Mount Lassen Hotel, Susanville
Multiple reports and local legends describe the historic Mount Lassen Hotel in Susanville, California, as being haunted. While the building has seen several transformations and changes in ownership, ghost stories about the site persist. The legends often center around the ghost of a bride who was either murdered or died by suicide. The most prevalent tale involves a spectral bride who haunts one of the upper-floor rooms. Some versions of the story say she was murdered by a former lover in her room and that her spirit never left. In a different version, she died by suicide in the hotel after being left at the altar. Witnesses have reported hearing unexplained noises, seeing shadows, and experiencing other paranormal phenomena on the upper floors. Guests and staff have reported hearing footsteps in empty hallways, disembodied voices, and doors opening and closing on their own. Dark, shadowy apparitions have been sighted in various parts of the hotel, particularly in the older sections. Sudden, unexplained drops in temperature are often experienced, even on warm days.