The Most Haunted Places in Arizona

Ranked

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   1. London Bridge Lake Havasu City · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: High

   London Bridge, designed by John Rennie for the Thames in 1831, was sold at auction in 1968 to Lake Havasu City founder Robert McCulloch, who shipped its granite blocks through the Panama Canal and rebuilt it over a channel dedicated in 1971. Guides describe figures in old English dress near the steps and a woman in dark clothing who ignores tourists. A popular legend, undocumented, claims Jack the Ripper's ghost crossed with the stones.

   4 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1972-2019 · retold in 3 later publications

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   2. Hotel Monte Vista Flagstaff · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified nine distinct published accounts at this working hotel. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   9 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1940-1970 · retold in 3 later publications

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   3. Bird Cage Theatre Tombstone · Theater / Performance Venue · Family Comfort: Moderate

   The Bird Cage Theatre opened in Tombstone in 1881 as a saloon, gambling hall, theater, and brothel, and by 1889 had recorded 26 deaths; 140 bullet holes remain in its walls. It now draws reports of cigar smoke and floral perfume in empty rooms, piano music from a silent stage piano, and a figure in period dress crossing the stage. Visitors in the basement describe shoulder touches and a man in a black hat nearby.

   5 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2019-2024 · retold in 7 later publications

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   4. El Tovar Hotel Grand Canyon National Park · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across three kinds of published source. Five later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions.

   4 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1980-2020 · retold in 5 later publications

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   5. Stockyards Steakhouse & 1889 Saloon Phoenix · Haunted Dining / Bar · Family Comfort: High

   The Stockyards opened in 1947 to feed workers at Edward Tovrea's Phoenix cattle yards, then the world's largest feedlot, and was rebuilt in 1954 after fire destroyed the original building. Staff describe a 'Lady in Red' in 1940s dress matching a woman in the mural, phantom piano notes from the Rose Room, and footsteps on empty stairs. Owner Gary Lasko ties it to the site's past as a slaughterhouse.

   3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2012-2022 · retold in 1 later publication

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   6. Old Tucson Studios Tucson · Other Dark Tourism Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this documented site, across three kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and disembodied voices.

   2 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1960-1993 · retold in 2 later publications

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   7. Hotel San Carlos Phoenix · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across six kinds of published source. Five later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   4 original accounts · documented across 1 decade, 2020-2022 · retold in 5 later publications

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   8. Copper Queen Hotel Bisbee · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: Moderate

   The Copper Queen Hotel was built between 1898 and 1902 by Phelps Dodge to house investors in its Bisbee copper mine, and remains Arizona's oldest operating hotel, once hosting Theodore Roosevelt and John Wayne. Guests keep a log tied to three presences: Julia Lowell, said to have died by suicide in Room 315 after a failed romance; a man called Howard on the upper floors; and a boy named Billy, said to have drowned nearby.

   3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2007-2010 · retold in 6 later publications

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   9. Casey Moore's Oyster House (W.A. Moeur House) Tempe · Haunted Dining / Bar · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified five distinct published accounts at this operating restaurant and bar, across three kinds of published source. Five later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and electrical anomalies.

   5 original accounts · documented in 2024 · retold in 5 later publications

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    10. Hassayampa Inn Prescott · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: High

    HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this working hotel. Five later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

    4 original accounts · documented across 1 decade, 1927-1928 · retold in 5 later publications

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