Blacksburg Holiday Inn - Real Blacksburg Haunt

The Holiday Inn in Blacksburg was built on a former plantation known as Jacob’s Lantern. A nightclub inside the inn was rumored to be the center of ghostly activity, with laughter and voices coming from the bar after it had closed and emptied for the night. Hotel managers also reported having ghostly guests ask to have the music turned down when no music was playing.

Unfortunately prospective ghost hunters will have trouble verifying this haunt, as the hotel closed to guests in April of 2015. Plans for two new hotels to be built in its places have been released—an extended-stay residence inn to open in 2017 and another, larger hotel to be completed in the fall of 2016. Will the ghosts return to haunt these new buildings, or will they fade away with the old Holiday Inn?

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