I won't pretend that I know a lot about Arizona. The week I visited there it rained to the point of flooding, and was the worst cold snap they had seen in 10 years. Therefore, I decided not to go back to the land of "no bad weather" thus far. My husband got his stomach pumped there in one of their fine emergency rooms, after a night of college partying many years ago. Oh, and I have a good friend who bartends there. Is that monotonous enough for ya? Read on for more exciting stories than what I have to offer...
hotels & inns restaurants roads & bridges taverns theaters tourist spots
Cottonwood
- Little Daisy Hotel 
- The ghost of a murdered prostitute is seen hanging around here, which used
to be the red light district back in miner's days. The town boasts a lot of
supernatural occurrences; there's even a "haunted hamburger stand".
25 miles from Prescott on Hwy 89A
Prescott -
Hassayampa Inn
In 1927 a newlywed couple checked into a room here. The dirty bum husband took
off, saying he had to "buy a pack of cigarettes", never to return. After 3 days,
the distraught bride, "Faith", hung herself in the room. Ever since, Faith has
been spotted in different spots all over the hotel, sometimes holding flowers,
sometimes in a pink gown, sometimes crying. She likes to turn all the burners
off at once in the kitchen
Phoenix - The
Hermosa Inn
Built by hand by a cowboy and artist named Ron in the 1930's, the Hermosa is
still visited by it's original owner, who appears in his Stetson hat, and likes
to flush toilets and break glass now and then.
Phoenix- Hotel
San Carlos
In 1928, a forlorn woman in an evening gown named Leone threw herself from the
roof to her death.
People seem to hear odd noises and see her floating outside the windows. They
also hear children laughing, which could be contributed to the fact it was built
on an old schoolhouse.
Prescott -
Hotel Vendome 
A woman who owned the hotel, but lost it after financial problems, was allowed
to stay in room 16 for free by the new owner, along with her cat. She, and the
cat, apparently starved to death in the room during the great depression.
Another story says that she had tuberculosis, and her husband deserted her there
- said he was "going to get her medicine". Distraught when he didn't
return, she starved herself (and her cat) to death. She
and her cat are seen once in awhile in the hotel.
Flagstaff - Monte
Vista Hotel
A former celebrity hot spot (in Flagstaff?), The hotel, along with the attached
bar, is haunted by some apparitions. A phantom bellboy who knocks on doors, a
woman who walks outside of the Zane Grey suite, and a man who paces and clears
his throat in a particular room.
Jerome - Inn at
Jerome
This Victorian era Inn is located in the spectral hotspot of the former copper
mining town of Jerome, near Sedona. Visitors report a phantom kitty who leaves
his imprint on the beds once in awhile, and poltergeist activity including
objects that wander around without the help of anyone living and an armoire door
that flew from it's hinges in the Lariat and Lace Room. 309
Main Street
Bisbee - Old
Bisbee Bed & Breakfast
Apparitions have been spotted in both #13 and the "Blue Room". The "Grandma
Room" is haunted by, you guessed it... a granny like apparition who is
benevolent.
Bisbee - The
Copper Queen Hotel
The third floor is haunted by a dark, formless specter
Bisbee - Oliver
House 
A man who lived in this former boarding house in Cochise county was diddling a neighbor's wife. When the neighbor caught them, he killed them both in the house, went on a killing spree of unwitting townsfolk, then killed himself. Another boarding house resident named Nat Anderson had his head blown off at the top of the staircase in 1920. His killer was never brought to justice. Poltergeist activity here includes gunshot noises, footsteps, and heavy doors slamming shut. Owner Dennis Schranz claims that there are five spirits still hanging about, and one of them is malevolent. 26 Souls Rd (520) 432-4286
Chandler - San
Marcos Resort
A female specter has been seen, low moaning heard, and the desk receives odd
phone calls from extensions that are non existent.
Douglas - The
Gadsden Hotel & Restaurant
As legend has it, the head of legendary Mexican figure Pancho Villa was burned and the ashes left on the spot where the hotel was built. Villa allegedly had a tattoo of a treasure map on his head, and his amigos cut off his head upon his death, thus obscuring the treasure map from others. Several workers have claimed to have seen a headless figure, thin and wearing a black suit, in the basement. A glowing figure who passes through the wall was also seen in the basement, and the prank playing ghost of a Native American child was also reported here. 1046 G Avenue, Douglas, AZ (520) 364-4481
Flagstaff - Days
Inn
The apparition of a tall man has been reported in one of the rooms. 3601 E. Lockett Rd
Flagstaff - Hotel
Monte Vista 
A woman and bellboy are said to haunt this hotel from the beyond.
