HAUNTED PLACES IN ARIZONA: AJO - ORACLE

Ajo - Crater Range - In the 1950's a couple was married in Ajo and was driving to Lake Tahoe for their honeymoon. When they entered into crater range, which was lined with hills and huge rocks on both sides, around midnight their car crashed into a rock and they were both killed. It is said that if you drive through crater range after midnight you can see their car and the couple off to the side of the road trying to flag down help.

Ahwatukee - YMCA, Desert Foothills Pkwy - Tragically, a nine-year old boy was raped and murdered in the shower. His murderer was never brought to justice or even apprehended. Reports of screams reverberating off the ceramic-tiled walls and a strange figure in the far corner of the shower room plague the establishment. The figure is said to do such things as facing the corner and constantly washing his buttox; he thenmr turns around and opens his mouth widely, as if screaming, but no sound is heard. A message to all: don't drop the soap. I have experienced it firsthand.

Anthem - The desert - In 1986 a couple of campers in the desert were camping when they seen the ghosts of Indians riding horses, shooting arrows at them. Every year there has been a man seen holding a lantern, trying to hitch-hike to Phoenix. It has been reported that this man was killed when a car ran him over. In present day Anthem by the prison, in the 1800s a mining tunnel was made that went a mile under the earth. This tunnel collapsed and killed 10 workers in the horrible accident. The ghosts of several coyotes and deer can be seen in New River. They were killed by hunters and they will try to attack, tourists who try to touch them. Every month at the start of the month Ufos will be seen in the desert. One friend of mine said he seen a "little green man" Many of the ghosts in the desert or in Anthem will try to hurt people. One man was killed after he tried to see ghosts and ailens and his soul is just one of the many who haunts this area.

Bisbee - Bisbee Bed & Breakfast - Reported a presence in both the Blue Room and in Room 13, as well as in several other locations throughout the house. The Grandma Room. In this room, various guests have reported what appeared to be an older woman watching over them during the night. Although the sightings reportedly made guests nervous, it was thought to be a benevolent spirit offering its presence as a protection.

Bisbee - The Copper Queen Hotel - Haunted by a dark figureless apparition She has been seen wandering the halls of the 3rd floor.

Bisbee - Oliver House - This bed and Breakfast as the site of a mass murder when a husband found his wife with a man who resided here. He killed his wife, her lover and then walked to the day room and killed who ever he came across. He left drove to the edge of town then killed himself. There was also another murder but the culprit was never found. The building is pleasant and very nostalgic. When we stayed there we heard what we thought was firecrackers exploding in the hall. Later it was the opening and slamming of doors with heavy footsteps going down the hall. We found out in the morning that no one else had heard any of the sounds we did, but that previous guests had reported similar events. The owner was quite helpful and knowledgeable as to who may be haunting his bed and breakfast.

Caldwell - off of hwy 1 - Residents of this house have reported several strange things happening. During all hours of day and night you can hear strange sounds, shadows moving, and cold chills. The outside door to the kitchen has been jammed shut for many years, but the doorknob will rattle. If you say come in the door will open then close by itself but you can't open it afterwards. You will also find objects moved from their original locations to the floor or else where in the house. The push button light switches would turn on and off by themselves. It is said that a man built the house for his wife and she wouldn't live there. So he lived and died there. And he is the cause of the haunting.

Casa Grande - Cafe de Manuels - Restaurant has interesting history. Originally a house, turn to a 7-11 convenience store, too Manuel's. Ghost of the original house owner, and old woman, and a murdered clerk from the 7-11 haunt.

Casa Grande - Casa Grande Mountain - While driving on the desert roads at the base of the mountain late at night, or walking around, a black mist will appear. If you are walking in the desert it will follow you.

Casa Grande - "The Domes" - At night you can hear footsteps and eerie whispering in the very back dome. You see a shadowy figure run from dome to dome and you can sometimes see "it" walking in the surrounding desert. There have been reports of tapping noises on cars when your parked there. There is always a very weird vibration there and you always seem to feel uneasy like something bad is going to happen. It is said that the domes are used in black magic and that many people have been raped and killed there.

