Lady in Blue
Sources attach this name to the 4 places below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
La Fortaleza lore describes a prisoner in the dungeons and a woman in blue on the stairs — presences fitted to the oldest executive mansion in the Americas. The prisoner haunts the cells that actually held prisoners; the woman in blue takes the grand staircase — the lore divides the building by class, as it should.
Investigators report EVP, shadow figures and a "Lady in Blue" on the stairs; the 2004 Ghost Adventures crew claimed a full-body apparition on camera—the clip that helped launch the show. The site in Virginia City, Nevada gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account appears in 'Washoe Club'. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.
The Lady in Blue — Patricia Wilson in the hotel's lore — is the Seelbach's staircase-and-halls presence: a flash of blue, a trace of perfume, gone. The 1905 grand hotel that Fitzgerald immortalized in Gatsby keeps its most famous ghost on permanent reservation. The mezzanine keeps her scent. A hotel in Louisville, Kentucky with more than a century of check-ins gives the reports plenty of rooms to work with. The lore has a face now: Lady in Blue.
Guests report a Lady in Blue and the presence of founder Orin Granger. Buxton Inn, a hotel in Granville, Ohio, has kept the story in circulation longer than most of its guest registers. The report is preserved in sources like 'Buxton Inn'. The lore has a face now: Lady in Blue. The lore keeps its witness.