The bar is also reportedly haunted by a gangster.
Globe - Noftsger
Hill Inn
This former elementary school has had unusual sounds of voices that only
children would hear, a spook light at night, and objects that move themselves.
Grand Canyon
National Park - El Tovar Hotel
There is a grave of a former showgirl in the parking lot near the stop sign. A
"caped black figure" has been seen walking past the grave. The 3rd floor and
kitchen are said to be haunted by a man named Fred Harvey.
Jerome - The
Grand Motel
This
former hospital has had electrical anomalies, and reports of 5 foot tall Hell
hounds 200 Hill St
Jerome - Ghost
City Inn B & B
The Cleopatra room is said to be haunted by a woman. Formerly a funeral home.
East Mesa -
Campground 
this Maricopa County campground, located on Mckelups rd. and Power rd. has complaints of bizarre laughter , shadowy figures, strange noises and cold spots.
Oatman - Oatman
Hotel
A minor gold strike near hear gave birth to this hotel in 1902, and Route 66 kept it alive for many years after the mines dried up. More interestingly, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard spent their honeymoon night in this out of the way hotel after being married in Kingman, Arizona. They returned several times before Lombard was killed in a plane crash over a desolate area of Nevada. Of course, Lombard and Gable are said to haunt, especially in #15. Also, in the Theater Room Museum, a chambermaid's ghost is said to leave imprints on dusty bed linens in the room. A hard drinking, bagpipe playing Scot miner named "Oatie" is said to still play the pipes in his old haunt and play pranks on guests. Other odd phenomena include toilets that flush themselves, footprints that appear on newly cleaned floors, cold spots, and glassware being thrown about in the bar room. 181 Main Street 928-768-4408
Phoenix -
Hotel San Carlos
Built over an old elementary school, phantom children disturb visitors by
running in the halls at night. A woman who committed suicide here also
reportedly haunts.
Phoenix - Tapatio
Cliffs Pointe Hilton
The boiler room and ballroom are haunted by a male wedding guest from the 1980's
who drunkenly fell to his death from the cliffs outside. 11111
North 7th Street
Prescott - A.J.
Head Hotel
A woman who was killed on the ground floor haunts, as well as a tall cowpoke who messes with the doors and paces the halls. (928) 778-1776 129 N Cortez St
Prescott - Lynx
Creek Farm Bed & Breakfast
The Sharlot Hall reportedly has cold spots, and an eerie feeling of being watched. P. O. Box 4301 888-778-9573
Tombstone -
Buford House
This National Historic Places building has reports of the ghost of a young man
who committed suicide after a girl he was courting gave him the axe. He rings
the doorbell, has been seen walking around the front door, and turns the water
faucets on and off in the bathroom. Cold spots and spook lights are reported.
113 E. Safford (520) 457-3969
Tucson - Hotel
Congress
A man who died in a room here has been seen peering from the windows
Tucson - Radisson
Hotel
A crying girl haunts the ballroom and kitchen, and a woman whose husband killed her when he caught her cheating on him at the hotel both haunt.
White Mountains -
Diamond Rock Campground
Photographic anomalies of a phantom woman have appeared in photos taken here
Yuma - Hotel Lee
Spirits include: a teenage girl who carries towels down the back hall, a former
female owner who walks the halls late at night and has knocked on the doors of
the rooms, and lastly an Indian squaw who hovers above the guest beds.
Jerome - Haunted
Ghost Town
This formerly glorious old west Copper mining town near Sedona is home, locals
say, to several ghosts from the hardscrabble days of soiled doves and hard
living miners. The community center plays host to the ghost of a prostitute, the
Episcopal church has had sightings of a misty white apparition, and a building
next to the hospital, the "Old Company Clinic" has reports of a phenomena rarely
reported even in the most "haunted" of cities: a spectral re-enactment.
Basically, the poor victims of an influenza epidemic in 1917 show up once again
to perform a sort of "otherworldly performance" for whoever is lucky (or
unlucky, depending on the person) enough to be watching. Other such unusual
scenes have been reported at the Beauregard-Keys House
in New Orleans and in historical Gettysburg, PA.
(also see "The Inn at Jerome")
Cochise - Cochise
Stronghold National Forest
??
A "man playing the flute" (goatboy???) miraculously appears atop boulders near the campsites. The county's namesake Apache warrior Cochise is buried in an unknown location here, and his spirit has been said to walk in the hills.