Chandler - Chandler High School- Chandler High is one of the oldest Schools in the State of Arizona, going back before Arizona became a state. The oldest building still standing is "Old Main" A few of the custodians and teachers who have been at the school for many years or have long since retired, tell of sightings and voices on the second floor of Old mains north wing. In fact one custodian after experiencing a particularly frightful event, refused to clean that area of the building.

Chandler - San Marcos Hotel - Receiving strange calls from extensions that don't exist. A female apparition has been sighted. The moaning of a male.

Chinle - Canyon De Chelly - The death of the Navajo's. - Screams, gun fire and horses running have all been heard in Massacre Cave.

Cochise - Cochise Stronghold State Park - Man playing flute appears on boulders that tower over campsites. It is said that Cochise himself walks in the hills, guarding his pilfered gold from the white man.

Dardanelle - Hovis's Grave - It is said that on certain nights, you can see Mr. Hovis sitting on top of his wife's grave, holding the shotgun that he murdered her with. Also, the wooden bridge that you cross to get there his haunted by to young girls that were killed there.

Douglas - The Gadsden Hotel - Prankster Indian boy plays on the Mezzanine, headless Pancho Villa walks the tunnels in the basement, and Sara the elderly guests frequents the 4th floor. The basement of the hotel has been identified as the most haunted section of the building (naturally). The luminous form of a man glide across the wall.

Elfrida - Vision Quest Lodge - Used to be a dude ranch. Stable boy went insane and killed owners and guests. Woman in white gown haunts old guest quarters...house where owners were killed has several weird events - woman walks halls, re-occurring bloodstain on bathroom wall. Old Stable also sight of two year old child being killed by a horse kicking her, now child's crying and apparition of child standing in doorway are common. Also, apparition of white glowing man on white glowing horse has been seen in mountains that border the camp.

Flagstaff - Days Inn, 3601 E. Lockett Rd - Reports of a tall ghost of a man standing next to the bed.

Flagstaff - Monte Vista Hotel - ghosts of a phantom bellboy and a female ghost.

Flagstaff - Museum Club - Voice of a woman thought to be the wife of a former owner talks to people after hours. She asked this musician "are you done with that beer?” from behind me on the stage. He turned around to see no one there. There were only four other people in the bar. They were sitting at the bar at least 30-40 feet away.

Flagstaff - NACOG Head Start Administration Building - Ghost of a woman has been seen in the halls. Faucets turn on and off by themselves. Doors locked and the keys don't work in them anymore. Telephones ring to front office from locked offices upstairs, even after they have been unplugged. Disembodied voices, apparitions, objects would be moved from one location to another have also been reported.

Flagstaff - Northern Arizona University - North Morton Hall - One of the most notorious haunts in Flagstaff. A girl killed herself in the dormitory many years ago before Christmas break and seems she never left. Lights going on and off, odors, and even sightings. Also she likes to pull blankets off of people that stay on the floor she lived on, and she likes to trap girls in the girls bathroom to where the door is locked, but there isn't a lock.

Flagstaff - Orpheum Theatre - Has recently been purchased by a new owner - Between 1995 and 1999 Many of the staff had experienced odd occurrences. A janitor who was cleaning late at night when the theatre was closed for the evening saw a dark figure sort of float back and forth through the aisles of the balcony. Another time while the final movie was playing for the evening, three staff members watched as a roll of paper towels hanging on the wall in the concession stand rapidly started to unravel onto the floor. One employee put his hand out to stop it and it did, until he removed his hand it started up again. In the men’s room employees and patrons reported they would walk in and there would just be a sense there was something there. It was like the weird electrical vibration feeling you feel when you accidentally shock yourself plugging in something, only mild and it just seemed to flood the room from ceiling to floor. One evening after closing their was a report of toilets flushing and sinks turned on full blast. In the projection room at the very top of the balcony, there was a crawlspace with a ladder that lead to a lower level of the roof right above the marquee. Rumor has it, that somebody hung themselves in there. But no newspapers support this.

