This Is Supposed To Be The Most Haunted Hotel In America, And It Sits On A Scam Artist’s Medical Dumping Ground

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If you already feel a little anxious when you stay at a hotel, this story may not be the one for you!

There are lots of old, historical hotels that claim they’re haunted. This hotel, in particular, has been featured on tons of ghost-hunting shows because of the paranormal activity that occurs there. A bizarre discovery at the hotel in 2019 could explain why some guests believe the place is crawling with ghosts.

The Crescent Hotel & Spa in Eureka, Arkansas, claims to be “America’s Most Haunted Hotel.”

Built in 1886, the Crescent Hotel has been known as a place where several guests have “checked in but never checked out.”

In addition, multiple TV shows have visited to catch a ghost sighting, like Mystery Solved, TAPS, and more.

But you don’t have to have a camera and television crew to spot a ghost at the Crescent Hotel. Numerous guests have come forward with terrifying reports of ghosts in the main lobby, figures seen in windows, strange mists outside, etc.

A recent discovery made by the hotel’s landscaper during construction may explain why it is so haunted.

In 2019, while working to extend the hotel’s parking lot, the landscaper found a lot of ‘medical jars’ in the dirt.

As the landscapers pulled back more layers of soil, they found more jars. They seemed to contain mysterious things floating in liquid.

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As it turns out, the site of the hotel was formerly a cancer hospital in the 1930s. The hotel was in possession of a promotional poster for the hospital created by its operator, Norman Baker. The poster contained images of jars and reads, “We Have Proofs of Our Success.”

After comparing the jars they found in the dirt to the ones on the cancer hospital poster, the hotel staff realized that those jars contained the cancerous tumors of the hospital’s former patients.

Archeologists from the University of Arkansas were called in to assist in digging up the jars and study what was inside them.

They found that at the Cancer Curable Baker Hospital, Norman Baker would offer to treat people of their cancer without a real cure.

He took tons of money from sick families, but instead of healing, many people died under his care. The land that the hotel now sits on was essentially Norman’s medical dumping ground.

Professionals have taken good care of these jars, which are now on display at the Crescent Hotel & Spa for the public to see on some of their iconic ghost tours.

Now knowing about its history, would you stay at this hotel?

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