THE DRAKE
Hotel — Chicago, Illinois
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/the-drake-chicago-illinois/

The 1920 hotel—where the Lake Shore Drive dead stay.

The Drake is a hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The 1920 hotel—where the Lake Shore Drive dead stay. Its accounts name only a collective — the drake ghosts. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. It still takes guests. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.

The Drake is the '20 — the 'New Year's Eve' that's the opened, the '2,000' that's the gala. The 'Lady in Red' is the jumped — the '10th floor' that's the suite, the 'mistress' that's the found. The 'Lady in Black' is the real — the 'Room 836' that's the '44, the 'Adele Williams' that's the shot.
The 'Marshall' is the architect — the 'urban resort' that's the first, the 'Palm Court' that's the tea. The 'Capone' is the stayed — the 'Princess Di' that's the later, the 'WGN' that's the studio. The Drake is the landmark — the 'Magnificent Mile' that's the anchor, the 'National Register' that's the listed.
The file keeps The Drake: the 1920 gala, the Lady in Red, the Room 836 real, and the Palm Court.
The Drake is the archive's Chicago file — the ladies' hotel.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Drake is the archive's Chicago file — the gala's ghosts.
A hotel keeps its floors — the file's suggestion being that Drake's hold is the two: the 'Lady in Red' that's the legend, the 'Room 836' that's the real, and the '10th' that's the jumped.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The hotel’s dead are reportedly seen. The accounts name only a collective — the Drake ghosts. The Drake, a hotel in Chicago, Illinois, has kept the story in circulation longer than most of its guest registers. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The report is preserved in sources like 'The Drake'. A ghost with a name outlasts a ghost without one; the reports keep it employed.
  source: The Drake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drake_Hotel_(Chicago))
· [Investigation claim] apparition: Reported figures in the hotel. The Chicago hotel's reports are the kind old lodgings accumulate — footsteps after hours, presences in rooms, the house working the night shift. It's an investigation claim — the kind that convinces the people who were in the room. The report is preserved in sources like 'The Drake'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.
  source: The Drake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drake_Hotel_(Chicago))

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· [1920] Opened 1920; the hotel is documented. The Drake's history is documented rather than told — this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'The Drake' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· The Drake — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drake_Hotel_(Chicago)

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