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Ghosts from several periods linger in the 125-year history of the elegant Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, especially from when the building was a hospital. Desperate patients came to the Baker Hospital and Health Spa for a miracle cure that didn’t work.
Back then, the 1930s, the lobby was bright purple. If the ghosts could stand the lobby, it’s no wonder nothing else ever chased them away.
The Crescent backs up its claim of being “America’s most haunted hotel” with reported sightings of “Michael,” a stonemason who fell to his death during the hotel’s construction, and more including the latest report - the ghost of the early 20th-century ballroom dancer Irene Castle, who died as a resident of Eureka Springs in 1969.
Her spirit is said to visit in the form of a young girl in a princess costume, talking in dance terms of “pirouette” and “tango,” according to hotel spokesman Bill Ott.
Tours leave at 8 nightly. Tickets are $18 for adults, $7 for children. More information is available at crescenthotel.com or by calling (877) 342-9766.
The Basin Park Hotel in twisty downtown Eureka Springs offers nightly tours in search of more ghosts than a spiritualist could shake a dowsing stick at.
The hotel claims ghostly ballroom dancers, a girl in a wedding dress, the sound of slot machines from 60 years ago ... and “you may even see the cowboy who still roams silently through the roomsand halls of the hotel, perhaps looking for one last drink to wash away the trail dust.”
Things that go bump in the night
Known as a quaint, quirky weekend getaway spot and wedding destination, Eureka Springs is now known as a destination for something a little spookier...read more.
KY3 Paranormal Investingation- 2011
Celebrity Ghost Discovered at the Crescent Hotel
In 2011, a new mystery has surfaced with a sighting believed to be world renown dancer Irene Castle seen at the hotel by a young visitor. Castle retired to Eureka Springs and passed at the local hospital. Read more on this celebrity ghost discovered in "America's Most Haunted Hotel."
Overnight Frights: 9 Spooky Stays
CNN.com
This scenic 1886 hotel in the Ozarks has many reported encounters of paranormal activity, with ghost tours offered nightly.
The "grand finale" of the nightly ghost tours is "Doctor" Baker's morgue (the famous site where Norman Baker opened a hospital that claimed to cure cancer).
Ghostly Tales At The Crescent
Rural Arkansas Magazine
Talk of ghosts haunting the halls of the famous Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs is nearly as old as the 124-year old hotel itself. But it has only been in recent years that the talk has risen above hushed tones and the ghosts have finally, you might say, come out of the shadows.
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TAPS- Shadow (Crescent Hotel)
SCIFI Channel
Getaways - 13 Haunted Hideaways
RIS Media
Legend has it that several ghosts reside within the walls of the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa, often cited as one of the most haunted hotels in America. During construction, a workman fell to his death from the roof, landing on the future site of room 218, considered to be the most haunted room.
The Ghosts of Arkansas
About.com
After ghost hunting all over Arkansas you want a safe place to sleep away from all the ghosts and monsters ... wait a second. You do? You're a ghost hunter. You want to sleep in a haunted hotel! Lucky for you, Arkansas has just that.
Arkansas Legends - The Haunted Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs
Legends of America
Perched on the crest of West Mountain above the Victorian village of Eureka Springs , Arkansas is the historic 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa . The 78-room resort hotel is not only known as one of America's most distinctive and historic destinations, but it is also renowned for a bevy of spirits that are said to continue to walk upon these palatial grounds.
The Uninvited
American Way
If you don't scare easily, stay a night in the Crescent Hotel's room 218, which, before it was a room, was the spot where a young stonemason named Michael landed after falling to his death from the scaffolding during the hotel's construction.
The Top Five Most Haunted Hotels in America
Road and Travel Magazine
This hotel has quite an extensive history, but in the '30's one crazy doctor made it into a "hospital and health care center", where the miracle cure was to drink the water.
Haunted Hotels in the United States, Canada, and Europe
Odd Inns & Uncommodations
Crescent Hotel - A number of rooms are haunted in this historic hotel. Room 218 is the spot where Michael, an Irish stonemason, landed when he fell from the hotel's roof during construction. His ghost is said to bang on the walls and turn the lights and television on and off.
Crescent Hotel Featured in Article at Trip Atlas.com
Veronica Kavanagh
The 1886 Crescent Hotel and her ghosts were recently featured in an article entitled: "Five Ghostly Getaways: Haunted Travel in Canada & the US".
