Hotel del Coronado
In 1892, after discovering that he was cheating on her, Kate Morgan decided to leave her husband. She stayed at the Hotel del Coronado that night and her husband broke in and shot her. Today many reports have been made about ghosts and the sounds of gunshots throughout the building.
What a beautiful Hotel this is. I encourage all to travel to this place of mystery. I stood by the room, where Kate Morgan stayed, I felt such sadness. I was told Marilyn also is a guest that has never left.
Comment by Joyce | 09.26.2005 | 4:57 am
I have read on the truth about Kate Morgan, and also have been to the Hotel del Coronada. It is reported that she took her own life and not in her room but on the stairs outside the hotel, and was found by one of the workers there in the morning. She was quite depressed over her husband leaving her and had hoped he would follow and meet her at the hotel. But since he never arrived she became more depressed and took her own life. Some would like to believe that her husband did kill her but the facts say different. It is true that she still is at the hotel, for I’ve felt her looking out the upstairs window and I believe she is still waiting for her husband to come join her.
Comment by Marian Smith | 11.14.2005 | 9:21 pm
i have been here too, and it seems normal..
Comment by Paaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttt | 11.19.2005 | 11:44 pm
poz dejen me presento cabrones por que poz soy conocido pero pos tanto haci que digas que todo el pinche mundo poz no por eso chingen a su puta madre pa los que no me conocen y prosigo pendejos con esta historia de terror que me paso a mi en el pinche hotel este weyes hay les va pendejos resulta que un pinche dia cabron me llamaron pa matar a un wey que mi jefe el distinguido sr arellano felix hombre de principios y moral poz digamos que le estorbaba el pendejo del D.E.A no se que putamadre quiera decir eso pero poz mi jefe me explico que era un agente del senor de los anillos y que poz ya tenia pueto el pinche ring de coke y que era malo para nuestra organicacion apegada porcierto a los mejores valores familiares que hay en este pais digo pos antes de que me salga de la historia mmmm chingao perenme dejenme leo otra ves eta madre por que ya me perdi a ya o.k y poz llego no al pinche hotel y se sintio el mal presente no o no perenme es que estaba un pinche tubo de swege roto y casi se me sale el pinche lunch que me trage en el mc donalds que por cierto me recuerda que el pinche payaso del magdonals es del demonio por mi casa de seguridad donde guardamos la droga hay un mac donals y en la madrugada se aparece el pinche payaso queriendo encontrar un pinche palo pa quedarce tuerto el wey neto cabrones yo ya me lo tope al puto y se clavo el wey un pinche bat por el ojo de payaso y nomames me acorde de el grandioso jugador de baisball pete rose cuando quebro el pinche bat pero poz bueno eso no es ni a qui ni alla pero poz pense que era informativo pa advertirles raza cuidao con el pinche payaso ni lo miren bueno siguiendo con lo del ajente del D.E.A que me mandaron quebrar poz llege al hotel no y busco su cuarto cuando de repente se aparece un pinche fantasma cabron neta neta wey ya se wey dices no mames pero neto que si wey era el fantasma del ex procurador de sinaloa y ya se wey te preguntas que putamdre hace el fantasma del exprocurador de sinaloa wey poz resulta wey que este cabron hizo un pacto con satanas por que del pinche susto poz me dio miedo cabron y poz que le marco a mi jefe sr.arellano felix y poz le digo al vato que poz aqui hay fantasmas y que creen wey poz me dice no mames cuales pinches fantasmas y ya no awitao y todo poz le digo como estuvo el pedo del fantasma que mirujie con mis ojitos de maton que tengo no y me dice que de seguro hiso un pacto con satanas o con el senor de los anillos del D.E.A y que me los quebre a los dos weyes pero que para hacegurarme que si se los lleve el payaso pero no el del mc donalds sino el feo que les corte los huevos y se los lleve al chamu y que se los trage la pendeja pa asegurar que si se murieron no vato y poz que crees que no pendejo hay te va el pedo
