The Drake Hotel, Chicago


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The Drake Hotel in Chicago is reportedly haunted by a Woman in Red, a woman who, after discovering her fiancé with another woman at the 1920 opening gala, jumped to her death from the 10th floor or the rooftop. Her ghost is said to haunt the 10th floor, the Palm Court tea parlor, and the Gold Coast Room, with sightings of her apparition occurring in these areas and on the top floor. The Woman in Red: The ghost's story begins on New Year's Eve 1920, the opening night of the hotel, when a woman discovered her fiancé cheating on her at the hotel's gala. Devastated, she ran to the hotel's 10th-floor window or the rooftop and ended her life. Guests and staff have reported seeing the ghost of the Woman in Red in the Gold Coast Room, the Palm Court, and on the 10th floor. While the Woman in Red is the most well-known, some sources mention a "Woman in Black," a socialite shot in the early 1940s, though less detail is provided about this apparition.

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