• Introduction
• 1. Bermuda Triangle
• 2. Edinburgh
• 3. Lizzie Borden B&B
• 4. London
• 5. New York City
• 6. Roswell
• 7. Salem
• 8. Savannah
• 9. Stanley Hotel
• 10. Transylvania

Stanley Hotel

Who hasn’t gotten the goose bumps from reading (or watching) Stephen King’s haunting thriller, The Shining? Test your tolerance for the terrifying by spending a night in the place that inspired the novel, the Stanley Hotel (www.stanleyhotel.com/tours.html). Celebrating its centennial in 2009, the hotel is in fact a grand estate, with a spectacular Colorado mountainside location, old-fashioned rooms with impressive vistas, top-notch amenities, and a well-reputed restaurant. What makes this place truly unique and a tad creepy, however, is the presence of otherworldly residents. Flora Stanley, the first owner’s long-deceased wife, can still be seen and heard, late at night, either tinkling the piano keys in the music room or wandering around the lobby. Plus, the entire fourth floor (once the servants’ quarters) teems with strange after-dark commotion: if you stay in room 418, you might hear children playing outside your door, but find nary a soul in the hallway. For the ultimate scare (or inspiration), stay in room 217 – where King himself laid his head.

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