that come on of their own accord, most of the reports of hauntings seem to involve the electric grid. No way of knowing unless you go and check it out for yourself....

The Artist House

Key West, Florida

This house, dating back to 1890, has paranormal claims in the attic and the turret...

Don CeSar Beach Hotel

St. Pete Beach, Florida

This hotel dates back to 1925, and used to have a large fountain around which the original builder and his lover used to meet. The fountain has since been removed but guests still claim to see the young couple's ghosts walking the spot,...

Myrtles Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana

A crying woman and a vengeful slave are both said to haunt this plantation....

General Warren Inne

Malvern, Pennsylvania

The building that houses the inn has been around since the days of the Revolutionary War, and many people believe that the place is haunted by soldiers who died in battle. The building was owned by loyalists during the War, and within its walls they plotted and tortured at least one colonial in...

Logan Inn

New Hope, Pennsylvania

One of the oldest inns in America, the Logan Inn has a whole host of ghosts. It was in operation through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. People have claimed to see an American Revolutionary war era soldier beating his ghostly drum through the hotel. In addition people claim to see dancing orbs...

Gibson Inn

Apalachicola, Florida

This modern inn is supposedly haunted by a pneumonia victim who lodged there years ago. Sightings have been made particularly often in room 128, as well as the bar and dining...

Pioneer Hotel

Tucson, Arizona

A fire broke out in the hotel in the 70's and killed almost 30 people. It seems that many believe that at least some of those who perished in the fire have stayed behind and continue to haunt the hotel....

Crescent Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

One of the most well-known haunted hotels in America, the Crescent hotel has a history that just requires there to be ghosts and haunts associated with it. And the Crescent has plenty. The site of a former hospital run by a con artist who had previously been convicted of practicing medicine without...

Olde Marco Island Inn & Suites

Marco Island, Florida

The usual assortment of paranormal activity here... footsteps, voices, cold drafts, etc. Some say chairs have been seen to move on their...

Cassadaga Hotel

Lake Helen, Florida

The Cassadaga Hotel was created in the early 20th century and is located in the heart of a spiritualist community which was established in 1894. The hotel is known for its "spirits" and psychics. The hotel rents out rooms and also has psychics on-site and available daily. The hotel has been...

The Groveland Hotel

Groveland, California

The ghost of an former guest that the hotel has dubbed "Lyle" is said to have permanent occupancy of Room 15. "Lyle" has been reported to clear "his" dresser of items he doesn't want on it, especially women's cosmetics. He is also blamed for the lights in the building dimming. ...

Tucson Radisson Hotel

Tucson, Arizona

A ghostly girl allegedly haunts the kitchen and...

The Lucerne Inn

Dedham, Maine

Reports vary on who and why the Lucerne Inn is haunted. Some people claim that there was double murder-suicide that took place here when a man caught his wife cheating. Details of the catching and the man vary from story to story with his name changing with the telling of it. Other people claim...

Cary House

Placerville, California

The ghost of a man is said to haunt the lobby and some people claim a cat is haunting room 220. It is said there are four separate ghosts in the building, but specifics are hard to come by so you'll just have to go check it out and see for yourself....

Historic Anchorage Hotel

Anchorage, Alaska

Some believe that the first Chief of Police of Anchorage who was killed near the Anchorage hotel and that his ghost haunts the hotel to this day. People have also claimed to see a female ghost in a white dress and many have reported children ghosts....

Emily Morgan Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

This website strives to be a cut above other haunted websites. If you go to practically any other "ghost site" that all seem to have the same stock entries on 'haunted hotspots' you will find an entry like this under the Emily Morgan Hotel: "Floor nine is a very active floor. Having been unaware...

Ocean Key Resort and Spa

Key West, Florida

Try to get the third-floor suite that faces Duval Street. Visitors claim there are numerous cold spots encountered throughout the day, and nighttime brings eerie sounds of objects being moved around the dressed, spectral sighs, and the distinct feeling of someone sitting down on the bed you're...

Don Vicente Inn

Tampa, Florida

Staff report a ghost in the lady's basement bathroom. The Travel Channel once ran a TV special on this...

Georgetown Hotel

Georgetown, California

Reportedly haunted by the ghost of the former owner. He is often seen throughout the hotel and has a particular affinity for Room 13. Many people claim to have been woken up in the middle of the night when staying in that room....

El Tovar Hotel

GRAND CANYON, Arizona

The historic El Tovar hotel was one of the original Harvey Houses that served the rail lines, staffed by the civilizing influence of the Harvey girls. Although a grave marked "Pirl" can be found in the parking lot of the Tovar, its occupant is somewhat disputed. Legends say it is either a Harvey...

