smalley inn on route 52 in carmel has all the ingredients for a haunting. the inn was built around the mid-19th century, though evidence shows it may have been around a lot longer. the site had a series of tragic events, including a deadly fire and an execution. owner james j. smalley was at various times the sheriff, coroner and treasurer of the town. his daughter, elizabeth, was only a toddler when she died, and there's the belief that a portion of the basement was used as a morgue when smalley was the coroner.