Fans of Stephen King will recognize Thornewood Castle Inn as the location of the creepy film Rose Red, which was a television miniseries released in 2002. The location of the film wasn't a fluke. The castle has been the home to many ghost sightings, hauntings, floating orbs and mysterious happenings.
Chester Thorne built the castle for his bride, Anna. They raised their daughter Anita there. She lived there with her first and second husbands for many years too. After the death of Anita's second husband in 1959, Anita sold the castle. There have been several owners in the years since it was sold outside the family.
The castle is currently a bed and breakfast as well as being on the National Register of Historic Places. Guests at the haunted castle have…show more content… The owner asked him to write her a note instead of unscrewing lightbulbs. In the time since the request, Deanna Robinson says that he only touches the lightbulbs when he's particularly happy or unhappy about something she's done.
Other guests of the castle have seen Anna sitting at a window overlooking the garden. There's an antique mirror in the room, which is said to be original to the home. In this mirror, guests have seen a reflection of Anna too.
The Thornes' son-in-law shot himself in the gun room of the castle, and that ghost has made appearances too. While many of the sightings can be scary or startling, the apparitions in the castle seem to be calm and playful.
At a wedding shot on the grounds and in the castle, a photographer and his wife saw floating orbs while trying to take pictures of a newly married couple having their first dance at the reception. The wife had experience with sightings before and asked the spirits to dance elsewhere. The orbs were gone in an instant.
A previous owner's child drowned in the small lake, and guests have reported seeing a small child down by the lake. When they arrive, the child is nowhere to be