Lee Hotel

Yuma, Arizona

Three different female ghosts are said to haunt the Lee Hotel. People believe that one of the ghosts is the original owner of the hotel and she is believed to knock on the doors of rooms in the hotel....

Crowne Plaza San Marcos

Chandler, Arizona

Originally the "San Marcos Hotel," this has now been bought and sold several times until it became the Crowne Plaza San Marcos. The hotel was originally built in 1913 for $100,000, and hosted such luminaries as Herbert Hoover, Joan Crawford and Fred Astaire. Locals know it as a paranormal...

The Stanford Inn

Bartow, Florida

A "noisy" apparition, believed to be a former owner named Lee Meriwether, is said to inhabit this quaint modern-day bed and breakfast. Doors also allegedly close on their own, and disembodied footsteps can be heard on the staircase. The Stanford Inn was featured the 1991 film "My Girl,"...

St. James Hotel

Cimarron, New Mexico

There are as many ghost stories as there are rooms at the St. James Hotel. People have reported numerous happenings, from objects being moved, including all the silverware from a table being reportedly moved and piled in the middle after it was set, to haunted apparitions of several different...

Virginian Hotel

Medicine Bow, Wyoming

The Virginian is now closed. People claim that when it was in operation it was filled with ghostly activity. Update: The hotel is apparently now open again, according to feedback left by a Haunted Places...

The Lodge Resort and Spa

Cloudcroft, New Mexico

The ghost of a red-haired woman is said to haunt the dining room as well as the ghost of a former maid who was allegedly murdered there....

Captain Lord Mansion

Kennebunkport, Maine

A female apparition is often seen walking through the Lincoln bedroom. She also occasionally appears on the hallway outside the rooms....

Hotel Provincial

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reported to be haunted by the ghosts of numerous soldiers who died here during the Civil War when the hotel was used as a hospital. Numerous reports of full-body apparitions as well as some people reporting that when they step out of the elevator in building 5, for a moment, they see a Civil War...

Kennebunk Inn

Kennebunk, Maine

Allegedly haunted by two ghosts, one thought to be the former owner and one a clerk who worked there decades ago. Haunted activity include glasses falling off shelves, other items moving, and strange noises that some claim sound like voices. ...

Hotel Alex Johnson

Rapid City, South Dakota

Site of a "white lady" haunting, allegedly the ghost of a young woman who jumped or was thrown from the window of room 812. She is often seen wandering the halls in a white gown, and the room associated with her has numerous report of haunted activity, including the window opening of its own...

The White House Inn

Wilmington, Vermont

Allegedly haunted by the former mistress of the house, Mrs. Brown. People have reported full body apparitions, cold spots, slamming doors and some claim that the ghost has actually appeared and spoken to them....

National Hotel

Jackson, California

Although there are many different ghost stories associated with the hotel, if you wish a haunted room you should apparently aim for rooms 45, 47 or 61. Apparitions, doors slamming, lights that flicker on and off, and other evidence of ghostly activity is often claimed to by numerous guests of the...

St. Anthony Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

People have claimed to see strange moving shadows, full-body apparitions and other ghostly occurrences at the St. Anthony hotel. Supposedly the tenth floor has the most activity....

Herlong Mansion Bed and Breakfast

Micanopy, Florida

Originally built in 1845, the Helong Mansion is now a stylish bed and breakfast. Some believe the ghost of Inez Herlong still haunts the place, but details are...

Banning House Lodge - Banning Inn

Avalon, California

Banning House Lodge is home to "The White Lady" a ghostly apparition that people claim to have seen. As Natalie Wood also drowned nearby while vacationing on the island, many people have also claimed to have seen her ghost....

La Fonda Hotel

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Reportedly haunted by several different apparitions. One who is dubbed "The Judge" and prone to swooping through the hallways. In addition there is an oft-reported sighting of a man who walks through the dining room and jumps into a hole and disappears. The sight of the "hole" is where the former...

Brunswick Hotel

Kingman, Arizona

Numerous apparitions, ghostly voices and physical contact with the guests...the ghosts at the Brunswick are apparently active. As of this writing (MArch 2013) it appears the Brunswick has closed its doors, but check back and let us know if it ever re-opens....

The Historic Plains Hotel

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Allegedly haunted by the ghosts of three people who were killed in a double murder-suicide. The ghosts are alleged to be a feckless husband, his unhappy bride and the husband's paramour that he picked up in the bar. Supposedly the bride went looking for her husband, found him chatting with this...

T'Frere's House Bed and Breakfast

Lafayette, Louisiana

Reported to be haunted by the ghost of "Amelie" who died after falling into the well. Reportedly the Catholic church refused to bury her on church property as they ruled it a suicide. She is said to turn lights on and off, bang pots and pans and other mischievous acts. [gallery link="file"...