The Virginia Beach Cavalier Hotel, located on 42^nd St at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront has been around for more than 80 years and over the years has been visited by more than a few ‘well-to-do’ guests, including celebrities.  In fact, the Cavalier was also used as a naval training center during World War II.  With so many years of rich history, memories, and tragedies attached to it, to say it is not occasionally visited by the supernatural could be simply silly.

The hotel opened its doors in 1927 and as the hotel became more popular; to some of us it grew more, well, strange.

To alleged blood curdling screams heard echoing through deserted halls to flickering lights in empty rooms, the Virginia Beach Cavalier Hotel has been the hub of skepticism regarding “hauntings” on its grounds for decades. Locals and tourists alike have heard the rumors. And while some hotel goers anticipate the experiences, others are weary.

These superstitious “hauntings,” who some believe to be mere rumors come from detailed accounts of previous hotel guests and staff.

“Working at the Cavalier for the first time is definitely something to get used to,” Executive Chef Eddie Bryant said. “From the older look of the building to the mere spirit of the place, it is definitely unique.”

‘Haunting’ incidents have occurred at the Cavalier Hotel since its meager beginnings according to scaryforkids.com. The hotel’s original owner shot himself on the sixth floor of the hotel in 1927 when he heard that prohibition laws had been passed, possibly starting a mysterious chain of “scary” events. Also in 1927 Adolph Coors, the founder of Coors Beer checked into a room at the hotel, on the sixth floor. That night he fell out of his sixth floor window to his death. No one knows if he jumped out, or if he was pushed.

While the incidents could be coincidence, hotel staff has continuously reported strange, supernatural events over the years.

Receptionists at the Cavalier have reported receiving phone calls from a room on the sixth floor. When security guards head to the room, no one is there and the room is empty.

According to former receptionist Donna Bryant, her friend, also a receptionist at the hotel, received a call from an empty sixth floor room in which all that could be heard was hard, heavy breathing before the phone was slammed down on the other end.

The Cavalier Hotel has been a staple at the Oceanfront, but many details surrounding this “staple” remain unknown. Superstitious beliefs are commonplace. This, as well as the inherent thirst of the unknown has made the hotel an undeniable landmark.