According to Travel and Leisure, strange happenings occur throughout the hotel, including on the third floor and the gift shop. Both employees and visitors report strange noises, footsteps, and temperature changes. Items in the gift shop fly off the shelves or are rearranged. Perhaps the most notorious ghost is believed by some to be Kate Morgan.

On Thanksgiving 1892, Morgan checked into room 302 under a fake name (via Listverse). Per the Travel Channel, Morgan was later found dead days later, due to a self-inflicted gunshot to the head on a staircase that lead to the beach. Before her death, staff noted that she looked ill and sad (per Paranorms). Morgan also claimed she had been waiting for her brother to join her at the Hotel Del Coronado.

Many believe the “brother” she was waiting for her was actually her husband. He never showed up, and perhaps out of devastation (Morgan was also allegedly pregnant), she killed herself. Although she didn’t die in room 302, she is said to haunt both the room and make her presence known throughout the hotel (via Hotel Del Coronado).

Guest who stay in the room report cold breezes, flickering lights, TVs turning on and off, and footsteps. According to Forbes, one man asked to be moved after his items were thrown about in the room. Regardless, the room is said to be the most requested. As for Morgan, she was given the nickname “beautiful stranger,” as no one claimed her body after her death.