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La
Posada de Albuquerque was built in 1939 by New Mexico native Conrad
Hilton as the Albuquerque Hilton Hotel. It was the fourth Hilton
built and the first built outside of Texas. On the corner of Second
and Copper in downtown Albuquerque, it was convenient to Route 66
and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad depot. With a two-story
lobby, arches, hand carved beams and balconies overlooking the lobby
it was one of Albuquerque’s finer places to stay. When it opened
on June 9, 1939, it was the first building In Albuquerque and New
Mexico with air conditioning and the tallest in both at the time
at the time.
After
almost 30 years, Hilton needed a larger facility in Albuquerque
and sold his downtown property. It was renamed the Hotel Plaza.
By the early Eighties several floors were leased to the railroad
and bus companies for their crews and drivers. The hotel was developing
a less than desirable reputation when it finally closed it's doors.
With the help of a grant from the City of Albuquerque and assistance
from the National Register of Historic Places a full scale restoration
began, with the goal to return the hotel to the glory of its days
in 1939. |
An
apparition of a woman in a 1940's style hat and dress has been spotted
on the seventh floor. Another apparition seen on this floor was that of
a elderly woman wearing a pink dress.
The
majority of ghostly encounters occur on the 4th and 7th floors although
there have been some reports of activity in the 2nd floor ballroom. The
manifestations seem to occur in the late evening or afternoon.
While
performing a series of investigations in Albuquerque, we were told that
we should check out the La Posada Hotel as there have been many reports
of possible paranormal activity occurring there. Without having any specifics
of what types of phenomena have occurred, we decided to simply sweep over
the hotel with EMF detectors and see if we could capture anything on film.
We
started on the 7th floor and worked our way down to the basement.
Photographs
EM
Field Analysis
Location |
Reading |
Possible
Source |
| 7th
floor, near elevator |
4.5
mg |
Electrical
wiring |
| 7th
Floor, near Room 706 |
3
mg |
Electrical
wiring and Ice machine |
| 7th
Floor, near Room 709 |
2.5
mg |
Unable to determine |
| 4th
Floor, near room 409 |
1.5
mg |
Electrical
wiring |
| 2nd
Floor, near stairs |
4
mg |
Unable to determine |
| 2nd
Floor ballroom |
8.5
mg |
Unable to determine |
| 2nd
Floor ballroom |
4.2
mg |
Electrical
wiring |
Report
filed for future reference.
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