Famous Ghost & True Crime

Dark 1892 Mystery Solved—2 Books

She Still Haunts the Hotel Today Visiting San Diego? The Beautiful Stranger at the Hotel del Coronado (a U.S. National Landmark) is not only part of San Diego history, but of United States history as well. Through hotel owner John Spreckels, target of a blackmail plot gone horribly wrong, her story has amazing connections to the doomed monarchy of Hawaii, political power struggles in Washington D.C., and the court of Queen Victoria. The author has solved a 120 year old enigma. Truth is much stranger than legend.

The really touching part of the story is a universal and human one: of a beautiful and innocent young woman—a Victorian fallen angel—brought low by a cruel world. It's a classic theme celebrated by the greatest artists of her age. In a real Victorian sense, she was an angel come to earth. Her tragic passing was a powerful drama. Lizzie's humanity is as fresh today as over a century ago.

Next: The Meaning of the Rose on Lizzie's Heart.