The gorgeous, historic Monteleone hotel is famous for many things...including its ghosts. New Orleans certainly doesn't have a shortage of haunted places, but this is one you definitely have to check out.
Hotel Monteleone is a family-owned historic hotel in the French Quarter. It opened in 1886, and has been one of the city's crown jewels ever since.
By all accounts, it's also haunted.
Hotel staff and numerous visitors over the years have told stories of hauntings here.
One of the most often-reported ghosts seen here is that of a young child believed to be Maurice Beger. His family was staying in the hotel in the late 1800s, when Maurice contracted a fever and died suddenly. His mother returned to the hotel many times, hoping to reconnect with her child. One year, as she sat in the room where he died, he came to her and said, "Mommy, don't cry. I'm fine." Guests in that same room have also reported seeing Maurice.
The 14th floor of the hotel is particularly haunted, according to paranormal investigators, staff and guests.
Of course, the 14th floor is really the 13th. Many hotels avoid naming their 13th floor as such because it's thought to be bad luck. On the 14th floor of the Monteleone, guests have reported seeing apparitions, and hearing odd noises and footsteps.
An elevator in the hotel is known to stop on the wrong floor.
If you mistakenly get off and walk down the corridor, you might see a couple of children playing. They vanish as you approach, leaving you shaken and confused to find your way back to the elevator.
Another local ghost is that of William "Red" Wildemere, a past employee who also died at the hotel.
Red is seen throughout the hotel. Perhaps he doesn't know that he's dead, and he's continuing to do his job? In the hotel restaurant, a door opens and closes by itself every evening...though it's locked.
Many people have died throughout the years while staying here. In a hotel as old as this one, that's not unusual. But at Hotel Monteleone, some of them seem to have stayed...
Have you ever stayed here? If so, did you witness anything unusual? We'd love to hear your stories in the comments.
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