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Banff Springs Hotel

In the 1920s, a young bride was descending the spiral staircase from the bridal suite, en route to her wedding. On the way, her long, flowing dress was set ablaze by the candles lining the staircase. While attempting to extinguish the flames, she slipped, falling down the staircase and resultantly breaking her neck. Employees of the hotel have reportedly heard strange noises emanate from the bridal suite when it is not being occupied. They have also seen a figure in a long, flowing dress descending the stairs. The dress of the apparition will then catch on fire, and the figure will vanish.

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Jamie says:

October 25, 2005, 4:47 am

I worked at the Fairmont Banff Springs resort during the year of 2003. During our orientation week, we are given a tour of the hotel. Our guide brought us down that flight of stairs and it since leads to nowhere. But he did mention the bride and her fall, as well as her apparition. But we aren’t supposed to talk about that!
Personally I’ve never seen it. Not only is that staircase haunted but many other areas in the hotel are haunted as well. There have been books publishing the hauntings at this castle.

alejandra argueta says:

November 7, 2005, 1:36 pm

hi, wow i never thought how scary some of these stories could be. i would really like visit one of these places. Since i do live in canada, Banff would be a great place to go. I hope to be able to come back on this site and write of my experience or experiences

marc says:

November 21, 2005, 2:22 am

I worked there many moons ago-never saw the bride, but I did hear a little girl @ the base of those stairs giggling away from time to time when cleaning the rob roy.
Another time I was coming down the stairs behind the robroy by the exec offices and saw a lady standing looking at me wearing an old fashioned ball gown. I know of things that happened when I was there that were kept quiet. I know of 2 instances where they had to go into the ladies washroom in mt stephens and get 2 women out because they were so terrified about what they saw in the mirror. they wouldn’t tell anyone what they saw.
They aren’t unpleasant sorts, they just enjoy being there.

Robyn says:

November 29, 2005, 7:54 pm

I also worked at the Banff Springs Hotel in 1996-1997. I have not seen the bride but have seen the fire scorch marks on the marble staircase from the fire that killed her. I have had experiences with ‘Sam’ though. He was always helpful when I needed assistance and I spoke to him often. Lots of times, when my hands were full, and I needed to get on the staff elevators, I would simply ask ‘Sam’ to please order an elevator for me and sure enough, one of the three elevator doors would open for me without anyone being inside or my pushing any buttons. He would sometimes play tricks on me by taking me to the 9th floor (where he used to hide his tips) rather than taking me to the floor I wanted. I would tell him to cut it out and he would take the elevator to the right floor. He’s quite the character!

thayet59 says:

December 15, 2005, 12:38 pm

I’ve heard a version of this story, but it was in Charleston South Carolina.

killer says:

December 29, 2005, 6:56 pm

WELL I THINK THAT IS PRETTY SCARY JUST THE WAY SHE DIE NOT THE HAUNTING CUZ IT’S NOT SCARY BUT IT’S PRETTY SAD HOW SHE WAS READY 4 HER U KNOW BUT I WELL GIVE THAT ON A SCALE TO 1-10 A 7

God says:

May 8, 2006, 5:33 am

There’s no ghosts here! But i’ll keep looking!

Jamie says:

September 13, 2006, 2:06 pm

I lived at the Banff Springs until 1991, never believed in ghosts but I still refused to wander upstairs after dusk. One night I was sent to a room to check on a tourist who was complaining of a ghost behind the fireplace (warming room). I went in the room and it was ice cold even though the fire was lit. When I came out there was an older man sitting on the sofa looking at me. He didn’t say anything, he just got up and walked through the fireplace and vanished…. Another night we were all in the main ballroom for a fete when someone came screaming from the bathroom just past the medieval room. There was a lady in the bathroom sitting at a vanity. She was frozen with fear looking at the mirror. We had to pry her away and out of the bathroom…. strange hotel.

steph w says:

October 2, 2006, 2:07 pm

i work at the banff springs hotel, still have yet to see a ghost.. dont really know if any of this is true. We want PROOF

Rilesse says:

November 11, 2006, 8:02 pm

HI! WE WENT TO THE BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL AND DIDN’T ENCOUNTER ANY GHOSTS. BUT WE DID FEEL TINY COOL BREEZES IN PLACES THAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE HAUNTED. STILL I DON’T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS.
-RILESSE-

Susan says:

December 18, 2006, 10:20 pm

I Stayed at the hotel a few weeeks ago it is the most amaizing place i have ever stayed at. Didn’t have any encounters with ghosts. The main light in my room(561)didn’t seem to work well it did and than it didn’t. I would go and turn it on than it would go out. I flicked the swicth and it came on than it would go out. Maybe it was one of those cencer lights? I don’t no didm’t think anything of it until my friend said that the hotel was haunted.

