Haunted Hotels
Encyclopedia
Haunted Hotels is an American paranormal
Paranormal television
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 television series that premiered on October 24, 2001 on the Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...

. The series features haunted hotels in America and the ghost stories that are told from employees and guests alike who work and stay in them. They give their own personal accounts about encounters with the supernatural
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...

 while working or visiting a particular hotel.

Show Summary


The series is about ghostly goings-on in hotels across America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 (and in some episodes hotels in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and another one in France
France
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). Each hotel has a haunted history to it that leads the people from its past to stay behind. From ghosts that cause chills, and spirits that linger to poltergeists that move things around.

Each episode features different haunted hotels, motels, castles, and any overnight establishments in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and United Kingdom that leave its dark pasts behind for the living to experience for themselves. Dramatizations and special effects re-create true-life ghost stories from each haunted hotel.

Series Overview

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Season Episodes Originally aired DVD
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 and Blu-ray release date
Season premiere
Season premiere
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Season finale
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Region 1 Region 2 Region 4

Episodes

Ep. # Episode Title Original Airdate
1.1 Where Phantoms Lurk
Locations
  • T'Frere's House Bed and Breakfast, Lafayette, Louisiana
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...

  • Horton Grand Hotel
    Horton Grand Hotel
    Horton Grand Hotel is a restoration of two historic hotels, the Grand Horton and the Brooklyn Kahle Saddlery, in downtown San Diego, California. The Horton-Grand was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980....

    , San Diego, California
    San Diego, California
    San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

  • Kirkstone Pass Inn
    Kirkstone Pass
    Kirkstone Pass is a mountain pass in the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is at an altitude of .This is the Lake District's highest pass that is open to motor traffic and it connects Ambleside in the Rothay Valley to Patterdale in the Ullswater Valley - the A592 road. In places,...

    , Ambleside
    Ambleside
    Ambleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England.Historically within the county of Westmorland, it is situated at the head of Windermere, England's largest lake...

    , Cumbria, England
Overview
The series premiere features hauntings in hotels across America; a bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana and a hotel in San Diego, and also an English inn is being haunted by a ghost.
1.2 If Walls Could Speak
Locations
TBA
Overview
A hotel in San Diego where the restless spirit of a suicide victim roams the halls; a castle in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 haunted by the ghost of a murdered bride, and a ghost of choir singer a haunts a California bed-and-breakfast that was formerly a church.
1.3 The Ghosts Are Waiting
Locations
TBA
Overview
A soul pines for lost love; lovers are involved in an unholy affair; and a ghost of a gothic prince.
1.4 Wandering Spirits
Locations
  • Snowball Mansion Inn, Knights Landing, California
    Knights Landing, California
    Knights Landing is a census-designated place in Yolo County, California, USA founded by William Knight. It is located on the Sacramento River in the northeastern portion of the county. Knights Landing's ZIP Code is 95645 and its area code 530. It lies at an elevation of 36 feet...

  • The Shaker Inn, Enfield, New Hampshire
    Enfield, New Hampshire
    Enfield is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,582 at the 2010 census. The town includes the villages of Enfield, Enfield Center, Upper Shaker Village, Lower Shaker Village, Lockehaven, and Montcalm....

  • Le Meridien Selsdon Park Hotel, Sanderstead
    Sanderstead
    Sanderstead is a village in London Borough of Croydon, located on high ground at the edge of the built-up area of Greater London. From 1915 to 1965 it formed a parish in the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District of Surrey. Having been a farming community in previous centuries, Sanderstead is now...

    , England
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

  • Rutledge Victorian Guest House, Charleston, South Carolina
    Charleston, South Carolina
    Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...

  • Korakia Bed and Breakfast, Palm Springs, California
    Palm Springs, California
    Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...

Overview
A northern California inn once known as "The White House of the West" holds a tragic ghost story about the original owners; the restless spirit of a murdered businessman haunts a New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 inn; the jilted ghost of a lonely maid called the "Lady in Gray" haunts her secret lover's bedroom in an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 mansion; a Victorian painted lady
Painted Lady
The Cynthia group of colourful butterflies, commonly called painted ladies, comprises a subgenus of the genus Vanessa in the Family Nymphalidae...

 house in Charleston is haunted by the ghost of a little girl who died in a fire decades ago; and the ghost of a fashion model from the 1930s haunts a Korakia Pensacola resort in Palm Springs
Palm Springs
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.
1.5 Footsteps in the Night
Locations
TBA
Overview
The spirit of a murderess lurks near the scene of the crime in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...

