The story
The Glen Tavern Inn opened in 1911 in Santa Paula, California, a half-timbered Tudor Revival hotel designed to serve the citrus and oil boom of the Santa Clara River Valley; hosting film crews and stars in the silent era — the valley doubled for countless locations — it declined and revived over the century and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its haunted reputation is embraced openly: the third floor, said in local telling to have hosted gambling and bootlegging during Prohibition, is the focus, and room 307 headlines the lore with versions describing a card game gone fatal; guests and staff report a man in period clothes, a woman in white, children's laughter, objects moved and lights behaving oddly, and the inn has featured on paranormal television and hosts ghost-minded guests happily. The Prohibition stories are legend rather than documented record, and the deaths within them should stay hedged. These accounts should be presented as guest reports and hotel lore rather than proven phenomena. Current room and event details should be confirmed from the official site before publishing.