Haunted Houses & Ghost Tours in Las Vegas, NV

The history

Las Vegas is a young city with a short, violent, well-documented past, and its haunted map sits in three very different kinds of building: a 1930s mansion, a Strip hotel tower that burned, and a casino a mobster built.

The mansion came first because it is the oldest thing in it. Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum's own about page records that its property is a "13,000-square foot property built in 1938," originally owned by prominent businessman Cyril S. Wengert — the Wengert Mansion, on East Charleston Boulevard in downtown Las Vegas.

Vegas Ghosts' own haunted-locations writing, collected, records that the building now operating as Horseshoe Las Vegas was originally the MGM Grand, and that on November 21, 1980 an electrical fire ignited in a deli on the ground floor; the fire claimed 85 lives and injured over 700 people, many dying of smoke inhalation in the stairwells — the deadliest disaster in Nevada history, in that account and in the other collected summaries, which add that it led to sweeping changes in high-rise fire codes. The building later operated as Bally's before becoming the Horseshoe. The dead were real people, and the ghost stories told about the tower, in the legend section below, sit on top of that fact.

The casino is the Flamingo. A collected haunted-Vegas guide, citing The Mob Museum, records that Hollywood Reporter publisher Billy Wilkerson started the Flamingo project, that Meyer Lansky provided funding when Wilkerson ran out of money and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel took over, that costs rose from $1.2 million to $6 million, and that the Flamingo opened at the end of 1946. On June 20, 1947, Siegel was shot dead at a house in Beverly Hills, California; nobody was ever charged. Those are the documented facts the Flamingo legend is built on.

Las Vegas's produced haunt has a different kind of history — longevity.

The legend

This section is folklore — reported by the sources cited, and never asserted as fact here.

The Flamingo's legend is the city's most repeated: Siegel, murdered in California in 1947, is said to have come back to the casino he built. Collected haunted-hotel roundups report sightings of Siegel at the Flamingo, with the pool and the Presidential Suite named as the most common spots, and cleaning staff said to have quit after encounters. Vegas Ghosts works the same figure into its Strip script — how "Bugsy Siegel made a deal with the devil" and "his ghost still roams in the Flamingo," in the operator's own tour copy. All of it is folklore attached to a documented murder, and it is labelled as folklore here.

The Horseshoe tower's stories are grimmer, and they are reported, not verified. Vegas Ghosts' locations page reports the phantom smell of acrid smoke in the hallways, disembodied screaming and pounding said to be heard in the stairwells where so many died, and an apparition of a small boy reported in the upper-floor corridors.

The Wengert Mansion's legend is the museum's own, told in its own words. Its site calls the building one "known for decades for its dark occult history," says its basement is where "documented dark rituals took place decades ago," and its about page adds that dark rituals in the basement during the 1970s "were also verified by the home's past owners" and that hostile spirits of family members who died there "have been rumored to roam the halls." Those are the museum's claims about its own building, attributed to it here — no independent source collected verifies a ritual or a haunting at the house. Its objects carry the same kind of attributed claim: the Dybbuk Box is billed by the museum as "The Most Haunted Object in the World," and Peggy the Doll as one of the most haunted dolls in the world. Billed — by the museum — is exactly the strength of it.

Haunted today

Hountix lists 3 places in Las Vegas, NV. Seasonal attractions keep their own open dates, so check each business's own site before you go.

• Asylum and Hotel Fear Haunted House — haunted house, 4300 Meadows Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89107
• Vegas Ghosts — ghost tour, Outside of Strip Burger, 3200 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
• Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum — haunted house, 600 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104

Attraction stories

Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum

The museum's own site sets out its premise in one paragraph: "Ghost Adventures host and executive producer Zak Bagans opened Las Vegas' first award-winning Haunted Museum in the historic Wengert Mansion, a building known for decades for its dark occult history." Guests, it says, "venture through creepy hallways and secret passages while exploring paranormal exhibits and cursed artifacts, as well as possessions once owned by notorious serial killers." Wengert, per the museum's about page — on the Las Vegas Register of Historic Places.

