![]() Sometimes they look like old railroad lanterns, but other times they appear in various forms and colors. They bob along the road that covers old railroad tracks. There are various stories to explain the source of the mysterious Crossett lights, which many people have reported seeing. Or maybe a conductor was decapitated in a freak train accident. ![]() Legend has it that long ago, two Missouri Pacific railroad employees got into a fight over unionizing, and one of them beheaded the other. Read about other haunted Arkansas hotels Arkansas’ Haunted Railroad Tracks Crossett Lights – 425 Ashley Rd., Crossett Recently, archeologists excavated Baker’s medical tools.Ĭurious to know more? The Crescent Hotel offers ghost tours year round. Spirits in Victorian dress have been spotted in the dining room. Reports of terrifying happenings include hands coming out of bathroom mirrors, cries of pain, gurneys rattling down halls, pots and pans flying around the kitchen, and doors slamming shut on their own. In addition to the carpenter, the hotel is said to be haunted by former patients and hospital staff. His treatments were often barbaric and painful, such as drilling holes in patients’ skulls and performing basement surgeries. Baker had no medical training, and many patients died under his care. In 1937 a quack “doctor” named Norman Baker bought the Crescent and turned it into a hospital, where he claimed he could cure cancer. (Many believe his ghost haunts that room.) Later it became a women’s college (where a young woman fell - or was pushed-to her death from a top story window), and then, a summer hotel. ![]() An Irish carpenter is said to have fallen to his death from room 218 during construction. Crescent Hotel was built in 1886, near natural hot springs, as a luxury health retreat. It has been featured on SyFy’s Ghost Hunters and Paranormal Witness and the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures. The Crescent Hotel is probably the best known haunted location in Arkansas. This is the perfect season for a brisk walk through your oldest local cemetery, a stay in a haunted hotel, or booking a ghost tour! Arkansas’ Haunted Hotels Crescent Hotel – Eureka Springs Happy Halloween! It’s the spookiest month of the year, so we want to highlight some of the most haunted places in Arkansas. ![]()
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