Stories from the baker hotel

Stories of ghosts began at the baker even before it shut down for good. According to Hopkins, on one occassion, a porter who used to work there was the first known to witness the ghost of the women on the seventh floor. She is beleived to be the mistress of the hotel ower. She became Terribly depressed from her affair, and decided to jump off the top of the building to her death. No one really knows what year this occurred in, but the suite she stayed in was the southeast corner of the seventh floor. Many people have reported smelling her perfume and her spirit is said to be very flirtatious with men she may fancy. Also, Ronny, whom was at one point the manager of the baker, reported one night he was near the main lobby on the first floor when he heard the distinct sound of a woman in high heels walk across the floor. Thinking the footsteps to be those of Jane Catrett, another employee, he yelled out her name, however, the footsteps faded away and upon further inspection, Ronny found himself all alone. Later he discovered that Jane had not been in the building that day. According to Simmons, on another occassion, a man claims while he was ghost hunting that a man stepped out of one of the shower stalls. He claims he was about six feet tall, had blonde hair and tan skin, and was totally naked except for a white towel that was around his kneck. As he stared at the ghost for several seconds, the ghost winked at the ghost hunter and then completely dissolved. There is also a report of a bellboy who suffered an untimely death when he got caught in an elevator shaft and was cut in half.

 

Bob Hopkins. "Ghosts of the Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells, Texas." All about Texas - Texas History, Travel, over 2500 Cities, Towns, Ghost Towns; Texas Attractions, People, Historic Places, Illustrated. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. <http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/MineralWellsTexas/BakerHotelGhosts.htm

Trana Simmons Mae. "The Baker Hotel." TMSimmons Index. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. <http://www.iseeghosts.com/bakerhotel.htm>.