Haunted Places in Ventana, Arizona



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    The Domes

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    36.3 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Construction began on an electronics plant on this spot in 1982, but it was never completed - all that remains are several concrete "domes" that are now a local hotspot for ghost hunters, teenagers and vandals. The domes are starting to cave in, and this is all private property, ...


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    Guest House Inn

    Ajo, Arizona

    37.1 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This 1925 inn is situated in a picturesque desert town, and is rumoured to be haunted. Dating back to the days of the gold rush, the apparition here is that of a ghostly miner who appears in guest rooms. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Rt. 85 - Crater Range

    Ventana, Arizona

    37.6 miles from Ventana, AZ

    A couple driving along this stretch of Route 85 (called Crater Range, about ten miles north of Ajo, AZ) in the 1950s, on their way to their honeymoon in Lake Tahoe, were killed when their car struck a rock on the side of the road. Locals swear that if ...


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    Casa Grande Mountain

    Eloy, Arizona

    39.7 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Drive around the deserted roads in Casa Grande Mountain Park and you might run into a mysterious dark mist that tends to follow cars and hikers around the area.


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    Cafe de Manuel

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    40.5 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This building was once a house and a 7-11, before it became a restaurant, and staff believe that several ghosts remain on the premises from the building's former residents.


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    Casa Grande K-Mart

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    41.1 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Employees swear the ghost of a man haunts the store at night, particularly around the toy area.


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    Casa Grande Regional Hospital Center

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    42.2 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Patients and staff agree that weird things go on in this hospital. Footsteps and strange noises can't always be accounted for, and strange things pop in and out of sight at the strangest moments.


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    Ghost Rider of Picacho

    Eloy, Arizona

    46.5 miles from Ventana, AZ

    The name kind of says it all, doesn't it? A ghostly apparition of a man on a horse, riding the range.


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    Crowne Plaza San Marcos

    Chandler, Arizona

    62.4 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Originally the "San Marcos Hotel," this has now been bought and sold several times until it became the Crowne Plaza San Marcos. The hotel was originally built in 1913 for $100,000, and hosted such luminaries as Herbert Hoover, Joan Crawford and Fred Astaire. Locals know it as a ...


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    Chandler High School

    Chandler, Arizona

    62.6 miles from Ventana, AZ

    One of the oldest high schools in Arizona, it was founded in 1914, two years after the city was founded. The oldest part of the building, called "Old Main", seems to be the hottest part for paranormal activity. Voices and ghostly apparitions are experienced on the second floor.


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    The Blue Mist Motel

    Florence, Arizona

    63.6 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This location is just down the street from the Florence prison. As a child living in the area (in fact, I lived down the street from the motel myself - directly across the street from the prison,) I heard about the horrific events that took place at the Blue Mist ...


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    Williams Air Force Base

    Mesa, Arizona

    66.9 miles from Ventana, AZ

    It is a designated Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants. In what is now the VA hospital, there are numerous reports of a male ghost who has been seen roaming the halls.


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    Wildflower School

    Goodyear, Arizona

    68.2 miles from Ventana, AZ

    People report singing that can be heard in one of the bathrooms. Is it located next to the choir room or are there ghostly happenings?


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    Casey Moore's Oyster House

    Tempe, Arizona

    68.2 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Haunted by the ghost of a girl who was murdered in an upstairs room. Allegedly she expresses her displeasure whenever there is a romantic couple in the Oyster House.


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    8th Avenue and Extension Road

    Mesa, Arizona

    68.5 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Reportedly haunted by a little boy who was killed while trying to cross the road.


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    Palo Verde East - Arizona State University

    Tempe, Arizona

    68.5 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Reportedly haunted by a girl who committed suicide.


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    Trails

    Tempe, Arizona

    68.6 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Many customers and employees of this store in Tempe claim that it is haunted. People claim to have seen the ghost of a young woman on the stairs and the sounds of footsteps coming from above when there is no one on the second level. Doors open and close ...


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    Hotel Casa Loma

    Tempe, Arizona

    68.6 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This famous abode-style hotel is now a café, but has a rich and glamorous past. Staff and diners in the café on the ground floor claim to here disembodied footsteps on the upper levels, while a worker sighted the apparition of a young girl on several occasions while the ...


