Historic haunted places in Yuma, AZ. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
Open to visitors as a ghost-town museum (admission; seasonal hours).
At this restored 1860s silver-mining camp, the relocated hospital building draws the most reports: cold spots, light touches on the arm and the smell of carbolic acid and ether. Vi…
Downtown commercial building; exterior viewable from the sidewalk.
Yuma's oldest surviving hotel is said to be walked at night by its original owner, who knocks on and rattles the doors of upstairs rooms. A teenage girl carrying a stack of towels …
This 1901 building also holds the old Lyric Theater and the former Central Hotel upstairs, and staff report children's voices behind the theater's old screen, objects moving on the…
Museum open to the public; ticketed ghost tours depart from the gardens.
Merchant E.F. Sanguinetti is said to appear, or simply be felt, at the dining room table and in the doorways of the house where he lived. In 2023 a ghost-tour guest asked staff how…
State historic park open to the public (admission); after-dark tours offered.
Visitors entering the prison's Dark Cell describe a sudden, crushing sense of dread and a drop in temperature, and staff speak of a little girl's spirit nearby who pokes and pinche…