From forgotten festivities to famous phantoms, we dive into the forgotten tradition of Victorian ghost parties, a bizarre and delightful custom that swept the late 1800s. We then move to Chicago’s legendary Drake Hotel, where a tragic love story lingers on the tenth floor. On New Year’s Eve 1920—the hotel’s grand opening—thousands danced, orchestras played, and one heartbroken woman in a red flapper dress is said to have taken her own life after witnessing her partner’s midnight betrayal. Today, she’s still seen gliding through hallways in her crimson gown, most often on New Year’s Eve, searching for something—or someone—she lost that night. Then we head south to the Inn on Main Street in Weaverville, North Carolina, where New Year’s Eve haunts are a yearly guarantee. Built by a doctor who once performed procedures in the home, the inn still bears the marks of a patient who didn’t survive. Guests say that every NYE, the back door opens and closes on its own, and at the stroke of midnight, framed photos seem to crash to the floor—only to be found perfectly in place. It’s as if unseen partygoers are still shuffling in from the cold and making their own ruckus. From ghost parties of the past to modern holiday hauntings, we’re ringing in the new year with spirits of every kind.