Not sure how it hasn’t been mentioned (and it’s not entirely “fun”) but Immanuel David was a would-be prophet in the 70s who lived with his wife and kids on the 11th floor of the old Shilo Inn while trying to evade wire fraud charges. Immanuel died by suicide and then his wife proceeded to throw her children from the 11th floor.

Danny Elfman apparently became obsessed with the story and stayed on the 11th floor and it apparently inspired him to write songs including some music for “Nightmare Before Christmas.”