The Chamberlin - Real Haunt in Hampton VA

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  Beautiful but terrifying

  When I was younger, my grandparents used to take me to the Chamberlin hotel. I honestly don’t know why they loved going there so much. It always creeped me out. I remember in the lobby of the hotel they had pictures (or copies at least) of the hotel, there were photos of it in use as a hospital or something like that, and newspaper clippings from when it burned down. It had this massive pool that was (from a child’s perspective) really deep, and the tile that was used was a very dark color. The pool area was mostly concrete from what I can remember, and there was not much more by way of lighting than the natural light that came through the large windows on one side. I was, and still am a very competent swimmer, but I was always terrified to get in that pool by myself. There was always a sense of dread when I got into the pool, as though a malevolent spirit would grab ahold of me and pull me down to the depths and I would drown. The rooms that we stayed in were always quite nice and every so slightly less than “cheery” but the hallways were like those of a zombie movie hospital scene, dark olive drab with dim lighting that often flickered. I remember being one of very few children when we would visit, but I always remember hearing children running in the hallways and laughing. I would open the door to find nothing, and there was always this oppressive feeling of being watched. This hotel used to scare me as a kid, and I would not go back even now as an adult. I definitely will not choose it as my retirement home either... I have dreams about this hotel to this day and still tell my grandparents how creeped out I was by it. They laugh and say it was a beautiful hotel, but as lovely as the building and grounds may have been, there is definitely something else there.

  Posted 4/7/21

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  Chamberlin

  Beautiful creepy place. I lived at Fort Monroe and had many experiences there as well.

  Posted 11/10/15

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