1886 Crescent Hotel: America's Most Haunted Hotel
A grand resort turned fake "cancer hospital" — now America's most haunted hotel, morgue ghost photo and all.
From luxury resort to fake cure
The grand Crescent opened in 1886, but in the 1930s con man Norman Baker turned it into a bogus "cancer hospital," where many desperate patients died.The hauntings
Staff and guests report a patient nicknamed "Theodora" tidying Room 419, a man at the bar, and activity tied to the old morgue — where a now-famous "ghost" photo was taken during a tour.Visit
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