Haunted Hotels: The Read House, Chattanooga (Season 2)

Did Al Capone stay in a haunted hotel room? Tune in to find out.

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Resources: 

• The Read House website - https://www.thereadhousehotel.com/hotel/ 
• YouTube - ‘Exploring the Haunted Room #311 at The Read House, Chattanooga, TN’ - uploaded by The Traveling Tennesseans - May 3rd, 2024 
• YouTube - ‘Atlanta couple believes in ghosts after spending night at Read House’ - uploaded by Local 3 News - October 7th, 2019 
• YouTube - The Spirit of Annalisa Haunts Room 311 at the Read House in Chattanooga’ - uploaded by Southern Ghost Stories - August 22nd, 2021 
• YouTube - ‘Overnight in Most HAUNTED HOTEL /The Read House (Room 311) Chattanooga Tennessee’ - uploaded by AK Explorations - August 19th, 2020 
• Reddit, from r/Chattanooga - ‘Is The Haunted Room at the Read House Rigged?’ - OP: Then-Mountain-9445 - posted 2 years ago
• Ghost City Tours website - ‘The Haunted Read House Hotel’ - https://ghostcitytours.com/chattanooga/haunted-chattanooga/read-house-hotel/ 
• US Ghost Adventures website - ‘THE READ HOUSE HOTEL’ - https://usghostadventures.com/chattanooga-ghost-tour/the-read-house-hotel/ 
• Conde Nast Traveler website - ‘The Read House’ - https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/chattanooga/the-read-house 
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112788692/john_thomas-read: accessed July 7, 2025), memorial page for Dr John Thomas Read (2 Dec 1825–12 Jan 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112788692, citing Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by bioengineer (contributor 47026824).
• Wikipedia - The Read House Hotel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Read_House_Hotel 
• Wikipedia - Jefferson Davis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis 
• Smoky Mountain Living Magazine - ‘Chattanooga’s Read House Celebrates Milestone Anniversary’ - by Aaron Tanner - October 1st, 2022 - https://www.smliv.com/stories/chattanoogas-read-house-anniversary/ 
• Visit Chattanooga - “Hidden in Plain Sight: Chattanooga's History is Everywhere - The Read House” - by Laura Bellucci - November 30th, 2023 - https://www.visitchattanooga.com/blog/post/hidden-in-plain-sight-chattanoogas-history-is-everywhere-the-read-house/#:~:text=The%20Hotel%20continued%20to%20host,pause%20in%20his%20tumultuous%20journey 
• CL Thomas - “The Read House: A Tragic History and Legend” - June 18th, 2020 - by CL Thomas - https://www.clthomas.org/post/the-read-house-hauntings-and-legends?srsltid=AfmBOoowzpnZVELvMvp2MyrdWOqfu4INmkq8s7GxjgRrqHZvsQtohz_E 
• Chattanooga Ghost Tours Inc Facebook - EVP Room 311 Read House - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=337337546935415 
• Homespun Haints - The Haunted Read House in Chattanooga - Kristy Lytle - May 17th, 2022 - https://homespunhaints.com/haunted-read-house-chattanooga