In April of 1887, a four-year-old girl by the name of Samantha Houston lost her life in the Driskill Hotel. Rumor has it, his spirit is trapped in the building, enjoying his namesake creation as an apparition.īut that's not all, folks. The Colonel died penniless only three years after the hotel's completion. Being a gambling man, he ended up losing the hotel in a high-stakes poker game. Colonel Jesse Driskill was a cattle baron who spent a huge fortune – $400,000, which was unheard of at the time – building and opening the Driskill Hotel.Īs the stories go, Driskill went bankrupt due to a drought in the area.

If you happen to smell cigar smoke when you visit this 1886 hotel, there's a slight chance it's not all in your imagination. Meet 'The Ghost Girl.' No one knows who she is or where she came from – all we know is that she watches, wistfully, through the large panes of Myrtles Plantation. She's dressed in antebellum clothing, and looking directly at you. In the background, a young girl stands in the window. A few years later, a visitor took a snapshot of two girls in front of Myrtles. The image was released, titled 'Chloe's Postcard.' A researchist visited the plantation in 1995 to explore the rumor and examine the postcard, and confirmed that the proportions and lighting of the figure were indeed consistent with the human dimensions of a young girl.

In a photograph taken by the plantation's proprietress, an apparition – resembling a young slave girl – appeared between the General's Store and the Butler's Pantry.

At the time, the insurance company requested photos of the plantation that could indicate the distance between buildings for the creation of a fire insurance policy. Chloe's story – just one of the hotel's hauntings – begins in 1992. If you're brave enough to venture into this 1796 Louisiana plantation-turned-hotel, you may come across some strange happenings around nightfall.

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