Fairmont Hotel hauntings

The Fairmont Hotel has long been the subject of local ghost lore, including reports of unexplained sights and sounds and stories about a so-called 'lady in red.' These accounts appear in San Francisco ghost-tour narratives, travel guides, and popular histories of the city. Historians and skeptics note the hotel's long history (opened 1907 after the 1906 earthquake) as context for folklore and differing interpretations of reported experiences.