October At The Crescent: More Ghostly Than Ever
Bill Ott - Director of Marketing and Communications Eureka Springs' Landmark Hotels
(EUREKA SPRINGS, AR) - The results are in and they are ghostly. The month of October for The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa, located here on the historic loop at 75 Prospect Avenue, proved most successful in the area of the paranormal.
On Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters Episode
By Jill M. Rohrbach, Travel Writer
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
With the buzz of ghost tales in Eureka Springs spreading across the land year after year like a swarm of bees pollinating spring flowers, the city seemed a likely candidate for the show "Ghost Hunters," which will air its second season beginning at 7 p.m. (central), Wednesday, July 27 on the Sci-fi Channel.
Sleeping in the Morgue
By Antionette Grajeda - The Arkansas Traveler
A reportedly real haunted locale, the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs has been a popular spot for paranormal thrill-seekers for years...
Haunted hotels lure ghost seekers
By Laurie Whalen - Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The packages include breakfast, a ghost tour and, with the more popular "Paranormal Pair," a night at the 1905 Basin Park Hotel ...
"Ghost Hunters" hosts creep out UNH audience
By Katherine Lanzer - Seacoastonline.com
At the Crescent Hotel in Arkansas, a former mental ward with a grisly past, a thermal imaging camera picked up the figure of a man in the basement after the...
Investigation at the Crescent Hotel
By Monkey & Timmy
Investigation at the Crescent Hotel. Following in the footsteps of our favorite show to watch with Mommy, "Ghost Hunters", we formed our own investigative unit, CHIMPS! That stands for "Critters/Humans Investigating Mostly Paranormal...
Have A Spook-Tastic Halloween!
By Stephanie - Tang Diva Travel Blog
From the Menger Hotel in my home town of San Antonio, TX, to the sumptuous Hotel del Coronado near San Diego, ghostly encounters are de rigeur. Do you have the nerve to visit the Jekyll Island Club Hotel in Georgia? The 1886 Crescent & Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...
Fright-seeing in America: Looking for a sleepless night?
From the Knoxville News Sentinel
Touted as the most haunted hotel in America, the 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Ark., offers guests accommodations in the "morgue"...
Trail of Blood
By Matt Gleason - Tulsa World
World Scene Writer In the bowels of the famously haunted 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa in Eureka Springs, paranormal investigator Jason Hawes...
Sleep With A Ghost
From ShoppingBlog.com
Staying at a haunted house is the theme of many a horror film but the hotels listed in Historic Hotels of America have people to take care of you and feed you...
Spooky deals abound this month
From Red Flag Deals.com
1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa includes 15 acres of gardens, Ozark Mountain views, a spa, pool, and casual and fine-dining restaurants...
Visiting The Crescent Hotel This Week!, Eureka Springs, AR
By ClairGStudy
As most of you may recall, this is where TAPS captured that full-bodied aparition down in the morgue. They give tours of the hotel and I will certainly go along. Don't know what room I'll get but the guy that answered the phone said that all the rooms are haunted some just get more publicity...
Top Ten Haunted Hotels in the United States Of America 2007 - 2008
From Haunted America Tours
Over the years these very Haunted Hotels have grown with ghostly reputations of tales concerning that of spooky female specters, ghastly groaning gentlemen ghost.... Weird ghost photos, and of course scary things that always go bump in the night...
Spooky Stays at America's Haunted Hotels
From Road & Travel Magazine
America's Haunted Historic Hotels Play Host
to Ghouls and Ghosts Every Night of the Year...
Haunted Hotels
From the OC Register
These historic places to stay are said to have 'guests' who checked out long ago...
Going to the Ghost Tour
By Kendra
We are going to Eureka Springs to go on a ghost tour of the Crescent Hotel and to do another halloween thing at the Raycliff.
Ghost Hunters Investigate Pythian Castle
By Dean Terry
The Ozarks seems to be hotbed of paranormal activity. From the so-called Spooklight near Joplin to stories of ghosts at Eureka Spring's Crescent Hotel, the Ozarks has a rich history of haunted sights. Springfield's Pythian Castle...
Ghosts at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs
By The Caretaker
So we went for a carriage ride that night, outside the Crescent Hotel. The ride was fun, breezy and very informative. (We were told a lot about the history of Eureka Springs). When our ride was over, we tried taking some pictures, ...
1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa
75 Prospect Ave
Eureka Springs AR 72632
877-342-9766
