The Gateway Hotel

The Gateway Hotel once provided rest and sanctuary in an idyllic country setting. There were manicured lawns, formal gardens and the area’s first inground swimming pool. Writers and artists came to The Gateway Hotel for peaceful respite, and many soldiers came for rest and recovery from wartime wounds and post-traumatic stress. Recovery was swift and efficient as the hotel became known for its soothing atmosphere and therapeutic healing powers.

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One of the guests in the late 40’s was Michael Hawthorne, an unpopular judge who presided over the hotly debated trial of Harry and Hope Sheppard. Michael had hoped his stay at the Gateway Hotel could help absolve his guilt for the unjust sentencing, but his residence was cut short when his body was found at the bottom of the Gateway swimming pool.

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As years went on, strange phenomena occurred at the hotel. What once were peaceful dreams of happy guests, became twisted nightmares – all controlled by the vengeful Michael Hawthorne who took on a new human form as the disfigured and maniacal - Judge Hathorne. The only way to survive was to avoid sleep. The staff and guests succumbed to somniphobia and went to extreme measures - some would sew their eyelids open and others removed their eyelids altogether to combat their fear of sleep.

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Now, no time is safe as “The Judge” is able to slip through walls and move between rooms with ease as he terrorizes everyone within these walls. The former staff and guests still move around the hotel in a catatonic state, surrounded by their twisted and exaggerated nightmares lurking in every room.

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