The Marshall House: Civil War Surgery and Restless Spirits
Savannah's oldest hotel served as a Union Army hospital twice during the Civil War. Limbs were buried beneath the floorboards. Some say the men followed.
The Marshall House, built in 1851, is Savannah's oldest continuously operating hotel. During the Civil War it served as a Union Army hospital on two separate occasions, and during a renovation in the 1990s, workers discovered human remains — bones and amputated limbs — buried beneath the floorboards.
This history saturates the building. Staff members regularly report unexplained footsteps, objects moving, and apparitions in the upper corridors — particularly the fourth floor. Our investigation focused on floors three and four, the areas most associated with reported activity.
Within 90 minutes, our team logged four separate EMF spikes that could not be attributed to electrical sources. A REM pod placed at the end of the fourth floor hallway triggered 8 times over a 30-minute period, with responses that appeared intelligent when framed as yes/no questions.
Audio forensics from the session produced two EVPs: a groan captured near room 414 and a single word — 'water' — captured near the stairwell. Both recordings have been sent for external analysis. The Marshall House is a confirmed active site and remains on our quarterly investigation schedule.