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They've seen them. Visitors swear they've heard them. Some even claim they've felt them.

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They're ghosts.

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The mysterious spirits that supposedly haunt some of our most luxuriously spooky hotels.

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Every story is stranger than the next. But could they actually be true?

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It's time to find out. We're checking into haunted hotels on Truth or Scare.

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We've got reservations at some of the most fabulous old hotels in the U.S.

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There's just one thing you should know. These places have a certain reputation.

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For terror. Some guests claim that when night falls, you might hear a few windows rattling

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and door slamming, or see strange apparitions and ghostly visions. Are these specters just the

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creation of overactive imaginations, or are these historic hotels truly filled with restless spirits?

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Here on the banks of beautiful Lake Moscoma stands the Shaker Inn, a 24-room mansion built in 1837.

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The Inn gets its name from the secretive religious community that built it. The Shakers came to

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America from Europe at the end of the 1700s. They were led by a man named Caleb Dyer to Anfield,

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New Hampshire. This is where the Shakers built this imposing six-story structure.

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For most of them, it was their whole world under one roof. They lived there, worked there, ate

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there, and worshipped there. Today, the Shakers are gone, and the building they lived in Praden has

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been turned into a hotel. But some say their spirits live on inside the Shaker Inn, and who

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would know better than the innkeeper himself? The Shakers believe very much in spirits, and that

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feeling still permeates this whole building. When you walk through this building, you can

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feel the spirits. And many visitors claim they can also hear them. They say they've heard doors

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closing, and footsteps creaking down the hallway. Of course, that could just be another guest who's

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having trouble sleeping, but how do you explain this? My chambermaids tell me that up on the

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fourth floor, in room 15, there is a rocking chair that often is just rocking by itself.

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Even when there's no wind coming through the building, and no guests in the house,

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that one chair in that one room mysteriously keeps rocking.

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But many locals believe it's the restless spirit of the Shakers leader, Caleb Dyer.

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What we do know is this. In 1863, the minister's life was ended by a local man named Thomas Weier.

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The man was desperate. He had lost his wife and had two young daughters to provide for.

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The American Civil War was raging, so Weier joined the army of the North for money,

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and left his daughters with Caleb Dyer, knowing that the kindly Shaker community would look after

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them. And he was right. The girls missed their father, but the Shakers gave them a safe, stable,

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happy life. But six months later, their father came back for them. It was apparent to Caleb Dyer

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that Thomas Weier was unstable. Fearing for the girl's safety, Caleb refused to give them back.

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But what he didn't know was that Thomas Weier had a gun. And when Caleb turned to go back into the

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house, Thomas Weier did the unthinkable.

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Caleb Dyer's tragic death shattered the whole community. Without him, the secrets of how the

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village was run were gone forever, and the Shaker village fell apart. Which is why some people say

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that only Caleb's bones rest here in the cemetery. They claim his spirit, still miserable over the

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end of the Shakers, is haunting the hotel. A friend of innkeeper Don Liewitz was exploring the fifth

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and sixth floors of the inn. Floors that have never been used by the hotel. Don's friend wandered

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through the dark, long abandoned rooms. Then, on his way back downstairs from the sixth floor,

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he met a perfectly friendly-looking couple on their way up. And my friend turned to them and said,

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watch out for the hand railing because it's creaky. But as he spoke, he says the face of the man on

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the stairs suddenly transformed into another man's face. A very angry face. And he said those eyes,

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those milky eyes just kept drawing him in. And at that point, he had to leave the building.

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Not long after that, a portrait was found at the inn. It matched the face Don's friend

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saw on the stairs that night. It was a portrait of Caleb Dyer.

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So if you ever find yourself in Enfield, New Hampshire, you may want to prepare to be scared

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when you visit the mysterious Shaker Inn.

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They say scaring the guests at this spooky southern mansion is child's play.

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There's no better place to feel welcome than in one of the South's historic mansion hotels.

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But at one particular hotel, don't be surprised if you're on into

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an unexpected guest.

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Over a hundred years ago in Charleston, South Carolina,

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this mansion was home to a 12-year-old girl and her family. Her name was Sarah.

