THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The historic Holbrooke Hotel is known for numerous reported hauntings, including apparitions and unexplained activity experienced by guests and employees. Witnesses have described footsteps in empty hallways, mysterious voices, moving objects, and ghostly figures believed to be connected with the hotel's long Gold Rush-era history.
The Holbrooke Hotel has a lot of history and a lot of famous former guests. From Ulysses S. Grant to Mark Twain this place did not suffer from a lack of swanky clientele. There are a variety of ghostly rumors that surround this place that was also home to some misfortune and misery, including one unfortunate gambler who slit his own throat with a straight razor in one of the rooms. Several different full-body apparitions appear throughout the hotel and people claim to hear a variety of ghostly noises, including children playing and rattling and banging noises coming from one of the women’s bathrooms.