Now and then I’ll have some fun with instagram filters and post stuff up on our tumblr. Here are three recent ones: Floor 12N on the Congress Hotel. This is the floor the staff always tells me is the spookiest one. This blank space on that floor may have inspired the legend of “the room…
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Congress Hotel Ghosts: Just the Facts
Having published that last article on the truth about the “Hand of Mystery,” I see that there are a LOT of web pages about ghosts at the Congress Hotel. Most of them appear to be the stories I’ve been telling about the place for the last several years after having gone through about five rounds…
The Mystery Hand of the Congress Hotel
Welp, I guess I have to fess up to this one. Apparently this story has gotten all out of control! In 2006, I participated in a ghost hunt at the Congress Hotel, the first of several I’d be involved with over the next few years. Like most of them, we did more exploring than anything…
Congress Hotel Strike Over
The 10 year strike at the Congress Hotel is over. FINALLY! I was always upfront with the UFCW on what I was doing there – I never told people to stay there. I took people in, but it was to talk about the history, look at their stuff, and use their bathroom. I’ve always felt…
Ghostly Piano on the Tour (again!)
The ballrooms of the Congress Hotel are not a regular stop for me these days – I can’t guarantee that we’ll be allowed in when we go there, for one thing. But last night one of our usual stops was definitely a no-go, so I took a chance and was able to bring a group…
Another Ghost Pic From the Vaults
Here’s an odd shot from a July, 2009 tour by Christy Jackson – a shot from the Florentine Ballroom at the Congress hotel. Doesn’t look like much on its own. Here’s a close-up, though, of the thing on the left. Dude with an old-timey mustache? Odd, huh? My first though on seeing it was to…
Ghost Lab and “Era Cues”
“Ghost Lab,” a new program on Discovery, premiered tonight – these guys have interesting theories and a lot of cool gadgets. I especially like their “era cues,” which we do ourselves sometimes (playing music popular at Bull Moose party rallies on the piano in the Florentine Ballroom to see if it generates any activity is…
Ghostly piano?
One night when I brought the tour into the Florentine Ballroom, we were standing around by the piano when someone asked me what kind of music would have been played in the room. “All sorts, at various times,” I said. “There were orchestras at one point, and it was a skating rink for a while.”…