Hi Ottings. This is the Something Scary podcast. I'm your Atte Sapphire.

Hotels are notoriously haunted locations, so it's no wonder that it's the chosen setting for many movies and urban legends.

Every single day, people come and go through the lobby, and some never truly leave.

In this week's episode, we'll be exploring some hotels with guests who have overstayed their welcome.

First, we'll follow a teenage girl into an elevator at the wrong time.

Then, we'll explore the haunted Ripley Castle. And finally, join the night shift

at the Good Shade Hotel. I receive hundreds of amazing story submissions every single week.

As always, the first story you hear is one that I've chosen to animate and post over at YouTube.com slash snarled.

Then I read a few more stories for the podcast.

If you have a tale you're dying to share, send me an email at something scary at snarled.com.

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Our patrons play a huge role in keeping the show running every single week.

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So, want to hear something scary?

She is not what she seems.

This story comes from the creepypasta subreddit

written by username Cupid's Fate.

If you haven't seen the something scary episode about the elevator game, I highly recommend watching it first.

About a year ago, me and my family took a vacation to America. We stayed in this fancy, upscale hotel.

We checked in and got our key to our room on the fifth floor. Every night I'd go down to the lobby after

dinner and read a book or watch a movie with my headphones and have little chats with the

receptionist Tom. One night I was in the lobby reading and my mom texted me asking when

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