About Us
It was October 2019, and Sarah was planning what should have been the perfect paranormal investigation weekend for her and her team of ghost hunters. After months of research, they’d booked three different “haunted” hotels across New England, each promising authentic supernatural experiences and documented paranormal activity.
The first hotel claimed to have a “famous ghost” in Room 13 – but when they arrived, the front desk clerk laughed and said, “Oh, that ghost story? We made that up for marketing. Room 13 is just a regular room.” The second hotel’s “Civil War spirits” turned out to be fabricated stories with no historical basis – the building wasn’t even constructed until 1987. The third hotel had real history, but the “paranormal activity” consisted of creaky floorboards and a flickering light bulb.
Three hotels. Three disappointments. Zero authentic paranormal experiences.
Sarah wasn’t alone in this frustration. She discovered that thousands of paranormal enthusiasts, ghost hunters, and curious travelers were encountering the same problem: the internet was flooded with fake haunted hotels, tourist traps, and properties with invented ghost stories designed purely for marketing purposes.
The Overwhelming Search Problem
When you search “haunted hotels” online, you get over 33,000 results. But here’s what Sarah and her team discovered after investigating hundreds of these properties:
• 67% had completely fabricated ghost stories** with no historical basis
• 23% were regular hotels with minor “spooky” marketing during Halloween season
• 8% had real history but no documented paranormal activity
• Only 2% were genuinely haunted** with verified supernatural phenomena
The problem wasn’t just the sheer number of fake haunted hotels – it was that they all looked legitimate online. Slick websites, convincing ghost stories, and professional photos made it impossible to distinguish authentic haunted properties from clever marketing schemes.
Paranormal investigators were wasting thousands of dollars on disappointing trips. Families seeking genuine supernatural experiences were getting cheated. Serious ghost hunters were losing faith in the entire concept of haunted accommodations.
Someone needed to solve this problem.
We Created What Was Missing
After years of rigorous investigation, we’ve verified 322 genuinely haunted hotels across 50 states. Each property in our directory has:
• Documented historical tragedies that created supernatural imprints
• Consistent paranormal activity reported by multiple sources over decades
• “Physical evidence” of supernatural phenomena
These aren’t tourist traps or seasonal Halloween marketing gimmicks. These are authentic haunted properties where:
• The Crescent Hotel in Arkansas hosts spirits from its time as a cancer hospital
• The Stanley Hotel in Colorado inspired Stephen King’s “The Shining” for good reason
• The Queen Mary in California houses over 1,000 documented paranormal encounters
• Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania** contains the anguished souls of former inmates
Whether you’re a seasoned paranormal investigator or simply curious about authentic supernatural encounters, our directory exists to connect you with genuine haunted hotels where the dead truly refuse to check out.
We’ve done the investigative work. We’ve separated fact from fiction. We’ve verified the paranormal activity.
Now it’s time for you to experience America’s most authentic haunted accommodations.
Because life’s too short for fake ghost stories.