Five Arkansas places with a haunted reputation and a public door

1886 Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs

The 1886 Crescent Hotel will rent you a room, and the FAQ says the dining rooms are open to the public. The homepage meta description, read in October 2026, calls the place "a famous haunted hotel experience." The FAQ answer on why the hotel is considered haunted names Norman Baker and a worker's fall, and it says guests and staff report apparitions. That answer does not name Jack Moyer, a morgue light, or a room number. Moyer, the general manager, told KATV on October 29, 2020, that the morgue lights came on without a switch.

The footer and the homepage schema print "75 Prospect Ave" and "Eureka Springs, AR 72632." The schema telephone is "+1-855-725-5720." The printed line on the homepage is (855) 725-5720. The clickable targets I saved are tel:8557255720 and tel:855-725-5720. Neither target uses a plus or a country code. The visit line below uses the printed digits with an ordinary +1 link. It does not use tel:8557255720. The ghost-tour page on americasmosthauntedhotel.com prints (866) 896-0144 and "CALL 877-342-9766," which is (877) 342-9766. The targets there are tel: (866) 896-0144, with a space after tel:, and tel:8773429766. The 866 target keeps a space and parentheses. The 877 target has no plus. Reserve Eureka, on the ticket page I downloaded, prints "Phone: (866) 896-0144." That is the tour number, not the hotel's 855 line. The FAQ directions say the hotel is "located on Crescent Drive just off Spring Street." Crescent Drive and 75 Prospect Ave are both on the site. The visit line uses 75 Prospect Ave.

The FAQ says check-in is 4:00 p.m. and check-out is 11:00 a.m. Late check-out "may be available for a fee." Cancellation needs "at least 48 hours before arrival." One pet answer says guests may "bring their dogs" at "$35 per night, per pet." The next pet answer says "Dogs and cats are welcome" at the same fee. Dogs, and dogs and cats, are both on that FAQ. The Governor's Bar is "4 pm to 8 pm daily," and "service is subject to closure for private events." The pool is "open year-round." Ghost tours "run nightly, with multiple tours offered each night depending on how busy it is." Prices "start at $29.50 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under, with specialty tours ranging from $35–$39.50." A Kids Ghost Tour is "on select dates." The same FAQ, in the seasonal-events answer, says fall highlights include "Halloween-themed ghost tours" and that those sit "in addition to year-round offerings like ghost tours." Halloween-themed, and year-round, are both in that FAQ.

The tour page says the ghost tours are "on the 4th floor of the hotel" and prints "Open Daily: 11am-11pm (serving food until 11pm)." That clock is the tour-page hours line. It is not the 4:00 p.m. check-in. The Reserve Eureka download, opened the same afternoon this was researched, lists Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. and at 8:00 p.m., both "General Admission $29.50." The Monday, October 5, listing on that same download has 6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., and 9:00 p.m., and the 6:30 and 7:00 lines split Adult $29.50 from "Child 12 & Under $15.00." Sunday's lines on that download do not print a child price. A search result the same day displayed 6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., and 9:00 p.m. for Sunday, October 4. The downloaded page does not. I am using the download. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the download's door for a tour that day is 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The FAQ's $15 child line and Sunday's general-admission line are not the same offer.

KATV's story is "'This isn't a horror film': A night at Arkansas' haunted 1886 Crescent Hotel." The byline is Paige Cushman and Kristen Belue. The visible line says "Thu, October 29, 2020 at 1:49 PM" and "Updated Fri, October 30, 2020 at 1:07 PM." Neither clock prints a time zone. Moyer "moved to Eureka Springs in 1997" and "wasn't troubled by the ghost stories" because, "he said," he "didn't believe them." The story says he "has heard over 5,000 accounts." Five thousand is that story. The 2026 FAQ does not print 5,000. Moyer "joined paranormal investigators when they filmed a full-body apparition for a 2005 episode of 'Ghost Hunters.'" He said, "That's been several years now, but I bet they remember that." The story says he believes it was Michael, "a poltergeist who is said to haunt room 218."

