
Jerome Grand Hotel
Once a hospital, the Jerome Grand Hotel is said to be rife with spirits from its healthcare history
Ghost Stories of
The Jerome Grand Hotel
- The spirit of Claude Harvey is seen around the boiler and inside the elevator
- Sounds of squeaking gurneys have been reported in upper floor hallways
- A phantom cat is said to scratch at doors and meow at visitors
- Objects in the gift shop are reportedly moved and thrown by unseen forces
- Front desk workers occasionally get calls from vacant rooms, and hear strange voices through the phone
- Apparitions are seen throughout the hotel
- Children can be heard playing, laughing, and crying in certain hallways
Jerome Grand Hotel’s Hospitable History
The Jerome Grand Hotel looms over the town of Jerome, Arizona, from high up on a cliff side. A scenic position with expansive, panoramic views of the desert countryside, the Jerome Grand is a hotel with prime real estate for the purpose. But this attractive building with its wide, inviting windows and long balconies, was only recently converted into a hotel. First, the building was the United Verde Hospital, caring for Jerome’s sick and dying for decades.

Although there aren’t many obvious signs of the hotel’s healthcare past, some people say you can still hear the squeaking of gurneys, the howls of sick patients, and the bustle of nurses humming through the hotel’s halls. Could it be that specters of the old hospital still linger in Jerome’s finest inn?
Timeline of Jerome Grand Hotel's History
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Invasive Apparitions at the Jerome Grand Hotel
Along with the stories involving Claude Harvey, plenty of other paranormal reports come out of the Jerome Grand Hotel. Other apparitions have been seen throughout the building, like shadow figures of men and women sauntering halls and entering guests’ rooms without warning.

Jerome Grand Hotel’s Ghost Children…And Cats
On the higher floors, spirits of children can be heard running and playing in the hallways, and sometimes, the disembodied sounds of children crying emanate down the corridors.
These children are sometimes accompanied by a ghostly cat. The cat ghost is notorious for scratching and meowing at guest room doors throughout the night.
Jerome Grand Hotel’s Gift Shop Ghosts
On the ground floor, workers in the gift shop (which was once the hospital ER) have reported things mysteriously falling off of shelves and being tossed off of wall hooks without explanation.
Nearby, at the front desk, workers have reported calls coming in from vacant rooms. These calls, when answered, are said to include distant, low disembodied voices on the other end. But each time, the rooms are investigated and found to be completely empty.

Jerome Grand Hotel: Haunted by its History
It’s been many years since the Jerome Grand Hotel last provided care to any sick or ailing patients, but that history seems impossible to escape. Luckily, the hauntings that are said to stem from this medical past don’t seem to bother anyone. On the contrary, the ghost stories only seem to entice more people to pay a visit to Jerome and its hilltop hotel

While management is often too busy running the hotel to offer formal ghost tours or paranormal investigations, the haunted claims remain popular thanks to both a heap of local lore and the hotel’s numerous features in paranormal media, including an appearance on Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures.
So while the United Verde Hospital has been shuttered for decades, it seems some patients were never discharged and choose to stick around. Perhaps, to the spirits, hotel hospitality is just that much better than a hospital.