Fort Huachuca
Army Base - Carleton House
Poltergeist activity at this former morgue include: pictures falling from the
walls, objects being displaced, a persistently self-ringing doorbell, cold
spots, electrical anomalies, and even the white apparition of a woman near the
front door.
Globe - Hardware
Store
The ghost of a former night watchman who lived in the building before he died is blamed for rearranging stock at night. (there is an Ace Hardware on Ash St, and a Pinal Hardware - also on Ash St. I don't know which is the correct one)
Grand Canyon
National Park - Maricopa Point
A man fell over the side into the canyon in the 1930's while
putting up the guard rails. People claim to have seen him here and heard loud
shoveling noises as well.
Patagonia - The
Patagonia Market
Poltergeist activity includes the stock being moved around after
close, odd noises, a shelf that flew all the way across the store in front of
customers and staff, and the squeeky dog toys squeek themselves.
Theodore
Roosevelt Lake
This man made lake is said to be haunted by dead workmen from
the dam, residents of a trailer park that was flooded, and local Indian tribes.
Tombstone - The
OK Corral
The Earps and Clantons are supposedly still haunting this famous
sight.
Tombstone -
Boothill Graveyard
This eternal home to some of the most famous cowboys in history
has reports of spook lights and other anomalies
Tucson - Colossal
Cave Mountain Park
Batteries instantly drain (often a complaint of ghost hunters in
'haunted' areas), visitors feel hot breath on their necks, sounds of cries and
moans are heard, and even an apparition of a crazed, pick axe wielding miner
have been reported here.
Wickenburg -
Chamber of Commerce
this former train depot has had reports of whispering and photographic anomalies
Yuma - Yuma
Territorial Prison State Historic Park
The visitor's museum and the "Dark Cell" are said to be haunted
by a singing woman, and a spirit who pinches visitors and messes with the money
in the gift shop, especially the dimes.
Tombstone
- Birdcage Theater
70 mi SE of
Tucson
Birdcage Theater is located in legendary Tombstone. Known for it's bloody gunfights and bawdy honky tonks during expansion, Tombstone is a tourist destination that is treasured by lovers of cowboy tales of the "Old West". A mining town, the money that was earned here was spent, not unlike any other mining town of the era, at the local bordello: The Birdcage Theater. Today it is said to be haunted by the ghost of a prostitute, Margarita. The most popular of the prostitutes at the time was a woman called "Gold Dollar", who was being edged out by the newcomer, Margarita. When Gold Dollar caught Margarita perched on the lap of her favorite boyfriend, she kept it real. She pulled out a knife and proceeded to cut her heart out - right in the middle of the saloon. Dressed in 19th century finery, Margarita is spotted, a fleeting image, by customers to this day. Allen and 6th Streets, 520/457-3421 or 1-800-457-3423 open daily 8a-6p, admission fee.
Tucson
- Fox Tuscon Theater
A ghostly man in depression era garb has been seen, begging for money, around
the theater
Casa Grande -
Cafe de Manuel
This building was a home, then a convenience store prior to becoming a Mexican Restaurant. It is said to be haunted by a murdered 7-11 clerk and an old woman. 1300 N. Pinal Ave
Glendale - Pizza
Hut
Poltergeist activity includes the sounds of children crying and talking, and
faucets that turn themselves on and off. 13105 W Glendale
Mesa - Coffee
Talk
A phantom man and little girl haunt; a Devil's advocate is said to appear and
give you information about your future life in exchange for something ominous.
48 N Robson
Mesa - The
Landmark Restaurant
This former Mormon church and community college has a haunted
ladies room, in which the faucets turn on and off, and women hear their name
whispered. Women's voices are reported in the deserted downstairs hall, and
there are electrical anomalies there.
Sierra Vista -
Daisy Mae's Stronghold
This former brothel and stage coach stop is haunted by a spirit named "Charlie" 332 N Garden Ave
Tempe - Casey
Moore's Oyster House
This former private residence is haunted by a woman in the banquet room and an unidentified entity in the bar. 850 S Ash Ave
Tombstone -
Nellie Cashman's
This restaurant has experienced odd poltergeist type anomalies like floating objects for the last century. 117 S. 5th (520) 457-2212
Flagstaff - Monte
Vista Hotel Bar
Haunted by a gangster who robbed banks - who stopped there with a bullet hole in
him after a job and dropped dead there.
Flagstaff -
Museum Club
This roadhouse had an odd haunting: the female spirit of a
former owner's wife holds conversations with patrons after hours. She even asked
one unsuspecting musician if he was "done with that beer?" All five patrons in
the bar claimed to have heard it also.
