Haunted Hotels in America: Your Guide to the Nation’s Spookiest Stays

Discover delightfully ghostly locations in all 50 states and plan your next haunted holiday.

Do you believe in ghosts? Do you love reading about hauntings? Have you ever wanted to experience a close encounter with the paranormal? Then Haunted Hotels in America is for you!

You've watched stories about hauntings on popular TV shows and Netflix documentaries and heard about them on true-crime podcasts.  And now it is your chance to learn more about some of America's most frightening destinations. In Haunted Hotels in America, seasoned travel writer Dr. Robin Mead takes you on a spirited adventure through more than fifty of America's most infamous locations where paranormal activity is the norm. You'll find a state-by-state guide to the lodgings that cheerfully admit to having an intangible guest or two.

As you uncover these incredible mysteries, you'll also learn more about:

• Iconic ghosts who've established quite frightening reputations that span over a century
• The chilling hauntings that have inspired popular documentaries and Hollywood blockbusters
• Each hotel's storied history and its recent hauntings

From the mischievous Victorian children that linger in the hallways of the Gingerbread Mansion Inn in Ferndale, California to "Old Seth" Bullock, the first sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota, who still keeps a watchful eye on the Bullock Hotel that bears his name, Haunted Hotels in America is chock full of frights and delights.

Detailed information is provided for each hotel or inn, including:

• An in-depth history of the property
• An overview of recent hauntings
• A dossier of the resident ghosts and observed paranormal activity
• The address for each property and how to make reservations

Ready to plan your next paranormal adventure? Let Haunted Hotels in America be your guide along the way. Who knows? Maybe by the time you check out, you'll have your own terrifying tale to share!

Dr. Robin Mead is a well-known British travel writer and author who has visited more than 100 countries, written more than 30 books, and now lives quietly by the sea in southern England. He has a Ph.D. in travel history, has contributed to newspapers and magazines all over the world, and besides being a former chairman of the British Guild of Travel Writers, he is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Travel and Tourism. He has made countless visits to America, which he loves, and says that when writing Haunted Hotels he had a lot of fun--and the occasional fright. The book is a sequel to Weekend Haunts, a guide to haunted hotels in Britain.