Scary Place: Haunted Desert Location

Julie and I went to a wicked out-of-the-way historic locale for a little impromptu ghost hunt and urban exploration road trek.

We went to a location called Kirkland, AZ and a particular historic building called the Kirkland Bar and Steakhouse. (This is actually up for sale, folks)

This old site had the top floor burn down long ago. It was a bordello and a Well's Fargo stop. In fact, the safe is still inside a concrete room from 1880.

In one of the dining halls, the 18-20 foot high ceiling had finger prints and dragging finger marks show up on the ceiling.

A madam named Mary had her throat slit in 1916. She is seen in the dance floor area. Here's the charming and creepy story... The restaurant bought some wood from a chicken coup in nearby Skull Valley. It was put onto the walls of the dance floor area and over time, Mary's face showed up on the wood and gets darker and more prominent over time --

People have reported photographic anomalies. I got one myself. I take meticulous steps when photographing and I cannot explain it. I took the shot again just to be sure and it was gone.

We did some EVP sessions that I have yet to listen to -- so many photos and videos! One room supposedly had a man ghost seen there and even photographed. I didn't get anything, but we did hear music a few times during the night that we were warned about. Considering the place is in the middle of nowhere and there are no TVs or music in the rooms--very rustic, and we were the only guests--it was pretty impressive. The place was amazing and what a history and active feeling site. I hope to go back and do a full study there. It warrants further investigation.

At one point, I put some music on the jukebox -

I sat down on the sofa and talked to the bartender and Julie when I kept looking behind me. I had an image in my mind of a tall, slender, gaunt-looking cowboy, thumbs in his back pockets of his jeans, leaning forward, stoop shouldered, to listen to us talk. I could see in my mind a light gray hat, thick hair and mustache of a light color and sunken cheeks, weatherworn skin. I don't know why I got such a strong visual, but I kept looking to see if he was there. The place is double thumbs up for an amazing AZ historic haunted find.

Outdoor Hauntings

We talk a lot about hauntings in buildings. Why would a haunting be relegated to just a structure? As a child, we had a woman screaming at our creek, a soldier wandering the thicket near the creek and a large dazed-looking African American male who wandered the grounds.

Some of the most creepy and scary haunted places are outdoors. You don't believe me? Let's review some of the best of the outdoors hauntings:



Gettysburg Battlefields (Pennsylvania):
July 1-3, 1863: Between 46,000 to 51,000 men died. Much has been reported here including apparitions, soldier units marching, gunfire, voices, and cannonball sounds. Of all outdoor haunted locations, this one has more photographic evidence, both still and video. For many, if you were to go to one outdoor location and want a "guaranteed" experience, the battlefields of Gettysburg provide.



"Suicide Forest" (Aokigahara, Mt. Fuji, Japan): You might have seen this one on "Destination Truth." This intensely thick forest, that most people get very lost inside of (on the base of Mt. Fuji) is also a popular place for people to go to off themselves. Besides the creepy artifacts one can find there left behind by those who camped before they died, there are reports of full body apparitions and voices, moaning, and crying.



Forest Clearing (Hoia-Baciu, Romania):
Another fantastic episode of "Destination Truth" covered this strange circular clearing in the woods of Romania where one of the crew members was tossed and his arm scratched up. They found no logical reason why there were no trees in this one circle in the forest. Strange lights were seen within the trees and women's voices. The man thrown said it felt like some kind of force swooped down and hit him full blast, sending him sprawling. He had scratches on his arm that was covered by a sleeve. Another crew member got sick to his stomach. These were things reported there before. In fact, it was such a great location, DT is going back there next season--yahoo! Hopefully this time, they won't fly in a plane that loses its roof as they are landing.



Bachelor's Grove Cemetery (Illinois):
This quaint countryside cemetery was actually once a favorite place for families to visit with the pond and the quiet beauty. Much is reported but not supported about colored lights, a phantom car, ghosts. Many tall tales of the history of this site and what happened there were passed down like urban legends and have since been disputed by historians. Whether or not this cemetery is haunted, it's certainly accepted as haunted by the tales that are perpetuated.


("Doll Island" (Mexico):
This location was the home of a man who felt that a girl who drowned in the canal near his land haunted the place. He placed dolls around to appease her and, over the decades, more and more dolls were added until the entire island was decorated with them. This was also a location for "Destination Truth." It was chilling and spine-tingling. I would love to do this to a backyard. It's hard to tell if there is genuine haunting here, as the land is privately owned, but DT's episode had some interesting stuff happening.

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