On the morgue, the story says Moyer "was going into the morgue to get something out of storage. When he got inside, the lights turned on without him touching a switch. He walked further into the morgue and more turned on. And then they turned off." Moyer said, "I go in further, all of the lights turn off. And I was out of there." He said he did not know what was happening and that he was not sticking around to find out. "Again, he believes it was Michael," the story says. Later he said, "Let's not kid ourselves. We work ourselves up most of the time, but that's part of the fun." And: "This isn't a horror film." He said people do not get hurt there, "or they haven't, yet." "Or they haven't, yet" is Moyer's. The story also says he described the staff as "quasi-museum curators" and said, "We believe in protecting the irreplaceable." In April 2020, the story says, he "had to lay off 179 of the hotel's 220 employees." Those staffing figures are the 2020 story. The 2026 pages I saved do not print 179 or 220.

Bill Ott, "Director of Marketing," "who has worked at the hotel for over 20 years," told the same story about a steel pole in the morgue during the Ghost Hunters visit. "A steel pole hanging near the door of the morgue began to swing like a pendulum, moving in a figure eight when someone got closer to it, Ott said. It continued to swing for an hour and 15 minutes until Ott tripped and bumped into it." Ott said, "All I know is, there are some unexplainable things that have happened." He also said there are things in God's world he does not understand or cannot explain, and that this does not mean they do not exist. He also said, "It seems like the more spirits that are consumed, the more that are seen. All of our ghosts here are very Casper-esque. They may be mischievous, but none of them are mean." "About 17 national TV shows" is the story's figure for what Ott said had come to the hotel. I did not open those broadcasts. An unnamed tour guide in that story talks about Theodora folding clothes or packing bags, a nurse with a gurney, and a 4-year-old bouncing a ball. The guide is not named. Those sentences are not Moyer's and they are not Ott's.

McConnell's story is "Crescent Hotel: Haunted by history and haints." The datePublished tag is 2023-09-29T10:52:52-0500, which is 10:52 a.m. Central on September 29, 2023. The dateModified tag is 2023-09-29T13:30:52-0500, which is 1:30 p.m. Central the same day. The visible line says "Sep 29" and does not print the year. The year is the tag. Dan Bennett, "a guide for the Crescent's ghost tours," told her he has "not seen an apparition" and that he "did have an experience in Michael's room" during Eureka Springs Paranormal Weekend, "about three years ago." A birthday guest was on the bed. Bennett said, "I'm not kidding — the upper-right-hand drawer was slowly opening all by itself." They closed it and "I've not seen it happen again." About three years before September 2023 is Bennett's timing. That is not turned into a calendar date here. He also said that on weekends "from Spring until Christmas" they will do "eight or nine tours a night." Eight or nine, spring until Christmas, is Bennett in that story. Nightly, year-round, is the 2026 FAQ. The FAQ does not print Bennett, a drawer, or eight or nine.

The history lines do not match across the pages opened. KATV says the hotel "opened in May 1886," a women's college opened in 1908, the hotel later "was forced to close," it "sat empty for a few years until 1937," and Baker "remained at the Crescent until 1940." McConnell prints May 20, 1886, Crescent College from 1908 to 1924, a junior college until 1934, and a Baker chapter that starts with 1937 inquiries. May, and May 20, are both in the two stories. A college that ends "about 20 years" after 1908, and a college that ends in 1924 with a junior college to 1934, are not the same sentence. On the 2019 jars, KATV says "a landscaper unearthed hundreds of glass jars" and that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality "found that they contained mostly alcohol and tissue samples." Bennett told McConnell, "We did a dig in April 2019, and they found more than 400 artifacts," and that the University of Arkansas archaeological survey team came. Hundreds, and more than 400, are both in print. I did not open the department's finding or the university report. The 2026 FAQ says "many deaths" in the Baker years and "a worker's fall during construction" and does not print the jar count, the pole, or the drawer.

