Originally built in 1929, the Baker Hotel has been the setting for numerous deaths, hauntings, and even a 2012 episode of Ghost Adventures. Legend has it that the joint is haunted by the ghost of a bellboy who was sliced in half by the basement elevator, as well as the mistress of the hotel’s founder, who supposedly jumped from the top floor to her death.
The existence of these supposedly real people has yet to be confirmed, but here’s one true story that marred the history of the hotel. Earl Baker (nephew of the original owner) vowed to shutter the struggling hotel in 1963 and fulfilled his promise. However, it was reopened by local investors in 1965. The spirits must have disagreed with Baker’s decision to lease the property, as he died of a sudden heart attack in 1967 in the hotel’s Baker Suite. The building closed in 1972. Ghost hunters might be in luck, however, as there are currently plans to reopen the long-shuttered Baker soon.
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