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Through the years, the hotel hosted many celebrities such as Thomas Edison, Vanderbilt family, Alfred Hitchcock, Babe Ruth, and Princess Margaret to Anthony Eden, John Kenneth Galbraith, Joan Crawford and several US Presidents.

Under its first manager, John Anderson, the hotel was a success. But the advent of income tax, Prohibition, and the Great Depression curtailed the hospitality business. In 1936, Mrs. Stickney's nephew, Foster Reynolds, inherited the hotel, after her death in November of that year. The Hotel was then closed in 1942 because of World War II. A Boston syndicate bought the extensive property for about $450,000 In 1944 and they quickly earned their money back. The Bretton Woods monetary conference took place that year, also known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. The owners were paid $300,000 for the loss of business and promised a daily room charge of $18 per person for the 19-day conference. (Which turned out to be a 22 day conference.) 730 Delegates from all 44 Allied nations convened, where they established the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, set the gold standard at $35 an ounce and designating the United States dollar as the backbone of international exchange. The signing of the formal documents took place in the Gold Room, located off the Hotel Lobby and now it its preserved as an historic site. In case you were calculating...730 delegates at $18 / day times 22 days... $289080...so that plus the initial $300000, they made back their $450,000 purchase price and turned a $139080 profit...in just 22 days.

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Hauntings

Since the original owner who had this magnificent building built died just one year after its opening, one might think the ghost that haunts the Mt. Washington is poor Joseph Stickney's, but apparently it is his wife's. The weird part of this is that Carolyn didn't even die near the hotel, but her apparition has been reported throughout the hotel and she has been seen so often that there is even a place set for her in the hotel dining room every evening.

Interestingly, the architects who designed the hotel incorporated what they considered an anti-ghost measure. The hotel has several towers, and the number of stairs leading up to each tower is different.== number of steps to the second floor (thirty-three from the registration area and thirty-one in the South Tower) This is supposed to confuse ghosts and encourage them to leave, but I suppose since Carolyn Stickney was so intimately involved with the hotel her spirit is not fazed by oddly numbered steps.

After Carolyn died in 1936 the staff at the hotel started to report strange things. During the empty winter months caretakers claimed they saw an elegant woman walking into the dining room and that lights would turn themselves on and off. When a posed photo of the summer staff was developed a shadowy woman could be seen looking at them through a window of the princess room 314, but no one could have been at the window when the photo was taken as the room was not rented and was vacant that day...and the staff was all having their picture taken.

Carolyn Stickney remarried a European prince, Prince Aymon de Faucigny-Lucinge, shortly after Joseph's death and enjoyed spending her summers at the hotel. She built a private dining room for her and her friends, and also had a special balcony constructed that overlooked the hotel's main dining room. This allowed her to see what other guests were wearing and change her clothes to ensure she was the best dressed woman in the room. Some guests who have stayed at the hotel say you can see a woman that's description strikingly resembles Carolyn watching over everyone from the balcony.

Luckily for hotel guests Carolyn's ghost is harmless. As a former hotelier she's not going to do anything to hurt business! Still, the unprepared might find themselves frightened, particularly if they stay in room 314 one of the tower suites. This elegant room used to be Carolyn Stickney's private apartment and it still contains the giant four-poster bed she slept in.

Guests staying there often report uncanny incidents.

One Trip Advisor guset who stayed in Room 314
Described things that happened during her stay:
1. Fireplace turned on by itself
2. Lamp near the chaise sofa flickered on / off inexplicably a couple of times.
3. My daughter's plush monkey went missing only to show up in the middle of the floor later in the day.
4. We left the room in the morning to come back to what appeared to be a tidied up room (ie., the housekeeper must have been there) because there were new towels; ironing board was put away, certain things were tidied up and most importantly, the bed was "made". I emphasize made because the sheets and cover were laid as if it was made but then it appeared as if someone had laid on it to take a nap.

Others have reported hearing a romantic, but ghostly melody from the depths of the hotel, but the source of the music is never found. In the "Tower Suites", television channels will switch and tubs run by themselves. Scents of perfumes and strange lights can be seen. Carolyn can be seen in Room 314 (room is nicknamed "The Princess Room"), sitting on the edge of the bed that she shared with her husband, brushing her hair.