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Today, Sarah's house is home to the Rutledge Victorian guest house.

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But some say Sarah still lives here, playing games.

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With the guests' minds.

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Lights that flicker on and off. Could it really be the ghost of a 12-year-old girl?

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Of course, it could also be bad wiring or a trick of the wind.

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But many people say the explanation is simply

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Sarah. It all goes back to one terrible night.

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Sarah was in her bedroom on the top floor of the house.

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She had just fallen asleep when tragedy struck.

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The young girl was hopelessly trapped. Her parents were devastated.

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It wasn't long before they left the house and Charleston forever.

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For nearly 80 years, the burned-out mansion remained empty.

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A creepy reminder of that tragic night.

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Then, in the mid-1980s, the house was rebuilt and opened as a hotel,

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with every authentic Victorian detail restored.

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But as historian Ed Grimble tells us, for a couple who stayed in Sarah's old room,

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the experience was a little too authentic.

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The wife was sleeping and the pillow was under her head and all of a sudden,

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the pillow was pulled out from under her.

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She really thought it must be her husband.

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So she put the pillow back and then, moments later, the pillow was pulled out again.

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Now she knew it was her husband.

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So she looked over and there he was, fast asleep.

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Who pulled that pillow?

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Was it Sarah or just one of those dreams that feels so sad?

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So real.

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There are other guests who claim that as they climb the stairs to Sarah's old bedroom,

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a little girl would appear, staring down at them through a window at the top of the stairs.

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But most disturbing of all are the reports of an unmistakable odor that sometimes fills the air,

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a smell that leaves no doubt in Martha Jenkins' mind.

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Sarah's here.

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You can smell her comment because her clothes still smell like the smoke,

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so you know that Sarah is there.

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And in the last few years, the claims have gotten stranger.

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They say Sarah's gotten more daring.

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Now she sometimes plays her pranks outside of her room, in broad daylight.

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Like the time when two guests were having tea in the dining room.

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They stepped away for just a minute.

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When they returned, their tea cups were stacked,

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one on top of the other, and there was no one else in the hotel.

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Was this Sarah's strange new way of having a tea party?

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Or was it really just a bus boy with a wicked sense of humor?

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Whatever it was, those two guests checked out the next day, never to return.

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Sarah had her house back, at least for a little while,

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and as new guests arrive, we can only guess what the little girl in the attic has in store for them.

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Travelers lost in the desert sometimes see bizarre visions.

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The blazing heat of the sun is the reason, supposedly,

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but at one resort in the desert town of Palm Springs, California,

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many people are convinced that the elegant ghost who haunts the grounds is no mirage.

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The Korakaya Hotel is like no other place in Palm Springs.

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It's an oasis in the scorching California desert,

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with cool blue pools and exotic Moroccan architecture.

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No wonder it's so popular with top fashion photographers, models,

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and the spirit of a mysterious beauty named Gertrude.

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Apparently, a sure-signed Gertrude is around,

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is when on warm, windless nights, the surface of the pool suddenly ripples.

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Some guests say they even feel a cold chill run down their spine, even though it's 70 degrees.

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But that's only the beginning. Candles sometimes blow out, for no reason at all,

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unless maybe someone or something is there.

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A few visitors even claim they felt Gertrude's presence.

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Could all of these people have gotten too much sun?

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Or is the mysterious Gertrude more than a trick of the heat?

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Maybe Gertrude herself can explain the mystery.

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It turns out she was a model, but back in the 1930s,

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Gertrude posed for painters instead of photographers.

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One of those artists, Gordon Coots, couldn't resist his model's charms,

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so he married her. To show his love, Gordon built his beautiful new wife an exotic and romantic home.

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It would be a palace for his queen, inspired by the magnificent architecture

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the artist had seen on his travels in the North African country of Morocco.

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But this fairytale romance came to a quick, tragic end.

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Gordon died suddenly, leaving Gertrude all alone.

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But it wasn't long before she had a second chance at love.

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An artist named John Laverly came to console Gertrude, and soon won this beautiful young woman's heart.

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Gertrude and John settled in at Korakaya,

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and became known for the fabulous parties they'd throw for their artist and writer friends.

