Haunting reports at the Willard Hotel

The Willard InterContinental has hosted presidents, diplomats and other notable figures since the 19th century and is a frequent subject of ghost lore. Hotel staff, guests and authors have long recounted anecdotal reports of unexplained noises, apparitions and a commonly told claim that Abraham Lincoln's spirit has appeared in the building. These stories appear in guidebooks and ghost-tour narratives and are presented as local lore rather than scientifically verified phenomena.