Ghost Story: The Grove Park Inn’s Pink Lady Ghost

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THIS MONTH, CAROL: THIS MONTH, WE ARE BRINGING YOU GHOST STORIES, FROM AROUND OUR AREA. TONIGHT’S STORY TAKES PLACE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, AT THE GROVE PARK INN, IN ASHEVILLE. GABRIELLE: THE GROVE PARK INN, IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS HISTORY, BEAUTY, AND, THE LONG LIST OF FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT THE NIGHT. >> PRESIDENTS STAYED HERE. GABRIELLE: AND THERE IS ONE GUEST, WHOSE STORY IS OFTEN TOLD HERE, A CENTURY AFTER SHE DIED. >> WE CALL HER THE PINK LADY AS, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HER REAL NAME. TADD MCDIVITT IS A TOUR GUIDE WITH HAUNTED ASHEVILLE. WE MET HIM IN THE PALM COURT, TO LEARN ABOUT THE PINK LADY GHOST. >> SHE’S SAID TO BE BLONDE, A YOUNGER ATTRACTIVE LOOKING WOMAN, WEARING A PINK SEQUIN DRESS. GABRIELLE: HE SAYS SHE MAY HAVE BEEN A SOCIALITE, AND WAS STAYING ON THE 5TH FLOOR, SOMETIME IN THE 1920’S. THIS, IS WHAT THE PALM COURT LOOKED LIKE AT THAT TIME. >> NO ONE’S ACTUALLY SURE IF SHE SLIPPED OR WAS PUSHED, BUT ACCORDING TO THE STORY SHE FELL IN THIS VERY ROOM AND LANDED ON THIS VERY FLOOR. GABRIELLE: OVER THE DECADES, HE SAYS, THE PINK LADY STILL WANTED TO BE SOCIAL, THROUGHOUT THE HOTEL. >> SHE’S DRAWN TO PEOPLE AND FUNCTIONS AND FAMILIES. >> ACCORDING TO THE STORY SHE IS KINDLY, AND A LITTLE BIT PROTECTIVE FOR CHILDREN. GABRIELLE: IN FACT, HE SAYS A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY MAY HAVE MET THIS FRIENDLY GHOST, WHEN THE FAMILY MEMBER WAS VISITING THE HOTEL AS A CHILD, AND GOT SEPARATED FROM HER GRANDMOTHER. A BLONDE WOMAN ASKED IF SHE NEEDED HELP. >> AND SO THE LADY JUST WALKED AROUND WITH HER, FOR PROBABLY 20-30 MINUTES, AND THEN SHE SAYS OH THERE’S MY NANNA AND SHE TURNS AROUND TO GIVE THE MESSAGE, AND THE LADY IN THE PINK SEQUIN DRESS WAS GONE. >> TADD SAYS, THE PINK LADY CAN ALSO BE MISCHEVIOUS. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, HE SAYS A COUPLE STAYING ON THE 5TH FLOOR, LEFT A CAMERA IN THEIR ROOM. AND WHEN THEY RETURNED, SOMEONE, HAD TAKEN PICTURES. FROM THE CEILING, LOOKING DOWN. >> BUT WHAT MAKES THAT SO ODD IS THAT THERE’S NO PEOPLE. AND TO GET THAT PARTICULAR PERSPECTIVE, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE CAMERA . GABRIELLE: BUT TADD SAYS GUESTS AT THE GROVE PARK INN, SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID IF THEY ENCOUNTER A WOMAN IN A PINK SEQUIN DRESS. HE BELIEVES THE PINK LADY IS SIMPLY DRAWN TO THE THINGS THAT, IN LIFE, SHE NEVER GOT TO HAVE. CAROL: THANK YOU, GABBY. TADD MCDIVITT IS A TOUR GU