Las Vegas Ghost Tour — 22 Haunted Stops, Self-Guided

Walk Las Vegas's most haunted locations. 22 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.

Las Vegas was built on mob money and desert graves, and the most haunted places in the city prove the dead collect on both. Bugsy Siegel bought into the El Cortez Hotel in 1945 before building the Flamingo — where his ghost still lingers near the memorial rose garden after his 1947 murder. The Cecil-style body count at Bally's traces to November 21, 1980, when the MGM Grand fire killed 87 people, most asleep in their beds from carbon monoxide. Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum sits in a 1938 mansion with a history of occult activity, housing Ed Gein's cauldron and the Dybbuk Box. This self-guided tour hits 13 free stops across the Strip and beyond — from the Mob Museum's 1933 federal courthouse to the Neon Museum Boneyard, where dead casino signs hum with the ghosts of old Vegas.

Tour Stops

  1. 1. El Cortez Hotel El Cortez Hotel & Casino, Jackie Gaughan Parkway, Fremont East Entertainment District

    The El Cortez opened in 1941, making it the oldest continuously operating hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Bugsy Siegel bought a stake in 1945 before moving...

  2. 2. Pioneer Saloon (Goodsprings) 310 W Spring St, Goodsprings, NV 89019

    The Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, thirty miles south of Las Vegas, is one of Nevada's oldest bars, built from a pressed-tin Sears Roebuck kit in 1913...

  3. 3. Flamingo Hotel Flamingo Las Vegas, 3555, South Las Vegas Boulevard

    Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo opened on December 26, 1946, hemorrhaging money from day one. Siegel had skimmed from the mob to fund it, and on June 20, 1947...

  4. 4. Clark County Museum Clark County Museum, Sausalito Drive, Las Vegas

    The Clark County Museum in Henderson houses relocated historic buildings from across southern Nevada, including a 1931 mining cabin, a 1900 railroad c...

  5. 5. Luxor Hotel 3900 S Las Vegas Blvd

    You stand before a black glass pyramid rising thirty stories into the desert sky. The Luxor opened October 15, 1993, its design mimicking the tombs of...

  6. 6. Zak Bagans's Haunted Museum 600 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104

    Before Zak Bagans turned this 11,000-square-foot mansion into a museum of the macabre, the house at 600 East Charleston had already earned its reputat...

  7. 7. The Mob Museum 300 E Stewart Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89101

    The building at 300 Stewart Avenue was never meant to become a monument to murder. Constructed in 1933 as a federal courthouse and post office, it ser...

  8. 8. Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum (Wengert Mansion) 600 E Charleston Blvd

    You stand outside a 1938 Tudor-style mansion on East Charleston, its dark windows watching you back. The Wengert family built this house in what was t...

  9. 9. Bally's (Site of the 1980 MGM Grand Fire) 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd

    You stand on the Strip outside Bally's, built on the bones of the original MGM Grand Hotel. On November 21, 1980, a fire started in a restaurant calle...

  10. 10. Horseshoe Las Vegas (MGM Grand Fire Site) 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

    On November 21, 1980, a fire that started in a ground-floor restaurant at the MGM Grand Hotel ripped through the 26-story tower in minutes. Eighty-fiv...

  11. 11. Fox Ridge Park 1000 Pavilion Center Dr

    You stand in a suburban Henderson park, built in the 1990s on empty desert that became a subdivision. The playground equipment is new, the grass is ma...

  12. 12. Luxor Hotel & Casino 3900 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89119

    The Luxor opened in 1993 as an architectural marvel—a 30-story black glass pyramid with a beam of light visible from space. But the construction came ...

  13. 13. La Palazza Mansion 6757 Annie Oakley Dr

    You stand before an abandoned Spanish-style mansion in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, its windows shattered, its walls marked with graffiti and wa...

  14. 14. Las Vegas Academy of the Arts 315 S 7th St, Las Vegas, NV 89101

    Built in 1930 as Las Vegas High School, the striking Art Deco building at 315 South 7th Street has educated generations of Nevadans. But students and ...

  15. 15. Tupac Shakur Murder Site Flamingo Rd & Koval Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89109

    On the night of September 7, 1996, a black BMW carrying Tupac Shakur and Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight stopped at a red light at Flamingo Road and...

  16. 16. Whiskey Pete's Casino (Primm) 100 W Primm Blvd

    You stand at the Nevada-California border in Primm, thirty miles south of Las Vegas, inside a casino named for a bootlegger buried under the lobby flo...

  17. 17. Former Ted Binion Residence 2408 Palomino Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89107

    Ted Binion was Las Vegas royalty gone wrong. The son of Benny Binion, founder of the Horseshoe Casino, Ted inherited his father's fortune but not his ...

  18. 18. The Mob Museum (Former Federal Courthouse) 300 Stewart Ave

    You stand inside the old federal courthouse on Stewart Avenue, built in 1933 to bring law and order to a lawless city. The building hosted the Kefauve...

  19. 19. Circus Circus Hotel 2880 S Las Vegas Blvd

    You stand beneath the big top of Circus Circus, opened in 1968 as the first family-friendly casino in Las Vegas. The original vision: a circus theme w...

  20. 20. Westgate Las Vegas (Former Las Vegas Hilton) 3000 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

    Elvis Presley performed 837 consecutive sold-out shows at the International Hotel—later the Las Vegas Hilton, now the Westgate—between 1969 and 1976. ...

  21. 21. Neon Museum Boneyard 770 Las Vegas Blvd N

    You stand in a desert lot filled with the corpses of signs. The Neon Museum Boneyard is where Las Vegas stores its past: casino signs, hotel marquees,...

  22. 22. Railroad Pass Casino & Hotel 2800 S Boulder Hwy, Henderson, NV 89002

    Railroad Pass holds Nevada Gaming License Number One—the oldest continuously held gaming license in the state, issued in 1931. The casino was built to...

Frequently Asked Questions

How many haunted stops are on the Las Vegas ghost tour?

The Las Vegas ghost tour includes 22 documented haunted locations.

Is the Las Vegas ghost tour free?

The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 22 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.

Do I need a guide for the Las Vegas ghost tour?

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.

How long does the Las Vegas ghost tour take?

Plan for approximately 4.5 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.

What is the most haunted location in Las Vegas?

The most visited stop on our Las Vegas tour is El Cortez Hotel at El Cortez Hotel & Casino, Jackie Gaughan Parkway, Fremont East Entertainment District.

Sources & Further Reading

3 stops free in Las Vegas. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.

Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.

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