THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Addy Sea Historic Oceanfront Inn in Bethany Beach is widely regarded as the most haunted hotel in Delaware, with three specific guest rooms serving as the epicenters for its supernatural activity:Room 1: Features a historic copper bathtub that reportedly shakes and vibrates violently on its own, a phenomenon experienced by hundreds of guests over the decades.Room 6: Guests are frequently awakened by the phantom sound of classical organ music drifting through the air, despite no organ ever existing on the property.Room 11: Haunted by a former early-1900s handyman named Paul Delaney, whose spirit is seen sitting on the edge of the bed. In this room, automated jacuzzi jets turn themselves on, and electronic devices systematically power down when guests try to record the activity.
The reports of haunting at Addy Sea Inn are fairly standard. Room 1 of the Addy apparently has a shaking bathtub though there has been no investigation into the plumbing and no reports of whether the shaking occurs when water is turned on or off has been documented. In Room 6, there are reports of organ music being played. And room 11 is supposed to be haunted by a former handyman, though what precisely he does or how this has been determined, we cannot say. We have not found any independent verification of these claims, no reports on reviews left on the Inn or any other documentation beyond the typical reports found on most ghost websites.