Visit: 75 Prospect Ave., Eureka Springs, AR 72632, the footer and the schema. The FAQ also prints Crescent Drive just off Spring Street. (855) 725-5720. The site targets are tel:8557255720 and tel:855-725-5720. The tour page prints (866) 896-0144 and (877) 342-9766. One tour target is tel: (866) 896-0144, space included. The 877 target is tel:8773429766. crescent-hotel.com. FAQ, checked in October 2026: check-in 4:00 p.m., check-out 11:00 a.m. Governor's Bar 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily, subject to a private event. Dining is open to the public. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. The Reserve Eureka download lists tours at 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. that day, at $29.50, with no child price on those two lines. A search listing the same day showed different Sunday clocks. Moyer's morgue lights are KATV, October 29, 2020, 1:49 p.m. on the visible line, updated October 30 at 1:07 p.m. Ott's pole is that story. Bennett's drawer is McConnell, September 29, 2023, 10:52 a.m. Central on the published tag. The FAQ's haunted answer does not print those three accounts.

Basin Park Hotel, Eureka Springs

The Basin Park Hotel will rent you a room on Spring Street, and the FAQ says the front desk is open 24 hours. The homepage, read in October 2026, prints a card for a "guided ghost investigation" of "the hotel's most haunted spaces." The FAQ says the hotel "offers a Paranormal Investigation tour." Jack Moyer, "hotel general manager since" the 1997 purchase, said on the hotel's blog dated October 23, 2018, that locals "shared tales of the spirits" when the Roenigks bought the building. Keith Scales, on that same post, described red marks on a tour guide's throat. The guide is not named.

The footer prints "1905 Basin Park Hotel 12 Spring St. Eureka Springs, AR 72632" and "877-456-9679." The homepage HTML prints the visible number as "(877)-456-9679," with a hyphen after the closing parenthesis. That printed number is (877) 456-9679. The schema telephone is "+1-877-456-9679." The clickable target I saved is tel:8774569679. That target does not use a plus or a country code. The visit line below uses the ten printed digits with an ordinary +1 link. It does not use tel:8774569679. The policies page prints a second number, "Spa1905: 479-253-2796," which is (479) 253-2796. I did not save a tel: href for the spa line. The parking answer prints a lot "at 101 N Main Street" and, later, "101 North Main Street." N Main and North Main are both on the FAQ. The hotel address is 12 Spring St. The lot is not the front door. The visit line uses 12 Spring St.

The policies page says, "Check-in time is 4:00 pm and Check-out time is 11:00 am." The FAQ answers I opened do not print that clock. Priority arrival and late check-out are "$35 (each)" on the policies page. Guests "must be 18 years of age to rent a room." The FAQ pet line is "$35 per pet, per night." The policies pet line is "$35 per night," and it does not print "per pet" in that sentence. Per pet, and per night alone, are both on the site. A "$19.50 (plus tax) Daily Activity Fee" and a "$7 (plus tax) Daily Parking Fee" are the policies page. Tax in that rate list is "14.375% bed & state tax and 3% voluntary service charge." The FAQ says the Balcony Restaurant is "Open daily serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner." It does not print a clock, and that answer does not say the table is limited to people staying the night. The activities page says, "All activities are exclusive to hotel guests," and the list under that sentence includes "9PM Paranormal Investigation BOGO-Daily." The 9 p.m. line is on the guest-activity list. I did not open a 2026 price for a visitor who is not a guest. The same activities list includes "Enjoy a Neighborhood Cocktail on Us – Wednesday @ The Governor's Bar." The Crescent FAQ places the Governor's Bar at the Crescent, at 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Basin activity fee, on the policies page, includes "Crescent Pool Access" and "Shuttle service throughout the downtown area." The cocktail line and the Crescent bar are not labeled as the same room on one page.

The FAQ history answer says the hotel "was built in 1905 on the site of the former Perry House, which burned down in 1890," and that the building has "multiple ground-level entrances across its eight floors." Eight floors is that answer. The 2018 blog calls it a "seven-story structure." Eight, and seven, are not the same count. The 2026 answer also says, "The 1905 Basin Park Hotel is the only full service hotel in Downtown Eureka Springs. Its unique because it's a historic limestone landmark." "Its unique" has no apostrophe. "The only" is the page's sentence. It is not used here as a checked fact. A later answer prints "downotown." That spelling is the page's. The same history answer says the record "includes events like the Barefoot Ball, tales of gangsters and Prohibition, and ongoing paranormal lore." Lore is the FAQ's noun. The 2018 post says some people place the ghosts on the "grave" of the Perry House. Grave is in quotation marks there. The 2026 history answer I saved says "site" and "burned down." It does not print grave.

