A hotel in Maine is offering guests the chance to stay in a crypt that was once home to the body of a Catholic priest who died more than 100 years ago. It comes with a custom-built coffin big enough for two, just in case guests aren't brave enough to stay alone.
Not for the claustrophobic —
A hotel in Maine is offering guests the chance to stay in a crypt that was once home to the body of a Catholic priest who died more than 100 years ago. It comes with a custom-built coffin big enough for two, just in case guests aren't brave enough to stay alone.
Courtesy of The Hotel Crypt / Inn at the Agora
The tomb has its original fittings, but with modern comforts added for its new warm-blooded residents. There's a 32-inch TV and selection of 60 horror movies in case, for some reason, guests can't sleep.
'Living' area —
The tomb has its original fittings, but with modern comforts added for its new warm-blooded residents. There's a 32-inch TV and selection of 60 horror movies in case, for some reason, guests can't sleep.
Courtesy of The Hotel Crypt / Inn at the Agora
As is the way with crypts, amenities are basic -- and no one thought to plumb a toilet. There is, however, a vent in the east wall to release gases emitted during decomposition. It's unlikely to be needed during a typical five-hour stay in the tomb.
Don't forget to lock the gate —
As is the way with crypts, amenities are basic -- and no one thought to plumb a toilet. There is, however, a vent in the east wall to release gases emitted during decomposition. It's unlikely to be needed during a typical five-hour stay in the tomb.
Courtesy of The Hotel Crypt / Inn at the Agora
Guests receive a complimentary bottle of "Bloodeaux" red wine. Innkeeper Jan Barrett says the menu for the "last meal" package isn't "set in stone."
Souvenir bottle of wine —
Guests receive a complimentary bottle of "Bloodeaux" red wine. Innkeeper Jan Barrett says the menu for the "last meal" package isn't "set in stone."
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This is the door Monsignor Wallace passed through when he left the outside world for the last time. Luckily for today's guests, it works as both an entrance and exit.
Door to the next world —
This is the door Monsignor Wallace passed through when he left the outside world for the last time. Luckily for today's guests, it works as both an entrance and exit.
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After a chilling night in the crypt, guests can return to the more salubrious surroundings of Inn at the Agora. The Italianate mansion was purchased by Monsignor Wallace in 1886 and became the rectory for his newly built church.
Inn at the Agora —
After a chilling night in the crypt, guests can return to the more salubrious surroundings of Inn at the Agora. The Italianate mansion was purchased by Monsignor Wallace in 1886 and became the rectory for his newly built church.
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The "haunted tour" package includes a trip to Bangor, hometown of Maine's master of the macabre, Stephen King. The prolific author has used the state as a setting for much of his fiction.
What is it about Maine and horror? —
The "haunted tour" package includes a trip to Bangor, hometown of Maine's master of the macabre, Stephen King. The prolific author has used the state as a setting for much of his fiction.
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Owner Andrew Knight says he thinks Wallace would be overjoyed to know that the building is being saved and re-purposed. "He'd, at worst, have shrugged it off as a minor annoyance or, at best, laughed at the ridiculousness."
Monsignor Thomas Wallace —
Owner Andrew Knight says he thinks Wallace would be overjoyed to know that the building is being saved and re-purposed. "He'd, at worst, have shrugged it off as a minor annoyance or, at best, laughed at the ridiculousness."
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