Walk Hot Springs's most haunted locations. 13 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Mobsters, murder, and thermal water that promised miracles it couldn't deliver — Hot Springs haunts differently. The most haunted places here aren't just old buildings; they're crime scenes. Al Capone ran operations from Suite 443 of the Arlington Hotel in the 1920s. In 1933, a gambler named Eddie Flynn was shot dead in the basement of the Ohio Club, open since 1905 and still pouring drinks. Beneath Malvern Avenue, a tunnel network connected speakeasies and gambling dens — five men were shot underground during a 1931 turf war. At Lake Hamilton's Murder Hollow, the mob dumped bodies weighted with concrete. The Fordyce Bathhouse promised healing; some patients locked themselves inside and never came out. Walk 13 free, self-guided stops through America's most corrupt spa town.
You stand before the Arlington, a Spanish Colonial palace that hosted presidents and mobsters alike. In the 1920s, Al Capone made Suite 443 his headqu...
You walk through the Fordyce, the most lavish of Bathhouse Row's temples to healing waters. Marble. Stained glass. Hydrotherapy rooms that promised mi...
You're standing in the Ohio Club, opened in 1905 and still serving drinks. But it's what happened in the basement that keeps the lights on upstairs. D...
You're walking above a network of tunnels that once connected Hot Springs' illegal gambling dens and speakeasies. When the feds raided, mobsters and p...
You descend into the museum, built in the basement where the Southern Club once ran high-stakes poker games. The mob controlled this town, and this ro...
You ascend the tower, built in 1983 to replace an earlier structure. The view is breathtaking—Hot Springs spread below like a miniature city. But in 1...
You're standing where the wax museum once operated from 1964 to 2014. Tourists posed with John Wayne, Elvis, and Al Capone—perfect replicas frozen in ...
You enter the Basin Park Hotel, a 1905 landmark that served as a luxury health resort. During WWI and WWII, wounded soldiers came here to rehabilitate...
You're soaking in the same pools where desperate people once came seeking miracle cures. The Quapaw, built in 1922, promised healing for everything fr...
You're digging in the red clay soil of Coleman's Mine, hunting for quartz crystals. But in 1978, a miner found something else: a human jawbone embedde...
You're standing at the edge of Lake Hamilton, looking at a quiet cove locals call Murder Hollow. During Hot Springs' gangster era, this was the dumpin...
You hike the Dead Chief Trail, named for a Quapaw leader who, according to legend, was brought here to die in the healing waters. For centuries before...
The Hot Springs ghost tour includes 13 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 13 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 2.5 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Hot Springs tour is Arlington Hotel at 239 Central Ave.
3 stops free in Hot Springs. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.