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Grand Midway Hotel

130 years haunted and getting worse... Paranormal teams may rent the entire hotel for private investigations. No place like it. Not for everyone. Snoop around!

Or, book your business or private party ghost tour. This is a one of a kind location. We've grown into a little campus with the Grand Midway Hotel, Shakespeare House, Midway Elf House, American Renaissance Church, Graveyard, among other locations. We are most popular around Halloween. The scene is a lot of paranormal enthusiasts and ghost hunters, but also a little of Andy Warhol's Factory, Disney

's Haunted Mansion, Hearst's Castle, Hollywood's Magic Castle, Coppola's Zoetrope, Forrest Ackerman's Famous Monsters of Filmland, Alex Grey's CoSM, Lord Byron's Villa Diodati, Allen Ginsberg's kitchen, and Prince's Paisley Park. Though the Grand Midway was an invitation-only, haunted private home for twenty years, we now open to the public for creepy overnight stays on weekends ($150 a suite) or ghost hunt team investigations rental ($450 entire hotel). Text 310-827-1748. Buy cool swag! Support monsters! The hotel has an elaborate web page to experience the full picture: www.GrandMidwayHotel.com

Two novels are set in the Midway, The Werewolf Lotus and The First Noelle. An award-winning feature film is set here as well, Zombie Dream. All are available for purchase at the Midway, also on Amazon. The Werewolf Lotus: http://www.amazon.com/The-Werewolf-Lotus-Blair-Murphy/dp/0615640338/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368307105&sr=8-1&keywords=werewolf+lotus

The First Noelle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615763960/sr=1-2/qid=1368307201/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1368307201&seller=&sr=1-2

08/26/2026

We are starting the official 2nd Midway Dungeons & Dragons Campaign (for little kids who were inspired by Stranger Things)! The first campaign went fantastic! What great adventures! We will be meeting starting this Saturday 1-4pm, three weekends a month. Snacks and dice provided. The campaign will go to about Thanksgiving. Playing will sharpen math skills, teamwork, communication, imagination, drama, friendship, etc. Ron will be our Dungeon Master again. We have open slots for two or three more kids, age 9-13 ish. If interested reach out ASAP to me privately.

07/31/2026

The legendary John Cassady (son of the legendary Neal Cassady who inspired the fantastic American character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On The Road) visiting from California standing before the Alan Freed sidewalk star and Alan Freed Historic State sign. Many travelers make the homage to Windber to take their picture with the Freed markers. (This photo is a little wavy because it is just a jpeg plucked from digital video I shot of him visiting Windber in October for the Kerouacfests around 2004. Named after writer Jack Kerouac and poet Allen Ginsberg and counterculture, Beat muse, catalyst Neal Cassady, John told amazing stories! ...Like one teenage afternoon of his father snatching him out of high school to surprise him with the Merry Pranksters who then drove young John to a show at another high school where he met and after show got to play with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, among endless other fantastic, fun memories. He was like a cultural jukebox. John later came back three September weekend visits here to Windber for his birthdays. As I secretly watched him slowly walking up to read the Freed sign the words that came to mind to me in that moment were "intimate" and "epic".)

07/30/2026

WOLF 1350 RADIO: Test 2

07/19/2026

Windber PA looking West from corner of 15th and Graham Avenue possibly as early as 1899. View looks across from the Windber Hotel, which then was originally called the Leister Hotel. Notice no sidewalk yet on North side of Graham Avenue. More likely 1904-1905. Graham Avenue was originally called Gasworks Lane, also known as Pennsylvania 160. Winton Motor Carriage in background? Werewolf Park had a small fenced-in area with a gate that was considered "safer" for curious onlookers.

07/18/2026

Windber, PA, 13th and Graham Avenue looking East. Year 1905. (One hundred years later the Alan Freed sidewalk star and Alan Freed State Historic sign would be placed just behind where the men in photo are standing.)

Address

Werewolf Park In The Center Of Town
Windber, PA
15963

Telephone

+13108271748

Website

http://www.grandmidwayhotel.com/

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