The blog post is "Mysteries need to be Solved at the Basin Park Hotel," dated October 23, 2018. I did not save an article:published_time tag. The visible heading is the date. Moyer said, "When the Roenigks first purchased this historic hotel in 1997, locals shared tales of the spirits reported to dwell inside the Basin Park, and Marty and Elise agreed that these mysteries needed to be solved." Scales, "manager of the paranormal tours at both the Basin Park Hotel and its sister property, the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa," said a "well-known national paranormal expert and his wife" had a private session in the Barefoot Ballroom. The expert is not named. "One of our tour guides during an EVP session started feeling pressure on his throat. The pressure increased causing him to cough, unable to breathe. He scrambled to his feet and left the ballroom hoping to 'escape this grasp and get some air.'" Scales said that when the guide came back, "they saw red marks encircling a white area at the front of his throat as though two hands had tried to choke him." "As though" is Scales's. The guide's name is not on the post. Moyer then said, "It is these kinds of mysteries that we are asking our guests and Adventour patrons to help us solve," and he called the effort "a paranormal census." Adventour is the 2018 name. The 2026 activities line says "9PM Paranormal Investigation." The FAQ says "Paranormal Investigation tour." Three names, and I did not open a page that says they are the same product.

Visit: 12 Spring St., Eureka Springs, AR 72632, the footer. Parking is 101 N Main Street on one line and 101 North Main Street on the next. (877) 456-9679. The homepage prints (877)-456-9679. The site target is tel:8774569679. The policies page also prints (479) 253-2796 for Spa1905. I did not save a tel: href for that spa line. basinpark.com. Policies, checked in October 2026: check-in 4:00 p.m., check-out 11:00 a.m. The FAQ says the front desk is 24 hours. The Balcony Restaurant is open daily, with no clock on that answer. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. The activities page puts the 9 p.m. investigation on a list it says is exclusive to hotel guests. Scales's throat account, and Moyer's "paranormal census," are the October 23, 2018 blog. Eight floors are the 2026 FAQ. Seven stories are that 2018 post. The homepage does print a ghost investigation. It does not print the red marks.

King Opera House, Van Buren

The King Opera House will sell you a ticket on Main Street, and the about page says an actor is "still looking for work" backstage. That page does not print the actor's name. Bill Ratcliff told Kenneth Heard, in a story dated January 23, 2024, that he has never seen a ghost, and that an assistant heard footsteps while the performers were still downstairs. Maryl Purvis told Ty Thompson, in a story dated March 3, 2021, that the familiar runaway story is wrong on the facts of the shooting. The about page, the city page, and the contact page do not agree on who you call.

The city page prints "Mr. Bill Ratcliff, King Opera House Manager, 427 Main Street, Van Buren, AR 72956," phone (479) 474-7767, email bratcliff@artsonmainvb.com. The about page says, "To see the King Opera House in person or the inquire about renting the facility, contact Logan Sloan at Arts On Main: 479-474-7767 or lsloan@artsonmainvb.com." "Or the inquire" is the sentence. Sloan and Ratcliff are not the same name. The phone digits match, and that line is the same (479) 474-7767. The contact page prints "PO Box 1156, Van Buren AR 72957," the visible email bratcliff@artsonmainvb.com, and "(479) 474 7767," with spaces and no hyphens. That is the same (479) 474-7767. The mailto target on that contact page is bratcliff@artsonmain.com. The vb.com address and the .com address are not the same host. I did not save a tel: href on the contact page. The visit line below uses the printed ten digits with an ordinary +1 link. 427 Main Street and P.O. Box 1156 are both in print. 72956 and 72957 are both in print. The visit line uses 427 Main Street.

