{"id":1321,"slug":"anderson-hotel-lawrenceburg-kentucky","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Anderson is the left — the '1980s froze' that's the time kept, the 'things stayed' that's the tenants' trace. The 'lease locked' is the seized — the 'didn't pay' that's the door's law, the 'items kept' that's the goods held. The '13 died' is the counted — the 'three suicides' that's the ways took, the 'mattress found' that's the stairwell's proof.","The 'bites reported' is the touched — the 'human marks' that's the investigators' claim, the 'women's hair' that's the ghost's want. The 'flop house' is the fell — the 'finest meant' that's the '35 plan, the 'Prohibition killed' that's the market's loss. Anderson is the dread — the 'watched feel' that's the visitors' tell, the 'chicken out' that's the tours' count.","The file keeps the Anderson: the frozen rooms, the seized goods, the counted dead, and the felt dread.","Anderson Hotel is the archive's Kentucky file — the flop house that kept its tenants' things."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Anderson Hotel is the archive's Kentucky file — the hotel that locked doors and kept what was inside.","A hotel keeps its lease — the file's suggestion being that the Anderson's hold is the seized: the 'items stayed' that's the eviction's mark, the '13 died' that's the years' toll, and the 'dread felt' that's the building's give."]}],"name":"Anderson Hotel","aliases":["Old Anderson Hotel"],"type":"FORMER_HOTEL","type_label":"Former Hotel","cats":["HAUNTED_PLACE"],"groups":["hauntings","lodging"],"desc":"Former hotel in Lawrenceburg; research record.","full_desc":"A former hotel in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, Anderson Hotel is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Former hotel in Lawrenceburg; research record. It sits in the archive under haunted places. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, every one filed as account rather than fact. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":"118 South Main Street","city":"Lawrenceburg","county":"Anderson County","state":"Kentucky","postal":"40342","region":"South","lat":38.033873,"lon":-84.904701,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":"https://www.oldandersonhotel.com","phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Theatrical haunted-house programming is distinct from investigation claims. Venue calendar yielded no upcoming events; current access unconfirmed.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":45.6,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":582,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"Kentucky After Dark documents paranormal-television attention, including Paranormal Lockdown. Anderson Hotel's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. Investigators logged it; whether instruments or interpretation produced it is the open question. The account appears in 'Anderson Hotel'. It's the kind of claim that outlives debunkings — too many witnesses, too few explanations.","evidence":"PARANORMAL_INVESTIGATION_CLAIM","evidence_label":"Investigation claim","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Anderson Hotel","url":"https://kentuckyafterdark.com/locations/lawrenceburg-ky","publisher":"Kentucky After Dark tourism campaign","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[{"title":"Paranormal Lockdown","type":"TELEVISION_SERIES","creator":null,"date":null,"episode":null,"url":"https://kentuckyafterdark.com/locations/lawrenceburg-ky"}],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Anderson Hotel","url":"https://kentuckyafterdark.com/locations/lawrenceburg-ky","publisher":"Kentucky After Dark tourism campaign","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},{"name":"Old Anderson Hotel","url":"https://visitlawrenceburgky.com/venue/old-anderson-hotel/","publisher":"Lawrenceburg/Anderson County Tourism Commission","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}