Real Haunts in Alabama

Is the Pickwick Hotel Haunted? The Hotel Highland, formerly known as the Pickwick Hotel, was previously the Pickwick Club. Before that, it was a medical building that served surgeons and dentists from the early 1930’s to the 1980’s. During the renovation, people began to see a ghostly nurse still making her rounds on the top floors. While the nurse keeps her rounds on the eighth floor, sometimes the elevator mysteriously moves to the eighth floor when no one has called for it. Read more…

The main building that houses the Fort Conde Inn was built in 1836. Settlers built a fort there in 1711, and this historic area has been known to have hauntings throughout the entire city. It doesn’t have specific ghost encounters that guests have reported, but workers have reported encounters. The guests report a sense that they feel like they are not alone. There have been disembodied voices reported when no one is around too. The Fort Conde Inn features a two-floor main house where guests seem to have more experiences on the second floor, but the inn has cottages too. Read more…

The Redmont Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama first opened in 1925. At the time, it was unusual for a hotel to have private baths for every room, and the Redmont was ahead of the curve. It was acquired in 1938 by renowned businessman Clifford Stiles, who converted the top floor into a private apartment for himself and would become one of the hotel’s most notable ghosts. Clifford Stiles wouldn’t be the only man to inhabit the penthouse and later haunt the hotel. Read more…

Tucked away in the Downtown Historic District of Mobile, Alabama, the Malaga Inn makes the short list of most haunted hotels in Alabama. Originally built as twin town houses by two brothers during the Civil War, the two buildings that make up the property have changed hands several times since. Today, the town houses are connected, and 39 rooms and suites overlook the central courtyard that once separated them. More than a century’s worth of history haunts guests, even despite renovations. Tunnels still run under the two buildings, and they may have something to do with the hotel’s paranormal occurrences. Read more…

The Haunted Tutwiler Hotel Guests of the Tutwiler Hotel have reported someone knocking on their door. When they open the door, there’s no one there or in the hall outside the door. The sixth floor seems to have more reported encounters with the ghost that the staff has dubbed “The Knocker.” The hotel’s bartender has had his own spooky experiences. One night, he turned off all the lights only to find that something quickly turned them on after him. After five attempts to turn off the lights, he gave up and went home. Read more…