The Six Most Haunted Hotels in Key West to Stay in this Winter of 2023
As 2023 heads into her final stretch and winter appears on the horizon, ghost hunters, paranormal enthusiasts, and people looking for a funky or unusual hotel in Key West are planning their 2023 Key West vacations. What is the most haunted hotel in Key West? What is the best haunted hotel in Key West? Haunted Key West is here to help with the Five Most Haunted Hotels in Key West to stay in winter of 2023.
The Artist House
This is the house where Robert the Doll picked up his spirit attachment. If you are a fan of Robert the Haunted Doll, this is the Key West haunted inn where you want to stay. Multiple sprits haunt the Artist House Bed & Breakfast, and you can stay in the turret suite where Robert the Doll spent much of his time. The location of the former Otto Home is central to everything downtown and very walkable.
Marrero’s Guest Mansion
Marrero’s Guest Mansion has long been a favorite haunted hotel in Key West. Enriquetta Marrero once lived in the home with her children, but her husband's sudden and suspicious death resulted in the house being turned over to a previous wife, and Enriquetta and her children were put out on the streets. Some of the family didn’t survive. Enriquetta swore the house was rightfully hers and she would always remain in spirit. Guests encounter her spirit and the ghosts of some of her children.
The Curry Mansion Inn
Multiple friendly spirits haunt the mansion on the homestead of Florida’s first millionaire. A visiting psychic encountered the ghost of a woman named Sarah by the brick hearth in the kitchen. Staff believes this is Sarah “Aunt Sally” Curry, who invented Key lime pie in the mansion’s cookhouse. Guests on the second floor wake up to a housekeeper folding sheets at the foot of their beds and the sound of coins dropping. This may be the spirit of a maid swept away with the original house during a storm. Strange lights move about the widow’s walk after dark.
TheRidley House
The Ridley House is a fantastic haunted hotel in the heart of Old Town Key West. One of the ghosts haunting the hotel is former resident Luke Hamilton Kemp. Kemp was involved with the U.S. Customs Service in Key West until his nervous breakdown. He sought treatment in Atlanta to no avail and was returned to his Key West home by ambulance. Kemp died on July 25, 1934, at 1:05 pm. Today his ghost makes rounds of the house, locking doors and closing windows in an effort to keep himself safe.
Old Town Manor
The protective spirits of Dr. William Warren and his wife, Genevieve, haunt their former home-turned-haunted inn. The front porch was a waiting room for Dr. Warren’s patients, and the front rooms were used for examinations and surgeries. Guests of the haunted hotel often report dreams of a medical nature where they meet a doctor fitting Dr. Warren’s description. Genevieve Warren created one of the finest gardens in Key West. Many elements of the original garden remain today, and her ghost is usually encountered in this area by the cistern or fish pond.
The La Concha Hotel
The ghosts of several suicide victims haunt the building they jumped from. They include an attorney named Fred, who tried to frame his secretary on his way down, and a depressed man who knocks chardonnay wine out of unsuspecting guests’ hands. Elevators at the hotel stop for no reason and open on floors where nobody gets in. Guests report the presence of the ghost of a young man who fell down the elevator shaft just after midnight on New Year’s Eve. A shadow figure who moves up and down the lobby staircase leading to the pool is rumored to be former Senator John Spottswood.
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