A former Louisville sanitarium is becoming a hotel, and the developer hopes it will also become a tourist attraction. The Waverly Hills Sanitarium, which treated tuberculosis patients in the last century, is reputed to be one of the "most haunted" places around, at least according to those who believe in such things. Check out a report from WLKY, which also notes that the show Ghost Hunters checked out the site but found no conclusive signs of paranormal activity. Here's more about the proposed hotel, from the Louisville Courier-Journal. So, if you book a room hoping to see a ghost, and you don't see one, do you get a discount on your room? Probably not; there's undoubtedly no guarantee that comes with the room ["Stay at Aunt Mary's Bed and Breakfast--free breakfast and your own personal ghost!"] It could be that there is a ghost, and you're just not sensitive to its presence, or it decided not to appear the night or nights that you stayed, for example.
Although that's an interesting thought--if ghosts are part of the ambiance, like an ocean view or golf courses, or peace and quiet, and the hotel is marketed to guests with that expectation, and a sufficient number of guests never actually experience paranomal activity, is there a remedy? Should there be? Maybe the result would simply be that fewer and fewer people stay there, just because if one is seeking a "ghostly" experience, one wouldn't get it at that particular hotel. ["Don't stay there, Caligula. It's not really haunted."]
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