Case file · Haunting
Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables
In March 1929 gangster Thomas 'Fatty' Walsh was shot dead during a card game in a suite on the 13th floor of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida.
1929 CE · 25.72, -80.28 · status: legend
The account
Staff and guests tell of a lift that goes to the 13th floor on its own and of a man in old clothes. The hotel was a military hospital in WWII and stood empty from 1968 to 1987.
The sceptical view
The killing is documented; the ghost stories are anecdotal.