Hotel Dolphin

The  is a luxurious hotel located on 61st street in New York City. It has earned itself a rather bleak reputation over the past several decades, owing largely to rumors of Room 1408 being haunted. For more than sixty years, Room 1408 has allegedly been responsible for a string of bizarre, inexplicable occurances including forty-two deaths, twelve of which were suicides and at least thirty "natural" deaths. Due to these happenstances and the legend surrounding the room, hotel manager, Gerald Olin kept the room vacant for more than twenty years.

Those who stay within the room for more than a brief moment were said to be subject to nightmarish visions and intense psychological turmoil. An unseen force was said to play havoc with electronic devices, causing digital wristwatches, pocket calculators, and cell phones to stop functioning or to operate unpredictably.

Points of Interest

 * Room 1408: Room 1408 is located on the thirteenth floor of the Hotel Dolphin, but due to the superstitious nature of the hotel's staff, it is identified as being located on the fourteenth floor. Writer Mike Enslin spent an evening in Room 1408, seeking to debunk stories of its haunted history. He soon learned the truth however as he was nearly burned to death and driven mad after spending only a few hours in the room.

Media

 * 1408 (2007)
 * 1408 (short story)