Page 63 - Let's Make Waves - October 2018

4. VAN ALSTYNE HOUSE bright blue, red, white and yellow floating Audra is by no means the only ghost
Van Alstyne around the ruins of Maison Rouge. haunting this hotel, there are also many
House was built in reports of the apparition of a nun called
1891 and it is These seem to linger in the air before Sister Katherine who haunts the west wing
nicknamed ‘The moving quickly across the yard and up of the hotel, a little girl in a period dress
Gingerbread what would have been the front stairs of who plays in the lobby and a male spirit
House’ because of the house! who harasses ladies in the first-floor bath-
its distinctive ap- There have even been reports of shadow room!
pearance.
pearance. figure moving between the ruins. This 1. THE TREMONT HOUSE HOTEL
For many years
For many years certainly is one of the most haunted build- The Tremont
the building housed an antique store, but
the building housed an antique store, but ings in Galveston! House Hotel is
the owners eventually had to abandon it
the owners eventually had to abandon it one of two Trem-
because of an onslaught of paranormal
because of an onslaught of paranormal ont brand hotels
activity.
activity. 2. THE HOTEL GALVEZ on the island of
The Hotel Galvez Galveston. It was
Just some of the activity that they reported is apparently the opened in 1872
over the years included the alarms going oldest hotel on the and welcomed
oldest hotel on the
many celebrity
off in the night for no apparent reason, island and it just so many celebrity
island and it just so
guests including several US presidents,
tables being completely flipped over, a toy happens to be one guests including several US presidents,
happens to be one
Buffalo Bill Cody and Anna Pavlova
truck rolling towards a visiting police of- of the most haunt- Buffalo Bill Cody and Anna Pavlova
of the most haunt-
among others.
ficer and a disembodied voice threatening ed places in Gal- among others.
ed places in Gal-
a visitor that he was going to die if he did
a visitor that he was going to die if he did veston too.
veston too.
not leave immediately! It served as a shelter for hundreds of peo-
It served as a shelter for hundreds of peo-
Room number 505 is a hotbed of paranor- ple during the great hurricane of 1900.
Room number 505 is a hotbed of paranor-
3. MAISON ROUGE mal activity and very few guests have man- However, it was closed in 1928 and quick-
mal activity and very few guests have man-
In his d
In his day, the pi-ay, the pi- aged to last the entire night in the room ly fell into disrepair leading to its demoli-
aged to last the entire night in the room
rate king Jean due to the uneasy feeling they experience. tion.
due to the uneasy feeling they experience.
Lafitte is said to
Lafitte is said to People tend to feel very uncomfortable in
People tend to feel very uncomfortable in
have ruled Galves- the room and they have described smell- A new Tremont House now stands in its
ton with an iron ing the unexplained scent of gardenias in place and it boasts 119 rooms taking up
fist and apparently, the room as well. one and a half blocks! It also boasts a
he buried treasure number of spirits who call the Tremont
somewhere on the
somewhere on the There are said to be several different spir- home.
island.
island. its haunting the hotel including one
known as ‘the lovelorn lady’. One of the most commonly spotted
This is why you will find the area where
This is why you will find the area where ghosts here is a Civil War soldier who usu-
Maison Rouge once stood completely
Maison Rouge once stood completely She is apparently the ghost of a bride to ally haunts the first-floor lobby, bar, din-
fenced off. There were too many treasure
fenced off. There were too many treasure be named Audra who was staying at the ing room and office. He marches back and
hunters coming to dig up the property in
hunters coming to dig up the property in Hotel Galvez while her intended was off forth as though standing guard.
search of his loot! at sea. She liked to take the elevator up to
the 8 floor where she could climb out There is also said to be another male spirit
th
The foundations that are visible there are onto one of the turrets on the roof and in the hotel who goes by the name of The
not, in fact, those belonging to Maison watch for her love’s ship returning. Lucky Man or just ‘Sam’.
Rouge, but rather a house known as 12
Gables which was built there much later One night following a terrible storm, Au- He is apparently a salesman who walks
by Captain Hendricks. dra heard that his ship had been lost and with a limp who was murdered as he slept
promptly hung herself in room 501. Ironi- after winning big gambling that night. He
Over the years there have been many re- cally, her fiancé arrived home safe only to is blamed for most of the paranormal oc-
ports of unexplained noises coming from learn of her death. currences on the fourth floor.
the ruins. These range from the sound of
men arguing with one another to the She is now said to haunt the room in Other spirits said to be in the hotel in-
sounds of some kind of party. Whenever which she died. Guests have had doors clude a little boy named Jimmy, a ghost
witnesses get close the noise stops abrupt- slam, lights malfunction and seen strange who loves to scatter guests clothing
ly. lights in the room. around and several storm victims!

There have also been reports of some
strange light anomalies and little balls of
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