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The Hotel's Founders Can Reportedly Still Be Seen Roaming Around the Property

Although The Stanley Hotel founder and his wife died in 1940 and 1939, respectively, they never seem to have truly gone away, at least according to several hotel visitors. Freelan's ghost has reportedly been seen hovering behind employees at the reception desk, and Flora can still be heard playing the piano in the hotel's music room.

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