Flagstaff - Riordan House State Park - haunted by Carolina and Anna Riodan.

Flagstaff - USGS Offices - Building 1 - has sounds of hands clapping, doors that open and close spontaneously, lights that flicker.

Florence - ASP Cellblock 3 - In 1973 officers Buckely and Morey where killed in the cellblock by inmates during a riot both officers where beaten and stabbed to death. on a number of occasions when the guards would lock all of the doors in the cellblock, they would find doors open, etc. between inmate counts. A number of the officers also noticed cold spots and the sounds of doors opening and closing several officers noticed misty forms at the end of the cellblock on a number of occasions. The cellblock is located in the same prison as the Arizona Death House, which is also haunted.

Florence - Arizona State Prison Complex Death House - It is said that the ghosts of condemned prisoners haunt the death house at the state prison in Florence. Several guards have reported hearing screams and other strange sounds.

Fort Hauchuca - Carleton House - One downstairs room was the morgue for the hospital. Things stacked and placed in this room are unaccountably scattered all over the place shortly afterwards. Things hanging on the walls fall crashing to the floor because the nails holding them are pulled out of the wall by an invisible force. Doorbells ring so persistently for no observable reason that occupants of the house disconnect them. Many residents and neighbors have seen the whitish apparition of a woman moving through the house and standing at the front door. One corner of a room which was a ward in the original hospital stays markedly colder than all other parts of the house, regardless of the weather, and contains a chandelier that seems to refuse to operate at night but functions just fin in the daylight.

Fort Hauchuca - Smith Middle School - The middle school here in Fort Hauchuca is said to be haunted by a girl named Linda Landy. Linda was walking home from softball practice one day and she was hit by a car and killed. She attended Smith Middle School in the late 70's. If you look in the tinted windows of the library some times you be able to see her walking around.

Fountain Hills - Ashbrook Wash - Occurrences are strange noises, screaming, random cold spots, strange light, and humming. In the summer of 1998 someone was shot in the middle of the night down in the wash. The screams are most likely from the young girl who was shot with a shotgun. There have been many other sightings and strange noises.

Fountain Hills - Saguaro Boulevard - in the early 1980's there was said to be a young girl who was kidnapped and murdered and her body parts were hidden throughout a house on Saguaro blvd. Sometimes you can hear a strange scream, crying, and see a strange figure by the house on Saguaro. Some say she looks scared and as if she was running from something. The second they blink trying to take a better look she disappears.

Gilbert - Highland Junior High - In the Girls P.E. locker room the toilets have been flushed, the blow dryers come on and lockers have been opened by themselves. The school was bulit on a piece of land which once was a farm. On the Farm the father ran over his own daughter with the tractor killing her. The little girl never left.

Glendale - Deer Valley High School - Random Romeo haunting that has lasted 20 years. Auditorium patrons and players have experienced many occurrences of the supernatural. Kids crying in the back hall, a longing wail of affection for a lost lover, and the untimely shorting out of lighting and sound equipment.

Glendale - Pizza Hut - 13105 W Glendale - Sounds of babies crying, little children talking, faucets turn off and on by themselves.

Globe - Globe High School - Creaking Floor boards, voices, there used to be a haunted bathroom that the toilet would violently shake when was on. And everyone knows that the top floor is haunted as well.

Globe - Hardware Store - is haunted by the night watch man. He rearranges products at night, knocks over things and makes the upstairs floorboards creak at night. He used to live in the upstairs room, and is still doing his job.

Globe - Noftsger Hill Bed and Breakfast- used to be Noftsger Hill Elementary - A lantern light could be seen at night, children were hearing voices and objects such as books were moved. After the school was closed, the property was bought and re-opened as a bed and breakfast.

