The most haunted hotels in America

Halloween is just around the corner, and we're rounding up the 15 spookiest hotels around the country.

Here's a sneak peek at some paranormal hospitality that's sure to scare you s--tless.

Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO

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Any place that can scare Stephen King is pretty downright terrifying in our book. The bestselling author came up with the idea for The Shining during a stay at this hotel in Colorado when he and his wife were the property's only guests. After waking up from a nightmare about the long, empty corridors, his inspiration for the famed Overlook Hotel was born. Today, the place has made multiple appearances on Ghost Hunters, and still welcomes guests from far and wide, who request to stay in room 217 — the very place King stayed in back in 1974.

Marshall House, Savannah, GA

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A former Civil War hospital, the Marshall House was constructed in 1851, making it the oldest hotel in Savannah. After a particularly cold winter, hospital workers were forced to keep war victims' amputated body parts under the hotel floorboards rather than buried deep underground. As a result, the reported paranormal activity includes war-injured ghosts wandering the halls in Civil War uniforms, water taps and light switches shutting on and off, and a bathroom that repeatedly locks itself from the inside — the staff even keeps a journal of guests' ghostly experiences.

Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, CA

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Back in 1892, a young guest named Kate Morgan checked into San Diego beachfront property Hotel del Coronado — and never checked out. Morgan took her own life five days into her stay there, and it's said that her ghost still haunts the building today. Both guests and hotel staff have experienced inexplicable breezes, light flickerings, changes in temperature, and even footsteps and faint voices.

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