Bisbee Ghost Tour

Inn at Castle Rock

The route begins at the Inn at Castle Rock, constructed in 1895 against the cliffside above an old Apache Springs cave. The script describes a tragic shooting on the premises and reports of a panicked figure dressed in 1890s clothing pacing the upper rooms as though searching from door to door.

Bisbee Grand Hotel

Look for the grand two-story hotel along Tombstone Canyon Road. The script identifies the Bisbee Grand as one of Bisbee’s haunted landmark hotels and associates it with reports of a White Lady moving along its staircase.

Subway Street

Subway Street once held saloons, gambling establishments, and nighttime gathering places for miners coming off long underground shifts. Walkers have reported phantom footsteps following behind them and the unexplained smell of old tobacco smoke drifting through the street.

The Oliver House

The Oliver House was built in 1909 by Mrs. Ida Oliver and, according to the tour script, has been associated with as many as 26 documented deaths. Among its darkest stories is a 1932 murder-suicide in the Blue Room, while Room 13 is associated with icy drafts and reports of the lingering presence of a man who was shot over an unpaid debt.

Sowles Avenue and the Old Mine Shafts

As you leave the Oliver House area, the route turns onto Sowles Avenue and crosses ground associated with old mine shafts. Local accounts included in the script describe shadowy figures slipping between the pillars in this part of the route.

City Park

City Park looks peaceful today, but the tour identifies it as the site of Bisbee’s original main cemetery. Although marked graves were moved to Evergreen Cemetery in the early 1900s, the script says unmarked graves—including those of children—were left behind; visitors and residents have since reported seeing ghostly children running and playing around the stone stairs and hearing their laughter near dusk.

Silver King Hotel

At the Silver King Hotel, look toward the upper hallway windows. Guests and the hotel’s late owner, Danielle Martinez, reportedly experienced unexplained activity here, including the sound of an injured miner dragging one heavy foot down the hallway and phantom laughter resembling a party continuing long after everyone should have gone home.

Hotel La More

Hotel La More is associated with one of the tour’s strangest apparitions: a woman with long white hair and a flowing white gown whose appearance may be preceded by the smell of lilacs. In one story, three boys encountered her warning gesture moments before rock and earth came crashing down where they had been standing; guests have also reported an unexplained cat appearing on beds despite no living animal being present.

Old Bisbee Jail

The old jail at 9 OK Street still displays barred windows from its days as a lockup. Built in 1904, the cellblock once held local drunks, brawlers, and outlaws, and the tour connects the building’s unsettling atmosphere with the people once confined behind its bars.

Copper Queen Hotel

The route approaches the Copper Queen Hotel along Howell Avenue, which the script describes as one of Arizona’s iconic haunted landmarks. The tour overview identifies the Copper Queen among Bisbee’s major haunted hotels and connects it with the apparition of Julia Lowell near the room bearing her name.

Tombstone Canyon Road

As you return to Tombstone Canyon Road, the tour reaches a disturbing piece of Bisbee mining lore. A December 1909 account described a miner in the Lowell Shaft encountering what appeared to be a headless body resting on the timbers; according to the script, two more miners later reported encountering the same headless presence underground.

Letson Loft Hotel / Letson Block

The final stop brings you to the orange-brick Letson Block. The script identifies this as the former site of the Goldwater-Castaneda Mercantile Store, where five outlaw cowboys attempted a payroll robbery in 1883 and four innocent townspeople were killed, including a pregnant woman—a tragedy local lore says still seems to cling to the building.