I did not open a page that prints a standing Tuesday-through-Friday box-office clock. The about page says the house is available "on a reservation basis for stage performances, meetings, lectures, movies and various community gatherings," and that 2022 turned management over to Arts on Main. The city page also says 2022. Heard's story says the arts group "took over operation of the theater in 2021." 2021 and 2022 are both in print. Heard calls Ratcliff "the director of Van Buren nonprofit Arts on Main." The city page says "King Opera House Manager." Director, and manager, are both in print. Heard says the theater "seats 315" and the balcony has "94 seats." The about page I opened does not print 315 or 94. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. I did not open that Sunday's show list. A walk-in that day depends on a performance that was not confirmed.

Heard's story is "Digs of the Deal: From Vaudeville to Ghosts, Van Buren's Opera House Has Seen It All," by Kenneth Heard, January 23, 2024. I did not save an article:published_time tag. The visible byline is the date. Heard writes that the building "was built in 1891," that Col. Henry King bought it in 1898, and that King said, "We need to bring culture here." That King sentence is Heard's history. It is not a ghost quote. On the haunting, Heard writes that "employees have seen some odd things," and then: "Ratcliff said he's never seen any ghosts, but his workers have reported weird things." The assistant "heard footsteps in the second-floor meeting room" and "looked over the balcony," and "There's my ghost," Ratcliff said she told him. The assistant is not named. Another worker, also not named, "saw a woman wearing a long white dress who asked, 'Have you seen Henry?'" A third worker, not named, "saw heavy loading-dock doors slowly open by themselves." Heard's shooting paragraph says a doctor fired a ".44-caliber revolver," "one bullet missed," "another struck Tolson's watch," and "the third shot was fatal, striking Tolson in the back." Heard does not print the doctor's name.

Purvis's story is "The true story of the King Opera House ghost," by Ty Thompson, Press Argus-Courier, "March 3, 2021, 4:23 p.m. CT." Purvis was "director of the A&P Commission in Van Buren." She says the horsewhip version "is far from the truth." The date in that piece is "Sep. 3, 1903." Dr. Parchman fired a "44 caliber revolver." The first shot missed. The second "struck Tolson in the back above his hip." The third "made contact with a watch." Tolson "succumbed to his wounds the next day" at Belle Pointe Hospital in Fort Smith. Heard's fatal shot is the one in the back, and the watch stops a different bullet. Purvis's fatal wound is the back shot, and the watch stops the third. Those are not the same order. Purvis said, "What we discovered what that Allye was a typical 17-year-old girl." "What that" is the sentence. She said, "He got away with murder." The story prints "Oak Cemetary." Cemetary is the spelling. The byline prints "Purvis Said" with a capital S. A KHBS story, visible line "Updated: 3:44 PM CDT Oct 28, 2019," byline Adam Roberts, says "people report seeing the specter of a young man in a top hat" and that "local historians have pointed to a 1903 murder." It does not name Ratcliff, Purvis, or the doctor. The about page's actor "looking for work" does not print Tolson. Heard and Purvis do.

Visit: 427 Main Street, Van Buren, AR 72956, the city page. The contact page prints P.O. Box 1156, Van Buren, AR 72957. (479) 474-7767. The contact page prints that number with spaces, (479) 474 7767, and I did not save a tel: href. The city page names Bill Ratcliff. The about page names Logan Sloan at the same digits, and it prints "or the inquire." The contact mailto is bratcliff@artsonmain.com. The visible contact email is bratcliff@artsonmainvb.com. Sloan's email on the about page is lsloan@artsonmainvb.com. kingoperahouse.com. About page, checked in October 2026: reservation basis, management turned over in 2022. Heard says 2021. I did not open a standing weekday hour, and I did not open the October 4, 2026, show list. October 4 is a Sunday. Ratcliff's "never seen any ghosts," and the assistant's "There's my ghost," are Heard, January 23, 2024. Purvis's correction of the shooting is Thompson, March 3, 2021, 4:23 p.m. CT. The about page prints an unnamed actor backstage. It does not print Tolson.