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It was at one of these parties that tragedy struck.

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Apparently, John had wandered away from the main party,

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but Gertrude couldn't bear being apart, so she went off to look for him.

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But when Gertrude turned a corner and stepped into the road, a speeding car came at her,

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and she was gone.

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Gertrude's death brought Korakaya's elegant nightlife to an end.

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For over 60 years, it lay still, silent, with only the haunting memories to fill it.

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But in 1993, the house was finally restored to its former beauty,

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and opened for business as a luxurious hotel.

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The exotic setting was a huge hit with fashion photographers.

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Korakaya was back, and better than ever.

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But if this next story is to be believed, the beautiful women who come to Korakaya today

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are sharing the spotlight with a fashionable phantom from the past.

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If there's a photo shoot happening, I'm sure she's coming out for it.

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I'm sure she wouldn't miss it.

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Many models who have worked here claim that when they're out of their room,

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they return to find clothes that are not where they left them.

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Lipstick and makeup have been moved.

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It seems that someone has snuck in.

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Could it be one of the housekeepers, or is it Gertrude?

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But missing mascara hardly compares to what they say happens on the anniversary of Gertrude's death.

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A slim, well-dressed lady has been seen walking toward the road,

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at exactly the same spot where Gertrude was struck by that car.

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Does her beautiful ghost truly haunt this luxurious California resort?

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We may never know for sure, but these days, it's very fashionable to think so.

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When sleeping in a hotel built in the 1870s, you should expect to hear a few bumps in the night.

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But some guests of the Snowball Inn in Night's Land in California

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say that they've heard babies wailing, doorbells ringing,

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and even claim they've seen a woman who walks through walls.

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Cheryl and James Furing, the inn's owners, know why.

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It's always been the big haunted, scary mansion.

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All the children in Night's Landing think it's the haunted house.

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The oddest feelings is when Windows rattle.

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According to the Furing's, the windows rattle one at a time.

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They start upstairs, moving across the front of the house,

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down to the front door, then around to the side.

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The house is still open.

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Has one of the mansion's former residents refused to leave?

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John Snowball built this house for his wife Lucy as soon as they got married.

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There were a young couple in love living a fairy tale romance.

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Only one thing was missing, a child.

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Then when their beautiful daughter was born, John and Lucy's joy was complete.

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Though John often had to go away on business trips,

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Lucy's days were filled playing happily with the new baby.

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Whenever John came home from a trip, it was a special occasion in the Snowball house.

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Lucy would put the baby to sleep, then go downstairs and listen to stories of her husband's travels.

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On one fateful night, as John talked,

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Lucy drifted off to sleep.

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The next morning she awoke, but tragically, her child didn't.

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After that terrible night, Lucy became almost like a zombie.

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She was devastated and she blamed herself.

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Lucy lived into her 70s and never stopped grieving for the loss of her child.

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Some say that even death can't bring an end to Lucy's misery.

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Would that explain the bizarre incidents at this historic mansion?

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Could it all be Lucy's Snowball, unable to escape her guilt and grief?

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Some guests say, yes.

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Late at night, some guests claim they hear unexplained knocks on their door,

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as if Lucy were trying to wake them up.

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Maybe she's trying to prevent another tragedy?

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Even creepier is one guest's claim that he had seen Lucy's ghost come through the wall.

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A wall that stood where the dorsal nursery once was.

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Of course, not everyone is convinced that Lucy still roams these halls.

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But Cheryl Furing says that Lucy has no patience for non-believers.

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I had a friend visiting and we were out in the garden and we were talking about the spirit of Lucy.

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And she said she didn't think that Snowball Mansion was haunted.

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Right after she said that, the table tipped over.

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Creepy, definitely.

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But is it proof that Lucy haunts her family's mansion?

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Perhaps a night in the old nursery at the Snowball Inn would help you to decide.

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Even with all of the bizarre claims of unexplained sights and sounds,

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these historic hotels still plin guests from around the world,

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some of them actually looking for a good scare.

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And even though there's no proof that ghosts exist,

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if you spend the night in one of America's haunted hotels,

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you might want to sleep with a light on.