Suicide, murder and untimely deaths all set the grisly stage for macabre ghost stories that draw visitors to haunted hotels around the world. Over the years these very Haunted Hotels have grown with ghostly reputations of tales concerning that of spooky female specters, ghastly groaning gentlemen ghost…. Weird ghost photos, and of course scary things that always go bump in the night.
Driskill Hotel Austin, Texas
Built by cattle baron Col. Jesse L. Driskill. Today the Driskill remains one of the premier hotels in Texas, featuring lavish bridal suites, two restaurants, and a grand ballroom. It is also well-known for being one of the most haunted hotels in the United States, featuring a variety of alleged supernatural activity throughout the building including the spirit of Colonel Driskill, a Texas cattle baron and Confederate officer, is wandering the lavish Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas. In 1877, the daughter of a Texas senator took a fatal tumble down the grand staircase and legend has it that she can be heard bouncing a ball in the lobby and along the mezzanine.