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    San Carlos Hotel

    Phoenix, Arizona

    68.7 miles from Ventana, AZ

    ALthough there are apparently numerous ghostly events at the San Carlos, the most famous is that of Leone Jensen who killed herself by jumping from the roof of the newly completed hotel. Although the legend paints her a "romantic" figure, leaping to her death over a broken heart and a ...


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    Rosson House Museum

    Phoenix, Arizona

    68.8 miles from Ventana, AZ

    The gothic mansion was built in 1895 for a doctor and his family, and is now a museum. Caretakers have reported a spirit who locks doors, and have heard an unknown entity wandering through the building after closing hours. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Monti's La Casa Vieja

    Tempe, Arizona

    68.8 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This old hacienda style abode was converted to a restaurant in the 1950's, and has been in successful operation for over a half a century. The building the restaurant is housed in is over a century old, and staff and diners have reported odd paranormal occurrences in tow of ...


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    Fifth Ave and West McKinley

    Phoenix, Arizona

    69.1 miles from Ventana, AZ

    I love ghost stories that attempt to convince you with their specificity. For example if you look up this haunting on other ghost sites, you'll find this: " A nine year-old girl was killed tragically on August 6,1995, by a hit and run driver. " That's pretty specific in ...


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    Landmark Restaurant

    Mesa, Arizona

    69.4 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Housed inside a former church, some of the phenomena reported at this restaurant includes ghostly voices, pots and pans moving around by themselves and faucets turning on and off of their own accord. Probably the apparition of an angry parishioner. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Old Spaghetti Factory

    Phoenix, Arizona

    69.6 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This old restaurant was formerly a furniture store and private residence, and locals and staff claim the bright, cheerful restaurant had a gloomier, darker past. A female apparition in the basement and an old man floating through the hallways as if looking for someone have both been reported, and ...


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    Cafe Talk - Inside The Bungalow

    Mesa, Arizona

    69.8 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Once called "Cafe Talk" - this business is now called "Inside the Bungalow", in the same building. The ghost of a man and a little girl haunt this cafe. Allegedly the man's shadow can be seen moving from room to room.


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    Highland Junior High

    Mesa, Arizona

    69.9 miles from Ventana, AZ

    The ghost of a young girl is said to haunt the locker room of the middle school. She slams lockers, flushes toilets and turns the automatic hand dryers on. Legend claims that a young girl was killed on the farmland that the school now stands on. Some locals ...


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    Tiger House

    Mesa, Arizona

    71 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This small, unassuming house has a dark and evil history, and was built over the top of a cemetery. Paranormal investigators and visitors to the house have reported screams, moans, sobs, and ghostly piano music. On another occasion, a man was slapped in the face by an unseen entity. (Submitted ...


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    51st Avenue & Indian School Road

    Phoenix, Arizona

    71.2 miles from Ventana, AZ

    A woman who was reportedly killed by a car while walking down the road is said to haunt the street and this intersection in particular.


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    Desert Ridge High School

    Mesa, Arizona

    72.3 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Kids like to creep each other out with tales of the boy who roams the halls striking the lockers.


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    Buckhorn Bath's Motel and Museum

    Mesa, Arizona

    72.7 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This historic motel and museum is believed to be haunted. Visitors to the building claim to have strange voices, screams, sobs and ghostly laughter. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Jefferson Park

    Mesa, Arizona

    72.9 miles from Ventana, AZ

    The ghost of a murdered woman allegedly roams the park and can be seen in the hour leading up to midnight.


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    Mary Coyle's Ice Cream Parlour

    Phoenix, Arizona

    73.2 miles from Ventana, AZ

    The former owner of this busy ice cream café and malt shop never really left, according to staff and diners. Much of the paranormal activity in the building is centred around a portrait hung on the wall. If the painting is taken down, there are reports that poltergeist activity ...


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    The Hermosa Inn

    Paradise Valley, Arizona

    74 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Alonzo Megargee, the original owner of the inn, has been seen in a cowboy outfit in the bar and foyer area. Toilets flush by themselves, bottles shatter and glasses break when no one is around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Bryan Apartments

    Glendale, Arizona

    74.1 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Not much information can be found about the hauntings that supposedly occur at these apartment buildings. Rumor has it there might have been a murder and the caretaker reportedly left in a hurry do to ghostly happenings.


