If you’re staying at this boutique hotel—famous these days for its trendy pool parties—and you hear the faint sound of a trombone, it might just be the ghost of actor Montgomery Clift. Many visitors to the Roosevelt have supposedly heard his tune and have also spotted the ghost of Marilyn Monroe in the mirror in her old suite.
Jekyll Island Club Resort, Georgia
Once a playground for America’s wealthiest families—including the Vanderbilts, the Rockefellers, and the Morgans to name a few—this historic Georgia resort opened in 1888 as a recreational club. Some say you can still feel the presence of previous prestigious guests today. For example, as you stroll by Sans Souci Cottage, you just might catch a whiff of cigar smoke in the air while the ghost of financier J.P. Morgan enjoys a few puffs outside his former residence.
The Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee
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If it’s scary enough for tough-guy MLB athletes to admit publicly, then this place must really have some serious haunts—and the main culprit is allegedly the ghost of the hotel’s original owner, Charles Pfister. Baseball players in town to play the Milwaukee Brewers are generally put up at this hotel and have reported lights flickering, moving furniture, and the radio turning on and off. As Brandon Phillips of the Cincinnati Reds said, “I came into the room and just sat on the bed. Then, for some reason, the damn radio turned on. So I turned it off and got in the shower. When I was done, that motherf—er turned back on.”
Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Hawaii
In 1905, the untimely death of Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University, made headlines around the world. Stanford, who was vacationing in Honolulu following a strychnine poisoning attempt, died in her room at the Moana. Since then, there have been reports that the ghost of Stanford still frequents the seaside hotel. In fact, guests and hotel staff have said that they’ve seen her walking at night trying to find her room.