Haunted Hollywood - Marylin Monroe's Ghost At The Roosevelt Hotel

Guests at the Roosevelt Hotel are entertained by a huge amount of paranormal activity from the hotel’s past: children playing in the hallways; a pianist wearing a white suit and “very old shoes” tinkling the ivories on the mezzanine; guests swimming in the pool after hours—none of whom was from the world of the living. 

Marilyn Monroe stayed at the Roosevelt so often that she purchased a full-length antique mirror for her favorite suite above the pool. After her untimely death in 1962, the hotel stored the mirror away; then, decades later during a major remodel, employees “rediscovered” it in the basement—its history long forgotten—and hung it in the lower lobby. 

Monroe’s image has been seen in it regularly, applying lipstick, primping with her hair as she must have done hundreds of times while looking into this mirror. One of Monroe’s Misfits costars, four-time Oscar nominee Montgomery Clift, is also a ghostly resident. He sticks close to room 928, his home for several months in 1952 while filming From Here to Eternity. 

People come from around the world to stay in Clift's room, on the chance that his spirit will make his presence known. Past residents report the actor’s spirited behavior, including: ringing the phone incessantly, blaring the radio, turning the heat to over 100 degrees and practicing the bugle for the Eternity role. He’s even shoved a few unsuspecting guests while they slept.