Perhaps most famously, February 6th, 2008 the TAPS team, featured on the SyFy network show, Ghost Hunters, recorded clear EVP's of the Princess conversing with them. That ghostly conversation seemed to indicate that Carolyn is still very much present at the hotel, but either unsure or perhaps unaware of what time period she is in. When the team went up to Room 314 to set up an Electronic Voice Phenomena (in the ghost world this is called an "EVP") they asked this simple question, "Princess, Are you here?" What they got was this simple question back, "Of course I'm in here. Where are you?"

In addition to the ghost of the Princess, there have many reports of paranormal activity within the hotel including: children running the halls, a dark figure haunting the new spa wing, and the presence of a resident spirit belonging to an old employee who is rumored to have committed suicide in the staff quarters of one of the towers. Other ghostly happenings are: a baby can be heard crying in the ballroom (Mt. Madison Room), when there's no baby even in the hotel. Photographs get mysteriously slashed by unseen fingernails. A woman can be seen walking through walls and light taps on doors when no one is outside.

Other rooms are said to be haunted as well The lobby is said to be haunted by a little girl and a man, and a malevolent lady is believed to haunt room 206.

Guests have said to watch out for rooms: 206, 217, 237, 425, and of course "The Princess Room" (Room 314).

Records throughout the years do show that some other guests have checked in, but they never checked out. Such as: Daniel Willis James, a highly wealthy metal merchant from New York, had his last stay at the hotel, dying at the age of 75 on September 13th, 1907 of a heart attack. Almost ten years, right on date, a guest by the name of Alfred N. Beadleston died at the age of 69 due to intestinal hemorrhages. Still Carolyn is the most seen, though Daniel Willis James has been reported sitting in a chair in the lobby. He was apparently unresponsive to waving etc....but was identified and verified by photographs of Mr. James...

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Paranormal Claims

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Claim #	Added	Added By	Claim
2347	06/26/2016	sdonley	Sounds of children have been heard running in the halls.
2356	06/26/2016	sdonley	Daniel Willis James has been reported sitting in a chair in the lobby. He was apparently unresponsive to waving etc....but was identified and verified by photographs of Mr. James..
2355	06/26/2016	sdonley	A malevolent lady is believed to haunt room 206.
2354	06/26/2016	sdonley	The lobby is said to be haunted by a little girl and a man
2353	06/26/2016	sdonley	Light taps on doors when no one is outside.
2352	06/26/2016	sdonley	A woman can be seen walking through walls
2351	06/26/2016	sdonley	Photographs get mysteriously slashed by unseen fingernails.
2350	06/26/2016	sdonley	A baby can be heard crying in the ballroom in the Mt. Madison Room
2349	06/26/2016	sdonley	The presence of a resident spirit belonging to an old employee who is rumored to have committed suicide in the staff quarters of one of the towers.
2348	06/26/2016	sdonley	A dark figure haunting the new spa wing.
2338	06/26/2016	sdonley	A woman has been seen that has a description strikingly resembling Carolyn watching over everyone from the balcony.
2346	06/26/2016	sdonley	Carolyn can be seen in Room 314, sitting on the edge of the bed that she shared with her husband, brushing her hair.
2345	06/26/2016	sdonley	Scents of perfumes and strange lights can be seen in tower suites.
2344	06/26/2016	sdonley	In the "Tower Suites", television channels will switch and tubs run by themselves.
2343	06/26/2016	sdonley	There are reports of hearing a romantic, but ghostly melody from the depths of the hotel.
2342	06/26/2016	sdonley	Sheets and cover were laid as if it was made but then it appeared as if someone had laid on it to take a nap in room 314.
2341	06/26/2016	sdonley	Toys go missing only to show up in different places later in the day in room 314
2340	06/26/2016	sdonley	The lamp near the chaise sofa flickered on / off inexplicably a couple of times in room 314
2339	06/26/2016	sdonley	The fireplace turned on by itself in room 314.

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New England Folklore Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Blog post about this location
Real Haunts Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Lists stories about the location.
Historic Mount Washington hotel sold to current operator Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Article on the Boston Globe about this location.
The Ghost of Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods NH Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Blog post about this location.
The Princess Awaits Your Arrival Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Blog post about this location.
MOUNT WASHINGTON HOTEL - Trademark Details Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Information about the location applying for a trademark.
The Princess Awaits Your Arrival - Mount Washington Hotel Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Paranormal News Article
Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, NH Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Blog post about location
National Registry Information Added: 06/26/2016 By: sdonley	Click on the download links to view/read the information.

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