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Visitors of the National House Inn bed and breakfast in [[Marshall, Michigan|Marshall, West Michigan]], have reported seeing a Lady in Red on the front staircase.<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted 6:35 PM, September 22, 2015, by Kevin Craig |url=http://fox17online.com/2015/09/22/marshalls-horse-drawn-ghost-tours/ |title=Marshall’s horse drawn ghost tours &#124; Fox17 |publisher=Fox17online.com |date=2015-09-22 |accessdate=2018-05-02}}</ref>
Visitors of the National House Inn bed and breakfast in [[Marshall, Michigan|Marshall, West Michigan]], have reported seeing a Lady in Red on the front staircase.<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted 6:35 PM, September 22, 2015, by Kevin Craig |url=http://fox17online.com/2015/09/22/marshalls-horse-drawn-ghost-tours/ |title=Marshall’s horse drawn ghost tours &#124; Fox17 |publisher=Fox17online.com |date=2015-09-22 |accessdate=2018-05-02}}</ref>

In Ohio, a Lady in Red sighting was reported multiple times in the [[Sandusky Mall]], once a criminal area for gangsters in the [[prohibition era]]. It is believed the ghost is that of a [[speakeasy]] dancer.<ref>https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Lady-in-Red-of-the-Sandusky-Mall-Hauntings-of-Erie-County-Ohio</ref>


Medium [[Bonnie Vent]] reportedly communicated with a Lady in Red at the [[Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant|Cosmopolitan Hotel]] in [[Old Town San Diego]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdparanormal.com/cosmopolitan_hotel.html |title=Bonnie Vent - Cosmopolitan Hotel Haunted |publisher=Sdparanormal.com |date= |accessdate=2018-05-02}}</ref> Room 4/5 is the alleged spot where she resides and the exterior walkway where she would have solicited clients.<ref>https://ghostsnghouls.com/2018/08/06/ghost-photo-cosmopolitan-hotel/</ref>
Medium [[Bonnie Vent]] reportedly communicated with a Lady in Red at the [[Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant|Cosmopolitan Hotel]] in [[Old Town San Diego]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdparanormal.com/cosmopolitan_hotel.html |title=Bonnie Vent - Cosmopolitan Hotel Haunted |publisher=Sdparanormal.com |date= |accessdate=2018-05-02}}</ref> Room 4/5 is the alleged spot where she resides and the exterior walkway where she would have solicited clients.<ref>https://ghostsnghouls.com/2018/08/06/ghost-photo-cosmopolitan-hotel/</ref>

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Lady in Red by artist Charles Webster Hawthorne

A Lady in Red or “Red Lady” is a type of female ghost, similar to the White Lady, but according to legend is more specifically attributed to a jilted lover, prostitute killed in a fit of passion, or woman of vanity. Thereby seen as a victim of objectification. In all cases, the Lady in Red is wearing a scarlet or blood red dress. She is said to be typically friendly in disposition, and whose story is attached to historic hotels, theatres or other public sector, with a higher frequency of reports from old mining communities due to the prostitution trade.

United States

The fifth floor of the Mizpah Hotel in Nevada is known for a Lady in Red known as "Rose" who died at the hands of a jealous lover.[1][2][3] Reportedly in the suite named for her, she is known to whisper in men's ears and leave pearls from her broken necklace on guest pillows.[4]

Truckee, Nevada features a Lady in Red on their ghost walk.[5]

Visitors of the National House Inn bed and breakfast in Marshall, West Michigan, have reported seeing a Lady in Red on the front staircase.[6]

In Ohio, a Lady in Red sighting was reported multiple times in the Sandusky Mall, once a criminal area for gangsters in the prohibition era. It is believed the ghost is that of a speakeasy dancer.[7]

Medium Bonnie Vent reportedly communicated with a Lady in Red at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Old Town San Diego.[8] Room 4/5 is the alleged spot where she resides and the exterior walkway where she would have solicited clients.[9]

The Lady in Red is said to frequent the Spirit Room of the Connor Hotel in Jerome, Arizona.[10]

Accounts of a Lady in Red have been seen by actors and guests at the Ghostlight Theatre in Amherst, New York.[11]

In Chicago's Drake Hotel a jealous woman wearing a blood-red dress took her life after jumping from the 10th floor (or the roof, as accounts vary). Guests claim to see her in her last steps from the Gold Coast Room, the Palm Court, and on the 10th floor.[12]

The Red Lady of Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama was a former student that vainly wore red. Her ghost is said to linger in the corridors and further inspired an annual run by students called The Red Lady Run.

In Madison, Indiana, the Civil War era Lanier Mansion references on their walking tour a Lady in Red disturbing the grounds.[13]

Canada

In Vancouver there is said to be the spirit of a woman named Jennie Pearl Cox, a socialite who died in a car accident in 1944 by the doors of the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.[14][15][16][17]

United Kingdom and Ireland

Pluckley, England is the site of a Red Lady who died in the 12th century.[18]

Leap Castle is claimed to be haunted by a Red Lady who is holding a dagger. It is reported she committed suicide after being captured and raped.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lady in Red: From Ghost Stories at". Americanfolklore.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. ^ "An Evening With the Lady In Red". TravelNevada. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ^ Sponsored by TravelNevada April 23, 2018 (2018-04-23). "Finding a Muse in the Supernatural". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2018-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/g22635979/real-life-haunted-house-stories/
  5. ^ "Ghost stories, cemeteries provide bits of history". Rgj.com. 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  6. ^ Posted 6:35 PM, September 22, 2015, by Kevin Craig (2015-09-22). "Marshall's horse drawn ghost tours | Fox17". Fox17online.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Lady-in-Red-of-the-Sandusky-Mall-Hauntings-of-Erie-County-Ohio
  8. ^ "Bonnie Vent - Cosmopolitan Hotel Haunted". Sdparanormal.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  9. ^ https://ghostsnghouls.com/2018/08/06/ghost-photo-cosmopolitan-hotel/
  10. ^ Dillon, Theresa (2016-08-11). "From Wickest City in the West to Nightmarish Ghost Town: Jerome, Arizona – The 13th Floor". The13thfloor.tv. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  11. ^ "Haunted Places in Amherst, New York". Hauntedplaces.org. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  12. ^ Morgan, Adam (2017-10-30). "A Brief History of Chicago's Other Haunted Hotel | Chicago magazine | Politics & City Life October 2017". Chicagomag.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  13. ^ https://www.indianamuseum.org/news/posts/ghostwalks2017
  14. ^ Forbidden Vancouver (2015-10-30). "Haunted Vancouver: Hotel Vancouver and its glamorous Lady in Red | Daily Hive Vancouver". Dailyhive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  15. ^ "Vancouver's Legendary 'Lady in Red' Ghost Photographed?". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  16. ^ Harrison Mooney (2017-05-27). "Vancouver man shares possible photo of 'The Lady in Red', local ghost". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  17. ^ By:. "The Luxury Hotel Insider". Five Star Alliance. Retrieved 2018-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  18. ^ "The village with a dozen ghosts". Fortean Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ https://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/the-10-most-haunted-castles-in-the-world/

External links

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