Globe - Salt River - At the division sometimes fishers see a shadow on the wall that looks like the Mona Lisa. It is a rocky area and there are lots of possibilities for suicides or murders. No trees or people were when my friend saw it. Her father had seen something walking and it stopped in front of the wall when she shone the light in that area. The rivers in Arizona have long been a good sight for seeing a ghost, especially in the small hours of the morning.

Goodyear - Wildflower School - You go into the girls six grade bathroom and you hear someone or thing singing.

Grand Canyon National Park - El Tovar Hotel - In the middle of the U shaped parking lot in front of the El Tovar Hotel, there is a marked grave hiding in a patch of land next to the stop sign. The grave is that of a former Harvey Girl that worked for Fred Harvey Company. The ghost of a black caped figure has been seen walking along the pathway leading up from the steps just to the right of the El Tovar Hotel all along the path, passing the grave and disappearing behind the Hopi House. Although most visitors are unaware, the El Tovar, built in the very early 1900's, is home to more then a few spirits. They say that Fred Harvey appears on the third floor during the holidays and invites people to the annual Christmas gathering held in the hotel. The third floor and the kitchen are the haunted hot spots at the El Tovar Hotel.

Grand Canyon National Park - Maricopa Point - A man in the civilian conservation corps (c.c.c) fell over the edge of the canyon while putting railings up in the 30's. Usually. At sun down you can see a black misty figure near the railings, it looks like its shoveling some thing with a fairly loud scraping sound.

Hot Springs - Park Hotel - Reports of being touched or poked when no one is around.

Huachuca Military Reservation - Fort Huachuca - Carleton House - One downstairs room was the morgue for the hospital. Things put away in this room get scattered all over the place shortly afterwards. Things hanging on the walls fall crashing to the floor because the nails holding them are pulled out of the wall. Doorbells ring so persistently for no observable reason that occupants of the house disconnect them, witnesses have seen a whitish apparition of a woman moving through the house and at the front door, and cold spots.

Huachuca Military Reservation - Fort Huachuca -Smith Middle School - The middle school here in Fort Huachuca is said to be haunted by a girl named Linda Landy. She attended Smith Middle School in the late 70's. If you look in the tinted windows of the library some times you be able to see her walking around.

Jacksonville - Pick Thorne Lake - Apparition of a man with a lantern walking the tracks.

Jerome - Community Center - a phantom prostitute walks in front of the building.

Jerome - Connor Hotel - When a couple and their dog stayed at the hotel they asked the woman at the front desk if there where ghosts they needed to know about and she just shrugged and said "If you have an open mind you'll have an experience." They experienced sudden drops in temprture, the coffee pot turning off, the dog being scared of something on the wall, & all batteries being drained.

Jerome - Jerome Grand Hotel - A woman in white roams the halls, a nurse with a clipboard in one man's room, a child who run through the bar area looking for his mother late at night, there is screaming and apparitions on a regular basis.

Jerome - The Grand Motel - This motel was once a hospital/insane asylum it has had many different occurrences from the lights turning on with no electricity to the presence of hounds that are as tall as a man shoulders.

Jerome - Ghost City Inn - A woman spirit has shown herself to visitors in the Cleopatra Room. the innkeepers have had this happened before. Built in 1890, this building was used as many things, including use as a funeral home.

Kingman - Launa's Canyon - About two or three miles Southeast of Downtown Kingman there is a place known as Launa’s Canyon. this is how the story starts out: During the era of the 1800s a soon to be family of four(husband, wife, husbands 2 daughters) traveled out to (Old town) Kingman to search for nothing else but, of course gold. The family came across a deep, narrow canyon. In time, the family soon built a quite large house. The mans daughters despised the young; soon to be mother and wife for the way she had treated the two. She wanted their father all for herself. The night before Launa’s wedding, in order for Launa to get their father was to murder the two young girls. She hid the murdered children in the house. When she regain sanity the same night she came back screaming through the canyon, moaning even, for forgiveness of the sickening killings. To this day, it is said, you can still hear Launa’s moaning throughout the canyons brutal past during the hours of 12:00 - 3 am.

