Strange Hotels in Kentucky

Taking a few days to escape the hustle and bustle of reality in a hotel is good for the soul. Ironically, some hotels are so nice, the souls have taken up permanent residence. This makes them a unique place to stay. Kentucky has some of the most unusual places to stay in the US, with several being featured on the Travel Channel for their ghostly residents.

Here are 10 haunted hotels in Kentucky that might give you a few nightmares:

10. Brown Hotel

This is an English Renaissance hotel that dates back to 1923. J. Grahm Brown designed this hotel and lived in the Penthouse suite until his death in 1969. His spirit is said to roam the hotel and leave the scent of guitars wafting in the air.

9. Benham Schoolhouse Inn

This modern day Inn was once a school in Cumberland. The children can still be heard by guests running up and down the hallways and chattering.

8. Boone Tavern Inn

This Berea hotel was once a part of the Underground Railroad. A young black boy around the age of 12 is said to hang in the basement. He has also showed up in several photographs from visitors.

7. Brennan House

This 1868 Louisville Victorian Mansion is said to have piano and violin music echoing through its halls, though no one currently plays. It can be rented out.

6. Camp Springs House B&B

This Cambellesville B&B is said to be filled with strange sounds, footsteps, and whispers when no one is around.

5. Campbell House B&B

This Lexington hotel is haunted by two women who met violent ends on the premises. One woman was stabbed to death on the front hallway steps, and the other was shot in a third floor room.

4. Maple Hill Manor

This slave labored Greek Revival plantation in Springfield was built in 1851 for the McElroy family. In the Perryville Battle of 1862 wounded soldiers were brought to the home to recover or die. Today, footsteps are heard walking through the halls. There are also unexplainable cold spots and images in photos taken there.

3. Old Talbott Tavern Inn

This was a stage coach stop in 1779 Bardstown and had some notable guests, like Daniel Boone and Abe Lincoln. Jessie James was also said to frequent the tavern, and some say his ghost still does. An unknown female also wanders the old building, opening and closing doors, turning things on and off, and chiming clocks. This B&B claims to be the 13th most haunted hotel in the US.

2. Seelbach Hilton

Seelbach Hilton dates back to 1905 and is written about in the Great Gatsby. Patricia Wilson, known as the Blue Lady, roams the Hilton today. She threw herself 10 flights down the elevator shaft in 1936 after learning of her husband’s death in the early 1900s.

1. Jailer’s Inn

This historic jail held prisoners from 1797 to 1887 and had a dungeon upstairs for the most violent prisoners. It was remodeled into a B&B in 1988 and both staff members and guests have reported strange things. Footsteps can be heard, along with whispering, piano music, and a baby crying. The Travel Channel voted this Inn as the #10 on its most haunted hotels in America list.