Peel Museum, Bentonville

The Peel Museum will walk you through the house, and the visit page says admission is free. The visit page and the tours page, read in October 2026, do not print a ghost, a piano, or the name Leah Whitehead. Mark Kumming, in the McDonald County Press on October 23, 2025, prints Whitehead's words and says she told them to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in October 2004. I did not open that 2004 article. The quotes below are what the 2025 piece prints.

The visit page prints "400 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72712." Hours are "Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm" and "Sunday-Monday Closed." The phone on that block is (479) 273-3636. The target I saved is tel:%204792733636. That is a space, then the ten digits, and no plus. The contact block on the same page prints (479) 254-3870. The target is tel:4792543870, with no plus. The visit line below uses the 273-3636 digits with an ordinary +1 link. It does not use tel:%204792733636. The 254 number is printed, so it is linked where it appears, and it is not the visit-block number. "Thanks to the Arvest Foundation, general admission is free." The tours page says guided tours start "at the top of every hour" and "the last tour of the day begins one hour before closing." Closing on the visit page is 5 p.m. One hour before 5 p.m. is 4 p.m., if those two pages are read together. The tours page also says "the garden and first floor of the museum are wheelchair accessible." October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. Sunday is a closed day on the visit page. The door that day, as printed, is shut.

Kumming's story is "Across the Ozarks: Echoes of the past: Haunted Peel Mansion," October 23, 2025, by Mark Kumming. I did not save a clock. He writes, "'It is haunted,' said Leah Whitehead, who served as director of the restored mansion." Then: "Whitehead told a reporter for the 'Arkansas Democrat Gazette' in October of 2004 that while she was locking up one evening she heard four chords playing on the piano in the library at the front of the home. She claimed she was the only one in the museum house at the time." Four chords, the library, and locking up are that sentence on Kumming's page. The Democrat-Gazette reporter is not named on Kumming's page. He writes that staff and visitors "have reported seeing at least four different ghosts," a woman "in a flowing white gown" on the staircase, and "a woman wearing a white apron" at the kitchen table. Those reporters are not named. Whitehead said, "I think (the) spirits are very encouraged that we are keeping (the mansion) alive." And, "they obviously approve of what we're doing." "Obviously approve" is the quote as Kumming prints it. It is not a finding that a spirit has been proved. He also writes that the Arkansas Haunted Houses website "claims" the piano is Minnie Belle Peel. Claims is his verb. I did not use that website as the source. The piano sentence he ties to Whitehead is the 2004 interview as his 2025 piece describes it, not that website.

The acres do not match. Kumming writes that the house "was surrounded by 100 acres of apple orchards." The visit page says the mansion "once stood on a 160-acre working farm." One hundred, and 160, are both in print. Kumming calls it Peel Mansion. The visit page says "Peel Museum & Botanical Garden" and says the foundation has operated it "since 1991," with the house "opened as a museum in 1993." Built in 1875 is on both the visit page and Kumming's piece. The 2026 pages I opened do not print Whitehead.

Visit: 400 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72712. (479) 273-3636. The site target for that number is tel:%204792733636, a space before the digits. The same page prints (479) 254-3870, and that target is tel:4792543870. peelcompton.org. Hours, checked in October 2026: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the printed door is shut. Admission is free. Tours start at the top of the hour, and the last tour begins one hour before closing. Whitehead's four chords are what Kumming prints on October 23, 2025, as what he says she told the Democrat-Gazette in October 2004. I did not open the 2004 story. The visit page does not print the piano. One hundred acres are Kumming. One hundred sixty acres are the visit page.

Malco Theatre, Hot Springs

The Malco Theatre will sell you a ticket on Central Avenue. The homepage, read in October 2026, says the house has been "an icon of Central Avenue since 1946" and that a magic show by Jonathan Erlandson runs "Year Round." It does not print Maxwell Blade, a folding seat, or the word haunt. Blade told a visitor-bureau post dated October 2, 2022, that he has heard a ghost and has not seen one.

