The Drake Hotel - Real Chiacgo Haunt

Chicago's Drake Hotel dates back to 1920 and has seen the likings of many famous celebrities such as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and Princess Diana. There's also some ghostly spirits that like to appear here as well.

Some ghostly characters at the Drake Hotel include mourning parents of a 15 year old boy named Bobby Franks. He was kidnapped and killed in the early 1920s. His parents moved to the hotel after the murder trial and it seems they never left. There are also two famous women who linger the hotel in spirit. There's the mysterious Woman in Black who shot and killed a Chicago socialite inside her eight-floor suite in the early 1940s. Then there's the woman in red who is believed to be the oldest ghost of them all. Her ghostly apparition can be seen haunting the Gold Coast Room, the Palm Court, and the 10th floor.

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