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Beware Room 333 at the Langham Hotel where a man in Victorian dress appears while guests lay in their beds, his arms out stretched and eyes empty, before vanishing into thin air.
The Langham hotel, London, is well-known to be one of the most haunted hotels in the world.
If there's any place on earth that is likely to be haunted, it's a hotel. A home from home for the living as well as the dead. There have been numerous sightings from around the world of dark shadowy figures that watch while you sleep, ghostly maids still chained to the job and poltergeist activity so serve it's left guests fleeing from their rooms in the middle of the night.
For the bravest of travelers only, if you're not afraid of the dark, you certainly will be after spending a night in any of these famously haunted hotels.
1. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Where in the world: LA, United States
A brief history: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel has been at the center of show business night life since 1927.
Paranormal activity: Marilyn Monroe is said to have been seen reflected in a mirror in room 229, she has also been sighted dancing in the hotel's ballroom. Montgomery Clift has apparently been heard playing the trumpet and pacing the hallways while reciting his old lines, while Errol Flynn has also been repeatedly seen at the hotel too. So if you fancy rubbing shoulders with the stars, whether they be alive or dead, this is the hotel for you.
2. Castle Stuart
Where in the world: Inverness, Scotland.
A brief history: Built in 1561 by James Stuart (Mary Queen of Scot's half-brother), Castle Stuart is said to be one of the most haunted castles in Scotland.
Paranormal activity: James Stuart believed his new home to be so haunted that he offered to pay a reward to anyone who was brave enough to spend the night at his castle to disprove the hauntings. The only soul brave enough to take this challenge was a local minister; he stayed in the room at the top of the East Tower. The next morning the castle awoke to find the minister's dead body in the courtyard after falling from his bedroom window. He had a petrified look etched upon his face.
Other paranormal activities include ghostly cries, shouts and the sound of crying coming from hidden rooms within the castle. Most recently, builders working on the castle reported hearing strange noises, feeling cold hands pushing at them and finding their tools smashed and broken after leaving them unattended.
3. Ragged Cot Inn
Where in the world: Cotswold, England
Paranormal activity: The Ragged Cot is a 17th-century coaching inn and is said to be haunted by a mother and child who died there. The story goes that one night the landlord of the inn decided to hold up a stagecoach. His wife went after him to stop him from carrying out the robbery; unfortunately, she was holding her baby in her arms as she confronted him. Pushing her aside, both his wife and child fell to their deaths down the stairs. Horrified at what he had done, he hid their bodies in a trunk. When the police arrived shortly after to arrest him for the robbery, mysteriously the bodies of his wife and child were found back at the foot of the stairs where they had died. As he was led away by the police it's said the apparitions of his wife and child were seen walking back up the stairs disappearing into the darkness.
4. Cecil Hotel (Now Renamed Stay on Main)
Where in the world: LA, United States
