Room 1046 (Part One: Roland T. Owen)
Unresolved10 Nov 2024

Room 1046 (Part One: Roland T. Owen)

"My impression of this man from the expressions on his face and from his actions was that he was either worried about something or afraid."

On Wednesday, 2 January 1935, a young man arrived at the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. Claiming to be from Los Angeles, he told the front desk his name was Roland T. Owen and requested an interior room several floors up. Staff there accommodated him, assigning him a room on the tenth floor that overlooked the hotel's courtyard.

Over the next two days, people would recall strange run-ins with Owen, including a few peculiar experiences in his room with hotel staff. But just two days later, after repeated attempts at rousing this guest for his morning wake-up call, a bellhop would make a grisly discovery inside of room 1046...



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