Every dated event here was checked for 2026: ghost tours, haunted state park nights, haunted attractions, and spooky history events across Prescott, Jerome, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Tucson, Tombstone, and Bisbee.
A lost gold mine, a theater with bullet holes, a cabin with a body count, and a giant red camel. The Arizona ghost stories and legends everyone should know, and how much of each one is true.
Jerome, Arizona has more ghost stories per block than anywhere we’ve been. Here are the legends worth knowing, fact-checked, plus our own night in the Grand Suite and what’s on in Jerome this Halloween.
Arizona is one of the most underrated haunted-hotel states in the country, and unlike most roundups, we’ve actually slept in several of these. Here are the haunted hotels in Arizona worth booking for Halloween, from the Prescott three we’ve reviewed to the ones still on our list.
We’ve now stayed at all three of Prescott’s big haunted hotels. Here’s the honest ranking of the Hotel Vendome, the Hotel St. Michael, and the Hassayampa Inn, broken down by paranormal activity, historic character, room quality, food and amenities, location, and ghost story strength. Plus which one to actually book for your trip.
The daytime side of Prescott. Watson Lake, the Prescott Zoo, John’s Box of Bricks, Sweets and Treats on Whiskey Row, Wild Iris coffee, Lone Spur Cafe, Rosa’s Pizzeria, and everywhere else we actually go on a Prescott trip when we’re not chasing ghosts.
Our one-night stay at the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott. Room 319 on the third floor, one floor below Faith’s Grand Balcony Suite. First real field investigation with our new Ovilus and Dead Bell. The Palace callout, the bathroom-story reaction, and what we make of it.
The history of the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, the Faith Summers ghost story, the Night Watchman, and what we wanted to know about Room 426 and the 1927 community-built landmark before our stay.
Our one-night stay at the Hotel St. Michael in Prescott. Spirit box voices that woke up when we asked about Room 325. A door that wouldn’t lock for one of us. Voices localized to the bathroom. A morning app session that surfaced ‘bailiff’ across the street from a courthouse. An honest field report from one room over.
What is a Dead Bell? The complete guide to GhostStop’s hand-crafted vintage-style trigger object. How the magnetometer works, how to use it well, and whether it’s worth buying.