The building that serves as the Napa River Inn was originally a family-owned mill, built in 1884. Located in the heart of California’s wine country, the Inn attracts tourists worldwide. Not everyone visits for the wine and culture, however. Many come to see the Inn’s ghosts.

The Woman in White

This ghost is believed to be the wife of Albert Edward Hatt, Jr., who hung himself in his family’s warehouse on April 1, 1912. Reports from hotel staff and guests suggest that she is looking for someone, possibly her beloved husband.

Robert Keig

Bought the Napa Mill Feed Store from Captain A. Hatt in 1912. In 2003, a couple saw walking down the staircase and asked him where the restaurant was.

The man said, “This is no dining establishment, this is Napa Milling and I’m the owner, Robert Keig.”

The couple walked past him, catching a whiff of hay and grain, and saw a picture of him, dated sometime in 1912. Imagine how they felt when they saw that Keig hadn’t aged a bit.

Rooms 207 & 208

Guests who come for the ghosts request these rooms because of the high level of paranormal activity. Room 208 sits above what is now the Sweetie Pie Bakery, the site of Albert Hatt’s death. The room is reportedly haunted by people dressed in period garb.

I’ve included two links for you to check out. The first chronicles the families that owned the mill, and the second contains spooky stories from the employees of the hotel.

Historic Napa Mill
The Ghosts of Napa River Inn

Ghost and paranormal enthusiasts will enjoy this online book, created by Julia Houston, who has created a “virtual ghost tour” of England. You’ll find information about hundreds of sites, as well as photography and a brief background of the places she covers. It’s not quite complete, but it’s well worth the visit.

A Ghosts and Hauntings Book

John Luckton, a 50-year-old advertising executive, runs Ghost Tours of West Virginia in Lewisburg and Beckley during the height of the state’s tourist season, which peaks around early September and ends around Halloween.

“Everybody’s favorite is the Greenbrier Ghost,” Luckton said, invoking the name of one of West Virginia’s most famous, or infamous, spirits.

The way Luckton tells the story, a woman named Zona Shue came back from the grave to visit her mother and reveal that she had been murdered by her husband. Her mother told the tale to anyone in town who would listen, and she convinced authorities to exhume her daughter’s body. The corpse was found to have had a compound fracture in her neck, and Shue’s husband eventually was convicted of her murder.

A plaque in Lewisburg now proclaims the case as the only one in which a person was convicted of first-degree murder based on the testimony of a ghost.

Luckton’s tours have become so popular that the State Division of Tourism has posted them in their events section of their website, which also lists fairs and festivals that have supernatural themes.

Source: Charleston Daily Mail

I’ve always enjoyed watching Unsolved Mysteries when I could because they re-enact true stories so well. This 4-disc set looks very good, and the reviews helped me decide to place it in my Amazon Wish List for my upcoming birthday.

I’m familiar with a few of the stories in this set, such as the Highway Vision, where the ghost of a mother alerts highway patrolmen of the car accident she was involved in. The rest, I look forward to watching.