Former staffer spills on fugitive billionaire’s mysterious stay at Vancouver hotel

In 1972, Howard Hughes, the billionaire who had made a fortune in aviation and the film industry, moved into the Vancouver Bayshore Inn on the waterfront. He was in the throes of obsessive-compulsive disorder and was living as a recluse. Hughes would remain in the hotel with just his bodyguards seeing him for the next six months. Jordan Armstrong has the story.

• It has been 50 years since Howard Hughes checked into a Vancouver hotel — and no one saw him