poz resulta que no era ningun fantasma el pendejo este del ex procurador de sinaloa sino que el pendejo lo tenian en lo que le llaman una identidad escondida pa protejerlo pero poz pensandolo bien no tuve ninguna pinche experiencia con fantasmas en el pinche hotel pero me contaron que despues que me despache a estos cabrones ya se aparecen dos lloronas que gritan hay mis huevos y el otro grita oh mi testicles ese me imaguino que es el pinche ajente del D.E.A ale raza no mames wey tanta mamada ma que no juera fantasma ni pedo asi es la vida pero poz ultimadamente chingen a su madre putos y al wey de esta pajina cuidate puto por que ya sabes mucho y te voy a pizar puto ha y dile a tu madre que un dia de estos me la pizo ala cabrona xbitch te preguntas por que lo del xbitch wey poz pa que veas que no soy culero te digo pendejo dicen que tu jefa tiene una ***** mutante wey hay te lo dejo de tarea pendejo pinche peping tom ale puto
me despido de uds desde culiacan pendejos y no se les olvide comprar una estampita de malberde o si pueden una pinche camisa con la himagen de vato y unos huaraches y un cinto piteao de cuero de burro pa que les quede putos de mierda van a morir putos muerte pendejos jajajaj putos todos los que leean esto
adios
hasta la verga putos
Comment by jose ruiz | 03.1.2006 | 1:48 am
que pedo puto por que bloqueas las mamadas que puse de tu jefa wey que vergas como la protejes wey deja que salga con los compas wey chingao o que la quieres pa ti puto chales pinche sick puto de mierda te voy llevar a king kong pa que te ponga una pizada y te quede el culo como cueva pendejo jajaja tu culo parece cueva tu culo parece cueva puto de mirda tu mama piza conmigo
Comment by jose ruiz | 03.1.2006 | 1:52 am
this is not the true story. I KNOW IT! the real story is the woman checked in to the hotel under a false name one night with no bags. later that night, she walked to the beach and shot herself in the head.
Comment by anjelica | 03.15.2006 | 7:47 pm
Sorry to burst everyone’s bubbles, but Kate was NOT deserted by her husband - it was the other way around - she ran away with another man.
Tom Morgan was a rural mail carrier in Burchard, Nebraska at the time of her death and I have the PROOF - the original telegram Tom received from the San Diego coroner advising him of her death.
Tom was my grandmother’s brother.
Comment by TAG | 03.18.2006 | 10:52 pm
but we all don’t know anything now do we…but what if it was the opposite way where she shot her husband the shot herself…you never know….What IF
Comment by Victoria | 04.15.2006 | 11:56 pm
but we all don’t know anything now do we…but what if it was the opposite way where she shot her husband then shot herself…you never know….What IF
Comment by Victoria | 04.15.2006 | 11:57 pm
That’s not how the story goes. You see, Kate Morgan and her husband traveled around the country by train. Kate and her husband we gamblers. Kate was a very beautiful woman and the men found it hard not to look at her, Kate would often pose as her husbands sister and flirt with other gambling opponents, Kate’s husband would sneekingly come about and cheat his way into winning the other persons money. When one day the couple had an argument, the two made up, Kate’s husband told her to take a train to the city of San Diego and check in at the hotel “Del Coronado” and he would then later meet up with her. Kate checked into the hotel under a different alias and stayed at the hotel for the amount of 1 week. She waited desperatley for her husband, often Kate would hardley ever order any room service, and some days never come out of her room at all. Finally, Kate came to the conclusion that her greatest love was not comming back for her, in destrot and with nothing left to do Kate Morgan shot herself in the head on a staircase outside in the back of the hotel. To this very day and how legend has it Kate Morgan’s ghost walks the grounds of the hotel still waiting for her husband to come for her.
Comment by Dreamz | 04.19.2006 | 12:09 am
hello i live rite by it i see the lady all the time i messed around with her too!
Comment by jemen | 05.2.2006 | 11:09 am
SHERMAN LIVES PUTOS!
Comment by jemen | 05.2.2006 | 11:12 am
I stayed at Hotel Del Coronado 2 times and i went to bthe top floor and saw her ghost and the real story is that her and her husband got in a fight and she said meet me at the “Del”. She waited and waited and he never came to the “Del” so she took her own life and shot herself
Comment by CBT | 06.2.2006 | 9:49 pm
shut up jose ruiz. stupid mexican
Comment by lang | 07.4.2006 | 9:26 pm
Ik ben belg, dus versta je dit ook niet
I sayd “I’m Belgian, so you don’t understand this”
Comment by Nate | 07.25.2006 | 6:19 pm
who gives a F*** if your Belgian
Comment by Whaaaaaat up | 07.26.2006 | 12:48 am
I will be going to the del Coronado on the 16th for my cousins wedding hopefully I will see the ghost that would be kinda neat.