The homepage prints (501) 521-3200 and "contact@historicmalcotheatre.com." The target I saved is tel:5015213200. That target does not use a plus or a country code. The visit line below uses the printed digits with an ordinary +1 link. It does not use tel:5015213200. The homepage text I saved says "Central Avenue" and does not print 817. The Springs Magazine story dated July 8, 2026, prints "817 Central Avenue" and the box office "501-521-3200," the same (501) 521-3200. The October 2, 2022, post prints "817 Central Ave." The Commons description prints "817 Central Avenue." 817 is those three places. It is not on the homepage paragraph saved here. The magazine's own footer prints "PO Box 1122 Hot Springs, AR 71902" and (501) 547-0029. That box and that number are the magazine. They are not the theatre. The visit line uses 817 Central Avenue and the theatre's 521-3200.

The homepage says "Year Round | Check Schedule for Showtimes" and does not print 8:00 or 2:00. The July 8, 2026, magazine story says Erlandson's show, for that July, runs "Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with a special matinee performance on Sundays at 2:00 PM." Those clocks are the July story. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. I did not open the October 4 schedule. A Sunday matinee in July is not a line pasted onto October 4. The 2022 post says Blade "began managing the building in 1996." The 2026 homepage names Erlandson and does not name Blade.

The post is "Spa Stories to Tell in the Dark, Haunt Springs!" on hotsprings.org, "Published: October 2, 2022." The byline at the foot is Cassidy, a Hot Springs freelance journalist. I did not save an article:published_time tag. On the Malco section the post says, "Has Blade seen a ghost? No, but he says he has heard one a couple of times." Then: "One night when exiting the main theater, Blade heard a theater seat folding up and down, followed by a shadow figure crossing the exit. He left quickly and did not return alone past sundown for quite some time." That night is the post's account. Blade asked, "Why do I think it's haunted? Why wouldn't it be? It's the perfect spot. … Why wouldn't they stay here? It's a fun place. Matter of fact, when I go, this is where I want to hang out — catch me here." The post also says his daughter, "at the age of three," asked who the boy on the staircase was, "when no one else could see him." The daughter is not quoted as an adult speaker. The post says "there have been four people who have died in The Malco." I did not open a death record. Four is that sentence. The post also says the building "has sat at 817 Central Ave. since being rebuilt after a 1935 fire." The homepage says "since 1946." The Commons description says "1935 Art Deco theatre." 1935, and 1946, are both in print.

Visit: 817 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, the July 8, 2026, magazine line and the 2022 post. The homepage I opened prints Central Avenue and does not print 817. (501) 521-3200. The site target is tel:5015213200. The magazine's (501) 547-0029 is not this phone. historicmalcotheatre.com. Homepage, checked in October 2026: a magic show year round, check the schedule. The July 8, 2026, story prints Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. for that July. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. I did not open that Sunday's list. Blade's folding seat, and "Why wouldn't it be," are the visitor-bureau post, October 2, 2022. The homepage does not print Blade. Since 1946 is the homepage. After a 1935 fire is the 2022 post.

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Start with the door that matches the week you are actually having. The 1886 Crescent Hotel is (855) 725-5720, at 75 Prospect Ave., Eureka Springs, AR 72632. The site targets are tel:8557255720 and tel:855-725-5720. The tour page prints (866) 896-0144, and its target is tel: (866) 896-0144, with a space. It also prints (877) 342-9766, target tel:8773429766. The FAQ says Crescent Drive just off Spring Street. Check-in is 4:00 p.m. Check-out is 11:00 a.m. One pet answer says dogs. The next says dogs and cats. Both say $35 per night, per pet. Governor's Bar is 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., subject to a private event. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. The Reserve Eureka download lists tours at 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. that day. A search result the same day listed 6:30, 7:00, and 9:00 for that Sunday. I am using the download. Moyer's lights in the morgue, and "or they haven't, yet," are Paige Cushman and Kristen Belue, KATV, October 29, 2020, updated October 30. Ott's swinging pole is that story. Bennett's drawer is Kaitlyn McConnell, September 29, 2023, 10:52 a.m. Central. The FAQ haunted answer does not print those names. May 1886 is KATV. May 20, 1886, is McConnell. The college ending does not match across those two stories.

