Haunted or not haunted, the history and beauty of the Stanley was worth the trip for me. My favorite part was walking through the main lobby late at night and being the only ones there. The fireplaces lit and crackling, classical music being pumped through the sound system 24/7, ball room, billiard room, and music room available to walk through freely. It was fun to imagine being in a different time. One of the things that makes visiting the Stanley for the purpose of its haunted history challenging is that unless you've rented out the entire hotel, many other fascinated people are there for the same reason. Some of these people are incredibly... interesting. There are people going up and down the halls at all hours of the night trying to catch a glimpse of the ghosts of the children that supposedly haunted our hallway. While we were there each day, every couple of hours a group of anywhere from 10 to 30 people in a tour would come down the hall to hear the guide tell stories. They would occasionally visit some of the rooms if they were vacant. Some of the guides encouraged the spirits to interact with guests in the tour and several people claimed to have experiences.AUDIO: An example of the howling wind in the middle of the night... very Shining-like. AUDIO: Whistle in the middle of the night... This one is interesting. Was I whistling a tune while snoring? Did this whistle come from outside the window 3 floors down in the middle of the night? Was someone out in the hallway whistling? Who knows. AUDIO: Knocks in the middle of the night... I have NO clue what this sound is but it seems awfully close to the recorder on my night stand. This was also in the middle of the night. This was early in the morning about 40 minutes before my alarm went off to get ready for breakfast. This could possibly just be the floor creaking from someone next door or across the hall moving about. Or, possibly someone from the past was pacing in my room waiting for me to wake up. |