Lorraine Motel lore and paranormal claims

The Lorraine Motel, site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968 and now housing the National Civil Rights Museum, has been the subject of occasional visitor and staff reports of unusual sensations and anecdotal paranormal claims tied to the building and historic event. These accounts appear in collections of Memphis ghost stories and on some local tours. Such claims are contested and framed by museum staff and historians as personal reports rather than documented evidence.