Banff Springs Hotel - Alberta, Canada
Dying gets a bad rap. Just look at the positives, like the fact that you don't have to go to work anymore.
However, not everyone hates their job. One of those people is Sam, a bellman at the Banff Springs Hotel. He loved his job so much that he returned to work... after he died (get a life, dude... oh, wait...). That's right, Sam the white-mustachioed bellman still wanders the halls of the hotel, helping guests locked out of their room and doing favors - without even asking for a tip. The other ghosts at the hotel aren't as helpful. In 1932, a bride died on her wedding day when her dress caught on fire and she tumbled down the stairs. Now, her ghost can be seen dancing alone in the dining room and generally depressing the guests.
But, the most frequent ghostly activity occurs on the eighth floor. Rumor has it that an entire family was murdered in room 873, including a little girl whose fingerprints couldn't be wiped away from the mirror. Seeing how guests would find that terribly creepy, the room was sealed off with bricks, and the wall painted over to hide its existence. Even though no one can go inside the room, and the hotel denies the room exists, guests report hearing noises coming from 873.
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Castle Leslie - County Monaghan, Ireland
In 2002, everyone's favorite one-legged gold-digger, Heather Mills, married everyone's third favorite Beatle, Paul McCartney, at the Castle Leslie in rural Ireland. But, that's not the scariest thing about this place. It's said to be haunted by a handful of members of the famous Leslie family, many of whom have died in the castle over its 300-year history. Even one of the young Leslie men named Shane, who died in a war, returned to the castle as ghost to watch over the lake (apparently sensing the need for a life guard). But perhaps the most famous ghost in the hotel isn't a person... it's a dog named Punch.
Crescent Hotel - Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The idea of a tall handsome man showing up to your hotel room and asking "are you waiting for me?" sounds attractive to some amorous travelers, but things get scary when he suddenly vanishes into thin air. This man is just one of the frequently seen ghosts who haunt the Crescent Hotel. There's also an Irish stonemason who frightens guests in room 218 where he fell and died during construction. Guests complain about banging on the walls, lights turning on and off, and the ghostly hands of the man reaching out from the mirror. Then, there's a woman who frequently appears in room 419 and introduces herself as a cancer patient to guests and housekeepers. That's because back in the 1930′s, a man named Dr. Normal Baker turned this hotel into a hospital, promising to cure cancer patients. Of course, it was all a sham. Many people died in the hotel because they didn't receive proper care, including the woman in 419. Unfortunately, she's stuck with Dr. Baker, who also never left. He's sometime seen in the hotel's recreation room, the same place where he often spent time not helping the cancer victims he promised to help.
Farnsworth House Inn - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
It's not unusual for places in and around Gettysburg to be haunted by the spirits of dead Civil War soldiers, but what makes the Farnsworth House Inn so special is that it's haunted by 14 ghosts. During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers used this house as a sniper stronghold. In one tragic incident, a solider accidentally killed a civilian named Jennie Wade; that young solider is said to remain in the house out of remorse. After that incident, the soldiers gave away their hiding spot and many were killed in a shootout. The building is riddled with over 100 bullet holes that can still be seen today. There's even a nurse named Mary who continues to console soldiers in the afterlife, as well as the ghost of a young boy who was run over and killed by a horse and carriage in front of the house.
