the Island Hotel

Hotel staff and local patrons insist that the hotel is really haunted. It is said that there are at least 13 bona fide spirits occupying the old hotel.
There is the story of the Southern Army private soldier who stands guard on the second floor. No one seems to know the reason or the whole story, but sightings of this apparition out-number all of the others. It seems that every morning just as the sun begins to rise guests can see what appears to be a soldier in a Southern Army uniform standing guard at attention just inside the doors leading to the balcony. The vision lasts just a few seconds but has been seen by dozens of guests over the years.
Then there is the story of Simon Feinberg, who according to folklore was poisoned by the hotel manager, Feinberg is said to be a \"wandering ghost\" who walks around the hotel, especially at night, appearing briefly to startled guests and staff. There\'s another story of the ghost who visits guests staying in rooms 27 and 28. This spirit is said to be that of a prostitute murdered during prohibition times when the hotel was a speak-easy and brothel. This ghost is quite friendly. She simply sits on the bed in the middle of the night and kisses guests on the cheek, then disappears in a smoky haze. The Fox Network television series Haunted Inns & Mansions filmed a segment at the hotel in 1999. Whenever a local Fox affiliate anywhere in the United States replays this episode, reservations spike as people search for \"proof\" that ghosts actually do exist.