Haunting lore at The Willard Hotel

The Willard InterContinental has a long-standing reputation for hauntings, with guests and staff reporting unexplained footsteps, voices, and apparitions over many years. The hotel's ghost stories-often including a "lady in white" and other spectral figures linked to its 19th-century history-are frequently cited on local ghost tours and in guidebooks. These anecdotes are documented in local media and promotional histories but are anecdotal and debated.