The collection is the story, and every claim about it is the museum's own. The site lists more than 30 themed rooms and names its best-known exhibits: the Dybbuk Box, billed as "The Most Haunted Object in the World" and said by the museum to house a malicious spirit — a vintage wine cabinet that inspired the film The Possession; Peggy the Doll, "touted as one of the most haunted dolls in the world," with guests warned against looking her in the eyes; the Devil's Rocking Chair from the Warrens' "Devil Made Me Do It" case; Dr. Jack Kevorkian's van; and a Demon House exhibit built around Bagans's Gary, Indiana investigation. Its about page also makes the building itself part of the exhibit, claiming basement rituals in the 1970s were "verified by the home's past owners" and that waivers are mandatory because of "dark activity occurring with guests on a daily basis." All of that is the museum's account of itself, attributed to it here, and none of it is independently verified in the material collected.

Practically, per the site: general admission is from $54 for ages 12+, the guided tour runs about two hours, and a late-night flashlight ghost tour — $204, about 1.5 hours, self-guided in total darkness — is offered as the harder-core alternative. Confirm current prices, age rules and tour times on the site before going.

*Website: https://thehauntedmuseum.com/*

Asylum and Hotel Fear Haunted House

Las Vegas Haunts' own site makes its claim on scale and survival: "ASYLUM and HOTEL FEAR – Vegas' largest, longest running and SCARIEST Haunted Houses!" and, on the homepage collected, "26 Years of FEAR!!! In 26 seasons many have come and gone! Come see why we not only survive… but THRIVE!!" One ticket covers both houses, in the north parking lot of Meadows Mall at 4300 Meadows Lane, near JCPenney. The endorsements it lists are produced-haunt endorsements — BuzzFeed, HauntWorld Magazine, Forbes and Parade, which it says named The Asylum among the top haunted houses in Nevada for 2020–2023.

What this attraction does not have is a haunting, and its story says so plainly: there is no published lore about a real haunted place here. Its collected history page, notably, contained no history text at all when the material was gathered: the gap is recorded here rather than filled. The sets themselves have a second life the same account documents — feature films including the RUST trilogy and Immortal Wars have shot on them.

Practically, per the operator's tickets page: general admission is sold at the ticket booth (cash only), VIP timed fast-pass tickets are sold online and were listed as available for 2026, ticket dates can be changed up to eight hours ahead for a $5 exchange fee, and the event runs rain or shine in its fall season. Confirm the current season's dates and prices on the site before going.

*Website: http://www.lasvegashaunts.com/*

Sources

• Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum — official website and about page (Wengert Mansion, built 1938, originally owned by Cyril S. Wengert, 13,000 sq ft, 30+ rooms, Dybbuk Box / Peggy the Doll / Devil's Rocking Chair exhibits, museum's basement-ritual and waiver claims, from $54, flashlight tour $204): https://thehauntedmuseum.com/
• The Clio — Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum (opened October 2017; Wengert Mansion built 1938 on the Las Vegas Register of Historic Places): https://theclio.com/entry/53621
• Vegas Ghosts — official website (Gangsters, Glitz, and Gore tour, nightly 8 p.m. from $25, Fashion Show mall meeting point, daily year-round): https://vegasghosts.com/
• Vegas Ghosts — 5 Locations Known for Their Haunted Activity in Las Vegas (Horseshoe / original MGM Grand: November 21, 1980 fire, 85 dead, 700+ injured, deadliest disaster in Nevada history; reported smoke, screaming and apparition folklore — labelled as reports): https://vegasghosts.com/5-locations-known-for-their-haunted-activity-in-las-vegas/
• Smart Vegas Deals — Haunted Las Vegas 2026 (MGM Grand fire per NFPA account; Flamingo history citing The Mob Museum: Wilkerson / Lansky / Siegel, opened end of 1946, Siegel shot June 20, 1947, nobody charged): https://www.smartvegasdeals.com/articles/vegas-haunted-guide
• Las Vegas Haunts — official website (Asylum and Hotel Fear, Meadows Mall 4300 Meadows Lane, two houses one ticket, "26 Years of FEAR," listed endorsements; history page collected with no history text — gap recorded): http://www.lasvegashaunts.com/
• Nevada Business — Las Vegas' Longest-Running Haunted Attractions Return for 28th Season (2026 season; original two-families storyline; sets used by the RUST trilogy and Immortal Wars; note the 26 vs 28 season discrepancy flagged in the story above): https://nevadabusiness.com/2026/10/las-vegas-longest-running-haunted-attractions-return-for-28th-season/