Inside the haunted hotel that inspired Stephen King's The Shining

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Halloween is almost upon us and spooky season has plenty of Brits looking for ways to scare their socks off. The world is littered with tales of ghostly apparitions from headless horsemen to hell hounds.Hotels are often reported to be filled with paranormal activity – especially older buildings. READ MORE: You can stay in an haunted house full of 'ghosts that smells like death' for £114 a night There’s one particular old hotel that’s so famous for its haunted history that it inspired Stephen King for his terrifying novel The Shining - and the subsequent hit film directed by Stanley Kubrick.

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, US, reportedly inspired Stephen King to write the horror as well as its sequel, Doctor Sleep.

Hidden in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, the Stanley Hotel looks like somewhere you’d want to stay the night at first glance.But, upon entering the old colonial building you may just change your mind and pack your bags.Ghosts are said to walk the halls of the 20th century lodgings, with guests adamant that they’ve heard haunting screams in the night.Stephen King claimed to dream of his son wailing as he endured a restless sleep at the hotel.On his website, the author recalled: “In late September of 1974, Tabby and I spent a night at a grand old hotel in Estes Park, the Stanley.“We were the only guests as it turned out; the following day they were going to close the place down for the winter.“Wandering through its corridors, I thought that it seemed the perfect—maybe the archetypical—setting for a ghost story.”He added: “That night I dreamed of my three-year-old son running through the corridors, looking back over his shoulder, eyes wide, screaming.“He was being chased by a fire-hose.