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The Shining (1980)

The haunted hotel that inspired The Shining&nbsp;is undoubtedly one of the eeriest places in the United States. Plenty of hotels claim to have ghostly presences, but real haunted hotels are hard to come by. Ask&nbsp;anyone who's been on a ghost tour at the Stanley Hotel, though, and they'll tell you the building's ghostly reputation is earned. The real-life haunting behind <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/true-stephen-king-stories/juliet-bennett-rylah" target="_blank">Stephen King</a>'s The Shining has fascinated and terrified guests for decades.One thing definitely makes the Stanley Hotel stand out amongst other hauntings: its ghosts aren't exactly camera shy. Over the years, many strange and chilling images have been captured by guests and ghost hunters alike, spawning speculation among non-believers and enthusiasm in the paranormal community.&nbsp;In September 2017, a photograph&nbsp;from one of the hotel's guided ghost tours has once again aroused interest in the spooky old resort. But are those actual ghosts in the image, or is the photo a fake? Either way, this picture is definitely bizarre.

Real Ghosts Might've Been Captured On Camera At The Hotel That Inspired 'The Shining'

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Stanley Hotel Ghost Pictures Captured By Guests At 'The Shining' Inspiratio

Christine Aprile

Beyond what you see on the big and small screens, Los Angeles really is a lot of bright lights and red carpets, but also real people, real crimes, and even real ghosts.

Inside Tinsel Town

Don't know how you do the voodoo that you do.

Dark Magic

Los Angeles

Southern California&nbsp;is as far as you can get in the contiguous United States from the puritanical roots, restrictive social norms, and old money of cities like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Los Angeles is nearly 2,700 miles from Washington DC, and the watchful eyes of the federal government. California is the&nbsp;westernmost destination of the American frontier, a land rich in natural resources like oil. A place you go to reinvent yourself. An area with a long, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/strange-histories-of-hotels-in-los-angeles/andy-miller" target="_blank">sometimes sordid</a> history of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/horrible-l-ron-hubbard-facts/lea-rose-emery" target="_blank">new religions</a>, experimental spirituality, far-out cults, and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-jpl-rocket-scientist-jack-parsons/lyra-radford" target="_blank">psychedelic occult</a> activity.&nbsp;

From the financial and cultural behemoth of Scientology to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/charles-manson-hollywood-connections/erin-wisti" target="_blank">psychotic folkies</a> of the Mason gang and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thefader.com/2013/05/01/our-father-life-in-the-source-family" target="_blank">sex-crazed, psychedelic vegetarians</a> of the Source Family and their messianic leader Father Yod, the occult in Los Angeles wears a number of guises. Yet each of these groups, and the history, mythology, and dogma associated therewith, was born of&nbsp;countercultural tendencies. L. Ron Hubbard <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/09/us/scientology-s-puzzling-journey-from-tax-rebel-to-tax-exempt.html" target="_blank">didn&#39;t want to pay taxes</a>. Edith Maida Lessing, who <a href="https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/cults-los-angeles/" target="_blank">founded the Mount Helios cult</a> compound in Glassell Park, &quot;declared free love would replace marriage, believed in communal ownership of property, and boasted that she had control over more than 1,000 men&quot;. Carlos Castaneda, an anthropologist at UCLA, claims to have met an indigenous Mexican shaman at a bus stop in the southwest who had the ability to manipulate time and space, and taught him, among other things, kung fu and how to take peyote.&nbsp;

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