There must be some residual spirit energy left over from all those souls, right? Right.
Ghostly
figures, sounds, unexplained orbs of light and other paranormal
activity permeate the halls of this ghost-hunting cult mecca high above
the turn-of-the-century Yavapai County mining town making it one of the
most haunted places in Arizona.
“We were skeptical
and didn't believe it in the beginning,” says general manager Chris
Altherr, whose father Bob and uncle Larry bought the boarded-up
30,000-square-foot building from the old Phelps Dodge Corporation in
1994 after laying fallow for more than 40 years. “We only had six rooms
open at first and immediately began receiving reports from guests
hearing voices and a (hospital gurney) in the hallways, but no one was
there.”
Scores of visitor accounts
Whether
or not you believe in ghosts — or more specifically ghosts at the
Jerome Grand — scores of visitors have signed guest books in the lobby
noting their experiences.
“We fill a 300-page journal each year,” Altherr says. “We have four or five of them right now.”
Activity
happens throughout the hotel, but the third floor in particular. Most
of the deaths occurred in the operating room there. The sound of a
hospital gurney, wheels across the floor, spook the uninitiated.
“We've made changes with carpet and you can still hear it at 3 in the morning,” Altherr says.
Guests also report the ghost of a cat on the third floor. Like a feline jumping onto the bed and walking around.
