Ajo, Arizona Plaza courtesy of Wikipedia.
Ajo
In the 1950s, after a young couple had just married in Ajo, Arizona, they headed North on their honeymoon to Lake Tahoe. However, they never made it. Soon, they entered an area lined with hills and rocks, known as the Crater Range. About midnight, their car slammed into a boulder, and both newlyweds were killed. Today, it is said that if you drive through this area after midnight, you can see their stranded vehicle, along with the honeymooners, off to the side, trying to flag down help.
Days Inn – Reports of a tall ghost of a man have often been made of him standing next to a bed in one of the rooms.
Monte Vista Hotel – Haunted by several ghosts, including a phantom bellboy who knocks on doors, then disappears; a female ghost seen walking the halls; a 1970s bank robber who died in the lounge; and a long-ago resident of the hotel who can be heard clearing his throat and coughing. For the whole story of the Monte Vista Hotel, click HERE.
Museum Club, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Museum Club – The voice of a woman thought to be the wife of a former owner talks to people after hours. She asked one musician, “Are you done with that beer?” When he turned around, nobody was there. She’s also been seen in dark corner booths too. Occasionally, customers buy her a drink only to find that she has vanished when they return. For the whole story of the Museum Club hauntings, click HERE.
NACOG Head Start Administration Building – A woman’s apparition has often been seen in the halls, and strange phenomena continually happen in the building, including the sounds of disembodied voices. Other peculiar events include faucets that turn on and off by themselves, objects moving from one location to another, and mysteriously locked doors. Unfortunately, when staff take their keys to unlock the doors, the keys no longer work, and the doorknobs have to be replaced. Telephones ring to the front office from locked offices upstairs, even after they have been unplugged. Disembodied voices, apparitions, and objects moving from one location to another have also been reported.
Northern Arizona University – North Morton Hall – Many years ago, a girl killed herself in the dormitory just before Christmas break. According to reports, she apparently never left and is blamed for lights that go on and off of their own accord, smells, and occasional sightings. She also likes to pull the blankets off of people who stay on the floor she lived on and to “lock” girls in the bathroom. However, the bathroom door has no lock.
Readers Update: I was a student at NAU from 1988 to 89 and lived in North Morton Hall. I had heard about a ghost there but didn’t think anything of it. It’s an old building with a lot of history and creepy spaces within the hallways. The laundry room with the dryer was downstairs in the basement. Once, I took some readings down there while I did my laundry. I was the only one down there, drying my clothes in the dryer. Suddenly, the dryer door flew open. It freaked me out, and I ran to get my roommate. She had to sit with me for the rest of the drying cycle. I still think about it. Dryer doors aren’t an easy thing to open on their own. And it just didn’t open a bit… if it flew wide open. I didn’t know anything about the ghost until I read about it online. I guess “she” thought I needed company. Sheri, October 2005
Riordan House, Flagstaff, Arizona, courtesy of Arizona State Parks
Riordan House State Park – The upstairs of the magnificent log mansion at the center of this small park is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of Caroline Riordan and her daughter Anna. Caroline’s ghost is seen dutifully caring for young Anna, who died of polio. Employees and visitors have seen the apparitions of the mother and her ailing daughter. The Riordan brothers built the house, making a fortune in the lumber industry but suffering several family tragedies.
USGS Offices – Building 1 – Reportedly, people often hear clapping hands, doors opening and closing on their own, and lights that tend to flicker constantly.
Hotel Weatherford – This historic hotel has served guests since its opening on New Year’s Day in 1900, including newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, former President Theodore Roosevelt, and lawman Wyatt Earp. Along with its rich history, a couple was reportedly murdered in the hotel in the 1930s. Staff reported that an employee staying at the hotel awoke in the middle of the night to find a bride and groom sitting at the foot of the bed. Another guest also reported that during an early-morning stroll through the hotel, he saw the silhouette of a young woman darting from one side of the ballroom to the other. Other reports tell of low whispers and voices coming from the empty lounge. Hotel Weatherford, 23 N. Leroux St, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, 928-779-1919. For the whole story of the Hotel Weatherford, click HERE!
Kingman, Arizona Landscape.
In Luana’s Canyon, about two or three miles Southeast of Kingman, people reportedly hear unearthly screams in the middle of the night. During the mid-1950s, a man, his two daughters, and his fiancée traveled out of Kingman in search of gold. Expecting to stay a while, they soon built a new house in a deep, narrow canyon. The future wife and her soon-to-be stepdaughters did not get along, and the fiancée decided to take matters into her own hands the night before her wedding. She murdered the children, hiding their bodies in the house, and then took off into the canyon.
Later, when she regained her sanity, she came back screaming and moaning through the canyon, begging forgiveness for what she had done. To this day, the legend says that her moans and cries can be heard between midnight and 3:00 a.m.
Hotel Vendome in Prescott, Arizona.
Prescott
Hotel Vendome – The Hotel Vendome in Prescott is reportedly haunted by Abby Byr and her cat, Noble. At some point in the early 1900s, Abby came to Prescott in an attempt to heal herself of tuberculosis, then called “consumption.” She soon met and married a man, and the pair bought the hotel. After a while, they lost the hotel because of unpaid taxes. However, the generous new owners allowed the couple to stay at the hotel for free. At some point, when her husband went out to get medicine, he never returned. The devastated Abby refused to eat or drink and died of starvation in Room 16 in 1921. After World War II, guests began to report seeing Abby and her cat in the room where she died. Still waiting for her husband’s return, she is described as a benevolent ghost, friendly to those she encounters.
La Posada Hotel, Winslow, Arizona
The La Posada Hotel – On May 15, 1930, the famous La Posada Harvey House Hotel opened its doors. The last one in the famous Harvey Hotel and restaurant chain, Winslow, was chosen as the site because it was the headquarters of the Santa Fe Railway. During those days, Winslow grew so fast that the railroad anticipated the town would soon become another Santa Fe, New Mexico. Designed by Mary Colter, the famed Grand Canyon architect, she carefully blended the aspects of the area’s Native American and Spanish cultures into the hotel. During the heyday of Route 66, the hotel garnered even more attention as thousands of travelers passed along this historic path. As rail travel declined, La Posada closed in 1957. It has been restored today and stands as an oasis in the desert.
Given the many people and their varied stories who have passed through these historic doors, is it haunted? We couldn’t find any information, but our reader, Diane, shared her experience.
Reader’s Story:
I just got in from a road trip and know that we ran into lots of “spirits” at the La Posada in Winslow, Arizona. The manager agreed that he and his wife had seen one too. Our dog noticed it first, and that night, we found a glass moved from the closet to the bathroom—it had my dang partial in it!! Hehe… We noticed the dog staring at the closet the next morning, too. This was in the Douglas Fairbanks room. Let me know if anyone else noticed it. I thought maybe no information was on the net because of “bad publicity,” but I do not doubt that something (unseen) was “around us” in that motel. – Diane, May 2007.
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated September 2026.
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