Mark Hopkins Hotel haunt lore

The InterContinental Mark Hopkins on Nob Hill is included in many San Francisco ghost-tour itineraries and local lists of haunted hotels, with anecdotal reports of sightings and unexplained noises in the building and the Top of the Mark lounge. These stories appear in travel guides, newspapers, and paranormal compilations but are treated as folklore and debated by skeptics and historians. The hotel's prominence and long service in the city are commonly cited as context for the persistence of these tales.