Haunted Emily Morgan Hotel

The Emily Morgan Hotel did not become the famed hotel it is today until 1984. Originally a Medical Arts Building then later transformed into an office complex, The Emily Morgan Hotel is a landmark in the state of Texas and was recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Alamo Plaza Historic District in 1977. Before the building was built the grounds of what is now the hotel was where the Mexican Forces battled the Texans in the Long Barracks of the Alamo in 1836. Over 600 men lost their lives very close to the hotel. When originally built the location was the Medical Arts Building. It housed over 100 medical professionals from doctors to dentists. It was even believed to have a section devoted to the care of those suffering from psychological conditions. The building also had a morgue and crematorium, providing for patients and their family from birth to end-of-life. As with any historic building, the stories about the building begin to grow, fueled by the depth and richness of the history. As these stories are told from person to person, they can sometimes take on an eerie quality. The staff and guests of the hotel have shared their stories about weird occurrences at the hotel. These moments of weirdness have led some to conclude the hotel is haunted. For example, the phone will ring in the middle of the night and when picked up, there is no one on the other end of the line. A room attendant will clean a room and after emerging from the bathroom, will find the pillows from the bed were tossed to the ground. A sales manager spending the night returned to her room after dinner to find the bathtub had been filled with blue water. The staff has made several reports of seeing doors close for no reason and feeling a presence on certain floors with no one else around. Guests have heard what they describe as hospital carts outside their door, and the 14th floor has a distinct smell of antiseptic or a band-aid odor. The elevators will stop at various floors for no clear reason. Video cameras have captured “orbs”, a term used by paranormal investigators to describe bright floating lights, around the hotel. Some guests have reported seeing a woman in white walking the halls and others have reported shadows moving along walls where no shadow should be. Do these mysteries mean the hotel is haunted? Probably not but in this book you will find many examples of these many stories.