Tombstone - Big
Nose Kate's
Photographic anomalies have turned up on a lot of pictures taken
at this historic saloon, including "ghost cowboys".
Ajo - Crater
Range
A newlywed couple on the way to honeymoon at Lake Tahoe in the
1950's met an early demise in a car accident on the road that cuts through this
mountain pass. Their ghost are reported to try and flag down drivers still.
north of Ajo and west of Highway 85
Anthem - The
Desert Surrounding Anthem
This area is a hotbed of paranormal activity, locals say. A small mining disaster took place here, and aliens are even said to visit once in awhile. Ghosts include Native Americans on horseback who will fire phantom arrows at unsuspecting campers, a grizzled old man with a lamp, and even malicious deer and coyotes, angered at their early death at the hands of hunters, have been reported near New River . All spirits, even Bambi, have been described as malevolent. Maybe this isn't such a good place to camp...
Casa Grande -
Casa Grande Mountain
A black mist is said to follow hikers around this area at night. An area called "the domes" has reports of footsteps, tapping, whispering, and moaning noises, as well as a "shadowy figure".
Chinle - Canyon
De Chelly; Massacre Cave
Screams, gunfire and the sounds of horses hooves have been attributed to the death of the Navajo Indians here.
Fountain Hills -
Ashbrook Wash
Poltergeist activity in this wash (a wash is like a wetland, from what I can ascertain...) includes cold spots, unexplained noises like screams and humming, odd lights. Reportedly a young girl was shot to death here.
Jacksonville -
Pick Thorne Lake
a phantom man with a lantern walks the tracks here
Kingman - Launa's
Canyon
Late at night you can hear the moans of a woman who murdered her two soon-to-be step daughters hours before her wedding.
Mesa - 8th Ave
A little boy's ghost has been seen crossing the road where he was killed by a driver.
Mesa - Jefferson
Park
Around midnight a woman who was brutally raped and murdered here has been seen in the park.
Phoenix - city
streets
5th Ave. between Roosevelt and Fillmore, 17th Ave. and Grant , as well as 19th Ave. and Camelback are all places where a little girl, believed to be the same one killed by a car in 1995, has been sighted. The corner of 19th Ave. and Northern is said to have phantom gravestones that vanish at dawn. Also, spirits have been reported seen in the graveyard on 55th Ave and Northern. 35th Ave. and McDowell was the site where a fireman was recently killed in a supermarket fire - and spooklights have been spotted there.
Tempe - 4 Peaks
Satellite and Sound
Poltergeist activity as well as an apparition of an employee who OD'd on heroin have been reported in the cage like store room of this business. 5861 S Kyrene Rd
Dudleyville -
Rattlesnake Canyon
This Pinal county canyon is haunted by the ghost of a man named "Lepsy" who would hire immigrant Chinese to work for him, then kill and burn them instead of forking out a paycheck. As the story goes, lawmen who went into the mountains to apprehend him had the same fate as the Chinese workers. The smell of charred flesh, the sounds of screams, and a feeling of illness come over those who hike in the area.
Prescott -
throughout the city
A little girl named Angeline who died when traveling west with
her family in the 19th century is said to leave handprints on car windows, and
has been spotted in her Victorian era clothing in the city. Her grave is
reportedly near a tree in a fenced area near Lynx Lake and Diamond Valley. Rumor
has it that people who try to desecrate or steal her headstone have extremely
bad luck not long afterward.
Apache Junction
- Superstition mountains
Located somewhere in the Superstition Mountains, the elusive Lost Dutchman Gold Mine reached mythological proportions with fortune seekers, several of whom lost their lives to the local Apaches in the search for it. The Apaches sealed the gold laden mine in the 19th century, and it has yet to re-appear. Hauntings in the area include the occasional disgruntled dead miner. Spook lights seem to be associated with nearby Indian burial mounds. south of Phoenix
St. David -
Downtown
reports of phantom screams, cries, voices and apparitions haunt the downtown.
Tucson -
northeast corner of Stone and Pennington streets
A horrific fire killed several guests of the Pioneer International Hotel at this corner in 1970; many more jumped 8 stories to their deaths. The remaining building (office building?) is haunted by the dead.
Tucson - Sabino
Canyon
A phantom "angry" mountain lion is said to follow hikers here
Tucson - Sam
Levitz Furniture Store
A former worker who fell to his death here haunts early in the morning, wearing a black shirt and hat. 3430 E 36th St
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Travel Channel Secrets, The Travel Channel
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