Santa Maria Inn
801 South Broadway,
Santa Maria, California
93454
Built in 1917, the historic Santa Maria Inn is located in the city of Santa Maria, a town of about 100,000 halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Additionally the hotel is haunted.
Rudolph Valentino, that wonderful entertainer, who seems to haunt everywhere, also haunts the hotel. He apparently likes to knock on room 210 and even recline on the bed in the room.
There are also rumors of the ghost of a sea captain who was murdered by his mistress long ago appearing inside the hotel.
In addition to the sea captain and Valentino's antics, the hotel plays host to a piano that plays by itself, mysterious footprints, unexplained perfume scented smells, music coming out of disconnected speakers, and even an elevator starting up and going to a certain floor at the same time of the day.
Comments:
- Ernie of Santa Maria, ca on 2010-07-11 said:
- in 2004 I was at the bar with some friends at the Santa Maria Inn. I left to use the bathroom just outside the bar in one of the hallways of the old hotel. When I got out of the bathroom I looked to the right down the hall. I decided to take a stroll down the hallway. There was a old meeting room that had it's door open a bit. And I could hear old rag time piano music coming from that room. I went to peak inside of that room and the music stopped. turns out that room was empty and dark. weird. So I just closed the door and went back to the bar.
- former guest of Chinoon 2010-04-25 said:
- Stayed there last year and enjoyed it a lot. Had a video camera set-up during the night and captured several orbs drifting in our room along with other auditory phenomenon.
- shannon of santamaria, ca on 2009-10-20 said:
- I have been living in Santa Maria for 34 years and i never got the chance to experience the truth about the santamaria inn but i have heard story after story about the rooms. I will 1 day visit and stay in the exact room and live it and stick thru it even if nothing happens but im sure it will
- Employee of Santa Maria, CA on 2009-04-23 said:
- I worked for the Inn for many years. I don't know the real truth about what really happened there or even if something did. What I do know is that, "yes" it is haunted but not in a bad way at all. Things do happen. What ever it is it's not bad, it just shows its presence but not to everyone. I did see someone leave because they felt someone was following them. This person had no knowledge of any of the stories......
- Just a traveler of Alabama on 2008-10-30 said:
- I have stayed there and did not see anything but have heard several stories from staff members. One cleaning lady ran out without getting her paycheck when she went to clean the room, walked out, came back in, and all the furniture was piled on top of itself. When I asked if this hotel was well known for phenomenom she handed me a pamplet that has guests comments of what they have seen.
- Santa Maria Inn employee of Santa Maria, CA on 2008-09-06 said:
- Room 112 does not exsist. this story is FALSE. just wanted to set it straight.
- Anonymous on 2008-08-09 said:
- It is also said that ghost a named Anayeli a 6 year old plays with her ball in room 112 the ghost seeks revenge beacuse her 12 year old sister scared her a lot and Anayeli died of fright, now if a 12 year old sleeps in that room the ghost of Anayeli kills her.
Outside Links:
Outside References:
- Haunted Places: The National Directory (2002) by Hauck, Dennis, p: 78
- The Haunted Southland (1993) by Senate, Richard, p: 88 - 91
- California Hauntspitality (2002) by Wlodarski, Robert and Anne, p: 178 - 179
Last Edited: 2006-07-14
