The Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago is considered one of the city's most haunted locations, featuring reports of various paranormal phenomena including shadow figures, disembodied voices, and objects moving on their own. Key reported hauntings include the "Woman in the White Dress" or a female entity in room 441, the spirit of a Spanish-American War veteran known as the "Shadow Man," and the ghosts of a retired judge and a vagrant named "Peg Leg Johnny". The hotel is also noted for being an inspiration for Stephen King's story 1408, about a haunted hotel room. A female entity, sometimes called the "Woman in the White Dress," is said to haunt Room 441, where she has been seen hovering over beds, tugging at covers, or pushing guests awake. Guests and staff have reported seeing a dark, shadowy figure, believed by some to be the ghost of a Spanish-American War veteran named Captain Lewis Oium, who died by suicide in the hotel. A former judge who lived in the hotel is said to still wander the hallways, playfully changing television channels with a remote. Another reported ghost is a male vagrant with a peg leg. Other reported occurrences include disembodied voices, full-bodied apparitions, moving furniture, and unexplained cold spots. The hotel served as an inspiration for Stephen King's short story 1408, which features a notoriously haunted hotel room.