Comment by Cherish | 09.2.2006 | 12:57 am
dont be sayin N E thing bout mexicans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Ruby | 09.30.2006 | 4:45 pm
PPL WAT IS THE REAL STORY,ALL OF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS(WHICH SOUNDS MORRE BETTER THAN WHOEVER WROTE THIS THING),NEXT THING U KNOW ALL OF U WILL B COMBINING THOSE STORIES
Comment by Jane | 10.28.2006 | 2:10 am
http://desmoinesregister.com/extras/iowans/morgan.html
Read That
Comment by Jada | 10.29.2006 | 7:24 pm
I agree with Dreamz, that is the truth, the person the posted the other story doesnt know what happened…
Comment by Heather | 12.3.2006 | 4:31 pm
excuse me brittany i hate to burst ur bubble but please SHUTUP!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by kassidy and briana | 01.1.2007 | 12:00 am
What is the real story? I believe Tag because Tom was his grandmother’s brother. Tag, How did Tom die? If you get this comment email me at naimasmama200@yahoo.com. Stop talking about mexicans. I like all races. Xcept Arabs.
Comment by Senovia | 02.2.2007 | 5:36 pm
how do you know wich story to beleve I’ve been and saw strainge things to.
Comment by red | 03.9.2007 | 8:06 pm
how do you know wich story to beleve I’ve been and saw strainge things to.I’ve heard so many stories by now.
Comment by car | 03.9.2007 | 8:07 pm
wat a *******! wat should he care if his wife left him;he alredy had another woman!this story is ret@rted!!!!!
~W.C.~
Comment by Wild Child | 03.24.2007 | 5:02 pm
There’s actually a book written about the entire case, but I’m not sure it came to an actual conclusion. I read it so long ago I almost forgot about the whole story until I came upon this site. But it’s definitely closer to the truth than some kid’s story on here.
Comment by Shana | 06.11.2007 | 4:19 pm
this story is cool. if u have a story to tell me email me at alyssag527@comcast.net
Comment by pumpkin | 07.12.2007 | 1:26 pm
the travel channel says that she fell to her death, never said anything about being shot,, this hotel is wonderful and beautiful.
Comment by barb | 07.16.2007 | 10:21 pm
hey i used to live in san diego, i went to that hotel with the boy scouts. very interesting, i heard that isn’t the only haunting their. my bro once told me that sum guy got like poisoned or sumthing from the resturant and haunts that area. any 1 else herd that.
Comment by michael | 10.7.2007 | 11:01 pm
I went there this past summer me and my mom heard a low moan like a man thing we asked my aunt’s sister if it was haunted and she said yes. its a beautiful but it is haunted.
Comment by meg | 10.13.2007 | 6:18 pm
When my family visited San Diego this summer, a friend of my brother-in-law took us to this hotel. We went in [although we didn't go to the rooms because we were not guests of the hotel, just visitors] and it seemed pretty normal, there were no paranormal activities. When we were leaving, we wanted to know the story of the hotel so we asked one of the workers who worked there for many many years and he said something like this:
“[the story about her husband and the gambling and how she shot herself] but he also added that the husband was having an affair with the maid. When she found out that Morgan killed herself, she also killed herself in her room, two floors above. When visitors visit, they say that the maid’s room is more haunted than Kate’s room. There were instances of when the Bellhop carrying luggage to the room and then all of a sudden the bed was unmade.”
So that’s what he said. I’m really adamant about this story, but it’s a good one to tell.
Comment by Maria | 10.26.2007 | 1:27 pm
this story is a lie i know the true story of how kate morgan died…… i have researched on kate morgan and the cause of her death was unexplainable……these are all jiberish lies if you want to know the truth…. stop posting up the fake stories and actually do something……
Comment by kathy | 10.26.2007 | 3:54 pm
Kate Morgan was born Kate Farmer in Hamburg Iowa. She married Tom Morgan and the couple earned a living by riding the trains, cheating and conning their fellow passengers. Kate traveled by the name of Miss Lottie A. Bernard. Her husband Tom went by the name Dr. M.C. Anderson. Usually Kate would attract a male passenger and tell him that if he wanted to continue seeing her that he must gain the approval of her brother. Of course, her brother was actually her husband Tom. This would eventually lead to a game of cards. Tom would then swindle the man out of whatever he could. Kate would then dump the suitor and the young man would leave with little or no money, and no girl. Tom and Kate would then keep moving with the trains.