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    Pizza Hut - Glendale

    Glendale, Arizona

    74.2 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Are the ghosts of Glendale a fan of pepperoni pizza? Patrons report hearing children talking (at a pizza joint? No way!) and babies crying. More significantly, people claim that the faucets in the bathroom turn on and off by themselves.


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    St. Mary's Hospital

    Tucson, Arizona

    74.4 miles from Ventana, AZ

    St. Mary's is apparently a very active haunting site. Numerous and varied claims of sightings have been reported. Many of the stories revolve around the elevators, especially people entering the elevators before disappearing. However the most famous of the ghost is that of a nun who walks ...


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    Evergreen Cemetery

    Tucson, Arizona

    75 miles from Ventana, AZ

    General cemetery-style haunting - voices, shadows, eerie feelings... Embrace the cliche.


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    Harbor Freight Tools

    Apache Junction, Arizona

    75.3 miles from Ventana, AZ

    An old man died of a heart attack in the bathroom over a decade ago. He can be distinctly seen at a distance in the aisles in the main store and in the warehouse in the back, but with any attempt to approach him or get a closer look he ...


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    East Circle Road - Jo Jo's Alley

    Phoenix, Arizona

    75.4 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Strange lights and reports of something banging on the roof of your car as you drive down this alley.


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    Nesbits Campground

    Mesa, Arizona

    75.4 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Though it is completely developed today, the former Nesbits campground is reportedly haunted. Although it is allegedly a former "Satanic ritual" spot, this is only folklore to sucker the credulous. There are reports of laughter, cold spots and shadows.


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    19th Avenue and Northern Avenue

    Phoenix, Arizona

    75.6 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Before the area was renovated this spot was a local favorite for teenagers wishing to creep themselves out. Rumors abound regarding every eerie and unexplained phenomena in the former derelict buildings. No updates on whether the new shopping plaza continues to experience the same haunted happenings as ...


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    Pioneer Hotel

    Tucson, Arizona

    76.1 miles from Ventana, AZ

    A fire broke out in the hotel in the 70's and killed almost 30 people. It seems that many believe that at least some of those who perished in the fire have stayed behind and continue to haunt the hotel.


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    Fox Theatre

    Tucson, Arizona

    76.1 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Inside the theater specters apparently move objects around. Outside the theater a male ghosts is often reported to panhandle.


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    St. Augustine Cathedral

    Tucson, Arizona

    76.2 miles from Ventana, AZ

    My dad said that in 1983 he was at mass and he went to the restroom and he saw an apparition of an elderly lady in all black lying on the floor when he looked at her she disappeared. He later found it was St. Catherine Drexel, the founder ...


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    Royal Elizabeth Bed and Breakfast Inn

    Tucson, Arizona

    76.3 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This 19th century inn previously served as the offices and home of the prominent Judge Blenman, who still haunts the building to this day. He still haunts the patio area and the Sydney Marie Suite at the front of the inn, which served as his law office. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    San Xavier del Bac Mission

    Tucson, Arizona

    76.3 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of a nun and children who are alleged to have died in a schoolhouse fire.


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    Velasco Pueblo

    Tucson, Arizona

    76.3 miles from Ventana, AZ

    This house dates back to the 1850's, and was renovated a number of times before the death of Senor Velasco. The house began to fall into gradual disrepair, until it was finally restored by owners, who were the first to note the presence of a ghost. While working in the ...


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    Hotel Congress

    Tucson, Arizona

    76.4 miles from Ventana, AZ

    Hotel Congress is probably best known for the role it played in the capture of John Dillinger and his gang of outlaws, but there are apparently several ghosts who lay claim to the Congress. At least two suicides there have reportedly led to hauntings in the rooms in which they ...


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    Dirtwater Springs Family Dining

    Apache Junction, Arizona

    76.9 miles from Ventana, AZ

    The family dining restaurant may serve up diners more than just delicious meals; it is rumoured that some of the ghost stories surrounding the old building are true. Patrons have heard the ghostly noise of a tinkling bell, and have seen an elderly woman who used to own the ...


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    Sahuaro Ranch Park

    Glendale, Arizona

    76.9 miles from Ventana, AZ

    There are a couple of ghosts haunting Sahuaro. Local history claims that the owner of the ranch in the 19th century still resides there and visitors often claim to see a woman in a long dress disappearing around a corner.


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