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Haunted, As the Listing States It

Stays whose own manager or innkeeper says, on their own site, that the place is haunted, names the ghost, or describes the haunting.

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The standard is the operator's own words: the manager's or innkeeper's site must say the home or inn is haunted, name its ghost, or describe a haunting. Ghost-tour scripts and third-party lists do not count.

Dates worth knowing

  • Oct 2 to 3, 2026Jerome Historical Society Ghost Walk, Jerome, AZSource
  • Oct 31, 2026Halloween in Savannah, the peak ghost-tour weekSource
  • Jan 22 to 23, 2027Eureka Springs Paranormal Weekend at the Crescent HotelSource

Most famous haunted stays are famous because a tour guide or a TV show said so. Their own listings often say nothing, or quietly say the opposite. This club is for the operators who put it in writing themselves: a named ghost, a haunted room number, a page titled Haunted History. The quote is on the card so you can judge the claim for yourself.

Eleven stays from eleven operators across eight states: one whole-house rental and ten independent inns and historic hotels, every one booked direct on the operator's own site. Each links to the operator; you book with them.

Browse here11 stays, 11 operators, one reason to be on the same page.
Book with the managerEvery link goes to the company's own booking site. Prices, photos, and availability live there.
Or send your dates"Check dates" forwards your dates and party size to the manager and opens their page.

The stays

What qualifies, exactlyThe operator's own listing or site (the rooms page, the property page, or a haunted-history page on the same site) must state in its own words that the home or inn is haunted, name its ghost, or describe a haunting. The authority is the operator, not a ghost tour, a directory, or a TV appearance. Whole-house rentals must be on the manager's own booking site; inns must be independent and take bookings on their own site. Chains and corporate hotel groups are excluded. Where a site does not say who owns the inn, the card says so.

Savannah and the Southeast

Event site

Savannah, GA and St. Augustine, FL.

Be Our GastonPreview from Be Our Gaston's listing

The Garden of Good

Savannah, GA · Be Our Gaston
Sleeps 2
Listing: a studio carriage house on Gaston Street, a block from Forsyth Park; the only whole-house rental in the club.
Listing states: “Manager's Friendly Ghost page: 'Tricks exudes a playful and, well, tricky, spirit, often interacting with our guests by playing with the light over the stove.'” Source, manager's site, checked September 2026.
See the home
Found on Be Our Gaston's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Kehoe HousePreview from Kehoe House's listing

Kehoe House

Savannah, GA · Kehoe House
Inn, 13 rooms; part of Verdigreen, a Savannah group of four inns
Site: an 1892 mansion on Columbia Square that served as a funeral home for much of the twentieth century.
Listing states: “Inn's Haunting page: 'ghost stories abound at Kehoe House, a four-story mansion built in 1892.' Annie and William Kehoe are 'commonly reported apparitions' appearing 'in Room 201 and the mansion's cupola.'” Source, manager's site, checked September 2026.
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Found on Kehoe House's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
St. Francis InnPreview from St. Francis Inn's listing

St. Francis Inn

St. Augustine, FL · St. Francis Inn
Inn, owner-operated (the Finnegans, innkeepers since 1985)
Site: a 1791 inn near St. George Street; Lily's Room is a top-floor queen bookable by name.
Listing states: “Inn's Our Haunted History: 'Some believe that the ghost of a young house servant haunts St. Francis Inn. She has become known as Lily, and strange happenings reported in one third-floor Inn room led to it being named Lily's Room.'” Source, manager's site, checked September 2026.
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Found on St. Francis Inn's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Gettysburg and New England

Event site

Gettysburg, PA and Fall River, MA.

Farnsworth House InnPreview from Farnsworth House Inn's listing

Farnsworth House Inn

Gettysburg, PA · Farnsworth House Inn
Inn, 12 rooms, family-run since 1972
Site: twelve Victorian rooms in an 1810 house with over 100 bullet holes in the walls; breakfast included.
Listing states: “Rooms page, Jeremy's Room: 'Named for Jeremy, the beloved child spirit said to reside in the Farnsworth House. Guests often leave coins by the casket in the cellar in his memory.'” Source, as displayed on the listing, September 2026.
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Found on Farnsworth House Inn's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Lizzie Borden House (US Ghost Adventures)