Magnolia - Cameo Trio Theatre - Ghosts have been sighted in Theatre Three and employees have had run ins with ghosts messing with the movie projectors.

Maricopa County - East Mesa - Nesbits (campground) - Nesbits campground is located on Mckelups Rd. and Power Rd. just past Power road on the north side of the road, it is said that it used to be a satanic camp and people were murdered there, Reports of demonic laughter coming from everywhere, dark figures, strange noises and cold spots.

Mesa - 8th ave and extansion - it has be known that a little boy hay been seen trying to cross the road. but by the time he is in the center he disappers. the little boy died by getting hit a man how was drunk and speeding.the man how hit the boy has not yet been arrested or brought to justice.

Mesa - Alta Mesa - Every night between 11:30 and midnight doors and cabinets open and close by themselves. Black shadows run around everywhere. You see the black things out of the corner of your eye. Also reports of being woken up in the middle of the night to see an apparition of a girl.

Mesa - Cafe Talk - man walks from room to room but only seen as a shadow in the back yard there are tables where a small girl plays only one bad thing about it-she died years ago in the back house something that was never human lives and will talk with you of your future and past but it will tell you "for this there is a price to pay" so come for coffee and stay a while or ever

Mesa - Desert Ridge High - little boy walking down the hallways hitting doors with a book

Mesa - Jefferson Park - There is thought to be a woman that walks from tree to tree. So the story goes, she was raped and murdered at the park on Broadway and Power rd(Jefferson St. two blocks west of Power) her spirit has not been set free. She has been seen roaming the park between 11:15 until about Midnight.

Mesa - The Landmark Restaurant - Wood carving of lady in women's restroom turns the faucets on and off, servers hear there names being called from the front station, voices of women have been heard in the downstairs hallway late at night, track lighting in hallway downstairs have blown up, is said that the second step from the downstairs going up is haunted

Mesa - Powell Jr high - around the 50's when Powell was built a little girl was walking home from swimming lessons when she was crossing the road on 1st street and extension by the time she was in the middle of the road a car was coming up speeding and that car hit her broke all bones in her body. people say they have seen the little girl still trying to get home but by the time she is in the center of the road she disappeared crying and saying "I want to go home".

Mesa - Williams Air Force Base - During the Second World War, the military used the base to train pilots and the building (which is now the VA hospital) on the far west side of the base was a hospital. Many people have reported a male ghost who haunts only what used to be the new baby viewing area and the old operating room area. People also report voices in what used to be the old Officers Club.

Miami - Phelps doge (used 2 be cyprus) copper mine - There have been countless deaths and misshaps in the mines. my dad worked there as a janitor and a security gaurd. he told me about haunted tunnels and a syinide plant that had an alarm go off some peaple died and all of the stuff in the biulding is exactly the way they left it, open lunch boxes and magazines still on the page they where reading.

Nogales - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church - Apparitions and other phenomena have reportedly been experienced by a number of parishioners and at least two pastors.

Nogales - Gymy's Workout Center- At close time around 10:00 p.m. people have witnessed loud noises in the bathrooms of children laughing and making many noises. You can also hear loud car noises. They have also heard footsteps on the roof and also one of the doors of the gym, at night it's closed and in the morning the door is opened.

Oatman - Oatman Hotel - Room 15 - Many guests and staff testify that it is not uncommon to hear whispering and laughter coming from the empty room. There is also a Theatre Room Museum on the second floor, where dust on the beds reveals the outlines of sleeping guests, leaving adjacent areas intact and undisturbed. A former chambermaid's ghost has also been sighted.

Oracle - Arcadia Ranch - This used to be a hospital for TB patients, several died. One of the ghosts is a nurse who contracted the disease and died. She is still trying to take care of people. There is another there that dislikes things hung on the north wall of the main room. There was artwork hung on the wall. In the evening went he caretaker left it would be on the wall, and in the morning it would be set on the floor.

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