The Biltmore Hotel
The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, is a world-famous luxury resort and National Historic Landmark built in 1926 by real estate developer George Merrick. Renowned for its soaring 315-foot tower inspired by the Giralda bell tower in Seville, Spain, the Mediterranean Revival masterpiece served as a roaring twenties paradise, a Prohibition speakeasy, a World War II military hospital, and a medical school campus before undergoing major restoration. Alongside its glamorous history, the Biltmore is widely regarded as one of South Florida's most actively haunted destinations. Its supernatural legacy includes gangland murders from the Prohibition era, wartime patient deaths, mysterious elevator movements, and recurring encounters with the benevolent ghost of gangster Thomas 'Fatty' Walsh.