In November of 1892, Kate found herself pregnant and wanted to stop the scams and settle down. Tom not only was upset about a possible child, but did not want to stop his lifestyle. The couple quarreled and Tom got off the train in Orange California. Kate continued on to San Diego to stay at the Hotel del Coronado. She expected her husband to meet her there for Thanksgiving. She checked into the hotel on November 24th and told the employees that she was waiting for her brother. Tom never did arrive, and Kate never left. Kate was very depressed and tried to induce an abortion by taking a huge amount of quinine. She also made a trip to town and purchased a gun and shells. Five days after checking into the hotel, she was found dead of a single gunshot wound to the head. Her body lay on an outside staircase leading to the beach. Blood was found on the gun and on her hand. It was quickly ruled a suicide.
In 1990, a book called “The Legend of Kate Morgan: The Search for the Ghost of the Hotel del Coronado” was written by Alan May . His book refutes the suicide claim and gives compelling evidence that Kate was murdered by her husband. A maid that may have befriended Kate is said to have also disappeared at that time. Some suggest that she was also murdered but the body removed by the hotel staff and the story hushed up so as not to arise anxiety with the hotels guests. Since Kate’s death in 1892 there have been many instances of paranormal activity at the hotel. One of the hot spots of activity is Kate’s room, number 302 which is now 3312. The activity is not confined only to that particular room though. Voices are heard when no one is there. Objects seem to move by themselves, lights flicker, TV’s turn themselves on and off. There are unexplained noises, strange unexplained smells, sudden temperature changes, strong drafts even when the windows are closed and even sightings of Kate herself. One of the better known cases is of a secret service agent that was staying at the hotel protecting the president. The agent was staying in Kate’s old room. He complained to the management that there was too much noise coming from the room above him. The only problem is Kate’s room is on the top floor.
Comment by JNET | 10.27.2007 | 5:22 am
This story is false, i bought the book about Kate Morgan.
Her husband did not shoot her, i have read that she killed herself, and not in her room but on a staircase in the del.
so stop telling lies, this is stupid.
there are hauntings in her paticular room, but that is NOT where she died.
if your going to make a website about “actual” haunted houses, or places at least get the story right.
ive read at least 6 or more comments saying youve lied, so you should probably get the hint to CHANGE YOUR STORY.
Comment by kelsey | 10.31.2007 | 6:58 pm
this is what i know about her…
The Story of Kate Morgan
Kate Morgan was born Kate Farmer in Hamburg Iowa. She married Tom Morgan and the couple earned a living by riding the trains, cheating and conning their fellow passengers. Kate traveled by the name of Miss Lottie A. Bernard. Her husband Tom went by the name Dr. M.C. Anderson. Usually Kate would attract a male passenger and tell him that if he wanted to continue seeing her that he must gain the approval of her brother. Of course, her brother was actually her husband Tom. This would eventually lead to a game of cards. Tom would then swindle the man out of whatever he could. Kate would then dump the suitor and the young man would leave with little or no money, and no girl. Tom and Kate would then keep moving with the trains.
In November of 1892, Kate found herself pregnant and wanted to stop the scams and settle down. Tom not only was upset about a possible child, but did not want to stop his lifestyle. The couple quarreled and Tom got off the train in Orange California. Kate continued on to San Diego to stay at the Hotel del Coronado. She expected her husband to meet her there for Thanksgiving. She checked into the hotel on November 24th and told the employees that she was waiting for her brother. Tom never did arrive, and Kate never left. Kate was very depressed and tried to induce an abortion by taking a huge amount of quinine. She also made a trip to town and purchased a gun and shells. Five days after checking into the hotel, she was found dead of a single gunshot wound to the head. Her body lay on an outside staircase leading to the beach. Blood was found on the gun and on her hand. It was quickly ruled a suicide.
Comment by celly | 12.6.2007 | 3:04 pm