The Essex and Sussex Hotel - Ghost Stories

The Essex and Sussex Hotel is the biggest structure along Ocean Avenue in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Allmost the size of a city block, the place looks like a mix between an enormous beach house and a large government building.

Back when it was first built, it was a hotel that catered to the celebrities of the time period. Many parties and events featuring the powerful and wealthy took place. It must have been quite the hot-spot.

Over time, the Essex and Sussex lost its ability to function as a hotel and parts of the building were turned into a nursing home.

Some parts of the building are uninhabited. There is a story of a contractor that was working on one of the floors. He decided to look around and explore some of the other rooms. He went to the 5th floor and down a hallway towards the front of the building. The contractor looked out at the ocean and appreciated one of the best views of the Atlantic Ocean in Monmouth County.

The young man turned around and saw a woman at the other end of the long hallway. Apparently at first it seemed like someone walking towards their hotel room. He again looked out the window, and when he turned back he saw the woman again standing closer to him, looking at him. This time she disappeared once he saw her. Once again, the contractor looked out at the water then back, and the woman appeared a couple doors closer then promptly disappeared into the door.

After being throughly creeped-out, the man returned to where he was working. He told his story to a groundskeeper for the hotel who said that he had similar paranormal experiences on the 5th floor.

h/t WeirdNJ.com