New Member with a Stanley Hotel/Shining Question

[Jamie Davis Whitmer]

Hi everyone:

I am an author working on my second book with Llewellyn Worldwide and I am working on my chapter for The Stanley Hotel for my 2016 America's Most Haunted Hotels book. I have found several sources that discuss the Stanley Hotel / Shining inspiration, and even watched some online interviews of Mr. King, but I have not been able to find anything that definitively speaks to whether or not he felt that he had any personal paranormal experiences while staying at the Stanley that fateful night in 1974. I stayed at the Stanley last weekend, on Halloween night and the following night, and took one of their tours. Additionally, I have ordered Beahm's 1992 biography, because I read excerpts of Mr. King telling the Shining story in another book (Stanley Ghost Stories, The Stanley Museum, 2005). Maybe he has been truly silent on this topic, and maybe the silence is my answer.

I am hoping that someone might be able to point me to another primary source or online interview, if such exists out there in the world. Thank you for your time.

Jamie

 

[FlakeNoir]

Welcome Jamie, take a look at the Inspiration listed in the StephenKing.com library.

 

[Neesy]

Hi everyone:

I am an author working on my second book with Llewellyn Worldwide and I am working on my chapter for The Stanley Hotel for my 2016 America's Most Haunted Hotels book. I have found several sources that discuss the Stanley Hotel / Shining inspiration, and even watched some online interviews of Mr. King, but I have not been able to find anything that definitively speaks to whether or not he felt that he had any personal paranormal experiences while staying at the Stanley that fateful night in 1974. I stayed at the Stanley last weekend, on Halloween night and the following night, and took one of their tours. Additionally, I have ordered Beahm's 1992 biography, because I read excerpts of Mr. King telling the Shining story in another book (Stanley Ghost Stories, The Stanley Museum, 2005). Maybe he has been truly silent on this topic, and maybe the silence is my answer.

I am hoping that someone might be able to point me to another primary source or online interview, if such exists out there in the world. Thank you for your time.

Jamie

Hi Jamie and Welcome - did you meet any ghosts during your stay?

 

[Jamie Davis Whitmer]

Welcome Jamie, take a look at the Inspiration listed in the StephenKing.com library.

Thanks!

 

[Jamie Davis Whitmer]

Hi Jamie and Welcome - did you meet any ghosts during your stay?

I did not. I woke up to finding my glasses in my suitcase, which I thought was odd since I left them on the nightstand. However, it is possible that I moved them while I was asleep or that my husband did. It was weird, but we can't blame the ghosts!

 

[Ceefor]

Welcome!

 

[GNTLGNT]

...if there were anything paranormal that occurred during his overnight stay-it manifested in the dream...which would appear to me to have been a beneficent visitation....

 

[CrimsonKingAH]

Hello and Welcome

 

[morgan]

 

[FlakeNoir]

Jamie Davis Whitmer, just letting you know that your thread has been moved into the Self Promotion area as your original post contains information about your up and coming book. This section is specifically set aside for folks wanting to share that kind of information on the MB.

 

[blunthead]

Welcome to the Board! Keep posting!

 

[king family fan]

 

[Debbie913]

Welcome to the SKMB. Good to have you here.