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Greetings my friend. I'm Eldon the bellhop, your guide into the hotel and it's infamous 13th Floor. Please do enjoy your stay but be careful... the residence here don't get many visitors and they may not want you to leave. But not to worry, we'll take good care of you. Welcome to the Warwick Hotel.
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THE STORY BEHIND THE HAUNTED HOTEL
Huntington, Indiana - The Warwick Hotel, a marvel of modern architecture and home to one troubled man's sick and twisted obsessions, burnt to the ground on October 13, 1904, killing 302 people.
Men, women, children...
People from all walks of life, including members of a traveling circus, met their deaths in the hellish inferno.
None escaped.
Some say that the souls of those who died within the walls of the Warwick are trapped. Some of them seeking release, some seeking revenge. But all of them caught in a place that exists between this world and the next. A nightmarish place where your worst fears and darkest horrors come to life.
A place known as...
The Thirteenth Floor
Even to this day the rumors continue. Stories of strange noises heard, dark apparitions seen, and individuals disappearing in the area where the Warwick once stood only to reappear in a remote area outside of Huntington known as the Devil's Backbone. Many of them were found babbling incoherently about frightening creatures and inhuman tortures. Each and every one of them destined to live out their lives in a mental institution and unable to really say where they had been or what happened to them.
Some who disappeared have never been found.
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DAMIAN WARWICK
Born: November 3, 1869
Died: October 13, 1904 (presumed)
Occupation: Architect and owner of Warwick Hotel
Education: Architecture, esoteric philosophy and western folklore
Other Activities: Collector of cultural artifacts, zoological curiosities, and abstract art. Spearheaded a reformed mystical coterie called The Mizraim Circle near the Wabash River in 1901. Implicated in several local divination scandals and disappearances.
Family: Married Anastasia Vereor in 1899. A year later they had a daughter.
Tragedy: Daughter Lilith was killed in early 1904 after she followed Damian into the woods. Anastasia committed suicide six months later. The Warwick Hotel burned to the ground in October 1904 while at full capacity. 302 lives were lost, including Damian’s, who was suspected in causing the blaze. His body was never recovered.
Lilith
Born: February, 1900
Died: Early 1904
Parents: Damian and Anastasia Warwick
Favorite Activities: Playing outdoors and collecting flowers
Tragedy: Lilith Warwick was probably killed in an incident involving the Mizraim Circle and a pack of wild dogs. Local psychics, however, maintain that she was in fact “taken” by an ancient power later fictionalized by H.P Lovecraft. It was a catastrophe that shattered Damian. She was his pride and joy.
Anastasia
Born: April 20, 1880
Died: Sept 19, 1904
Occupation: Book keeper and mother
Education: Chapman Victoria School for Girls
Other Activities: Collector of China Dolls and dresses.
Family: Married Damian Warwick in 1899. Gave birth to daughter Lilith a year later.
Tragedy: Daughter Lilith’s death in 1904 caused Anastasia Warwick to become detached and enter a child-like mental state. Six months later she hanged herself in her 13th floor bathroom. Damian hardly noticed.