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The Drake Hotel

in

Chicago, Illinois

The Drake opened on New Year's Eve 1920, and Chicago's ghost guides place two women in it: the Lady in Red on the 10th floor and the Lady in Black on the eighth. She is said to be the never-identified killer in a 1944 murder, whom the New York Times described at the time as "a woman in a fur coat."

The Drake Hotel's limestone towers and rooftop sign above autumn trees

140 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611

Part of Spookt's Guide to Haunted Chicago

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History

The Drake Hotel

Chicago Hauntings: the Drake Hotel

CBS Chicago

The Woman in Black at the Drake Hotel

Mysterious Chicago · Adam Selzer

Gem thief sought as slayer suspect

The New York Times, 22 Jan 1944