The Hawthorne Hotel in the City of Salem Massachusetts is rumored to be haunted. There have been many stories surrounding the hotel that seem to indicate that there could be spirits or ghosts lingering in the building. In a room of the hotel referred to as the “Lower Deck” or “The Library” an employee of the hotel who was responsible for setting up the room and arranging the tables was quite startled after performing his duties then leaving the room only to return and find this room “rearranged”. It has been reported that this particular employee then refused to work any night shifts after his experience. Many guests of the hotel have also reported strange occurrences particularly in room 325 and suite 612. In room 325 guests have reported the water and lights turning on by themselves, and wandering in the hallway just outside of room 612 there have been reports of an apparition that appears to be a woman.
The Hawthorne Hotel was featured on the Ghost Hunters TV Show because of the amount of reports that individuals have given claiming that the hotel is haunted. Several guests have visited the hotel and experienced unusual phenomenon. As a result of their experience, many will not return to the hotel. However, those that are interested in the paranormal anticipate visiting the Hawthorn Hotel in the City of Salem Massachusetts so that they may make an attempt to validate the claims that the hotel is haunted. Many guests claim that their toes have been touched in the night, presences have been felt at the end of their bed, and that objects such as keys have been displaced. While the TAPS Team of Ghost Hunters were not able to pick up any evidence that there were ghosts in the Hawthorne Hotel, they did state that it is challenging to get ghosts to act on cue, therefore, as the General Manager Juli Lederhaus states at the end of the show, “The mystery still remains”.