This coming weekend the Ghost tour at the San Carlos will come to an end. Its 10 bucks a head and you should make reservations if interested. Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy were all guests and have special suites there. Worthwhile for the historical aspect if anything. The tour begins in the lobby and then the 7th floor, 3rd floor, 2nd floor, pool area and finally the basement. Too many mirrors and glass ornamental pieces throughout, so you get a lot of reflections from the flashes. They also said some hear a ringing bell,though theres no bell located on the premises. We saw at least 3 old fire bells in the building. Not good for a scare but a cool historical first person walkthrough. The groups are very large, 40-50 people right now, so the best thing to do his hang back and check stuff out on your own in private. It was fun watching these new ager women holding onto the well pipe and chanting.......they kept going on about the vibrations. Anyhow, try not to laugh when they talk about the ghost vortex and compare it to Star Trek. Heres a little info:
1874 "Phoenix's first school is built"
Both the Hotel San Carlos and its location of Central and Monroe avenues have a long and pivotal role in Phoenix history. Of significant importance is the hotel's site where Native Americans once worshipped the God of learning. Perhaps because of this, Phoenix's first school, a small, one room adobe building with only a dirt floor, was built here in 1874. That structure was replaced in 1879 with a two-story brick building of four rooms and a bell tower. This new structure was the fourth brick building erected in Phoenix. There were no buildings of any kind on Central Avenue (then Center Street) north of the school
1928"Shattered love prompts self-destruction"
On May 7, 1928, Miss Leone Jenson, 22, apparently heartbroken from the lost love of a bell boy at a nearby hotel, ended her life by jumping off the roof of the seven story Hotel San Carlos - garbed in a smart evening gown, perfect for an evening of dancing. Since her death, sightings have been reported by witnesses who believe to have seen the white cloud of a woman's figure, accompanied by unexplainable breezes.
"Youthful spirit continues for Phoenix landmark"
There are confirmed reports that the ghosts of three young boys have been heard running through the halls of the San Carlos. The unexplained sounds of children laughing and running could be the ghostly presence from the first elementary schoolhouse located in Phoenix, where the hotel now sits. Furthermore, The San Carlos water well, originally built for the schoolhouse in 1874 and still operating in the hotel's basement, is believed to be the center of a countercurrent. Native Americans used the ground and underlying water sources as a site for worshipping the God of learning. Consequently, guests visiting the San Carlos claim to feel the spiritual aura of the historic water flow.
San Carlos Ghost tour ends
I forgot to post the link for the tour.
www.ghostsofphoenix.com
You can get great pictures of orbs if you wait at the back of the tour group and wait for the procession to kick up lots of dust in the basement. The only thing we got that was weird was after filming the San Calos sign outside, my buddy took a digital picture with what appears to be a clock suspended in the air away from the chase building. We could not get the clock to appear in any other pics.
Anyone who wants a nice tour of old phoenix this would be a nice way to wrap up the evening. Check out Jackson street and work your way north using the handy maps in Dr Glovers and Corbins books. Watch out for the street creatures though. Theres always a big group gathered around Julias old residence. The other large group is always around the pioneer cemetary if you continue west on Jackson.
www.ghostsofphoenix.com
You can get great pictures of orbs if you wait at the back of the tour group and wait for the procession to kick up lots of dust in the basement. The only thing we got that was weird was after filming the San Calos sign outside, my buddy took a digital picture with what appears to be a clock suspended in the air away from the chase building. We could not get the clock to appear in any other pics.
Anyone who wants a nice tour of old phoenix this would be a nice way to wrap up the evening. Check out Jackson street and work your way north using the handy maps in Dr Glovers and Corbins books. Watch out for the street creatures though. Theres always a big group gathered around Julias old residence. The other large group is always around the pioneer cemetary if you continue west on Jackson.