Writing Horror Stories in a Haunted Hotel

About this video

Dale stays overnight at the Golden Lamb, which he describes as Ohio’s oldest and longest-running hotel, started in 1803 and expanded in 1815, visited by US presidents and authors including Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). He recounts the legend of Sarah Stubbs, a young girl said to haunt a small room after being moved from a room she preferred, with crooked pictures and fingerprints inside door glass attributed to her. Dale’s stated purpose is not just to be scared but to immerse himself in unease to infuse his writing, continuing his Kindle Vela horror series ‘Infestate’; he notes the trip cost him $170 plus food and gas and would be wasted if he produced nothing meaningful. Friends and family react skeptically, and his mother — whom he describes as psychic — warns him to be careful because, in her account, one or two spirits could attach to him. With friend Bill filming, he writes at a dresser, explores darkened areas, and reports a musky perfume smell on the fourth floor with no obvious source. He concludes there were no ghosts and no sounds, only questionable smells, but the isolation removed normal distractions and focused him: in nine hours he completed two episodes and outlined four, ahead of an October 2nd launch he mentions. He suggests authors with writer’s block try a new place, time, or experience.

Key takeaways

• Dale used an overnight stay at the Golden Lamb hotel as an immersive environment for horror writing, not just a ghost hunt
• He reports no ghosts or sounds, though he describes a brief unexplained musky perfume smell on the fourth floor
• The isolation and lack of home/office distractions helped him focus more than usual
• In nine hours he says he completed two episodes and outlined four of his Kindle Vela series
• His takeaway for other writers is to break writer’s block by trying a new location, time, or experience

Episode details: published October 6, 2022 · 10:40 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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