HH8 Doherty Hotel (Clare, MI) Traditional Cache

This cache is part of a series of geocaches placed for the Haunted Hollow VIII event (GC6JDDG) on August 20, 2016 at Sleepy Hollow State Park. The theme for this year's event is Michigan’s Most Celebrated Haunted Houses and Other Places.  This will be a Ghostly Event.

Doherty Hotel (Clare, MI)

This hotel was built in 1924. It was a notorious hangout place for gangsters in the 1920's and 1930's where murders and illegal gambling occurred. The hotel is also the site of one of Michigan's most notorious murders in 1938 where Isaiah Leebove, the former Purple Gang attorney turned Purple Gang businessman was murdered at the bar.

Numerous accounts of hauntings have been reported over the years claiming it to be haunted by Leebove and others. Apparitions are said to lock and unlock doors. People have also reported sounds of knocking that go unexplained.

Sleepy Hollow is a State Park, so either a Michigan DNR Recreation Passport or a small fee is required to enter the park in a motor vehicle.

Please also be aware that hunting is allowed in this park certain times of the year, so please be careful and dress appropriately when hunting is allowed.