Case file · Haunting
Château Laurier and Charles Melville Hays
Grand Trunk Railway president Charles Melville Hays died on the Titanic in April 1912 on his way to open his new Ottawa hotel; staff and guests say he still walks it.
1912 CE · 45.43, -75.69 · status: legend
The account
The hotel opened in June 1912 without fanfare because of his death.