; an English lady's maid haunts the manor house in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 where she met her fiery death; spectral lovers search for each other from beyond in Napa Valley, California.
1.6 The Uninvited
Locations
TBA
Overview
A haunted plantation; a bride dies on her wedding day and her ghost roams the halls of the Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 inn; and the restless spirit of an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 highwayman
Highwayman
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 still stalks the road where he died and returns from the dead to kill again.
1.7 When the Lights Go Out
Locations
TBA
Overview
The tragic death of a New Orleans debutante's specter leads to a haunting; near London
London
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, guilt-ridden maid returns from the dead to seek redemption for her crimes; a colonial ghost haunts a Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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 hotel.
1.8 Out of the Shadows
Locations
  • The Lodge at Noyo River, Fort Bragg, California
    Fort Bragg, California
    Fort Bragg is a city located in coastal Mendocino County, California along State Route 1, the major north-south highway along the Pacific Coast. Fort Bragg is located west of Willits, at an elevation of 85 feet...

  • Crown Plaza Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1891 Castle Inn, New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

  • Kinnitty Castle
    Kinnitty Castle
    Kinnitty Castle is a castle in Kinnitty , County Offaly, Ireland. It is located north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Kinnitty and Cadamstown....

    , Kinnitty
    Kinnitty
    Kinnitty is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is located 13 km east of Birr on the R440 and R421 regional roads.The village derives its name from the myth that the head of an ancient princess is buried beneath the village, Ceann being Irish for head and Eitigh being the name of the...

    , County Offaly, Ireland
  • Hassayampa Inn, Prescott, Arizona
    Prescott, Arizona
    Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....

Overview
A lodge in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 is visited by the spirits of two lovers who died long ago; a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 hotel's location on The Royal Mile (High Street) makes it a portal for plague victims buried beneath the lobby to rise from their graves; the ghost of a servant who died in a fire haunts a bed-and-breakfast in New Orleans' Garden Distict; a 1,500-year-old monk visits the Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 castle he once lived in; and a deserted bride still waits for her lover decades after her death in an Arizona
Arizona
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 inn.
1.9 Where Spirits Speak
Locations
  • Langham Hilton Hotel, London, England
  • Whistler's Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts
    Lenox, Massachusetts
    Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,077 at the 2000 census. Where the town has a border with Stockbridge is the site of Tanglewood, summer...

  • Hotel Maison De Ville
    Hotel Maison De Ville
    The Hotel Maison de Ville and the Audubon Cottages are located in the French Quarter north of Jackson Square, in New Orleans, Louisiana. They consist of a historic hotel building , a garden courtyard]], and separate former slave quarters —now cottages.-Hotel:Hotel Maison de Ville building was...

    , New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

  • The Audubon Cottages, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Dornoch Castle
    Dornoch Castle
    Dornoch Castle is situated opposite Dornoch Cathedral in the village of Dornoch, in Sutherland, Scotland, a little over north of Inverness.-History:...

     Hotel, Dornoch
    Dornoch
    Dornoch is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east...

    , Sutherland
    Sutherland
    Sutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...

    , Scotland]]
  • The Queen Anne Hotel, San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California
    San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

Overview
A murderous madman returns to the site of his deadliest deed in London; two ghostly sisters haunt a New England inn; two New Orleans hotels on the French Quarter
French Quarter
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 are haunted by ghosts--one is visited by a lady in white while the other is guarded by a spectral soldier; a Scottish castle hotel holds a prisoner in it's haunted dungeon; and Victorian
Victorian
Victorian may mean:*Of or relating to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*Victorian era , a term derived from the lengthy 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria and particularity various styles, ideas, and trends associated with that era:...

 charm and ghosts abound in a San Francisco hotel.
1.10 Echoes of the Past
Locations
TBA
Overview
A look at why ghosts haunt hotels and the guests and ghosts who just can't rest.
1.11 Lodging With Spirits
Locations
TBA
Overview
Ghostly lady of the night; unearthly lantern; glamorous spirit wanders a hotel's halls.
1.12 Where Darkness Dwells
Locations
  • Brown Palace, Denver, Colorado
    Denver, Colorado
    The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

Overview
Ghosts haunt the Brown Palace in Denver and a haunted hotel in Savannah
Savannah
Savannah or savanna is a type of grassland.It can also mean:-People:* Savannah King, a Canadian freestyle swimmer* Savannah Outen, a singer who gained popularity on You Tube...

 is revealed.
1.13 Shadows of the Past
Locations
TBA
Overview
Ghostly children; phantom pirates; sailors return from a watery grave.

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