Haunted Places in Cactus Forest, Arizona



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    The Blue Mist Motel

    Florence, Arizona

    6 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Ghost Rider of Picacho

    Eloy, Arizona

    20 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Casa Grande Regional Hospital Center

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    23.3 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Casa Grande Mountain

    Eloy, Arizona

    24.5 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Casa Grande K-Mart

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    24.7 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

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


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    Cafe de Manuel

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    25.9 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    The Domes

    Casa Grande, Arizona

    28.2 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Williams Air Force Base

    Mesa, Arizona

    30.9 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Superstition Mountains

    Gold Canyon, Arizona

    32.9 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    If you've ever heard the story of the Lost Dutchman's Mine, the Superstition Mountains is where it is rumored to be located. Some claim the mine is cursed and others that the hauntings are entities protecting the location. Strange lights and shadows are seen throughout the area.


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    Tiger House

    Mesa, Arizona

    33.2 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Desert Ridge High School

    Mesa, Arizona

    33.2 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

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


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    Lepsy of Dudleyville

    Winkelman, Arizona

    34.1 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    This urban legend revolves around an evil man, Lepsy, who would apparently hire migrant workers and then kill them when the work was complete rather than paying them. Supposedly the canyon where he killed them is still haunted by the cries of his victims.


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    Dirtwater Springs Family Dining

    Apache Junction, Arizona

    34.2 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Highland Junior High

    Mesa, Arizona

    34.9 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Superstition Mountain Museum

    Apache Junction, Arizona

    35.2 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    This museum documenting the local history of the area is believed to be haunted. Staff claim to have heard disembodied footsteps and strange noises in the museum after closing time, as well as a display that likes to move around the museum of its own accord. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Harbor Freight Tools

    Apache Junction, Arizona

    35.3 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Jefferson Park

    Mesa, Arizona

    37.4 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Crowne Plaza San Marcos

    Chandler, Arizona

    38.5 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Buckhorn Bath's Motel and Museum

    Mesa, Arizona

    38.5 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Chandler High School

    Chandler, Arizona

    38.6 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Bullion Plaza Historic Museum

    Miami, Arizona

    39.3 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    This historic museum now houses a large collection of minerals and artefacts relevant to the past of the town, but some other relics of the towns past are also reportedly preserved through numerous ghost stories surrounding the museum. The third floor is reportedly haunted by a malevolent spirit, which ...


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    Nesbits Campground

    Mesa, Arizona

    40 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Oracle Historical Society & Acadia Ranch Museum

    Oracle, Arizona

    40.3 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    Unexplained sounds, ghostly footsteps and other unexplained phenomena are reported at the Acadia. A former TB hospital many claim that a former nurse who contracted TB and died still wanders the halls.


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    San Manuel Copper Mine

    Mammoth, Arizona

    40.9 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    Ghostly workers and lights where no lights should be make up the haunting legend of the San Manuel Copper Mine.


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    Canyon Lake

    Roosevelt, Arizona

    41.6 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    My wife and 23 year old daughter "Charlotte" went camping in April 2016 at "Beer Can Point" which is a small camp ground with a boat dock at Canyon Lake AZ. The camp ground is only accessible by boat. Charlotte My wife and 23 year old daughter "Charlotte" went camping in ...


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    Old Dominion Commercial Company Building

    Globe, Arizona

    43.1 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    This historic building was formerly a general merchandise store, and is allegedly haunted by two apparitions. On the second floor, visitors claim to have heard disembodied footsteps. It is believed that these belong to an elderly bookkeeper who passed away in the building, and who is now forever searching ...


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    8th Avenue and Extension Road

    Mesa, Arizona

    43.1 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

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


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    Globe High School

    Globe, Arizona

    43.2 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    Creaking floors, ghostly voices and a haunted bathroom? Better than going to school at Hogwarts!


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    Cafe Talk - Inside The Bungalow

    Mesa, Arizona

    43.5 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Noftsger Hill Bed and Breakfast

    Globe, Arizona

    43.5 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    Lights that appear where no lights should be, spectral children and full body apparitions. Seems some children haven't left this former school.


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    Landmark Restaurant

    Mesa, Arizona

    43.8 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    First Avenue Elementary School

    San Manuel, Arizona

    46.9 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    This urban legend revolves around the ghost of a young boy who is rumored to have died after falling off the merry-go-round and hitting his head or being crushed by the apparatus itself. The ghost appears to be holding his head and cries before vanishing.


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    Palo Verde East - Arizona State University

    Tempe, Arizona

    47.7 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    Reportedly haunted by a girl who committed suicide.


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    Casey Moore's Oyster House

    Tempe, Arizona

    48.1 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Trails

    Tempe, Arizona

    48.2 miles from Cactus Forest, 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

    48.2 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Monti's La Casa Vieja

    Tempe, Arizona

    48.4 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Theodore Roosevelt Lake

    Tonto Basin, Arizona

    50.6 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    The man-made lake is said to be haunted. An undiscovered Indian burial ground is reportedly the source of the "haunting' of Roosevelt Lake. The haunting appears to be limited to an uneasy feeling that people get. Whether Roosevelt lake has ghosts, it most certainly has ghost towns ...


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    Ashbrook Wash

    Fountain Hills, Arizona

    51.3 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    Legend claims that cold spots, ghostly noises and shadows that follow you can be found in this spot. There is also tales of a young woman who was murdered here and some people claim you can hear her screams.


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    Evergreen Cemetery

    Tucson, Arizona

    52 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

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


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    Sabino Canyon

    Tucson, Arizona

    53.2 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    An angry wildcat ghost haunting the canyon? Well now we've heard everything.


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    McDowell Mountains

    Fountain Hills, Arizona

    53.7 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    The Mcdowell Mountains are a great range of mountains, and there are a lot of homes at the base of the mountains. I live here, and I heard from a neighbor once, and heard from my brother that there are reports of a ghost plane flying overhead that makes a ...


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    St. Mary's Hospital

    Tucson, Arizona

    53.9 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Centennial Hall - University of Arizona

    Tucson, Arizona

    54.6 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

    Reputed to be haunted by both a male and female ghost. The female gets the blame for all the nasty bits of ghosting (of course) while the male ghost is seen as a more benign presence. Supposedly the female ghost is prone to pushing people down the stairs. ...


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    Pioneer Hotel

    Tucson, Arizona

    54.8 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Rosson House Museum

    Phoenix, Arizona

    54.8 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    Fox Theatre

    Tucson, Arizona

    54.9 miles from Cactus Forest, AZ

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


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    Hotel Congress

    Tucson, Arizona

    55 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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    St. Augustine Cathedral

    Tucson, Arizona

    55.1 miles from Cactus Forest, 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

    55.1 miles from Cactus Forest, 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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