Lizzie Borden House

Fall River, MA · Lizzie Borden House (US Ghost Adventures)
Inn, 2 suites and 4 rooms, owned and operated by a ghost-tour company
Site: the 1892 murder house run as an inn with breakfast; first floor and basement open to guests all night.
Listing states: “Site headline: 'America's Most Haunted House located in Fall River, Massachusetts.' The stay page invites guests to 'engage in some ghost hunting' in the common areas overnight.” Source, manager's site, checked September 2026.
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Found on Lizzie Borden House (US Ghost Adventures)'s site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Bourbon Country and the Ozarks

Event site

Bardstown, KY and Eureka Springs, AR.

Old Talbott Tavern

Old Talbott Tavern

Bardstown, KY · Old Talbott Tavern
Inn and tavern, family-owned since 1964; the Talbott Inn next door has 15 rooms
Site: a stone tavern on Court Square operating since the late 1700s, rooms above the world's oldest bourbon bar.
Listing states: “Tavern's Ghost Encounters page: 'The most famous ghostly visitor is supposedly Jesse James. Another is the lady in white. They always appear as apparitions.'” Source, manager's site, checked September 2026.
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Found on Old Talbott Tavern's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
1886 Crescent Hotel and SpaPreview from 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa's listing

1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa

Eureka Springs, AR · 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa
Historic hotel, owner-operated (the proprietor lives on the fifth floor); room count not stated
Site: an 1886 mountaintop hotel; the ghosts page names Michael, Theodora and the ghost in the morgue among the resident spirits.
Listing states: “Guest Rooms page, Theodora's Room: 'One of our most popular active rooms in Americas Most Haunted Hotel, Theodora's Room (Room 419). Nothing is better than going home and proudly saying, Nurse Theodora moved my luggage!'” Source, as displayed on the listing, September 2026.
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Found on 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Arizona and the Old West

Event site

Jerome, Bisbee and Flagstaff, AZ, and Deadwood, SD.

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, AZ · Jerome Grand Hotel
Historic hotel, 29 rooms, family-owned since 1994
Site: the former United Verde Hospital, each of 29 rooms unique to the conversion; the original 1926 elevator. The softest claim in the club, and the owner's hedge is quoted.
Listing states: “Hotel History page, under Is the Hotel haunted: visiting psychics reported that 'the Head Nurse' was 'upset with the removal of the desks' from the old hospital dispensary; after the desks were returned 'the Head Nurse has made no more complaints.' The owner adds he 'is not into hauntings nor ghost stories.'” Source, manager's site, checked September 2026.
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Found on Jerome Grand Hotel's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Copper Queen Hotel

Copper Queen Hotel

Bisbee, AZ · Copper Queen Hotel
Historic hotel, independent; ownership not stated on the site
Site: a 1902 Phelps Dodge hotel on the National Register; Julia Lowell's Room 315 and Billy's Room 412 bookable by name.
Listing states: “Rooms page, Billy's Room: 'Step into the realm of the supernatural in Room 412, the haunted accommodation known as Billy's Room.' The Our Ghosts section says 'the spirits of Julia Lowell and the ghostly child Billy are said to roam alongside spectral miners.'” Source, as displayed on the listing, September 2026.
See the rooms
Found on Copper Queen Hotel's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Hotel Monte Vista

Hotel Monte Vista

Flagstaff, AZ · Hotel Monte Vista
Historic hotel, independent, opened 1927; current ownership not stated on the site
Site: a 1927 downtown Flagstaff hotel; haunted rooms bookable by style.
Listing states: “Rooms page lists 'haunted rooms available in this style.' The About page's Ghost Stories name them: the Meat Man in Room 220, a woman in the rocking chair in Room 305, two women thrown from the window of Room 306, and the Phantom Bellboy.” Source, as displayed on the listing, September 2026.
See the rooms
Found on Hotel Monte Vista's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Historic Bullock HotelPreview from Historic Bullock Hotel's listing

Historic Bullock Hotel

Deadwood, SD · Historic Bullock Hotel
Historic hotel with casino, independent; room count and ownership not stated on the site
Site: Deadwood's first hotel on Main Street; Jacuzzi suites and a 24-hour casino.
Listing states: “Homepage: 'walk through the very same rooms and hallways that Deadwood's first Sheriff, Seth Bullock, still proudly haunts.' The Legend page: 'items are inexplicably moved by unseen hands, and showers turn on, seemingly, of their own accord.'” Source, manager's site, checked September 2026.
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Found on Historic Bullock Hotel's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Also on record

The common failure in this club: places everyone calls haunted whose own listing says nothing, or says the opposite. Also here: qualifying claims we could not use because the booking is Airbnb-only, the rooms page would not load, or the site's own history says the owner is a corporation; plus the audience.

