Welcome to Haunted Road, a production of IHeart Radio and Grimm and Mild from Aaron Manky.

Listener discretion is advised.

A few years back, I was sitting in what may have been the most beautiful hotel I had ever laid eyes on.

To be honest, I wasn't a guest, but I

walked in like I was one, trying not to catch anyone's attention. I sidled up to the first bar I

saw and sat and ordered a glass of wine, so I could fully absorb my surroundings. The hotel was

positively lush with color, and clearly there was a dress

coat, because all the women were in dresses and the men in jackets. Thankfully, I'd gotten the

memo beforehand. But I'd also gotten the memo that this hotel was haunted. Built in the late

1800s, ghost stories have been told about it for decades.

Naturally, my curiosity was piqued, so I point blank asked the bartender.

Is this hotel haunted? She looked at me quite literally like she had seen a ghost.

She looked back and forth as if to see if anyone was within earshot,

and she leaned in close to me and whispered, I'm not supposed to talk about it. But yes, I won't

even walk back to the employee housing alone. Again, she looked around and quickly said,

that's all I can say. So, of course, I had to know more. Why don't we learn

together? Come with me, Haunted Roadies, as we journey to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

I'm Amy Bruni, and this is Haunted Road.

Mackinac Island is a small aisle in Michigan's Lake Huron.

It spans just under four square miles.

You can reach it a few ways via a 15-minute ferry ride or by charter plane, but there are no

bridges or roads that would let you drive or walk there.

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