Crescent Hotel (Eureka Springs, Arkansas)

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Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, circa 1886

The Crescent Hotel is a historic hotel in Eureka Springs , Arkansas . It is considered America's most of ghosts haunted hotel ( America's most haunted hotel ) and offers ghost tours for a fee. The 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa is a member of the Historic Hotels of America Association, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation .

history

The Crescent Hotel was in 1886 as a luxury - Resort completed and opened, but soon proved to be a bad investment and began to deteriorate. From 1908 to 1924 the building served as the "Crescent College and Conservatory for Young Women". In 1930 it reopened as a "Junior College". After the college closed in 1934, the Crescent was rented out as a summer hotel.

In 1937 Norman G. Baker bought the house and turned it into a hospital and health resort. Baker, a wealthy inventor and radio operator, presented himself as a doctor, but had no medical training. He pretended to have developed a number of cures for various conditions, including cancer . The medicine he took over again as corrupt and profit-oriented to.

After he had to leave Iowa for medical activities without a license , he moved his lucrative spa business to Arkansas. In 1941 he was convicted of postal fraud and spent several years in prison. The Crescent Hotel was empty again.

In 1946 John R. Constantine, Herbert E. Shutter, Herbert Byfield, and Dwight Nichols bought the hotel. On March 15, 1967, the building was badly damaged by fire. The only living owner at the time was Dwight Nichols.

In 1997 Marty and Elise Roenigk bought the Crescent Hotel for $ 1.3 million. The hotel was renovated for six years and reopened in 2002 with a new look. In 2009 Marty Roenigk died in a traffic accident; Elise Roenigk then remained the sole owner.

Ghosts

The most common accounts of a red-haired Irish bricklayer, nicknamed "Michael" by the staff. He is said to have died when the hotel was built in 1885 when he fell from the roof. His refuge as a ghost is supposed to be room 218.

From the time of Norman G. Baker there is a record of a nurse who is pushing a stretcher in white clothes. She is supposed to appear on the third floor after 11 p.m., the time at which the deceased patients were brought out of the hotel.

"Doctor Baker" himself should also have been seen. In room 419 a female ghost is supposed to circulate who introduces herself as Theodora. In addition, several other paranormal phenomena should be attested.

In popular culture

  • In 2007, the hotel was the theme of the television show Ghost Hunters ; the ghost hunters were supposedly able to visualize a ghost with a thermal imaging camera .
  • In 2016, the hotel was visited on the TV show Paranormal Witness .
  • In 2019 the hotel appeared on the TV show Ghost Adventures .

See also

Web links

Commons : Crescent Hotel  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa on historichotels.org (English)
  2. ↑ a b c Angelika Franz: A charlatan and his brew . Spiegel Online , November 1, 2019
  3. ↑ Angelika Franz: The Horror Hotel. Der Spiegel No. 45, November 2, 2019
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h The Haunted Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs on legendsofamerica.com (English)
  5. ^ A b John Killerlane: Con Man: The Fraud Who Claimed To Have A Cure For Cancer . History Collection

Coordinates: 36 ° 24 '30.2 "  N , 93 ° 44' 14.3"  W.