A Sanctuary for the Living. A Stronghold for the Dead. In 1903, Freelan Oscar Stanley climbed into the thin, dry air of the Colorado Rockies to escape a death sentence. Racked by Tuberculosis, he sought a miracle and found it. To celebrate his recovery, he raised a magnificent mountain resort in 1909, which stood as a testament to his survival. The Stanley Hotel is known as one of the most haunted hotels in America, but not due to violence or unresolved deaths, instead the dead stay for th...