1. Hotel Lakeview, Ooty

Hotel Lakeview in Ooty is known for its stunning architecture and for the paranormal activities which the guests talk about. Even the locals are convinced that this hotel is haunted and nobody roams around it after the sunsets. You may hear cries when you sleep at night in this hotel.

2. Trident Hotel

Trident Hotel will surely leave you amazed as the lift of this hotel will directly take you to the 14th floor and will skip the 13th floor. Sounds weird right? There are a lot of hotels in Mumbai which totally avoid the 13th floor as there are a lot of stories about people hearing unnatural sounds and seeing things which can’t be explained. The number 13th is often related to evil and if you want to experience something unnatural you ought to visit the hotel!

3. Hotels Around Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad

Ramoji Film City is said to have been built on the battlefield of Nizams. Also, it is believed that hotels in and around the film city are haunted by the ghosts of the deceased. Several incidents suggesting the presence of ghosts in hotel rooms and the changing rooms of the film city make the region one of the most haunted places in Hyderabad.

4. Morgan House Tourist Lodge, Kalimpong

Morgan House Tourist Lodge, erstwhile heritage house, is a bloodcurdling lodge in the tiny hill station of Kalimpong in West Bengal. It was built in 1930’s by George Morgan, who lived there till the death of Lady Morgan. Rumors about the ghost of Lady Morgan haunting the house makes the lodge one of the haunted places in Kolkata. Locals claim to have heard voices of somebody walking in high-heels in the wooden corridors.

5. Hotel Raj Kiran, Lonavala

If you are (bike) rider, Hotel Raj Kiran is a mere 2 hours’ road trip from Mumbai. Though not very huge, this hotel in the quaint city of Lonavala, has been confirmed as a haunted hotel in India by a number of experts on paranormal activities. A room in the corner behind the reception on the ground floor is claimed to be haunted. Guests have reported that bed sheets have been pulled off while they were asleep. Others have reported seeing blue light flashes at their feet. With the increasing reports of such incidents, the hotel stopped renting out this particular room.

6. Hotel Fern Hill, Ooty

It was during the shooting of the Bollywood horror thriller – Raaz – that the hotel shot to fame. The horror stories were believed to be true and the hotel was permanently shut down. The story goes that choreographer Saroj Khan and her crew woke up one night on hearing the noise of rearrangement of furniture on the first floor. They tried to contact the reception, but the line was dead. Next morning, to their horror, the receptionist pointed out that there was no first floor in the hotel.

7. Hotel Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai

Hotel Taj Mahal Palace has an interesting history. Jamshedji Tata was once denied permission to enter the Watson Hotel by the British. Furious by the discrimination, he got the hotel plan made by W.A. Chambers. However, when Chambers returned from his England trip, he found that the hotel was made in a direction opposite to his architectural plans. The disheartened architect committed suicide by jumping from the 5th floor of the hotel. Rumors of the ghost of Chambers walking in the Old Wing have been popular ever since.

8. Hotel Savoy, Mussoorie

Rumor has it that the ghost of Lady Garnet Orme haunts the Savoy Hotel in Mussoorie. The story speaks of her murder in the hotel by adding strychnine in her medicine bottle. Years later, the doctor who was tending to her was found dead in a similar fashion. The buzz of this story spread far and wide and even made it to the Agatha Christie classic – The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

9. Hotel Brij Raj Bhavan, Kota

Brij Raj Bhavan, a palace built in the 19th century, was converted into a heritage hotel in 1980. It is said to be home to the friendly ghost of Major Burton – an English official who was killed by the Indian sepoys in the mutiny of 1857. The ghost is rumored to walk the corridors of the palace and occasionally slap the guards who sleep on duty.