Maricopa County holds three of Arizona's ten most haunted places

With Halloween approaching, three Maricopa County places rank among Arizona's ten most haunted in HauntBound's 2026 index, including Phoenix's Stockyards Steakhouse & 1889 Saloon at #5. The index ranks 116 Arizona sites by separate published accounts and how far back they go, not by fame or search popularity.

Stockyards Steakhouse & 1889 Saloon ranks #5. The restaurant 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 a fire. Three separate published accounts describe activity there, the earliest dated to 2012. Staff describe a "Lady in Red" in 1940s dress matching a woman in the restaurant's mural, and diners have reported phantom piano chords from the Rose Room's antique piano.

Casey Moore's Oyster House ranks #9. William A. Moeur built the Craftsman house in Tempe in 1910; he died there in 1929, and his brother Benjamin later served as Arizona's governor. Five separate published accounts describe activity there, the earliest dated to 2024. Staff arriving before dawn have described forks flying off tables and figures resembling William and Mary Moeur dancing near the windows around 4 a.m.

Also in the top ten: the Hotel San Carlos (#7).

Statewide, London Bridge in Lake Havasu City ranks #1, and the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, the state's most famous haunted site, ranks #3.

"We rank by evidence, not legend: independent published accounts, documented history, and how far back the reports go. We don't claim ghosts are real, or that they aren't. We document where the reports concentrate, and we show our work," said Ben Fineman, editor of HauntBound. The ranking shows each site's documented record.

Visiting:Stockyards Steakhouse & 1889 Saloon, 5009 E. Washington St., Phoenix, serves dinner nightly, with the 1889 Saloon open earlier.Hotel San Carlos, 202 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, is a working hotel; rooms are for overnight guests.Casey Moore's Oyster House, 850 S. Ash Ave., Tempe, is an operating restaurant and bar open daily.

For media:The full ranking: https://hauntbound.com/most-haunted/arizona/The fact sheet, with Phoenix numbers and cleared images: https://hauntbound.com/press/fact-sheets/arizona/Venue contact: stockyardssteakhouse.com and caseymoores.comA short version follows.

HauntBound (hauntbound.com) is a family-friendly field guide to more than 6,000 documented haunted and historic places across the United States, ranked by published evidence rather than legend. No venue pays to be listed or ranked.

Media contact: Ben Fineman, Editor, HauntBound, editor@hauntbound.com

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