Palace Hotel ghost reports tied to 1906 events

The Palace Hotel, originally opened in 1875 and rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and fire, figures in accounts of unexplained phenomena reported by guests and staff, often connected in retellings to the hotel's destruction and reconstruction in 1906. Reports of apparitions, cold spots, and odd sounds appear in newspapers, guidebooks, and paranormal tour material; these accounts are anecdotal and subject to differing interpretations. The Palace is a documented historic hotel in downtown San Francisco with extensive archival documentation of its 1906 experience.