The Hotel Del Coronado’s most longstanding and internationally famous guest was believed to be Kate Morgan. According to legend, Kate checked into the hotel under the assumed name of Lottie A. Bernard on the afternoon of November 24th, 1892. She is accused of being a swindler and a cheat, charming men out of their money. She was married to a gambler, pregnant, and riding the rails.

Her death was ruled as a suicide after she was found on the steps leading to the beach on the morning of November 29, 1892. That is the legend. The truth, uncovered by researchers who used a new process called “Interdimensional Communication”, reveals a shocking case of mistaken identity.

Bonnie Vent (Research Medium located in San Diego, California) interviewed the spirit, who identified herself as Mrs. Lottie A. Bernard. Physical research into the case revealed that Bernard had taken a train from Denver to Coronado on December 2, 1892. Kate Morgan was living in Los Angeles under the assumed name of Katie Logan. She had left her employer’s house the day before Thanksgiving, promising to return the next day to make dinner. She never returned.

Several books were written about this case, although no one thought to question the story of Joseph E. Jones, who checked into the hotel on Thanksgiving day and told the bell boy that he had ridden in the same train car as Lottie. His name was listed in the registry directly below hers. Is that significant? It might be because he had refused to testify before the coroner’s jury.

Whatever the case, we know that the true identity of the ghost of the Hotel Del Coronado is not Kate Morgan.

Listen to sample footage of Interdimensional Communication from the documentary Conversations with the Dead at: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid959009698