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  • Sue(Saturday, October 23 10 10:50 pm EDT)

    Hi Rodney,

    Not sure if you remember me but I thought I would say hey! I think what you are doing is great. I have always found the paranormal interesting. I had an eye opening experience myself back in the summer while on a business trip in Chattanooga. Being a professional person I was not comfortable sharing the experience with anyone other than my husband. I didn't want to be labeled as a crazy! I was with a group of 7 professionals for an event at The Sheraton Read House Hotel in downtown Chattanooga. Its a very old beautiful hotel with panel walls and elegant rooms.

    While having dinner after we arrived, someone made mention that they had heard the hotel was haunted. That there was a specific room that was haunted. I jokingly stated that "I guess we all need to google it when we go back to our rooms to see how close we were to it." When dinner was over myself an another person went back upstairs to our rooms and I noticed when I got off the elevator I smelled something that smelled as if it were hot. Kinda like old burnt wood. I asked the other lady if she smelled something hot and she said "No." I didn't think much about it at that time. When we both got to our rooms the door cards wouldn't work. No problem- I knew if you put those magnetic cards in your purse next to your cell phone, the cards will become deactivated. We both went back downstairs to get a new cards. The other lady got her card and went on back upstairs. When I got off the elevator while returning to my room, I smelled that same odor again. When I got inside my room I unpacked all my things and decided to check some email. Just for fun I googled the hotel. It did give some info that there was a murder that occurred in room 311 many, many years ago and that a soldier had murdered a prostitute. Being the big chicken that I am I got on the phone and told my husband about it. I then covered up and fell asleep. Sometime during the early morning hours I kind of roused up and said to myself, "Did I let her in?" At that point I was very dazed but recalled a slender woman with short black hair walking into my room and up to the bed asking me who I was and what my business was there then turning and walking out of the room. It was at that point it must have woke me up. I was so weary from traveling that I thought "gosh I must be tired" and turned over and went back to sleep.
    Sometime later before dawn, I again awoke but this time to a very strong smell of antiseptic. I passed that off as maybe the housekeeping staff were cleaning at night as not to interrupt the flow of business during the day. I aslo recall hearing several voices in the hallway. When I finally awoke to prepare for the event it was really strange that I felt very calm and peaceful. Definitely not what I would have anticipated as I said I have always been a "big chicken."

    During the day, we were meeting new people and conducting some interviews for a project. As I completed an interview, I walked the middle aged lady back to the entrance at which time she said to me, "You aren't staying here are you? You know this place is haunted." I simply giggled and made a passing comment and sent her on her way. What had occurred during the night still had not hit home.

    I left the hotel headed back to Knoxville. I had to be in Knoxville the following day so I had made reservations at another hotel there. I was talking on my cell to my husband and telling him what a strange experience it was and that I must have been exhausted and just dreamed it all. Little did I know what I was about to find out. When I arrived at the hotel in Knoxville I settled in and climbed into bed with the laptop. I was just reading email and passing time when I decided to look for further information on The Sheraton Read House in Chattanooga. I got more than I bargained for! While reading a more informative website I learned that the hotel had once been a hospital but had burned in the late 1800's. (Hence the smell at the elevator! and the strong smell of alcohol that awakened me during the night!) I further learned that the young woman who was killed was named AnnaLisa and that many patrons have left in the middle of the night from fright. The resource also stated that the spirit of AnnaLisa would seek out females traveling alone for friendship and to share her grief! (Hence her visit to me!) I was horrified! I called my husband who tried to console me! I even pushed the sofa in my room against the door I was so scared! I bet I didn't sleep 1 1/2 hrs the whole night. After that event I have a lot of difficulty staying in hotels alone.

    I just wanted to say hey and tell you I think what you do is great! Have you ever encountered anything so strange. I dont think it would have upset me so much but when all the pieces to the puzzle aligned, I realized what had happened was more than a dream. I had no way on earth knowing about the history of the hotel burning nor of the hospital nor of AnnaLisa seeking out females traveling alone.

    Happy Ghost Hunting!:)

  • kelli gorsky(Saturday, November 13 10 03:57 pm EST)

    Down in Kimball, there is a school, Kimball Elementary. There is one peticular room. This room has teh sound of marbles dropping, so the teacher went to the rooms beside both ways and wondered if they were playing a game that involved marbles or something like marbles. They said they were not playing nothing like that.

  • Cami Kwun(Tuesday, August 16 11 11:01 am EDT)

    My Mom Tina Kwun was in the bed and at this time i think she was Working with BDPS she was in the bed and all of a sudden she heard a scream that was saying " GET OUT"!!!! I think it had something to do with her working with BDPS maybe one place she had went he or she was the one that everyone was trying to get evidence from and he or she got mad and screamed to try and scare her!!!

  • Matt Sheppard(Thursday, May 10 12 03:03 pm EDT)

    This is a story from the 90's.
    Back in 97 to 99 a girl (My next door neighbors friend) decided to go out with a group of people she didn't really know. They led her to an old victorian style house or in some cases been called a Hotel. Inside this building were pictured of young teenage girls glued to the walls and ceilings. The Inhabitants of the building were dressed in robes (Color not specific) one of these strange peopel showed the girl a washing machine in back that when opened showed it to have no bottom only it emptied out to a ground chamber beneath. The girl ran out and found her way back to the main road and eventually back into a familiar part of the town.

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