So I stayed at a haunted hotel last night

No joke, people. Here’s what went down:

As soon as I got into my hotel room at the Hollywood Roosevelt last night, I couldn’t help but be distracted by a very loud howling noise. I thought it might have been the wind, but it sounded much different than that…more like a dog or a human. And it was LOUD. So loud that I would not have been able to sleep because of it. And it would only stop for about 30 seconds before picking up again.

I finally got the front desk to switch my room, and the noise issue stopped. But later on in the night, as I was telling some friends about it, they mentioned that the hotel was one of the most haunted hotels in all of California - by Marilyn Monroe and many other dead movie stars. After doing a bit of Googling (which, by the way, I wasn’t brave enough to do until this morning), here’s what I found:

“The most famous haunted hotel in Hollywood is, without a doubt, the Hollywood Roosevelt. Today, the hotel has been refurbished and remodeled to capture the spirit of its early days but the new furnishings and decor don’t stop the stories of the old spirits from being told!

The Hollywood Roosevelt was opened in 1927 and was, from the beginning, designed to serve the new movie industry as a luxury hotel. The most prestigious movie stars of the day, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, helped to bring the hotel to life and the grand opening hosted the biggest celebrities of the day like Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Will Rogers and Clara Bow, among others. The hotel remained popular for many years and then in 1984, underwent a restoration. Since that time, the ghosts, they say, have been putting in frequent appearances. [More]”

Howling wind or howling ghost? I may never know, but it sure makes for a much spookier Halloween season.