Corey J Frankard says:

December 21, 2006, 1:01 pm

We are currently staying on the 7th floor. My Wife and I went to the 8th floor and sure enough there is no room 873. Legend has it that a family was murdered many moons ago in this room and whenever housekeeping would clean the mirrors, fingerprints of a small child would reappear no matter how many times they cleaned it.

The hotel has since blocked this room off and staff apparently are sworn not too speak of it. Rooms go from 871, 872(No 873) then 874 and 875. If you look closely you can see a faint outline of where the door for 873 used to be. We have been feeling cool breezes but they stopped after I closed the window in our room.

Taylor says:

December 23, 2006, 10:10 pm

There was once a lady whose name was Mary Spence. One day she met a nice man and a year later they decided to get married. As she was going to the dance she tripped over her dress and fell in the cake. Her face was covered in icing. Everybody laughed and she was so embarrased so she ran out to the girls washroom and started to cry. Then the lights turned off and she was scared but she was locked in her stall and couldn’t get out. Then the tapps turned on and the washroom started to flood. She drowned and was never seen again. Then one day as a little girl walked in the washroom and then the lights turned off and a glowing women was there she was bloody and had mud and mold all over her. The little girl screamed and ran put and she told her parents. Then her parents told other people and now she is known as bloody mary. So if anybody goes in the bathroom alone and shuts the lights off then she will apear and you will never be seen again.

jenny says:

February 13, 2007, 2:35 pm

i went to the banff springs hotel i was eating some cheese when all of a sudden i felt something nibble on my foot and i started to cry and i was affraid as i was still eating the cheese and i looked and it was my cat. Then 2 of the employes came up to my room and said “maybe if u give the cat some cheese it will stop nibbling ur foot” And then I called my cat and i found him dead in the bathtub and he has been dead for qute a while i buried him with a piece of cheese. If my cat was dead then what cat wa snippbling my foot???

Hot Stuff says:

February 14, 2007, 2:18 pm

one day i was laying in bed when all of a sudden, my boyfriend came into my room and i said what are you doing here and he said i am waiting in bed for you dah.so then we were about to kiss when he disapered and all i found was a bowl of soup laying infront of me so i started to panic and then i started to get hungry so i ate the soup then someone called hey let me out of here just because i didnt kiss u that doesnt mean that i have to eat me!!! so i went to the bathroom and got another bowl and scooped out the soup and he came back to life.

chris b lover says:

February 14, 2007, 2:19 pm

ok so i am going out with this guy and he is todally fridget its usch a bummer because i like him so much =( and i like want to do somthing with him beacuse it is valentines day and i dont want to freek him out =(

what should i do ????

wade says:

February 14, 2007, 2:20 pm

I once visited the banff springs hotel and i never really saw anything scary untill my piece of cookie started to fly around the room it startled me soo bad that i almost peed my pants then i thought that it might just be some kids from down the hall because i never really beileived in ghosts!!Then all of a sudden out of know where i heard this baby cry…It was comming from my bathroom!!At night i was taking a shower and the water started to pour out bloood i grabbed my towel and ran out of there i never did return i had to have the police go in and grab my stuff….As i was leaving i looked in the window and there stood a lady holding her baby all in blood!!!

chris b lover says:

February 14, 2007, 2:23 pm

Hot Stuff says:

February 14, 2007, 2:24 pm

u should hug him and talk to him thats the only way u r going to find out somehing and if u dont he might break ip with u cuz u never talk to him!!! well just talk to him hang out with him and he will get it that u still love him-for chris b lover

wade says:

February 14, 2007, 2:25 pm

Dear chris lover u should just ask him to do stuff more often and trhen at recess go up to him and hug him and say happy valintines day then he wont be so fridget cuz he will have to talk to u its not like he will just go ahhhh scream and run away…..But if he did do that then u might wanna do something about it!!lol so i say JUST GO FOR IT!!lol

Talk to ya lata love ya lots muh

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