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Ghost Rider of Picacho
Eloy, Arizona
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 Mountain
Eloy, Arizona
14.5 miles from Picacho, 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 Regional Hospital Center
Casa Grande, Arizona
16.8 miles from Picacho, 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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The Domes
Casa Grande, Arizona
17.5 miles from Picacho, 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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Casa Grande K-Mart
Casa Grande, Arizona
17.9 miles from Picacho, 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
19.2 miles from Picacho, 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 Blue Mist Motel
Florence, Arizona
22.8 miles from Picacho, 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
41.7 miles from Picacho, 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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Oracle Historical Society & Acadia Ranch Museum
Oracle, Arizona
43.1 miles from Picacho, 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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Evergreen Cemetery
Tucson, Arizona
43.3 miles from Picacho, AZ
General cemetery-style haunting - voices, shadows, eerie feelings... Embrace the cliche.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Tucson, Arizona
44.4 miles from Picacho, 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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Tiger House
Mesa, Arizona
45.2 miles from Picacho, 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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Crowne Plaza San Marcos
Chandler, Arizona
45.3 miles from Picacho, 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
45.6 miles from Picacho, 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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Pioneer Hotel
Tucson, Arizona
45.8 miles from Picacho, 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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Desert Ridge High School
Mesa, Arizona
45.8 miles from Picacho, AZ
Kids like to creep each other out with tales of the boy who roams the halls striking the lockers.
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Fox Theatre
Tucson, Arizona
45.8 miles from Picacho, AZ
Inside the theater specters apparently move objects around. Outside the theater a male ghosts is often reported to panhandle.
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Centennial Hall - University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
46 miles from Picacho, 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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Highland Junior High
Mesa, Arizona
46 miles from Picacho, 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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St. Augustine Cathedral
Tucson, Arizona
46 miles from Picacho, 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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Hotel Congress
Tucson, Arizona
46 miles from Picacho, 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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Royal Elizabeth Bed and Breakfast Inn
Tucson, Arizona
46 miles from Picacho, 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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Velasco Pueblo
Tucson, Arizona
46.2 miles from Picacho, 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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Lepsy of Dudleyville
Winkelman, Arizona
46.3 miles from Picacho, 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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San Manuel Copper Mine
Mammoth, Arizona
46.9 miles from Picacho, 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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Betty's Blues Junk Shop
Tucson, Arizona
47.2 miles from Picacho, AZ
This Tucson-area junk shop made the news in October 2013 when their security cameras caught items flying off the shelves, and strange, disembodied voices - when no one was around.
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Fred G. Acosta Job Corps Center
Tucson, Arizona
47.6 miles from Picacho, AZ
There are a variety of reports about the hauntings at the Job Corps center. Some say that the toilets flush all by themselves (no report on whether the toilets are automatic) and the water in the second floor bathrooms will turn on by itself. Others say that there are ...
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Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona
48 miles from Picacho, AZ
Tucson - Hair pulling, whispering and chairs rolling out from under you -sounds like elementary school. But in fact these are reported happenings at the Tuscon medical center. Perhaps the pranks are being pulled by the child ghost who is occasionally seen roaming the halls. There are ...
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Sabino Canyon
Tucson, Arizona
48.1 miles from Picacho, AZ
An angry wildcat ghost haunting the canyon? Well now we've heard everything.
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Dirtwater Springs Family Dining
Apache Junction, Arizona
48.4 miles from Picacho, 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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Harbor Freight Tools
Apache Junction, Arizona
48.6 miles from Picacho, 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
49.1 miles from Picacho, 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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Superstition Mountains
Gold Canyon, Arizona
49.4 miles from Picacho, 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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Sam Levitz Furniture Store
Tucson, Arizona
49.5 miles from Picacho, AZ
Employees claim to see the ghost of a former employee who died in the store.
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Buckhorn Bath's Motel and Museum
Mesa, Arizona
49.8 miles from Picacho, 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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Tucson Radisson Hotel
Tucson, Arizona
50 miles from Picacho, AZ
A ghostly girl allegedly haunts the kitchen and ballroom.
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Superstition Mountain Museum
Apache Junction, Arizona
50.5 miles from Picacho, 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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First Avenue Elementary School
San Manuel, Arizona
50.5 miles from Picacho, 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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San Xavier del Bac Mission
Tucson, Arizona
50.8 miles from Picacho, 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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8th Avenue and Extension Road
Mesa, Arizona
51.5 miles from Picacho, AZ
Reportedly haunted by a little boy who was killed while trying to cross the road.
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Ott Family YMCA
Tucson, Arizona
51.9 miles from Picacho, AZ
Things that go bump in the night. Apparently the ghost at this YMCA takes that literally as there are reports of strange banging noises. In addition, the ghost of a gray-suited man is reportedly seen often at nighttime.
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Nesbits Campground
Mesa, Arizona
52 miles from Picacho, 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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Cafe Talk - Inside The Bungalow
Mesa, Arizona
52.3 miles from Picacho, 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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Landmark Restaurant
Mesa, Arizona
52.4 miles from Picacho, 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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Palo Verde East - Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
55 miles from Picacho, AZ
Reportedly haunted by a girl who committed suicide.
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Casey Moore's Oyster House
Tempe, Arizona
55.2 miles from Picacho, 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
55.4 miles from Picacho, 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
55.4 miles from Picacho, 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
55.6 miles from Picacho, 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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Canyon Lake
Roosevelt, Arizona
58.3 miles from Picacho, 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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