HOTEL / INN ESTES PARK, COLORADO

The Stanley Hotel Featured

Estes Park, Colorado

A grand Rocky Mountain resort whose stay by a famous author inspired a classic of horror.

History

Built by an inventor and his wife, the Stanley became a landmark beneath the peaks near Rocky Mountain National Park. A novelist’s single off-season stay famously inspired a horror classic. Guests most often report piano music with no player, activity in Room 217 and the fourth floor, and children heard in the halls.

Reported phenomena

Phantom piano music, fourth-floor children, and lights and doors operating on their own.

Investigated by

Televised paranormal teams