The Basin Park Hotel is (877) 456-9679, at 12 Spring St., Eureka Springs, AR 72632. The homepage prints (877)-456-9679. The target is tel:8774569679. Spa1905 on the policies page is (479) 253-2796, and I did not save a tel: href. Parking is 101 N Main Street and 101 North Main Street. Check-in is 4:00 p.m. and check-out is 11:00 a.m. on the policies page. The FAQ says the front desk is 24 hours and does not print the check-in clock in the answers I saved. The pet fee is $35 per pet, per night on the FAQ and $35 per night on the policies page. The activity fee is $19.50 plus tax. Parking is $7 plus tax. The Balcony Restaurant is open daily, with no clock. The activities page says every activity on that list is exclusive to hotel guests, and the list includes a 9 p.m. investigation. It also lists a Wednesday cocktail at the Governor's Bar. The Crescent FAQ puts that bar at the Crescent. Eight floors are the 2026 FAQ. Seven stories are the October 23, 2018, blog. "Its unique" and "downotown" are the FAQ. Scales's red marks, and Moyer's census line, are that 2018 post. The guide is not named. The homepage does print a ghost investigation.

The King Opera House is (479) 474-7767, at 427 Main Street, Van Buren, AR 72956. The contact page prints P.O. Box 1156, Van Buren, AR 72957, and the phone with spaces. I did not save a tel: href. The city page names Bill Ratcliff, manager. The about page names Logan Sloan at the same digits and says "or the inquire." The visible contact email is bratcliff@artsonmainvb.com. The mailto is bratcliff@artsonmain.com. Sloan's email is lsloan@artsonmainvb.com. Management in 2022 is the about page and the city page. Management in 2021 is Heard. Seats 315 and a balcony of 94 are Heard. The about page I opened does not print them. I did not open a standing weekday hour. October 4 is a Sunday, and I did not open that show list. Ratcliff has "never seen any ghosts," and the unnamed assistant said "There's my ghost," in Heard, January 23, 2024. The woman who asked for Henry is that story, and she is not named. Purvis's shooting order, with the watch on the third shot, is Thompson, March 3, 2021, 4:23 p.m. CT. Heard's watch is the second bullet. The about page prints an actor looking for work and does not print the name Tolson. KHBS on October 28, 2019, names neither Ratcliff nor Purvis.

The Peel Museum is (479) 273-3636, at 400 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72712. The target is tel:%204792733636, a space before the digits. The same page prints (479) 254-3870, target tel:4792543870. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. October 4 is a Sunday, so the printed door is shut. Admission is free. The last tour begins one hour before closing. Whitehead's four piano chords are what Kumming prints on October 23, 2025, as what she told the Democrat-Gazette in October 2004. I did not open the 2004 article. "It is haunted" is Kumming's attribution of Whitehead. The visit page does not print it. One hundred acres are Kumming. One hundred sixty acres are the visit page. Peel Mansion is Kumming's name. Peel Museum & Botanical Garden is the visit page.

The Malco Theatre is (501) 521-3200. The address 817 Central Avenue is the July 8, 2026, magazine story and the October 2, 2022, post. The homepage prints Central Avenue and does not print 817. The target is tel:5015213200. The magazine's (501) 547-0029 is not the box office. The homepage says a magic show runs year round and says to check the schedule. It does not print a clock. Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m., are the July 8, 2026, story, for that July. October 4 is a Sunday. I did not open that Sunday's list. Blade's seat, the shadow, and "Why wouldn't it be" are the visitor-bureau post, October 2, 2022. The homepage does not print his name. Since 1946 is the homepage. Rebuilt after a 1935 fire is the 2022 post. The Commons description says 1935. Four deaths are the post's sentence. I did not open a death record.

If a guide adds a ghost this research did not find on the venue's site or in the news pieces cited below, enjoy it as a story and leave it there.

These five doors are not in one town. Compact binoculars and an Arkansas road atlas are the practical extras if you are driving between them.