Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs


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The 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is known as "America's Most Haunted Hotel" due to numerous reported paranormal activities and a history including use as a hospital for "Norman Baker's cancer cures," which left a dark legacy. Guests and staff report unexplained noises, moving objects, and sightings of various spirits, including a child named Breckie, a nurse named Theodora, and a mason named Michael. The most active areas include Room 218, with reports of hands appearing from the bathroom mirror and doors opening and slamming shut, and the historic morgue, discovered to have held Baker's gruesome bottles from his time as a hospital operator. Built in 1886 as a luxury hotel, it also housed the Crescent College and Conservatory for young women. In 1937, Norman Baker purchased the hotel and converted it into a hospital for his "cancer cure". An archaeological dig in 2019 uncovered over 500 bottles from this period, confirming the gruesome nature of Baker's operations. Over the years, guests and staff have reported countless phenomena, from unexplained footsteps and flickering lights to full-bodied apparitions. A child seen in hallways and on the second floor bouncing a red ball and saying, "It's not fair". A mason who fell from the roof during construction, his presence is known in Room 218 through lights flickering and doors banging. A nurse from the Baker hospital days, she is reportedly seen in Room 419 and has been known to introduce herself to guests. In Room 218, a spiritual hotspot, hands have been seen emerging from the bathroom mirror. Located in the basement, the original morgue, where bodies were once stored, is a focal point for paranormal activity.

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