The Morrrow Hotel (spelled with 3 R’s) was constructed in the late 1800’s by Roger Morrow and his two brothers, William and John. During construction of the hotel an old mine shaft was uncovered that penetrated 13 stories into the earth where a large cavern had been dug. After a brief exploration of the mine the brothers decided to use it as an underground storage facility and installed Fresno’s first ever elevator to access it. When the hotel was finished it was one of the most luxurious hotels the Central Valley had ever seen and was the most sought after place for travelers to spend the night. Soon after it opened guests began to complain of hearing odd sounds and the feeling of people watching them while in there rooms. During their ninth month of operation a tragedy struck when Rogers youngest brother, John, was found dead. He had been crushed to death by the elevator when it broke off its rails and came careening down on him while he was retrieving supplies from the storage facility. No more than a month after the death of John, people began to claim that they had seen him around the property. William began to have delusions that John was still alive and working in the hotel with them. Roger had to confine him to his quarters after William attacked a couple who he claimed walked right into John and did not apologize, even though John had been dead for weeks. Like a virus the insanity spread throughout the Morrow Hotel. Random acts of violence, most of which people claimed they did not remember committing, forced the hotel to shut down within a year of opening. During the last few weeks of the hotels operation William escaped custody and was rumored to be hiding in the underground storage area. After being closed for nearly a decade the hotel was bought and reopened. On the night of its grand opening a fire consumed the hotel burning it to the ground and killing eleven people. Some eye witnesses claim to have seen a man going down in the elevator shortly before the fire erupted. According to the description the man bore a striking resemblance to the William Morrow, who had disappeared ten years earlier. After the fire died out and the rubble removed, the elevator, which was surprisingly undamaged, was sold to an undisclosed person and removed. The land stood vacant for decades before it was bought by the Densmore family who constructed an engine shop where the grand hotel once stood. Almost immediately the employees started seeing figures in the shadows of the shop. They had a very high accident rate with several employees nearly loosing limbs and often times being left disfigured. The Densmore engine shop closed in the late 1970’s. In 2008 the property was rented out to Haunted Fresno, where a haunted house was constructed. Over the past three years there have been a number of employees claiming that they have seen figures in the shadows of the halls; many of the sightings have occurred in the first room of the House of Zombies. During the installation of the fire alarms, a worker was almost pulled off his ladder by a person who he described as a dark shadowy figure with a black haze where his face should be, and he refused to return the next day to finish the job. This year during the remodel, two employees nearly fell through the floor when they struck the old elevator shaft. Two months later, Haunted Fresno was contacted by a man in Arizona who had purchased a warehouse that contained an old elevator car. From the moment he found the elevator he had been plagued by misfortune and vowed to return it to where it came from. After many months of research he discovered that it was the old elevator from the Morrrow Hotel. The man contacted Haunted Fresno to let them know he was shipping the elevator back. Now, the elevator is back in operation and able to be used to access the storage area like it was a number of years ago. Ever since the elevator shaft has been reopened the number of strange and unexplainable events has increased significantly.