  • Southern Belle Vacation Rentals, Savannah (its own blog promises rentals will be 'ghost-free and comfortable'). Lucky Savannah (no haunted language anywhere). Cashtown Inn, Gettysburg (Civil War history only; the one supernatural mention is a guest review). Hotel Provincial, New Orleans and 20 South Battery, Charleston (no ghost language on the site)., various: source, checked September 2026
  • The Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville (homepage says one of America's most haunted homes; the accommodations page blocked the fetch, so no rooms URL could be verified)., St. Francisville, LA: source, checked September 2026
  • Gold Hill Hotel, Virginia City (rooms page names Rosie's Room and William's Room as haunted, the best rooms-page claim found, but the site's own history says it was sold to the Comstock Mining Company in 2011). The Haunted Magnolia Hotel, Seguin TX (names its spirits; Airbnb only). The Marshall House, Savannah (hotel-group scale)., various: source, checked September 2026
  • Would not load: Daniels House Inn (Salem), Inn at 22 Jackson (Cape May), Silver Queen (Virginia City), Ghost City Inn rooms page (Jerome), Tombstone Bordello. The 1859 National Hotel domain now serves an unrelated site., various: source, checked September 2026
  • Audience: Ghost City Tours (walking tours in Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans, St. Augustine, Gettysburg; publishes haunted-places guides; owns no lodging). Haunt Jaunts (a haunted-travel publication)., audience: source, checked September 2026
The Note behind this club · September 9, 2026

If the ghost is not on your own site, you are not haunted

Most famous haunted stays are famous because a tour guide said so. Their own sites say nothing, or the opposite. Southern Belle Vacation Rentals in Savannah has a blog post promising its rentals will be ghost-free and comfortable. Lucky Savannah says nothing.

This is a standard club. The standard is the operator's own published claim, quoted on the card: the site says the place is haunted, names the ghost, or describes the haunting. StayClubs certifies nothing, least of all a ghost. You read the quote and judge.

Eleven stays, eleven operators

Eight states. One whole-house rental qualified: Be Our Gaston's Garden of Good in Savannah, whose Friendly Ghost page says Tricks plays with the light over the stove. Ten inns and hotels. Kehoe House puts Annie and William in Room 201. St. Francis Inn has Lily's Room, bookable by name. Farnsworth House has Jeremy's Room, coins by the casket in the cellar. Old Talbott Tavern offers Jesse James and the lady in white. The Crescent's Room 419: Nurse Theodora moved my luggage. Copper Queen sells Billy's Room 412. The Bullock says Seth Bullock still proudly haunts the hallways.

Jerome Grand Hotel is the softest claim in the club. Its history page says visiting psychics reported the Head Nurse was upset about desks removed from the old dispensary; the desks went back, the complaints stopped. Then the owner adds he is not into hauntings nor ghost stories. The card quotes him.

Who owns the ghost

Three hotels do not say who owns them: Copper Queen, Hotel Monte Vista, Historic Bullock. The cards say so. Gold Hill Hotel in Virginia City had the best rooms-page claim I found, but its own history says it sold to the Comstock Mining Company in 2011. A mining company is a corporate owner. On record, not in. The Haunted Magnolia in Seguin names its spirits, Airbnb only.

Who should own this

Ghost City Tours. It runs walking tours in Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans, St. Augustine and Gettysburg, publishes haunted-places guides, and owns no lodging. That is why it beats US Ghost Adventures, which owns the Lizzie Borden House; an owner cannot referee its own inn. Haunt Jaunts is the alternative.

For the operators

Every link carries a tag. Check dates sends the guest's dates and party size to you and opens your page. Changes: hello@stayclubs.com, same day.

Say it on your own site or it does not count.

Facts on the club page are what each operator's own site states, checked September 2026.

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